Well, that was a nasty first experience on Bathurst. From the get go a non qualifier behind me get bumping me until he crashed at Skyline, not after giving me a 2 sec penalty and multiple SR Downs. He showed he could actually make a real pass in lap 2, just didn't have any patience, and ended the race as SR.B. Next a early pitter came out the pit behind me in lap 5. He did the same, bump bump bump and spun me around at Skyline. He ended the race as SR.C. In between another car hit me yet in his defense, I was not doing too good with the Huracan, such oversteer after the Porsche, the dipper is like a skating rink. My best lap was only 2:10, nudging the left stick millimeter by millimeter not to trigger oversteer.
Anyway all the bashing from the SR.B and SR.C drivers cost me 7 SR, pretty much the whole room was red. This might be worse than the Nordschleife.
Second race, in the Lexus, better. I'm driving 2:05's in this one instead of 2;10's lol. However same two drivers had to hit me and while I avoided them most of the race, last lap the SR.B driver dive hit me on the way to Forest Elbow and tapped the wall to give me 3 sec, then punted me off at the bottom of the hill. PD I'll gladly take smaller rooms instead of racing this ****.
Despite the SR.C and SR.B drivers ramming me again I 'survived' with a neutral rating. One more attempt. Good, only one SR.A, rest SR.S, room of 13. Much better.
What a dream to drive with clean drivers over the mountain at night! SR restored, podium finish. Of course one salty driver starts accusing me of dirty driving. For this pass:
He claims I took his line from him and he had to lift cause I was in his way taking the whole corner at the bottom. I've seen it all now, this is some dirty driving by me. I got my time down to 2:04.2, almost had the fastest lap.
Back to Nord. Crap starting 4th, 6 non qualifiers behind me. What's the point lol. And yup, SR Down in T minus two, then the same driver punts me off in T minus one, almost to last. I made it back to 4th during the race, doesn't feel as satisfying to get stuck behind the slower traffic like this.
It makes a huge difference in HDR. I can still see the track with my beams shining through the dust on my 4K HDR tv. On my old 1080p LCD it's blinding.
What a dream to drive with clean drivers over the mountain at night! SR restored, podium finish. Of course one salty driver starts accusing me of dirty driving. For this pass:
He claims I took his line from him and he had to lift cause I was in his way taking the whole corner at the bottom. I've seen it all now, this is some dirty driving by me. I got my time down to 2:04.2, almost had the fastest lap.
For this week: yesWithout wishing to sound stupid,are all the Bathurst races night races?
I'd be interested to know the effects on DR and SR if you let the 3 year old do one of the sport races for you.
I already have enough trouble already focusing on everything with AT. I got a pretty good idea how it'll turn out if I tried MT....all bad, all bad
Depends what SR you are at. If you’re B or lower, starting at the back might be a decent strategy, as you avoid the mess at the start, and if you’re pace is good you’ll catch up. If your SR is A or S though, I’ve been starting in the top 5 almost every race for the Nurb race, and not having any problems with dirty driving (so far). It’s actually been a pleasant suprised to find so many clean drivers in public races. Also, at SR A and S, people tend to be a lot faster (even if their DR is not the highest), so it can be a lot harder to catch up.
Were you on softs to be okay after 5 laps? I've been driving the Lexus but destroying the right front over the mountain. Otherwise it's perfect, fast easy to drive and good looking.
I managed a 1.30.5 in a quick quali session yesterday, but like you said, that wasn’t mistake free. Doing some races, racing against mostly SR A and S drivers with DR ranging from B to S, pole times were low 1:29s, I remember one was a 1:29.1xx, most times were sub 1:30, and my 1:30.5 was basically only good enough for not last. I was definitely able to make up a number of positions in races, but passing at this track is really tough, so putting in work in qualifying will make a big difference.
It's full on night time all the time all this week at Bathurst. There is no lighter time to race. I guess there's some weird eclipse going on or something.What is the`lightest`time to race Bathurst?What i mean is what time is it not so dark,as in twilight or dusk or is it just same level of dark all through the night?Sorry but am i making myself sound like an idiot!!
Im trying not to by the way.
