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BT, did you save the replay ? Do you remember his race name ... and finally disclose that secret 👍 ?
Too ashamed to save the replay, and can't remember his race name :confused:

Will probably recognise it if I see him again - don't know why he's so shy....
 
How dare you.
How dare you?
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Interlagos was a rollercoaster tonight. So many dirty drivers on that track. It didn't help that GR.4 and Interlagos is my weakest combination and with a 1:39.5 qualifying time I was always starting in the chaos. I managed a couple of clean race bonuses, however since a clean race is only worth 4 points, and getting hit 3 times costs 20 points per race, I briefly ended up in SR.B after 2 dirty races in a row. I climbed back up to 79 SR from there, rest has to wait until tomorrow.

It would be much better if penalties could not be served on the track to avoid crap like this
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He claimed he was trying to avoid me... good job

Next up
A Miyabi Genesis 10 laps
B Dragontrail Gr.3 5 laps
C Monza Gr.4 8 laps

Not a great recipe to restore SR :/

How do you make that cool GIF ?
 
First race for me tonight was Dragon Trail. My favourite Gr3 is the RSR, probably because after trying a few cars it was the one I was able to get gold on the final challenge in Campaign Mode. Lately I've been trying out other cars because it seemed at one point every man and his dog was using it. Tonight it was the Corvette's turn. I think it's quicker than it seems because of that lazy V8. Not a spectacular time for sure, but I qualified with a 1.41.991. I think if I was less conservative the best *I* could do was a 1.40.

It was a race of firsts for me, pity I didn't finish first :lol:. It was the first time I qualified 3rd. It was the first time I was matched with all 16 of us as DR/D. I was Monza'd at the first corner (not counting the dog leg), but didn't get any penalty. The other guy must have gone off because for all 5 laps I was running in 3rd. The guy/girl behind me was between 4 and 6 seconds the whole way, so I guess I didn't feel the same pressure to make mistakes. The upshot is that I finished 3rd, and despite the rear end, I got a clean race bonus. :cheers:
 
1 min penalty for just a touch:boggled:
Can you share us the video of the incident:confused:

Sorry, I dont think I saved that on the PS4 video save. The regular replays does not shows the penalty on the screen so I dont know exactly what moment it would be. Next time I will save it ....
 
I was thinking about that for the next Gr3 event. I've tried the Gr4 version and found it more stable than I expected. There's a reason why back in the day the Crazy Swede had success in the US drift championship in the Viper ;).
Have you tried the Lexus yet?
 
Not yet. Even though I've seen them in endurance races I still can't wrap my head around what I think of as a luxury car as a race car.
Put it in cockpit mode then tell me it's a luxury car :lol:


It's a good car. Pretty easy and rewarding to drive as well :)
 
I was thinking about that for the next Gr3 event. I've tried the Gr4 version and found it more stable than I expected. There's a reason why back in the day the Crazy Swede had success in the US drift championship in the Viper ;).

I have some wins with the Viper Gr.4. xD :P
 
Monza is worse than ever now the penalties are so harsh, every contact is a penalty even when it's clearly the other guys fault and it is chaos with all the cars serving them straight away, as you have to when it starts going up when you don't, almost unplayable.

My S rating went to B from S (99) in one race earlier. :ouch:
 
My S rating went to B from S (99) in one race earlier. :ouch:
With a good q-time and a little luck there are some easy wins and poles to farm then :lol:
That‘s how I got my two wins at the Ring on sunday, lost 10SR, won a race with +-SR and another one with +10SR :D
 
Monza is worse than ever now the penalties are so harsh, every contact is a penalty even when it's clearly the other guys fault and it is chaos with all the cars serving them straight away, as you have to when it starts going up when you don't, almost unplayable.

My S rating went to B from S (99) in one race earlier. :ouch:

Monza is a race where you NEEEEEEED a good qualifying time.
The closer you are to the front of the race the better your chances are at avoiding first corner pileups.
 
With a good q-time and a little luck there are some easy wins and poles to farm then :lol:
That‘s how I got my two wins at the Ring on sunday, lost 10SR, won a race with +-SR and another one with +10SR :D

There are other fast guys down there too, a TX3 guy beat me in my last race. :lol: I ran totally penalty free though, was the only guy in the field to do so, so I can do it when I'm not getting banged about.

Oh and I was in the top ten with qualifying too, doesn't stop people pushing you about or me from getting myself penalties on top.

As soon as it's not Monza I'll have my rating back up I'm sure.
 
Monza is worse than ever now the penalties are so harsh, every contact is a penalty even when it's clearly the other guys fault and it is chaos with all the cars serving them straight away, as you have to when it starts going up when you don't, almost unplayable.

My S rating went to B from S (99) in one race earlier. :ouch:
I have a tactic I learned from @Sven Jurgens that works soooo good
Basically edit your greeting message "please brake at [braking point] in Turn 1"
I'm with D/S drivers at the moment in Dragon Trail and I've yet to be divebombed into oblivion 👍
 
I'm with D/S drivers at the moment in Dragon Trail

You rang?

I had the craziest Monza ever. I qualified with a 2:02.001 which put me 12th on the grid (I reckon I could have shaved 2 more seconds off that but no more). Someone left which bumped me up to 11th. Suddenly I think one of the servers must have gone down because the grid went from 19 to 9 and I was in 6th. Added to this was the matchup was mostly against DR/Bs and most of the DR/Ds vanished with "The Purge":nervous:.

During qualifying I had the chicanes penalty free but for some reason come the race and I just couldn't seem to get the 1st and 3rd chicane penalty free. I was sure I was taking the same lines as qually. The fake6 was good on tyres, so I double stinted the tyres, but screwed up my refuelling and had to pit a 2nd time for a splash and go... my pit crew suck!

Finished 6th and reaped the whirlwind on points. On friday I was on 1 point. Today I'm in serious danger of going up a DR :crazy:!
 
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