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Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: GAZZA_308 Date: May 7, 2012, 3:04 pm
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:)
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: macca9899 Date: May 8, 2012, 3:36 am
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Short race for me. Was a shame as I was really enjoying my race.
I think it was Nash and Moss collided at the hairpin so I sneak
up the inside cleanly only to be punted into the wall at the
next turn!!!!!!! Whoever it was left me NO room :-[
Ready to throw in the towel I think.
Hope everyone else has a good race.
Goodnight
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Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: drewdawg727 Date: May 8, 2012, 5:28 am
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This makes 4 **** poor races in a row for me. Thinking of
following my teammate out the door honestly, as I just can't
compete anymore.
Q: 5th, decent lap but could've gone faster.
R: 8th; -1L Great start off the line and was past supanash even
before pit out and then I had to get on the brakes hard when I
saw Striker broke super early for T2, and that allowed Nash to
come along the outside and hang on all the way to the inside of
T4. I surrendered the spot and then Striker broke early yet
again at T8, and I smashed into the back of him, who smashed
into the back of Striker. Started getting a bit annoyed...Livo
and Moss were at least 3-4 seconds ahead. On L3, Nash and I
found Moss at T12 going very slowly, Nash collected wheels with
him as did I but I was able to drive away from both of them and
moved up to 3rd. SC came out next lap when my teammate got
shunted into the wall.
I pitted for primes, and was happy to be on fresh tires for the
restart. I had Moussa breathing down my neck for a few turns,
until I found Livo parked in between turns 8 and 10, and it
didn't take me too long to dispose of him under DRS. Soon I
found Striker also and also passed him to get up to second at
the end of 2nd DRS. Cam was now 3 sec ahead of me but my tires
were starting to fade so I backed off, and got passed by Livo
until I finally pitted for fresh rubber on L12.
Came out and Moussa did the undercut on me..he came out just
ahead of me and I chased him for a couple of seconds...until I
clouted the inside wall at T8, shot myself to the outside wall
and broke my wing and got a puncture >:(
So since I was seeing red, I also allowed myself to get a drive
thru for too much corner cutting (I was just trying to get
around to the pits ::) ::) )
Rest of my race was rather boring after taking some trips down
pit lane. I had to deal with Paul's lag again...was able to get
around Gazza, and also caught up to Castrol but ****ered it all
up again at T4, spun out and broke another wing. So at this
point I just pulled over and waited to go a lap down cus I was
just fuming.
I got the pace to run up front, I know I do, but I just can't
put it together. Don't know what the problem is but I'm starting
to lose my patience and the drive to continue. Next race is
going to be very important for me to decide if I am looking to
continue doing this league or not.
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: supanash Date: May 8, 2012, 5:47 am
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Q - 4
Good quali session for me. Got a 132.2xx on primes, which was
better than the best I'd managed when practicing at the weekend
and it wasn't far behind Moss, who I knew is very fast at
Valencia, so I was happy enough with that. It was only 0.5sec
off pole, so I did think about doing a lap with a set of
options, especially after Moss retired. A clean lap would have
probably got me pole, and I might have had a very different
race.
R - 4
The race went badly from the start for me. Moss and Livo bought
got past Striker who seemed to be going very slowly, especially
in some of the turns. I got held up, and soon the leaders were
quite a long way clear. Things went from bad to worse after a
few laps when I ran into Moss who was rejoining the circuit at
the end of the first long straight. Drew came up the inside and
I got sandwiched, dropping me behind both Drew and Moss. Then I
ran into Moss again at the end of the second straight. I was
confused by how slowly he took the hairpin and I just outbraked
myself and slid into him. I guess he had a damaged wing, which
is why he had to take it slowly. I got a drive through penalty
for it and thought my race was pretty much over. However, Macca
got past as me and Moss were sorting ourselves out but then it
looked like he got squeezed into the wall trying to pass Moss
straight after. I'm not sure if Moss knew he was there or not.
I served my drive through and hoped that we'd get a safety car
for Macca's car getting destroyed. We did, which allowed me to
catch up with the pack again, but I was down in 8th or 9th
place, behind Paul who was lagging badly. From there I ran a
good strategy which meant that I was in clear air for a lot of
the race, and rejoined after my final pitstop in 2nd, just
ahead of Livo and about 8 sec behind Stubbs. I didn't think I
could make up the gap to 1st, but thought 2nd would be great
after the race I'd had. Livo got past me while my tyres were
still cold, but I was soon on his tail. Spent a few laps saving
fuel and I think I'd have had a good chance of passing him for
2nd at some point. In the end though he made a bit of a mistake
at the hairpin, which meant he had to slow down to regain
control. I didn't have any time to react and crashed into him,
losing my wing. Had to pit again, which put me not far ahead of
Moss, who was able to find a way past on the final lap. So a
potential 2nd went to 4th in the space of a few laps.
Pretty frustrating race for me. Really wish I'd had a crack at
pole on the options, which might have meant I'd avoided some of
the trouble I got into.
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: Moss Date: May 8, 2012, 6:32 am
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Qualifying wasn't my best on primes I knew I could do mid 31's
and take pole but it didn't work, early today I did a 30.4 with
options and what I should have done is qualify with options and
go away with pole.
My race was terrible I had a great pace but not the luck, my
first incident was trying to overtake livo on the first straight
but made a mistake and hit the wall, trying to keep distance
from livo, it was totally my fault and livo didn't touch me.
I was still on track after the incident I let stricker by and
tryed to move to the left to let drew and Nash by but lack of
traction was an issue that I couldn't move faster I was stuck to
Nash's tire trying hard move away, after that with my broken
wing I had no aero to the front and my car wasn't turning right.
On the hair pin taking it slowly Nash ran Into me but I still
had my wheels straight so I took off and macca came came fast
the turn after and with no traction and no front wing I was
struggling to drive normal, macca touch my rear wheel and ran
into the wall destroying his car (sorry macca but I was going
through ****).
Had to pit to change my wing then sc came out I still had a
chance to win. A few laps later pushing hard I made a mistake
and lost my front wing and front tyre puncture. So from there it
was gone I just drove my way to the finish line.
Things did get nasty and ugly, I did a couple of UNINTENTIONAL
mistakes, it was frustrating and dirty but il just move on and
forget what happened today.
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: camstubbs86 Date: May 8, 2012, 6:34 am
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Qauli 6th
i went for a primes start hoping to keep up with the guys on
options. i could only get it up to 6th 1.7xx secs behind my team
mate on pole. was disapointed at my pace in qauli and didnt
really know what to expect in the race.
Race 1st
got a good start but couldnt make the move on drew into t1 he
had the inside line, but i got him later just after sector one
at T6 when he bumped nashy, i then picked up nashy on the home
straight as he ran wide on the blue stuff and lost grip. then
things settled down and i cruised comfortably in 4th place with
the primes surprisingly working well, not losing or gaining time
to striker in front and nashy/drew beinhd, then s/c come in on
lap 4/5? and i pitted for options. and come out in 3rd not sure
what happened to moss? i knew u were in 1st or 2nd?
then on restart me and striker both benefited from livo's error
at T6. and we shoot through and get a good lead, he then yeilds
to me a few laps later cause i was faster on the options then
him on the primes, i pumped a healthy enough gap to the people
behind and never really seen anyone else, on lap 27 i seen
striker jump livo into 2nd and i went yeehoo merc domination
again(china) but wassnt ment to be as he gained a puncture
probably from a HRT front wing? ;D :o :o jokes.
im really surprised i stole the win here as its close to one of
the ones i worse perform at on the calendar, dont know why just
cant get a setup to work well. if livo, moss, striker, nash
hadnt had so many incidents there is no way i would have won i
wouldnt have had the pace but that is racing and i must say i
did enjoy winning the race. and thanks to striker for being a
team player i will remember that for future reference.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1v7Qz6NJs&feature=youtu.be
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: drewdawg727 Date: May 8, 2012, 6:40 am
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Lag is freaking unbelievable.
Wait til you see my video come out, I was 2 car lengths ahead of
Supanash before we made the right kink at pit out. On stubbs
screen I am well behind him. What the hell.
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: Moss Date: May 8, 2012, 6:48 am
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^^^^ tell me about it.
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: camstubbs86 Date: May 8, 2012, 6:55 am
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really you mean lap 1 drew? when i rounded you up? what happened
after that then lol? lag is shit i hope something is seriously
done about it next game, im not a pc wiz but they gotta be some
way to make it faster or what ever
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Re: Race Reports - Europe Grand Prix
By: drewdawg727 Date: May 8, 2012, 6:57 am
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What do you mean ... you passed me when I smashed into the back
of Nash at T8. You'll see on my video Nash pinned me into the
outside wall in between T3 and 4, which to him means I was
behind him like on your screen.
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