American Le Mans Series (ALMS) - Season IV [COMPLETED]

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Who wants to host?
 
I dont want to host. But can if I no one else wants to do it.

Is it me or does the bottom half of the lobby seem to always have issues? No matter who the player is.
 
I'm not going to host, given the fact that most of those racing here are in the US.
 
well someone should open a room soon. Or we can just do it in this room, but not sure how good my connection is.
 
Well my idea of a power nap before the race fell on its backside slightly. I feel even worse than before, and I hardly slept.
 
Flyin can host. Unfortunately, I won't be racing since I couldn't practice this week, so I can't host.
 
5 slots open, still time to get in if you're wanting to race guys.
 
There's a room up by seth.

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Ah, alright.
I guess you guys know how the routine goes. Have fun. Hopefully someone saves the replay..
 
Ah, alright.
I guess you guys know how the routine goes. Have fun. Hopefully someone saves the replay..

Too bad you cant race, not like you to miss one. Ill save the replay, i have to anyway for the standings.
 
NEED MY OWN INTERNET.

This just isn't cutting it...I got dropped last second. Ah well. Good luck everyone.
 
Great race tonight guys, finally everything going fine to me, no probs with anybody! 👍 and no penalty in pit!! :sly:
 
I got two of those. One put me behind TG2. I was cursing like a trooper.
 
I got lucky, i dunno what happened to FH and Yeratel but they were gonna finish ahead of me. The BMWs were super fast but couldnt stay on the track long enough, there were some incidents on the track but they seemed to be racing related. Braking after drafting someone was the big one, but overall it was a good race.
 
Okay, so just to get a few things out in the open in that race.

To Kevin and That_Guy_2, I made some major errors in that race and half the time in involved either one of you, and at the end... both of you. There was a couple of manouevres that I got wrong, one of which was where I tried to outbrake both TG2 and Kevin at the first chicane. I can go it, I did it early in the race against someone (I think it was you actually Kevin) then stop started and it worked like a charm, but that other time around I came off the brakes too long and hit them too hard, causing me to lose grip altogether and collide into your car. I'm guessing you got damage off that, and you were probably very p***ed as well, since the next chicane you brake checked me right before the turn. I wasn't in any position to complain about it.

As for TG2, I wasn't trying to corner cut Ascari to pass you. The draft caught me off guard, it did in my practice with Melancholy, and I was having to take the entry into Ascari the way I did to avoid ramming you off the track. I was aware of the corner cut, and that's why I was giving you the position back.

To everyone: The BMW will brake earlier than the rest of the field. I'm not sure if you're considering this, but 590 bhp + 1342kg = need to brake earlier. The amount of times I noticed someone ramming into me because they were braking in their same spot under my draft was ridiculous, and annoying the hell out of me. Just bare this in mind, please. We're NOT brake checking you.

In short, great racing, a few silly errors on my part, and its a shame the BMW isn't as nice on its tyres compared to the rest of the pack.
 
BMWs a tad too powerful at Monza :sly:

Got the hang of the RUF late in the race, 5th overall, not last! :notbad:
 
BMWs a tad too powerful at Monza :sly:

Got the hang of the RUF late in the race, 5th overall, not last! :notbad:
But with the fierce tyre wear and weight disadvantage, can you blame us for it? :D

Oh oh oh, did you guys know that the RUF BTR has Rear Wing Aero? Not sure if you did or not prior to this event or picking the RUF you did, but just thought you'd like to know.
 
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But with the fierce tyre wear and weight disadvantage, can you blame us for it? :D

Oh oh oh, did you guys know that the RUF BTR has Rear Wing Aero? Not sure if you did or not prior to this event or picking the RUF you did, but just thought you'd like to know.

We use the RGT because it's modern I guess. We used to have the BTR but no one used it.
 
I might have pissed off FH, but, if he dive bombs again, I'm spinning him.

Also, Yera & I had the closest race that I've had in a while, 'til he hit (or someone) me snd caused me to slide in front of Kevin.

This person also damaged my tires more than I realized, and, by my in lap, the tire was dead...
 
Cowboys965
We use the RGT because it's modern I guess. We used to have the BTR but no one used it.

What?
 
Gatrs, you need to hurt cowboys... He didn't do too well, haha jk... No, really though, the BTR's *VERY* old...
 
Not to pick on the BMWs but I did testing on monza in my BMW lastnight and at this track it is way over powered. Again not to pick on the BMWs but 46s and 47s are not that impressive in this car at 590hp. I consider myself to be the slowest guy in this league, but I was running 47s in my BMW with no setup and the car was not broken-in only had 570 hp I believe. Also storm is right the tire wear and breaking suck on this car. I was only able to get 6 laps on soft tires with it. Also tire wear seems even worse on lower speed tracks.

Now getting to my point I tested the car at a more apropriate power to weight ratio 1342kg and 500hp. My lap times were exactly the same as what I was running in my viper (49s-50s) and I was able to do 8 laps on soft tires with ease. IMO the faster GT guys in this league would be running simalar times with the BMW at 1342kg and 500hp as they would in their current cars. It really seems to me the BMW would be better at 500hp the extra 90hp causes excessive tire wear and makes the car unbalanced for the GT class. IMO the weight disadvantage seems alot less noticable with the proper amount of hp on this car.
 
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Again not to pick on the BMWs but 46s and 47s are not that impressive in this car at 590hp.

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LOL, Sin calling the M drivers out
 
Sounds like a good race. I felt pretty confident going in. I hate the matrix :(
 
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