GT5 The DTM World Tour Series

Hey Anon,

Can I get in on this, I have qualified in Div2 for the Sunday league but have yet to race. I have a Lexus IS-F Racing Concept 08 in White, I'm OK going solo as I don't think anyone else is driving one of these anyway, I just want to see if myself and the car is competitive. I have put out a friend request as CobMcCool. Just let me know either way.

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I thought Lexus was on the DTM list is it OK or not.

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Missed out again arrrrrgh!!!!, forgot to put out a friend request to stumbles while I was out buying the Astra (Yes the Lexus was slow after detuning to make the BHP limit best was around 2:04 probably due to weight, Astra a bit quicker) Will sort my stuff out and be ready to hit it next week.


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Awesome racing guys. I'll do a write up tonight after work. Will be good to get some other perspectives on the race as well. Tyre choice made this race very interesting indeed.

I had a great race last night guys. Suzuka is one of my favorite tracks, and the M3 seems to be very stable through the s-bends and the other faster corners. I knew Bonus and Snake would be the men to beat, so I was very surprised to see Stumbles pulling some very quick times in the practice we did before qualifying. That Merc is hella quick for sure.

I went out on track for qualifying, did my out lap, then on my first flying lap I ran into some crazy carnage as Enforcer lost it on the curvy left hander after the s-bends. I tried to drive through the plume of smoke, but ended up t-boning him. So that was one lap wasted. Then as I was about to start by second attempt, a couple of guys had lost it at the Casio chicane, I tried to avoid them and ended up off the track, spoiling my run down onto the main straight to start a flying lap. That was another one gone, lol. Sorry to those who heard me go off on voice chat, but at that point I had the s. I followed through with that lap anyway and ran a 1:57.7, and I knew that wouldn't be enough, so I went around again and pitted for new tyres. I did another out lap then on my last lap I pulled out a 1:56.4, which wasn't really a super clean lap to be honest, but I must have made up some time somewhere to get it. So I did pull that out after the 10 minute deadline, sorry for making everyone wait.

Starting on pole, I opted for the softs to get me started. I knew that with no one in front of me I would be able to pull a lead, even though initially I didn't know what tyres Stumbles and snake were running behind me. I was very surprised on viewing the replay to see Bonus back in the field running softs while being stuck behind a few guys running mediums. I think that cost you alot of time mate! Anyways, I got off to a very nice clean start and quickly started pulling a lead on the guys behind me, so I knew within the first lap that they were running mediums straight up. I was happy to see Snake messing up multiple times and slipping down the field, lol. Better luck next time mate!

As the race progressed I kept things nice and smooth and steady not trying to push too hard. With a 30 odd second lead on Stumbles I pitted at the end of lap 9 and threw on another set of softs. I came out in second place to have Stumbles pit at the end of that lap and put me back into the lead. The gap stayed around the 28-30 second mark until I pitted for Mediums at the end of lap 19.

I came out knowing that he would be catching me, but very much doubted that he would, unless I had a big off. As Stumbles said in his post, he wore the gap down quite a bit, I had one off at the second Degner on lap 28 after being distracted by lapped cars and lost maybe 10 seconds. Fortunetly Stumbles had some dramas of his own and I ended up crossing the line 24 seconds ahead.

Stumbles, you mentioned that our pace was very similar. On the softs that was true, but on the mediums I was a bit quicker and more consistant I think, and that may have made the difference in the end.

Things are really heating up boys, It looks like I've taken the lead in the Drivers Championship, and even though my teammate Mystline dropped a piston and had to retire, The Bimmer Bangers are on top of the Manufacturers ladder as well. Looking forward to the next one.

Ya...I know right, I was a test driver for Brawn GP back in 09'. Ross and I could chat for hours.

Yeah Chev I had a of a race tbh eh, didn't produce in qualy, started on mediums, had never run them before so was sloppy to start with, had an off at spoon, crawled through the kitty litter, got back on track, broke traction and veered into Darko's path, shunted back into the kitty litter, haha, that cost me a load of time, I finally got back on track and thought I was doing the right thing running the mediums for a bit longer than most guys, thinking I'd be able to run quicker on the softs due to not having to make them last as long as others, turns out the mediums don't even last any longer than the softs but are a couple of seconds a lap slower, even more by the end as wear seems to affect them even moreso than the softs, lost me some more time, aswell as these I had a few minor offs throughout the race but got stronger and stronger as it went on, had a great battle with Enforcer for the last 2 laps, if I was a bit rougher I probably would have had the pass at 130R, but oh well, was still fun.

Hopefully now I have a bit of experience with the tyres I can do a bit better next round, that and hopefully there are no slippery corners like the second Degner and the hairpin at Suzuka, those were seriously treacherous, an accident waiting to happen tbh, I reckon if I didn't have to tippy toe around those every lap I'd have been running 56 flat

So the next round is Daytona Road I take it??

Any chance we can include spa on the calendar? I'd love to race around there in these cars.

My round sounds good do you all have to let me win