18-03-2013, 08:55 PM
This weekend for me is best described as character building
Qually went ok for me and netted me 4th so I was right behind the resident aliens .
Race 1
Got a good start and managed to stay with the big 3 until lap 4 , then my nemesis struck , I hit the inside curb of the last turn hard , this threw me across the track and wiped the suspension off the front left , fortunately I had enough control to keep the car straight and not go back onto the track and spoil the race for others . didn’t try to repair as I didn’t think it was worth it, so spent the race watching Marcel and Jason have a ding dong battle which was brilliant to watch .
Race 2
Got a good start and made up a few places and tucked in behind JP , was comfortable following him as we were lapping quickly and new I would pass him on the pitstops as I was leaving it until lap 12 to get track position , drafting him into the last turn he braked suddenly (I think he was pitting) and I had to swerve to avoid contact , this threw me into a spin and I collected the barriers which damaged the car , it was still capable of lapping at a reasonable pace so carried on to my planned pit and didn’t repair , pit stop went ok , I came out and worked up to speed and got into 7th place , then my comp crashed!!!!!!! GRRRRRR
Race 3
Sat on start line waiting to go and discovered I had no steering , I had forgot that unlike the G27 the fanatic has to be loaded manually , big panic but fortunately got it done before race started , made a good start but as I turned into turn 1 discovered I had no FF , this distracted me enough to make me miss my brakes and tap Mel who spun off as did I (sry Mel) , got going and drove carefully until I got used to no FF made a few places until my pitstop then discovered that my assigned pit request button was not working , had to just go into pits and hope it wasn’t going to be too slow , pitstop was going well then JP arrived and we discovered that we shared the same pit , he pulled in front of me but when I came to leave even on full lock I hit his rear (sry JP) after that the race went well I was holding 4th with Bryan breathing down my neck , unfortunately on the last lap I got baulked by a back marker on the last 3 corners and Bryan got the run on me and passed me approaching the line so I ended up 5th .
Here’s hoping my next event gets better
Qually went ok for me and netted me 4th so I was right behind the resident aliens .
Race 1
Got a good start and managed to stay with the big 3 until lap 4 , then my nemesis struck , I hit the inside curb of the last turn hard , this threw me across the track and wiped the suspension off the front left , fortunately I had enough control to keep the car straight and not go back onto the track and spoil the race for others . didn’t try to repair as I didn’t think it was worth it, so spent the race watching Marcel and Jason have a ding dong battle which was brilliant to watch .
Race 2
Got a good start and made up a few places and tucked in behind JP , was comfortable following him as we were lapping quickly and new I would pass him on the pitstops as I was leaving it until lap 12 to get track position , drafting him into the last turn he braked suddenly (I think he was pitting) and I had to swerve to avoid contact , this threw me into a spin and I collected the barriers which damaged the car , it was still capable of lapping at a reasonable pace so carried on to my planned pit and didn’t repair , pit stop went ok , I came out and worked up to speed and got into 7th place , then my comp crashed!!!!!!! GRRRRRR
Race 3
Sat on start line waiting to go and discovered I had no steering , I had forgot that unlike the G27 the fanatic has to be loaded manually , big panic but fortunately got it done before race started , made a good start but as I turned into turn 1 discovered I had no FF , this distracted me enough to make me miss my brakes and tap Mel who spun off as did I (sry Mel) , got going and drove carefully until I got used to no FF made a few places until my pitstop then discovered that my assigned pit request button was not working , had to just go into pits and hope it wasn’t going to be too slow , pitstop was going well then JP arrived and we discovered that we shared the same pit , he pulled in front of me but when I came to leave even on full lock I hit his rear (sry JP) after that the race went well I was holding 4th with Bryan breathing down my neck , unfortunately on the last lap I got baulked by a back marker on the last 3 corners and Bryan got the run on me and passed me approaching the line so I ended up 5th .
Here’s hoping my next event gets better
Understeer - is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it