29-06-2014, 08:44 PM
Well, really unlucky day for me.
I got off to a great start. Was 8th in qualify with a 2:14.088 until John sneaked in with a 2:13.8, so 9th. Not bad, considering most upper positions were aliens in the 2:11 zone. Anyway, was really happy about my result, also being my PB.
In warmup I tried the race setup with half tank of fuel and harder suspensions. Felt quite ok, I was getting it.
My "strategy" was to keep cool and try to make it to the end, no matter what happens around me.
Race starts. I get a good start, keeping my position.
Around T3 I see a couple of drivers touching and probably John (?) spinning off track.
I'm 8th now. "Keep it cool, it'll be ok" :-)
Well, at Maggots everyone disappears.
"FFFFFUUUUUUUUU" I think... "Not now please. Please..."
About half way through the straight towards Stowe, I get the dreaded "Connection lost".
Dammit.
ISP DNS went down for a minute or two.
I tried rejoining but there was no hope to being with.
Lost the position and the race.
This sad race was also the last one for me until mid August, as I'm going on vacation.
I'm going to miss two of the best races of the season.
This is definitely not my luckiest SR4L moment :-( although I think I'm definitely improving my pace and driving.
I'll see you in some weekly practice or maybe next Sunday if there's a fun event.
Maybe we could have a BT20 race at Belgium or Monaco? :-)
I got off to a great start. Was 8th in qualify with a 2:14.088 until John sneaked in with a 2:13.8, so 9th. Not bad, considering most upper positions were aliens in the 2:11 zone. Anyway, was really happy about my result, also being my PB.
In warmup I tried the race setup with half tank of fuel and harder suspensions. Felt quite ok, I was getting it.
My "strategy" was to keep cool and try to make it to the end, no matter what happens around me.
Race starts. I get a good start, keeping my position.
Around T3 I see a couple of drivers touching and probably John (?) spinning off track.
I'm 8th now. "Keep it cool, it'll be ok" :-)
Well, at Maggots everyone disappears.
"FFFFFUUUUUUUUU" I think... "Not now please. Please..."
About half way through the straight towards Stowe, I get the dreaded "Connection lost".
Dammit.
ISP DNS went down for a minute or two.
I tried rejoining but there was no hope to being with.
Lost the position and the race.
This sad race was also the last one for me until mid August, as I'm going on vacation.
I'm going to miss two of the best races of the season.
This is definitely not my luckiest SR4L moment :-( although I think I'm definitely improving my pace and driving.
I'll see you in some weekly practice or maybe next Sunday if there's a fun event.
Maybe we could have a BT20 race at Belgium or Monaco? :-)