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#Post#: 2074--------------------------------------------------
Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: guest52 Date: March 26, 2017, 3:36 pm
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As another Canadian newbie I certainly agree with you Paul, that
was nerve racking. Trying to keep one eye on the mirror and one
on the road is stressful! The race was defiantly fun though.
Matt, you were having a bad day, you tried to chew the rear
tires off my car a couple of times. LoL
Nbd. I was much more of a hazard to myself than anyone else
was.:( I just couldn't find the right feel for the car. Maybe
open wheel is not my thing.
Thanks again for the fun and support, it makes it all worth
while.
John
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Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Marketcrash16 Date: March 26, 2017, 3:41 pm
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I forgot how much I love this car. It really deserves it's own
series. (Wish it had push-to-pass though)
I felt good with the setup I had and hoped I'd qualify near the
front. An incident on lap 1 had me frustrated and at the back,
but not damaged, so I hoped to make up a few places. I didn't
have player names displayed so I never knew who it was in front
of me, so I just assumed whoever was in front was the enemy!
Before I knew it I was in 3rd place and felt good about my
lines. I knew who was in first, but I actually thought Triffy
was in 2nd. When I saw it was Chad, I thought "dang it... I
never should have given him a setup!" My saving grace was that
Michael and Chad made mistakes and I didn't. Michael's repairs
took a long time and that really hurt his chances, and Chad had
a small spin on that last turn that let me pass him. Chad and I
pitted at the same time, but Chads pit was much faster than mine
and we were bumper to bumper heading out of the pit.
By about lap 27 or so, I was pretty confident I had the win so I
eased off, because otherwise I would have pushed too hard and
crashed. I do that EVERY time I try to do it, and I didn't want
to mess this up. IMO this was MUCH better than the GTO race
which is impressive considering how fragile these cars are.
Hope the new guys had fun... very respectful racing going on out
there. See you next week!
#Post#: 2076--------------------------------------------------
Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Marketcrash16 Date: March 26, 2017, 3:46 pm
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Oh.. I totally forgot to mention that I bumped Jan...So sorry
about that, it was my fault. Glad neither one of us spun from
it. Nice recovery!
#Post#: 2077--------------------------------------------------
Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Chad Brown Date: March 26, 2017, 4:54 pm
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The race was a much better showing for me than I expected. I
qualified in 6th place with a time close to my personal best so
I was happy with that.
I generally don't care for the handling of these cars compared
to the GT class cars. But, I found it was really easy to get a
handle on here. I did not run any aids other than auto clutch
(to help if I spun and stalled). I practiced initially with ABS
on low just to get a sense of the car. Upon getting comfortable
with the car I turned the ABS off and got used to how much break
pressure I was able to use to keep from locking up the breaks.
To my surprise I was able to keep from flat spotting the tires
with some concentration and attention to my breaking.
I didn't have a great start off the line as I had to break for
the car in front of me who also got a poor start off the line.
Unfortunately I got into 2nd gear by the time I realized I
needed to brake. I forgot to get back into 1st gear and that was
enough to lose several spots.
There were a couple of minor incidents in the first few laps
which helped me get into 4th place. I had a nice couple of laps
trying to get past a very wide car driven by none other than our
very own Gerry Sweetland. Gerry had a bit of an off which
presented me with the opportunity to get past him. I sat there
until I Michael Foster had an accident and had to pit for
damage.
At this point I was in 1st place trying to hold off Tom. My
tires were in pretty bad shape and I was losing time to Tom
because of It. I decided to pit for tires and ended up spinning
on the last sharp left hand turn before start/finish. I didn't
take any damage and was able to get back to the pits. Tom had a
pretty good lead on me now though.
To my surprise Tom was also in the pits. I parked like a dick in
an attempt to block him in and beat him out of the pits. I had a
great 7 second stop but my defensive parking was not good
enough. He went around my block like Mario Andretti on a Sunday
afternoon drive. But my quick pit stop got me back on the track
about 3 seconds behind Tom. Unfortunately Tom had a better pace
and we both settled into our groves. Tom had built a 10 second
lead on me by the near end of the race. Knowing I was unlikely
to catch him I decided to take it easy and make the tires last
until the end of the race.
I became keenly aware though that Michael Foster had been able
to gain most of his positions back and was now about 30 seconds
behind me with about 13 minutes to go. I thought to myself,
"There is no way he could close 30 seconds in 13 minutes" But
knowing how well he drives and considering the 28 second gap he
had opened in the early part of the race I decided to try and
keep a brisk pace but also concentrate on not having any
significant offs.
In the end Michael was too damaged to be able to pick up any
real time on me and I was able to coast to my second place
finish.
This was a really good race for me and I was able to be the
recipient of some unlucky events between other drivers. Did
anyone else feel like the 45 Minutes absolutely flew by? I don't
recall a GT race feeling this short.
I want to thank everyone who came out to race today and am
looking forward to seeing you all next week for The Group C
content. Track still to be determined.
[quote]I forgot how much I love this car. It really deserves
it's own series.[/quote]
I have no problem VRC hosting another series along side of the
EGT series. However, I will have to have another person
administer that series as I have barely enough time to do a
mediocre job of hosting the EGT series. I can host the rF2
server and TS server as usual but the adverts and infrastructure
would have to be handled by someone else.
If someone is interested in taking up this role let me know and
we can get it setup.
See you all on Sunday.
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Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Marketcrash16 Date: March 26, 2017, 5:10 pm
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Another thing I wanted to say...
Pitstops:
I love the strategy that this adds. When Chad pitted at the same
time as I did, my heart raced a bit and I was smashing the gas
pedal trying to hurry my pit crew. REALLY increases excitement.
Sao Paulo is a nice easy track to pit on.
45 minute races:
LOVE IT! I really noticed the time of day change and I was spent
at the end of the race feeling like I had been racing for hours.
With theses cars (as jgmaher said) my hands were sweating like
never before. Not sure if I even blinked during the race.
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Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Triffy Date: March 26, 2017, 6:06 pm
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Well that was a bucket load of fun!
I was surprised I managed to put my PB time in quali. Just
wasn't feeling the car today. I knew my race pace probably
wasn't going to be the greatest so I thought I'd pick a
different strategy to everyone else.
My start was pretty good and I made up a spot, I think Tom
bogged off the line. The tires caught me off guard and had a
spin early on, but after that I was surprised with my pace on
the primes compared to everyone else. Had a few stupid spins and
mistakes that I really should not have. Made one really hopeless
move behind Simon and I think I gave him a tap so I have to
apologize for that one. Luckily it didn't cause any issues.
Also had a great fight with Jan. Great racing, dude! Very clean
and I have to say you were very consistent and a safe pair of
hands at the wheel bar a couple of moments.
After the pitstops cycled my strategy worked well very well. I
had much fresher tires than Jan and was able to pass him and
build a 10 second gap. After that it was pretty boring for the
last 10 or so laps - too far behind Michael (and too slow) to
catch him so I took it very easy and got it home with no major
issues. In the end even without my spins and errors my pace
would've worked out to a 4th place finish so it's as much as I
could've hoped for.
I completely agree with Tom - the 45 minute format works very
well, and the pitstops made it a much more interesting and fun
race. Too bad the URD cars can make it on one tank but even if
it's a mandatory stop strategy can play a big part in making the
races as fun as this one.
Thanks for the great time guys, I'm starting to get more
comfortable racing other people and making clean moves. See you
on track!
P.S. the whole sweating and shaking thing is what I love about
this, and yea, count me in that group.
#Post#: 2080--------------------------------------------------
Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Ibby Date: March 26, 2017, 9:26 pm
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Does anybody have a replay file of the race? I haven't figured
out how to record yet. And I'd love to go back and review how
you all drove the course while I was trimming the grass and
hanging out in the pits!
#Post#: 2081--------------------------------------------------
Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Triffy Date: March 26, 2017, 9:30 pm
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[quote author=Ibby link=topic=140.msg2080#msg2080
date=1490581566]
Does anybody have a replay file of the race? I haven't figured
out how to record yet. And I'd love to go back and review how
you all drove the course while I was trimming the grass and
hanging out in the pits!
[/quote]
Not sure if replays are on by default but you can have a look in
Single Player/Options/Replay and see if you have it.
#Post#: 2082--------------------------------------------------
Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Ibby Date: March 26, 2017, 10:35 pm
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[quote author=Triffy link=topic=140.msg2081#msg2081
date=1490581820]
[quote author=Ibby link=topic=140.msg2080#msg2080
date=1490581566]
Does anybody have a replay file of the race? I haven't figured
out how to record yet. And I'd love to go back and review how
you all drove the course while I was trimming the grass and
hanging out in the pits!
[/quote]
Not sure if replays are on by default but you can have a look in
Single Player/Options/Replay and see if you have it.
[/quote]
It's there. Fantastic! Thanks Triffy.
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Re: VRC Fun Run DW12 at Sao Paulo
By: Chad Brown Date: March 27, 2017, 12:42 am
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I can also upload the replay file from the server to the dropbox
account so you can download it. You will have to place the file
into the replay folder to watch it though.
Link here:
HTML https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfjpvjzo4ab0cz8/SaoPaulo%20GP%20R1%2015.Vcr?dl=0
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