18-07-2016, 04:30 PM
Re: *SIM RACERS 4 LIFE - MULTI-CLASSICS SEASON - ROUND 4 - SILVERSTONE 75 - REPORTS
Probably my worst race weekend with SR4L :o Started practice on Sunday afternoon, because I have not had time to do so earlier, but I usually don't need much practice to be competitive. This time I soon realised I would not be able to reach DJ's laptimes, but what was really annoying me was that the car felt really strange and very difficult to drive. My earlier setups did not work at all here. My only conclusion is that this track only consist of one type of corner - high speed corners - the type of corner that the Spark hates. I probably would have needed a few days to develop a completely different setup, to suit this kind of track better. I should have tried my Spa setup, but I'm quite sure nothing would help here...
QUALI
Was happy to take 2nd place, that was what I was aiming for after seeing Quickshark's laptimes
RACE 1
2nd place on the grid was pretty much pole here. Starting almost side by side and I could quite easily take the lead from the rubbered side. Although I knew I had no chance because I was more that 1 sec slower per lap, I just decided to try to keep him behind me for as long as possible. I had to drive defensive lines most of the time, but I kept calm. I made a mistake on lap 3, I think, and DJ passed me. Coming out from the final chicane, the rear lost all grip and I made the first of many uncontrollable spins. Lost a couple of positions, and later I lost it again while fighting someone. This time in the high speed corner leading out on the Hangar Straight. Once again there was nothing I could do. I'm usually able to control these oversteer situations, but no counter-steering in the world helped yesterday, and I crashed into the armcos and lost my left front wheel. Decided not to continue the race when I saw repair time was 300 sec.
RACE 2
Tried Edwin's setup in this race. Usually his sets are easier to drive but this time it was quite hard, but in some way those oversteer situations were a bit easier to control. But once again I spun and lost many places. I decided to pit early and not to repair light suspension damage. Then I was able to drive without mistakes, but quite slow laptimes. As expected I gained many positions by pitting early, and towards the end of the race I was able to steal John Cook's 2nd place when he made a mistake. He was right behind me and in an overtake attempt we made contact and he lost a second or two.. I thought I was able to bring home 2nd place but my rear tires were terrible and gave me absolutely no grip... I lost it in the very fast left hander (Abbey?) and lost 2nd place to John Cook. With very small margin I could keep Rick behind me through the chicane leading to the checkered flag, but once again I had the uncontrollable oversteer, and spun into the pitlane where I finished in 4th........
:-[
Probably my worst race weekend with SR4L :o Started practice on Sunday afternoon, because I have not had time to do so earlier, but I usually don't need much practice to be competitive. This time I soon realised I would not be able to reach DJ's laptimes, but what was really annoying me was that the car felt really strange and very difficult to drive. My earlier setups did not work at all here. My only conclusion is that this track only consist of one type of corner - high speed corners - the type of corner that the Spark hates. I probably would have needed a few days to develop a completely different setup, to suit this kind of track better. I should have tried my Spa setup, but I'm quite sure nothing would help here...
QUALI
Was happy to take 2nd place, that was what I was aiming for after seeing Quickshark's laptimes
RACE 1
2nd place on the grid was pretty much pole here. Starting almost side by side and I could quite easily take the lead from the rubbered side. Although I knew I had no chance because I was more that 1 sec slower per lap, I just decided to try to keep him behind me for as long as possible. I had to drive defensive lines most of the time, but I kept calm. I made a mistake on lap 3, I think, and DJ passed me. Coming out from the final chicane, the rear lost all grip and I made the first of many uncontrollable spins. Lost a couple of positions, and later I lost it again while fighting someone. This time in the high speed corner leading out on the Hangar Straight. Once again there was nothing I could do. I'm usually able to control these oversteer situations, but no counter-steering in the world helped yesterday, and I crashed into the armcos and lost my left front wheel. Decided not to continue the race when I saw repair time was 300 sec.
RACE 2
Tried Edwin's setup in this race. Usually his sets are easier to drive but this time it was quite hard, but in some way those oversteer situations were a bit easier to control. But once again I spun and lost many places. I decided to pit early and not to repair light suspension damage. Then I was able to drive without mistakes, but quite slow laptimes. As expected I gained many positions by pitting early, and towards the end of the race I was able to steal John Cook's 2nd place when he made a mistake. He was right behind me and in an overtake attempt we made contact and he lost a second or two.. I thought I was able to bring home 2nd place but my rear tires were terrible and gave me absolutely no grip... I lost it in the very fast left hander (Abbey?) and lost 2nd place to John Cook. With very small margin I could keep Rick behind me through the chicane leading to the checkered flag, but once again I had the uncontrollable oversteer, and spun into the pitlane where I finished in 4th........
:-[