Anyone ever blow a tire?
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Yes, its always happened to me a lot around Monaco when I've glanced too many barriers. It only seems to happen to the rear tyres though I haven't tried to puncture the fronts.
Once you have the puncture, the car becomes impossible to turn without spinning and you are forced to make a pit to repair it, just like when you've broken your front wing off (the forced pit I mean).
Once you have the puncture, the car becomes impossible to turn without spinning and you are forced to make a pit to repair it, just like when you've broken your front wing off (the forced pit I mean).
I've done the same thing. Hitting the wall and limping back for a tire change. It is so difficult to control the car, that by the time you get to the pits, your race is lost. As for the front wing, I won't change it if there is 5 laps left or less. The time lost in the pits won't be made up on the track. Plus, the pit crew will change your tires regardless of how new they are!!!
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Great that you are recruiting new members, but its GMT+1. 👍
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Normally, England is GMT, but in summer time, daylight saving or british summer time is added on, so all of the clocks in the England are turned forward 1 hour. So it becomes GMT+1 hour, many other countries do this also, in fact almost all of them do (I think, at least in Europe?).
It basically means that its at 4pm still. Just that its not GMT, you should calculate whatever time difference from GMT+1 not GMT+0.
Before British Summer Time, if GT4 Genius says "4pm UK time", it would be GMT+0 and that would mean someone in France would see this as 5pm in their time, GMT+1. However, if its during summer, 4pm UK time would be GMT+1 and France would still be 5pm but be GMT+2.
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And the answer is no, it is not possible. With soft tires and extreme camber on budapest with preset 1 traction control (constant acceleration spinning) during 30% race of scaled wear where my pitstop was at lap 17 out of 21 and with some hard warming during parade lap and recurring turn one spin (due to settings) and hard cutting over curbs, grass, stone and possibly some sunbathing toursists, my pitcrew told me my tires were getting worn at lap 2 but they never blew nonetheless. Yellow and then orange and then the wear stopped. The tires got visibly worn though, don't think I've ever seen that before. At least some amusement during this tedious test as well as with experimenting with driving views. 
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A couple of days ago i was racing my SA (carreer) at Silverstone.I was going round Copse,Checked behind,DC is some way behind me,when all of a sudden i veered to the right and smashed into the barriers for no reason at all...All i can think of is that i had a blowout but i can't be 100%...Weird!!!
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Strange...Another strange one at Magny,again in the SA,Sat practice,i do the 1st lap with no probs,come the second lap just after the pit exit and engine blows...Go to garage,exit,2 laps and engine blows in exactly the same place...it happened 4 times and i gave up...However,Qualy sessions were fine,as was the race!!!
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