22-02-2016, 08:22 AM
Qualy
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After being all week out of rFactor2 it took me some laps to start getting comfortable with the car. Lap after lap I was improving my laptimes. In the final attempt I was about to improve 2 tenths but finally ruined it at the last sector. My laptime was good enough for a third place just 2 thousands ahead of DjC.
Race 1
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Braking for turn 2 I got hit from behind and went straight to the wall getting damage both front and rear. Had to go for repairs (alongside Harri) and wait for 134 seconds there. Got out 22nd and two laps down. That was the end of the story.
Race 2
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Something wierd happened at the start. The two cars ahead of me didn't move at all (don't know if real or game/server related). That caused a little of mayhem, touches and time lost.
Starting 21st my only posibility was to do an early pitstop and then manage the tires. That is what I did and it proved to be working until Rik came out of his pitstop. I decided to take some of his draft on the backstraight to keep close to him (and to the podium) but forgot to brake earlier to compensate the higher speed I was carrying. As I say I was about to give him a push I went for an evasive move. Just before hitting him I released brakes and move to the right to avoid him and brake again. Sadly that meant to get to the gravel and lose a big amount of seconds.
The next 10 laps I had to drive with a little damage on the front and squared front tires recovering some positions while on the same time Ramon was 1.5 seconds behind me coming quite fast.
Due to front tires being damaged I started getting understeer and I tried to comensate moving the brake balance 2 points to the rear. That seemed to help a bit.
Finally finished 5th which was not bad considering both races.
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After being all week out of rFactor2 it took me some laps to start getting comfortable with the car. Lap after lap I was improving my laptimes. In the final attempt I was about to improve 2 tenths but finally ruined it at the last sector. My laptime was good enough for a third place just 2 thousands ahead of DjC.
Race 1
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Braking for turn 2 I got hit from behind and went straight to the wall getting damage both front and rear. Had to go for repairs (alongside Harri) and wait for 134 seconds there. Got out 22nd and two laps down. That was the end of the story.
Paul_Swire Wrote:I was holding a lead of 7 seconds on Nikos and my aim was to beat him, on the 14th lap I was touched again by someone trying to over take me on the last corner, this didn't end well. I was spinning across the track and people just missing me. Decided to ESC before I caused a pile up. Race over for me.That was my fault Paul, I was trying to outlap myself and miscalculated the gap.
Race 2
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Something wierd happened at the start. The two cars ahead of me didn't move at all (don't know if real or game/server related). That caused a little of mayhem, touches and time lost.
Starting 21st my only posibility was to do an early pitstop and then manage the tires. That is what I did and it proved to be working until Rik came out of his pitstop. I decided to take some of his draft on the backstraight to keep close to him (and to the podium) but forgot to brake earlier to compensate the higher speed I was carrying. As I say I was about to give him a push I went for an evasive move. Just before hitting him I released brakes and move to the right to avoid him and brake again. Sadly that meant to get to the gravel and lose a big amount of seconds.
The next 10 laps I had to drive with a little damage on the front and squared front tires recovering some positions while on the same time Ramon was 1.5 seconds behind me coming quite fast.
Due to front tires being damaged I started getting understeer and I tried to comensate moving the brake balance 2 points to the rear. That seemed to help a bit.
Finally finished 5th which was not bad considering both races.
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