10-12-2013, 01:56 AM
Choosing 40% damage was genius! It caused significant time loss while at least allowing one to get back to the pits. I'd bet it was a major factor in having only 3 DNFs on this treacherous track. It certainly helped me out twice.
My race was unremarkable in it's results (P12) but certainly the most personally rewarding Ring event I've ever been in. I NEVER do more than 3 laps without trashing my car. I had no reason to think Sunday would be any different. But somehow I managed to race 10 laps ( a complete race) with only one unforced major off. (I clipped the earthen ramp at Nikki Lauda's kink just barely keeping from going airborne.) I did have a couple fairly low speed collisions with drivers who bobbled in front of me. But the 40% damage setting allowed my race to continue. (I'm hazy on a lot of this since I have no replay)
The most amazing things for me personally are: 1 - I raced 80 minutes at a track I have always hated and has always had my number. And 2 - I enjoyed it very much!
To any guys I tagged... sorry! I know in the first incident (lap 2 or 3) I saw you going squirrely and was trying to predict a safe route. Possibly I could have jammed my brakes quicker and harder but that's often risky itself. With only 3 race DNFs I suppose (hope) you were not knocked out.
Edit: Niko you are not the only one! I didn't know you could set a race fuel strategy. I'm still stuck in the GLP mode where every refueling matches the starting amount. I guess I need to explore the options a little more! :-[
Edit 2: Was anybody else's ass numb when this thing ended! I must get a softer seat if we are going to do any more of these endurance races.
My race was unremarkable in it's results (P12) but certainly the most personally rewarding Ring event I've ever been in. I NEVER do more than 3 laps without trashing my car. I had no reason to think Sunday would be any different. But somehow I managed to race 10 laps ( a complete race) with only one unforced major off. (I clipped the earthen ramp at Nikki Lauda's kink just barely keeping from going airborne.) I did have a couple fairly low speed collisions with drivers who bobbled in front of me. But the 40% damage setting allowed my race to continue. (I'm hazy on a lot of this since I have no replay)
The most amazing things for me personally are: 1 - I raced 80 minutes at a track I have always hated and has always had my number. And 2 - I enjoyed it very much!
To any guys I tagged... sorry! I know in the first incident (lap 2 or 3) I saw you going squirrely and was trying to predict a safe route. Possibly I could have jammed my brakes quicker and harder but that's often risky itself. With only 3 race DNFs I suppose (hope) you were not knocked out.
Edit: Niko you are not the only one! I didn't know you could set a race fuel strategy. I'm still stuck in the GLP mode where every refueling matches the starting amount. I guess I need to explore the options a little more! :-[
Edit 2: Was anybody else's ass numb when this thing ended! I must get a softer seat if we are going to do any more of these endurance races.