Porsche eSports Challenge USA
Round 1 - Trial Mountain
Porsche VGT - 1x Tire, 1x Fuel, RH Only
Slot 1 - I think my time spent racing friends with silly race combos finally paid dividends. The Porshce VGT 100% qualifies as silly. True story, I drove my 1997 Jeep Wrangler with a 4" lift and 35s to the grocery store after widdling my time into the 1:43s in the VGT and thought...Ahhhhhhhh a proper handling car. THis is supposed to be a Porsche! AWD at that. No turn in, no brakes, and gobbs of torque. There is very little room for error. So, I did what I would do when we raced some terrible car on Monday, I just gave up on driving enjoyment, swallowed my pill, and became mechanical. Uncompromised braking and driving line. Question then becomes, how do you race?
Lobby opened up and it was filled with a ton of unfamiliar names. There were only three I recognized,
@GTWolverine and I.Accord plus an infamous trouble maker. During qualifying I put a nice gap between me and the guy in front so I could concentrate on my lines and not worry about catching or being caught. I think the guy behind me thought slipstream worked in qualy, so he was little close for my comfort. But, it ended well as I dropped in a 1:43.6xx. Good for p5. Unfortunatley it seems there were two wall riders in P1 and P2. A 1:40 flat for p1 and a low 1:42 for p2. It quickly became apparent that was the case as they fell back in the grid. One of the two wall riders held me up quite a bit and likely cost me a better finish. He didn't have close to the race pace but was just fast enough to be a thorn in my side. Although, there was plenty of blame I could put on the guy in the mirror.
With some very close touchy racing, I managed somehow to land on the podium. Even with the penatly for going wide on turn 4 and tapping the rocks and a huge braking error on lap 4, I managed to work myself from 5th to 4th to 8th to 3rd. Quite hectic for a 2nd split race, which was testament to how difficult this car was to drive. You didn't want to stray from your lines and braking points too much and you hoped your competitor made an error. Even when the did, these cars accelerate so quickly, it was hard to get by someone who did.
Banked 271 points which puts me tied in 16th with
@Mistah_MCA !! Very good company to be in! I'm going to have to have a miracle to get into the top 12.