ARI Fun Race #10 Heartland Park Topeka Short

[gorgias1976]

Soo here comes my first race report:
Quali: i was able to put in a good lap about halfway through the Quali, hoping it would be enough for 2nd. However Gorka got 2nd in the last minutes, leaving me on P3 for the first Race.
Race 1: After a decent start i had a exciting fight with Gorka for 2nd place, although it seems, he thought i was Stefan :-P . we passed each other three times cleanly, having much fun. on the fourth pass (he was passing me) a slight touch of the cars occured, leaving us spinning and taking out someone else in the process. after that i carefully rejoined the race behind Fergy. After chasing him for one or two laps, my chance for passing came, as he got very sideways in a corner. on the following straight, i had more speed than him, getting slightly ahead on the runup to the fast right-left combo. sadly fergy didn\'t notice me on the inside, pulling into me at the apex. after that second crash, i managed to get 8th.
Race 2: in race two my inexperience and overambition were coming through. after fighting with stefan for one or two laps i was slipstreaming him on the start-straight. on the runup to turn one, i went for the inside line, with a little bit more speed, but as i soon realiced, not enough speed to overtake him before the corner. the thought came just a slight moment too late, so that i started braking too late, to clear the inside of the corner for Stefan. locking up my brakes in panic, i touched his back into the corner, spinning him around. of course i waited for him to rejoin the race in front of me, but still: shame on me!
Race 3: on the start, it was time for stefans revenge ;-) he and someone else crashed right in front of me. i had too much speed to break or avoid the two, so i crashed right into them and landed upside down. after the crash my steering was bent, but everyting else was ok, so i was able to finish the race.

So overall i had a good start into league racing but was behaving a bit foolishly. after all, i still have to learn a lot in racing real persons, as i mostly raced offline to date. thanks for the fun, and i hope you guys will tolerate the remnants of my foolishnes, as i try to fight it.
by the way: can someone recommend a good, free recording program? i would love to load up some scenes from my replay, like my fight with gorka :-)

Oh, All weekend mistaking you and Stefan :? don\'t know why :?:

The best program to record is FRAPS. I have to record videos in half size as my computer can\'t deal with full resolution recording (HD not quick enough).

I\'ve taken a few free time to record a couple of videos

This is Race 2 accident between you and Stefan from my racing viewpoint. Don\'t think you are to blame as when you touched you were still at the very inside of the curve.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDIls8KwjoQ[/youtube]


And this is Race 3 first lap accidents from different drivers\' perspective

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjRPJwMgWIs[/youtube]