Up early again. Oh well race time! First race I get reminded how much GTS is still an arcade game. 4am race, mixed grid. I pass a few in T1, one driver drafts back up and does the dumb thing of trying to overtake under the bridge on the inside with just a nose next to my bumper. Of course he misses his brake point, I try to avoid, brace for impact and touch the wall, small ding, instant 5 sec for me. Since he's DR.D the game ghosts him and lets him pass safely through me, overtake successful and I have a 5 sec penalty...
Then later I come around the hairpin before the straight which I take on the inside for safety. Some idiot has left the bins all over the place. Can't avoid, lose a lot of speed and my draft to the car in front. What RL race leaves obstacle lying around on the race line. Next lap the bins have shifted and I can't avoid them again around that blind corner, ugh.
4:30 am is up. 16 entries, A/S to E/C. The game really needs to put the DR/SR combo with the driver's names so I can know what rules I'm racing against with each driver.
Oh yeah!
Not without controversy though. One dirty driver hits me from behind in the final lap then deliberately steers into the inside wall to give me a 2 sec penalty. He hit me as he last second blocked the car behind him to steal his momentum so he could draft bump me on the way to the bridge. Anyway I still managed to over take first place and scrub the penalty in time to win with 0.4 sec. Fresh tires for the win.
That driver did it to someone else as well, good luck in the next race with multiple reports against you. Let's see if this DQ system works! Luckily only -2 SR from that driver, 97.
Next up, 15 entries, he's there again as B/A, SR is still going down to C. 5 people didn't finish the race, the trouble maker did while dropping to SR.B. I finished 3rd, 1.5 sec behind a no stop Cayman. I still got the fastest lap yet had no one to draft for the last 2 laps. Still going from 5 sec behind to 1.5 sec in the last lap is pretty good
5:30 am, 11 entries down to SR.B, a bit more narrow this time. Trouble maker is still there starting 3rd. I start 9th, one didn't make it into the room. I find myself in 2nd place already in lap 2, now it's a one on one chase with the other DR.A in first. I gain some ground and we both enter the pit in lap 4, me 3 seconds behind. 2 cars pass me when I get out of the pit, they mess up first place at T1 who winds up with a wall penalty. I pass the 2 stragglers and get close behind first. He decides to scrub some of his penalty before the last lap on the way to the hairpin. He indicates for me to go around to catch me after the turn yet misjudges how fast I take the corner and can't get my draft. Another victory with fastest lap! Trouble maker finishes with a red B again.
6 am, a bigger room, 17 down to SR.B. I pit lap 4 in 2nd place, 3.8 sec behind, and fall to 6th place. 5th place messes up the bridge part and I have to brake hard losing a lot of time. That's the risk of pitting and how no stoppers get to win! Trouble maker wasn't there this time, of course there's a new one messing me up in the final lap, always that bridge section., Luckily no penalty and I finish 2nd, 2 sec behind the no stopper, another 14 positions gained with fastest lap, fun fun.
6:30 am, 15 entries down to SR.D, not a popular time slot I guess. There are a few questionable people in the room, yet I don't expect any big problems. Game on. Scratch that only 13 made it in, starting 12th.
Boy was I wrong, what a mess the first 2 laps. I got rammed into the wall 3 times, and each time the game let them get away with it. As long as I don't get penalties for getting rammed it's fine. One driver dropped to SR.E after the race while another already had over 20 sec penalties in lap 1... The rest of the race went well, I pit in 3rd place, drop to 7th, pas 3 in the twisty bit and the last one on the straight, back to 3rd. However with all the delays I am 12 sec behind the leaders with 2 laps left. I finish third.
7 am, last one for now. 19 entries, S/S and A/S at the top, E/E in the room, seriously... 2 drop out after loading, I start 17th. E/E starts in 9th.
What a mess. The E/E drivers gets DQ with 25 second racked up in lap 2, However not before he messes up the car in front of me who bounces off the wall into me and this time I get 2 sec penalty.
I pit in the 3rd lap in 7th since I have no one to draft and drop to 12th. I make it back to 7th yet then there is another idiot trying to go 2 wide under the bridge on my inside with only a bumper next to my rear wheel. He brakes too late and pushes me against the right wall. I manage to save it and leave him more than a car width room at exit yet he brushes the wall anyway and falls back. No penalties issued. I guess he got mad he couldn't pass me and punts me so hard at the hairpin I get reset all the way back before it. He gets 4 sec penalty, I lose at least 9 seconds from that punt... 2:18 lap. Your penalty system is a joke PD. He dropped to SR.E after the race, at least there's that. I finish 9th and lose 6 SR for getting punted and pushed around.
Good night of racing, yet when the kids get out of bed it gets rough!
. I had much better tyres, pushed for the remainder of the lap, but again I couldn't burn enough of the penalty, (I misjudged the finish line too) and crossed the line 1st but ended losing by 1.3 sec because of 2 sec of remaining penalties.
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