GT6 [Completed] 500PPS Super Street Event - TB's Challenge

The Evora has great stability under acceleration but is a demon on closed throttle. So dragging the brakes may help, I will experiment with it but I won't risk it tonight. Definitely using the RX7 at Bathurst, the Evora is better at Suzuka East and Monaco. They are about the same pace at Trial mountain so will probably use the more stable RX7 there as well, turns 1, 2 and 3 are very tricky in the Evora.

the 2 biggest issues IMO with dragging the brakes are:
1. forgetting to do it, or doing it so lightly your foot slips off the brake and around you go lol
2. it makes you burn more fuel...in the daytona road race in the season with the McLaren, some of us were dragging the brakes into turn 1 to keep the car stable... these guys either had to make the second pitstop...or run out of fuel (i think we had 3 run out on the last corner after the bustop lol

I think the subaru will go well tonight despite its low pp...it is especially planted

I agree, the track choices should suit it, maybe my RX7 can round you up on the straights at Bathurst but at the other tracks we'll have quite a challenge trying to catch it after it's typical demon start.

@N64TheStig007 you ok to host tonight?

Gonna have to pull out fellas, Dinner time is colliding head on with this.....

You'd rather eat than race,

Well hey, food is pretty good stuff. Lol, luckily i scoffed it down pretty darn quickly so i'm back in

Well done Bob, new car worked a treat. All my races were over before the end of lap 1. Had a great last lap battle for 8th with Bryan at Bathurst, the only high light of the night.

Race for the 26th
http://www.raceonoz.com/forums/inde...pl-learner-street-event-lightweight-cup.2078/

A night to forget performance wise for me but a fun night nonetheless. My wrx & r32 are both quite down on pp (which happens when you consistently win in them) which make it hard to put up a fight.
Being 4WD they can always get a good start as I am sure most of you saw, but I just slowly lose positions as the cream rises to the top.

However I think I made a mistake in every race.

Suzuka I tried following @Randm90 at the last turn as he took a wide line...but I went wider and dropped a wheel.

Bathurst I broke too late coming down the mountain and the car fastboysteered at the wrong angle into the wall and turning around in a small space without hindering others meant the field went by.

Trial Mountain @N64TheStig007 in the 'that's not a knife that's a spoon' civic made a daring move for an outside pass into a tight right hander and in my surprised effort to leave room I had to brake at the crest at a weird angle which sent the wrx fastboying into the wall. Kudos to N64TheGrouch007 for waiting as we weren't sure at the time if we had touched and double kudos for deciding not to pass me for the rest of the race and do burnouts/skids instead

Monaco I had a 2nd row start with 2 known wheelspinners in front so I took an early lead. I made too many little mistakes like clipping armco on the apex of corners and @B-Spec Bob reeled me in. He passed me on the front straight/curve and I blew 1/4 tank of nos to get back past up the hill but he got me again in the same spot next lap so I had no choice but to let him go.
Then @X-WTF_MAN-X & @Viperzed caught me as they were lagging into each other and luckily they got past without incident. With a couple to go @Bryan_F surprised me with a move but he couldn't get by and my subsequent defensive lines meant that @mmm_homebrew got past him and of course had nos left at the end to take me on the final stretch.

I don't remember seeing too much of @BMWF30328 aka Lesmo 2 Larry

which lancer did @Randm90 have?
@Slambobagan did you use a new car for the last race?

I feel for you, I had a similar night, race 1 I qualified reasonable well and even moved up to third place halfway arounfd lap 1 but then got a tap in the back on the last corner and the little Lotus can't take that on a closed throttle. That put me well back from the pack and I had a lonely chase in last place until on the last lap I caught poor @incey (what a come down for both of us Ince after a 1-2 final to last week to the disasters we had last night). Race two I was on the front row in my RX7, I was swamped by the field as Incey and I were snaking all over the track trying to get traction, we touched putting me on the grass on the outside entering the first corner, I had nearly the whole field surge through the inside at turn 1. At the top of the hill there was a big kerfuffle which I of course got caught in and then had no hope of a good result. Luckily others were delayed so I managed to have a bit of a race with a couple of guys and the last lap was the only good point of the night when I had a cracker of a battle with Bryan.
Race 3 I started mid pack but trying to balance the Lotus through the first few swooping bends was hampered by a number of inevitable little taps that had me hanging on for dear life and dropping back through the field. After that it was a lonely race again until I came upon Hatfield having some dramas but then spun on my own and fell to the back again.
I was hoping to make amends at Monaco as I again started front row and in the Lotus again was only beaten to turn one by Hats 4wd monster. At the top of the hill while I was trying to balance the corner entry oversteer another tap turned me around again and by then I had had enough and just coasted to the pits.
Next week I will be back in my GT Ford and will be looking for some good clean races to re affirm my love of this game.