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After yesterday's fiasco I decided to race again tonight to get back some SR. Being down to 84 and the dodgy match ups that come with it just didn't sit well with me. So... of to chase me a Dragon 
. Decided to go with the NSX. I couldn't manage any better time than my current qualy, which landed me P15 in a mixed grid of DR/B and C. Mostly B.
So... Riders ready? Pedal....Set!!!! And off we tear down the start slope headlong towards the first berm!!! Oh wait.. sorry.. senility yanno, re-liveing past glories. Ok autodrive abandons us to our fate and it's a dash for crash towards the chicane. I got wedged between cars but somehow avoided any penalties. I spent most of the race studiously attempting to avoid contact, for the most part successfully, yet somehow there are drivers who seem determined to put their car in harms way
. I cut one of the corners far too generously and was waiting for the penalty. I just wish they would give out the penalty then and not wait many seconds! 
I crossed P12. The door number was optimistically #5. Not a great placing, but I was still happy with the 3 places higher.
DR down about 300. SR up 4. Bolstered by this I figured "Again! Again!". Not a good idea.
This time with the M4. I know it's down on power, but I just felt like driving it. Started P13 on a mixed grid of DR/B and C with a few outliers either way.
Off we go! T1 was a 🤬 fight and I managed to get pushed into another car, which brought up a penalty and an orange SR. On the first lap every corner was a trial by fire. I think I got mangled by every super car in the collection. I ran my race feeling bruised and battered, crossing P12.
Dr down another 300, SR down to 75
. Really not happy leaving it there, i thought I'd give the Mountain a crack with the rexy. Bad move.
Last nights qualifying saw me start P10 on a grid with a lot of DR/A and B, a couple of Cs and a hand full of Ds.
Just like last night, auto dumps me in the middle of Murry's and off we go. Hell's corner lived up to it's name, it was pandemonium at T1
. I got through and headed up to Griffins. The rexy was chugging along like a champ and I caught up to the crowd at Griffins. I braked to avoid running up the back of anyone, since the pack had concertinad, and was rammed off the track and into the wall on the outside, then pinballed to the inside, and GTS decided to shove me into reverse when I wanted to go forward. By the time I got going again I was in last place by a long way. 
See @Sven Jurgens , not only did I start at the back, I even gave them a head start!
So away I go clawing my way up the mountain. The rexy was pretty surprising across the top of the mountain, so I made up a lot of ground. I slowly closed in on the back runners. I passed various wrecks and was keeping things on the track when I came across a car across the top of the mountain just before Skyline parked sideways across the track. It unghosted just as I hit it
. Kinda also messed up my rhythm down to Forrest Elbow. From then on it was all a bit of a train wreck. I was making up positions, but some of the cars were behaving eraticaly. I had a green lambo with lag keep jumping around. I'd pass it, then suddenly it was in front of my bumper. Eventually it beamed itself into a wall.
I pitted on the end of lap 5. The tyres felt ok, but the recommended gears on most corners had dropped and the tyre wear indicator showed they were pretty ragged, so on with new boots. Came out a couple of positions behind.
I caught up and passed the two who passed me while I pitted. I guess one of them didn't like that, because I got better speed out of The Chase and was side by side on the inside headed into Murrays. I slowed down a bit to allow the guy next to me to make it round, just like last night, when I was rammed from behind and up popped an orange SR. The second for the race. In the end I clawed my way from P17 to P9.
This race was a disaster for my SR. Down to 72. Regained most of the DR I lost from DTS. Another day visiting DR/C
.
. Decided to go with the NSX. I couldn't manage any better time than my current qualy, which landed me P15 in a mixed grid of DR/B and C. Mostly B. So... Riders ready? Pedal....Set!!!! And off we tear down the start slope headlong towards the first berm!!! Oh wait.. sorry.. senility yanno, re-liveing past glories. Ok autodrive abandons us to our fate and it's a dash for crash towards the chicane. I got wedged between cars but somehow avoided any penalties. I spent most of the race studiously attempting to avoid contact, for the most part successfully, yet somehow there are drivers who seem determined to put their car in harms way
. I cut one of the corners far too generously and was waiting for the penalty. I just wish they would give out the penalty then and not wait many seconds! I crossed P12. The door number was optimistically #5. Not a great placing, but I was still happy with the 3 places higher. DR down about 300. SR up 4. Bolstered by this I figured "Again! Again!". Not a good idea.
This time with the M4. I know it's down on power, but I just felt like driving it. Started P13 on a mixed grid of DR/B and C with a few outliers either way.
Off we go! T1 was a 🤬 fight and I managed to get pushed into another car, which brought up a penalty and an orange SR. On the first lap every corner was a trial by fire. I think I got mangled by every super car in the collection. I ran my race feeling bruised and battered, crossing P12.
Dr down another 300, SR down to 75
. Really not happy leaving it there, i thought I'd give the Mountain a crack with the rexy. Bad move. Last nights qualifying saw me start P10 on a grid with a lot of DR/A and B, a couple of Cs and a hand full of Ds.
Just like last night, auto dumps me in the middle of Murry's and off we go. Hell's corner lived up to it's name, it was pandemonium at T1
. I got through and headed up to Griffins. The rexy was chugging along like a champ and I caught up to the crowd at Griffins. I braked to avoid running up the back of anyone, since the pack had concertinad, and was rammed off the track and into the wall on the outside, then pinballed to the inside, and GTS decided to shove me into reverse when I wanted to go forward. By the time I got going again I was in last place by a long way. See @Sven Jurgens , not only did I start at the back, I even gave them a head start! So away I go clawing my way up the mountain. The rexy was pretty surprising across the top of the mountain, so I made up a lot of ground. I slowly closed in on the back runners. I passed various wrecks and was keeping things on the track when I came across a car across the top of the mountain just before Skyline parked sideways across the track. It unghosted just as I hit it
. Kinda also messed up my rhythm down to Forrest Elbow. From then on it was all a bit of a train wreck. I was making up positions, but some of the cars were behaving eraticaly. I had a green lambo with lag keep jumping around. I'd pass it, then suddenly it was in front of my bumper. Eventually it beamed itself into a wall. I pitted on the end of lap 5. The tyres felt ok, but the recommended gears on most corners had dropped and the tyre wear indicator showed they were pretty ragged, so on with new boots. Came out a couple of positions behind.
I caught up and passed the two who passed me while I pitted. I guess one of them didn't like that, because I got better speed out of The Chase and was side by side on the inside headed into Murrays. I slowed down a bit to allow the guy next to me to make it round, just like last night, when I was rammed from behind and up popped an orange SR. The second for the race. In the end I clawed my way from P17 to P9.
This race was a disaster for my SR. Down to 72. Regained most of the DR I lost from DTS. Another day visiting DR/C
.
