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Such a fine line from sitting in the pits taking on too much fuel to cutting it too close and running out. Thats how tight it is that you cant spend any extra time in the pits.Awful night for me. Apparent pit penalties in the first race and lost all kinds of time. Ran out of gas both races...awful night for me. But we'll be back at it next week
I have some other changes planned as well. thanks
The only track I saw it in was Daytona. Didnt know about this was also at TM until we ran the mock race last night. Going forward, I will be testing this out on each of the tracks. Keep in mind you must be in race mode. BTW - it was not at fuji because of the chicane in the pits. Rome I dont think you get up to a fast enough speed for it to kick in if there is oneI can't find any info on this pit lane speed penatly and am baffled I was unaware, anyone know what all tracks it does this on? Obviously not Fuji or Rome right? Or did this change just recently happen this week?
I used to be GT Know It All now I feel like GT Has Been
Very nice racing indeed. The second race I actually managed to get an extra lap out of my first stint on tires and had a great advantage in the second when i passed you. Was originally going for an extra lap 2nd stint as well but since I passed you @ParkerMO125 i decided to just go in the pits then. I was very surprised you beat me out of the pits (what eventually was race crucial underfill by you) but then your 3rd stint you were hella fast 1.26.0 I couldn't catch up... So I decided to save tires once more on that third stint and catch you on the last lap...well one way or another it worked out. Great racing nonetheless.Great night! Was a little more distracted by the kids than I prefer(in race 1), but decent results nonetheless.
Vovik, beast mode on race 2 man, I started from 5th and got to first by mid lap. By lap 4 or 5 you had come from second to last all the way to second, and only 6 sec behind me! Great victory sorry I ran out of fuel at the end, fun battle still! Although I think the highlight still for me belongs to me and CAPECODS (nice job holding you position btw) side by side moment at Turn 1
As the car in front, you have every right to the track and the place you have and its up to all the drivers to make clean passes. That said, you can also let a driver past if you want. As @vovik05 stated, I let him pass me in the mid point of race one for what was then second place. He is partially correct in that it was strategic but not because I would pass him in the pits but rather I knew he was much faster than me and given we were only at the mid point in the race, I knew I could not hold him off that long and would abuse my tires even more trying to keep him behind me and on this track, tire management was key. So letting someone pass can be strategic move in this series but do that on your terms. Otherwise, as long as your holding your lines and not blocking, I dont think any of us would want you to just give up your place. In both times when you and I were racing, you raced hard and did make me work for it. I was very comfortable around you on the track and could trust you.Hey guys, that was fun tonight, even though I spend a good portion by myself! I hope I didn't frustrate a few of you too much in the second race. I know Grim and Zii and two others were behind me at the beginning and I didn't want to just let you all by right away. I could see you closing in fast in a couple of spots and in other sections I could keep the pace, but when I see you all bunching up and jostling for positions, knowing I was causing some of it, then it was time to pull over on the straight and let you buy. I'm still getting a feel for racing with you faster guys so if you feel I should get out of the way quicker, as it is inevitable that you will get by, please let me know. Or if you would prefer to have to work to get by me then I will just hold my line and let you figure a way to get by. Please give me some feedback, you won't hurt my feelings.
And by the way, when I did let the four of you by and you then proceeded to get in a big mess just before turn three, I said ok, you had your chance, I went by three of you and then you had to work at it to pass me back again
Good fun
I meant to apologize in the room after the race for the two or so taps I gave you (I think twice at the same place, at turn 4 perhaps) - my bad! I was paying too much attention to the hullabaloo behind me as I was trying to get by you. You did great and I encourage you to keep racing everyone as hard as you can, except for me; you should not only let me pass easily but you should also endeavor to become a moving roadblock to anyone who may come behind me. Seriously though, you did great - good pace and excellent racecraft - and I think you should keep it up.Hey guys, that was fun tonight, even though I spend a good portion by myself! I hope I didn't frustrate a few of you too much in the second race. I know Grim and Zii and two others were behind me at the beginning and I didn't want to just let you all by right away. I could see you closing in fast in a couple of spots and in other sections I could keep the pace, but when I see you all bunching up and jostling for positions, knowing I was causing some of it, then it was time to pull over on the straight and let you buy. I'm still getting a feel for racing with you faster guys so if you feel I should get out of the way quicker, as it is inevitable that you will get by, please let me know. Or if you would prefer to have to work to get by me then I will just hold my line and let you figure a way to get by. Please give me some feedback, you won't hurt my feelings.
And by the way, when I did let the four of you by and you then proceeded to get in a big mess just before turn three, I said ok, you had your chance, I went by three of you and then you had to work at it to pass me back again
Good fun
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I thought that was common knowledge?
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