GT5 ROOZ CELEBRATORY 2nd bday, 10th season Event

opening room @ approx 7.45 will start qual around 8.10 for 8.20 start, 5 min breaks in between grid based on prev race results.

No probs Barra.

Div 2 room is open.

Well that is just poor Z, and I do hope it wasn't after the race had started? as I am sure you would have something to say if someone rage quitted during a race that you were in.

Etiquette should be present in all races regardless of weather a fun series or not mate (unless of course it is a listed "dirty" race), the "just poor" comment is because you have been here a long time, and I did expect more from you, I apologise if I upset you, and we will leave it at that.

I actually got on just before Stumbles last night and ran some laps of the ring, that was the race I was most keen on. Then when I was heading out I noticed Stumbles set the room for RM's. After running a few laps with RH's, going onto the RM's the car felt super grippy. Didn't stop me leaving the track half a dozen times mind you!! Prior to that I got my usual result with the TVR. Congrat's to NStig, missed a clean sweep by 1 mistake.

What a night in Div 3, no wins for me this week, but firstly thanks again to Clevo for hosting the room so competently.
My plan for the evening was to increase my 9 points lead over Evilmoon or the at the very least to maintain it. I was fairly confident I could win the McLaren race and then see how the other two races panned out and it was all going to plan taking pole position with Evil in second. I led the first lap being careful not to push too hard on cold tyres and Evil seemed very keen to pass. As we turned the last corner onto the straight on that first lap I ed up big time clouting that little bit of wall that sticks out on the exit, Doh. The resultant storm of tyre screeching, tyre
smoke and crashing Mclarens left me backward on the track with a firm grip on last place. By the time I turned around and the car stopped wobbling from all the damage the rest of the field were already at the other end of
the straight, not a great start to the night!!
I was heartened to see that Ad2mny was leading and Evil was third behind Close. I didn't realise at the time that Evil and Close had copped a time penalty for hitting me in the crash, very unfair and I'm sorry about that guys. That meant that I was dropping 3 points to Evil. I set about chasing and before my half way mark pit stop I had passed Clevo and CW and was into 4th but Evil had moved into the lead, now I was bleeding 5 points, more than half of my points advantage gone right there!!!. Luckily for me Close and Ad2 were getting in each others way in their fight for 2nd and I managed to catch and pass them into 2nd place behind Evil. There was no way I could catch him over the last couple of laps and he went on to a very good win. I was reasonably happy to have got back up to second and
only bleed 2 points to Evil leaving a 7 point lead with three races to go. I'll always regret throwing this race away though as I had done some 1:42s in practice with a best of 1:42.5 and was sure I was gonna run away from the pack and take a brilliant win. Could have, should have and would have dont count for much and I was happt to get the and place in the circumstances and I really really enjoyed driving the McLaren on Tokyo.
At Eiger I was second on the grid behind Evil (first time I hadn't started on pole in this series!!) and managed to get to the front at the start and lead the first lap fairly comfortably and could see a real struggle going on in my mirror. At the first corner on lap two I got hammered into a spin by Ad2mny and was again quickly into last place. Ad2 waited til I sorted myself out and let me into 5th and I looked ahead and saw that Close was leading with Evil on his tail. A quick calculation meant I was bleeding another 4 points at that stage (not good). I pushed on making sure I made no mistakes and managed to pass CW and Clevo (this was getting too familiar) to get into third before the pit stop. I was surprised to come out of the pits still in (a very distant) third and pushed on towards the finish. Three laps from the end Ad2 started to appear in my mirror on the run to the bottom of the hill and I had to push a little harder to keep him a safe distance back. Close went on to a great win which meant I only lost 2 points to Evil and it now stood at a 5 point lead with two races to go, not as comfortable as I had hoped.
I was in third place on the grid for the third race behind Close and Evil. I started well and tried unsuccessfully to pass around the outside in the first turn and followed Close and Evil down through the twisty first section. Evil was all over Close and then he had a slow entry onto the down hill run to the little bridge just before the first timing point. I managed to get a run on him and passed him before the timing marker. I then set about trying to catch Close, he was going a lot better than he had been in practice during the week and It took me most of the lap to get close enough to draft past him into the lead on the long straight at the end of the lap. I was leading with a clear track ahead so I continued on into the second lap while Closey pitted. At this point things were looking much better in the points situation with me leading and Evil back in fourth, a 5 point gain for the race that would have made a 10 point lead in the championship.
During the second lap Ad2 started to gain on me and I put a wheel in the dirt and had a wobbly moment through the right hand corner that leads onto the long wiggly back straight about half way around the lap and Ad2 was through to lead the race. I followed him around the rest of the second lap hoping to be able to get close enough to draft past him on the long final straight on the last lap. That plan was put to rest when he and I pitted at the end of the 2nd lap, Close passed me while I was in the pits and was between us. Closey was going quite quickly even though he was using parts of the track that I wouldn't have thought viable and his car was pointed towards the scenery most of the time :lol: He offered no oportunities to pass as he was using most of the track and I didn't want to risk taking
him off and thus allow Evil to pass both of us while I waited for him to rejoin, so I was biding my time waiting for the long straight where I was confident I could draft past him again. Fortunately for me Close had a little grassy moment all by himself and I was through but Close still had a good gap back to Evil. Ad2 went on to a very well deserved win and I finished 2nd to Evil's 4th so got 3 points back to leave it at an 8 point lead with one race to go. Phew!! The night had been a big contrast to the relatively easy hat trick the week before.
I was glad the three amigos from Season 10 Div 4 shared the podium at the 'ring and am very very happy for Ad2 and Close to have finally gotten well deserved strong wins in this series. Evil must have finished the night a little frustrated because it was going his way by closing down points on me in the first two races and I'm sure he is disappointed to be still 8 points behind with only one race left , luckily for me it won't be triple points. It must have warmed Evil's heart to see me fall to last place early in the first two races and then frustrated him to see me recover to only one place behind him in each race. He drove well though and is very consistent and quick and makes very very few mistakes. Overall I was glad to come out of it all with the points lead mostly intact and maintain my
run of podiums at every race so far, five wins, two seconds and two thirds.
I'd like to finish the series by winning the last race but I know the others would love to beat me and end their season on a high, I'd be quite content with another podium. I only need a 7th place to take the championship on count back and there have only been 6 finishers in each race, so a 6th place and a 1 point championship win should be an easy
challenge.
If you the reader have gotten this far into my story I apologise for being so long winded but you will see that it was a very thrilling night of racing. I am really enjoying this championship and think Beannie is brilliant for coming up with the idea and many thanks to Clevo for managing it so well.

For those wondering where I got my inspiration for my Playstation ID, check 7mates program on the 72 F1 world championship on Wednesday 24th at 1:00 PM. I'm going to run my HPA Audi in JPS colours in the High Speed
Ring enduro this Sunday. I'm a little nervous about this as I ran the JPS colours at the Monza round in Season 10 to celebrate Fittipaldi sealing his first world championship there and it turned out to be my worst ever performances in a ROOZ championship round. I,m not supersticous but don't want to have another shocker of a race and dishonor the iconic JPS colours. I will be doing my best without over striving like I did at Monza in the rain.