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I tested yesterday the effect of minimum Downforce compared to maximum DF.
You are faster on the Straights but you loose to much time through the double right (Lesmos) and the Parabolica. I was 2 seconds slower without DF => I´ll stick to almost max DF.
My new best time is: 1:19.015 (but that is the Race pace where cutting is legal (??)[and it´s my maximum lap-time, maybe I could do a 1:18.9 but that´s it].
My best Qualy Time is 1:19.837 (2 wheels on the Track) but thats my luck-lap.
=> in Qualy I have to nail it in order to achieve this time :D *thumbs-crossed*
 
Sakery- Good times bro, I have not ever tried to qualify with the chicanes blocked yet so maybe that will haunt me later today. In my opinion there is no track on the calender where minimum downforce is an option, even Sarth. I have some tunes to try out for next year but am 99% there now for the individual tracks.

SM- Yes I am really looking forward to the race today, hopefully everyone will stay clean and not run out of fuel this time lol. See you at free practice bro!

Everyone- Free practice starts at 610pm GMT in my lounge as usual please do not join before this time as I will be setting the room/track.

Off topic, just watched Wales vs Samoa in the RWC, scary stuff! 17-10 win but Samoa are a dangerous bunch of chaps.

Monza here we come!
 
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Sorry i couldnt race today my connection has gone stupid and constantly disconnects >.<
Its still doing it now :banghead:

EDIT: Berty the lessmo's are the two corners after the second chicane.
Here's your homework
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For you to learn then corners :D
Variente just means chicane
 
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What place did i qualify in? And yea im pretty pissed that my internet went well up until like 10 minutes until racetime
 
I think you were 9 or 10th, not sure though mate ill check in a bit.
Steward 1 is 66% through the replay, 5 drivers under investigation at the minute.
 
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Hey SM, yes it was good, lots of close battles. Ronin got away while me and Pagey held each other up fighting for 2nd, ill do a race report soon mate just looking at the replay at the minute. Skate lost connection so there was only 12 in the end and Nethereal got stuck in the bloody pits! :(
 
Steward 1 inquiry complete and fastest laps are on OP too.

Today was a good race for me, very frustrating at the start as I got tangled up in a battle with Pagey after the first few laps allowing Ronin to slip by, I had geared my car for drafting so once he had that lead my plan for 1st fell apart. I outwitted Pagey in the strategy department (1 stopper) but a couple of slip ups allowed him to close my lead down. I had some trouble with lapped cars ghosting me and put my wheels on the sand a couple of times putting me in range of Pageys superbly handled FGT, he put me under some pressure and I cracked almost immediatley, spinning off badly into the Ascari sand pit. Runfast was a way behind so third was safe and although I closed the gap slightly on Pagey it was 3rd for me.
After viewing the replay I witnessed some great battles with some awesome driving skills. Etid vs Ellis. Pagey vs myself. Sakery vs Runfast. Flood vs Electric. Flood also had a good go at runfast but in the end the superior car control of RF won out. I was a bit disappointed with some of the driving but previous offenders (inc. myself) are taking lessons from penalties and next season the whole ghosting thing will be gone. Its really tempting to go through other cars but that option will not be available in season 2.
Its a shame that Skate (connection) and sandman (DFGT failure) couldnt race today and hopefully they will be back in action for the final.
Big congratulations to Ronin for the win and a mention for Runfast (still the cleanest driver in the FGTC) and Floodmeister (massive improvement in pace, if only you hadnt got your pit strategy wrong).

Thanks for racing, write a short note on how the race went for you :)
 
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Whats this ghosting.....is it when lapped drivers try and race lead lap cars and distract the lead lap cars????
When i practiced in hope of being at monza i decieded not to set gearing for the draft.why i hear you ask.Monza
F1 race last week vettel had shorter gearing and pulled away and won.My internet SHOULD be sorted friday.Hope you have the weather change nurburgring24hr,it started raining in private practice and looked unreal.......
 
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PB-Ghosting happens and is ok as long as you at least try and go around the other driver. This is a serious sin however when you are lapped then pick up the fast cars draft and pass through them again and again. Basically if you are leading by a long way this can seriously put you off your race and is unfair.
Maybe I should have geared shorter myself but I thought I could get racing for 1st in the first lap. If this had happened then shorter gears may have lost me the race but in the end its all academic mate :)
Sorry, no rain this season bro, next season there will be though!
 
Howdy folks, I had a pretty good race overall. A few problems in race for me. Nice battles w sakery and flood:). 1 stop pit on lap 24 & didn't run out :) forgot to change gear for draft:( Congrats to Ronin:) Awesome race man! Remember Race clean not mean! Lol.
Peace out y'all :)
 
Sounds like it was a good race,no saved replay data to watch.I know what you mean by ghosting.
And i didnt miss getting up at 3:30am for a 4:30AM start for ASIA region drivers(me only i thunk)
 
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Was a nice race.
My Qualy was .... Well you all saw me spinning 2 times at the lesmos (second time I was very good before spinning -_-)
=> 1:27.9 as my Qualy lap xDD => last place

Start was ok 4 places won after first chicane and than I had some major drafting duells with ellis, etid, General and runfast.
Thanx for that guys :D
I thought a 1 stopper would be good and it was (but at the beginning of the second stint I got penalties and spun out => I destroyed my race and could fight with runfast anymore).
Laps 15-23 I think was the best for me and runfast. He was at my Tail all the Time and we did some 1:17´s-1:18´s and he couldn´t pass me (gearing I think). That was thrilling :D
I pulled you didn´t I ?? ;)
And at the end I had some nice laps with etid but he messed up at lap 44 => I had a safe final lap (by god my heart needed that :D).
I only had 3-4 laps where I didn´t fight my position (I think maybe it wasn´t that heavy but it felt like that).

Without my faults I could have been 1-2 places better -_- but it was a very good race.
And I feel sorry for neth.
 
Nice report Sakery, from the replay I see that you had lots of battles with most of the grid, if you eliminate the mistakes you will be fighting for the top 5 spots every race. I felt sorry for you in Quali but it happens that way sometimes. I am too careful in quali, afraid to take risks and have an off. Tough on Neth but hopefully in the last race of the season there will be no issues and everyone can go out in style from season 1. Its going to be a long old race at NB24 :)
 
Fixed my wheel :) , took it apart and when i figured out how to put it back together lol, kept fingers crossed and it worked! :D.
 
KingSakery
Was a nice race.
My Qualy was .... Well you all saw me spinning 2 times at the lesmos (second time I was very good before spinning -_-)
=> 1:27.9 as my Qualy lap xDD => last place

Start was ok 4 places won after first chicane and than I had some major drafting duells with ellis, etid, General and runfast.
Thanx for that guys :D
I thought a 1 stopper would be good and it was (but at the beginning of the second stint I got penalties and spun out => I destroyed my race and could fight with runfast anymore).
Laps 15-23 I think was the best for me and runfast. He was at my Tail all the Time and we did some 1:17´s-1:18´s and he couldn´t pass me (gearing I think). That was thrilling :D
I pulled you didn´t I ?? ;)
And at the end I had some nice laps with etid but he messed up at lap 44 => I had a safe final lap (by god my heart needed that :D).
I only had 3-4 laps where I didn´t fight my position (I think maybe it wasn´t that heavy but it felt like that).

Without my faults I could have been 1-2 places better -_- but it was a very good race.
And I feel sorry for neth.
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When I pass I get passed back so I stayed behind and saved gas 3/4 throttle behind you on the main straight. Very cool racing with you team m8:)
 
First of all congrats to Ronin, pretty much untroubled for the whole race, nice work:)
Right then overall it was a pretty enjoyable race for me. i started on pole but after a small mistake on the first lap slipped down to 3rd and got in a very good battle with Rhy, but i realised i was loosing too much time battling with him so i pitted around lap 13.
i came out in some clear air and put in some good lap times, i was averaging mid 1.15s i think. but then i got stuck with back markers, im not gonna name names but i caught 3 or 4 people, they were ghosting me and putting me off, causing me to put it into the gravel traps a few times. which i believe might have cost me the race but no hard feelings.
i then realised i hadnt put enough fuel in so i had to pit again from the lead (ronin and rhy had pitted) i came back out a few seconds behind rhy and about 26 behind ronin with about 15 laps to go. rhy made an uncharacteristic error which handed me 2nd, and i tried hunting ronin, in clear air i was taking about a second a lap off, i got it down to 18 seconds but again i was plagued by back markers and i finished 23 seconds behind.
Looking forward to the ring now though:)
 
Hi Guys,
Not such a bad race for me last night,might have been better with a one stop stratagy but I thought a 2 stopper was the way to go. Lots of drafting and a good dice with Flood ( shame he ran out of fuel on the last lap) silly boy. The ability to draft a lapped car and then pass through it or being passed through by the leaders is very distracting, but at least it won't be a problem next season. That should stop some of the lead drivers from whinging so much(the phrase glass houses and throwing stones comes to mind).Next race Nurburg 24 hour will be good if we can keep the cars on the track especially me. If I am lucky I might get enough points to pass Flood in the championship..:)
 
SM- Good news mate, you dont want to miss the 'Green Hell' :)

RF- I forget you two are team mates considering Sakery is probably your closest rival this season.

Pagey- Nice report, while we were jockeying for 2nd I knew Ronin was leaving us in the dust but I was too stubborn to pit before lap 22 so I am glad you did. Maybe your strat was better as I could really feel the difference on fresh tyres and after lap 20 and 41 I was dropping a second a lap to you anyway :( Lessons for next season, its weird not coming 2nd I was getting used to it since Cape Ring lol.

Electric- Glad you enjoyed the race, still too many offs but you are getting better. Unfortunatley so is everyone else :)
It is different 2nd and 3rd ghosting than being drafted through by a car you have lapped. Its like having treble vision and you miss your lines. Like you say, not possible in season 2 so we will see how it goes.

I might have a go at a 4 hour endurance, keep the reports coming in :)
 
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Rhy-yeah maybe, i think your strategy was better though, you were ahead and just that error let you down, as you were catching me a fair bit after.

Electric- i appreciate where your coming from but if you put yourself in the leaders shoes, fighting for the win with backmarkers putting you off, it is rather annoying when you go into the gravel trap as a result, perhaps costing you the win.
If they did something similar in a real F1 race they would be crucified.
 
Pagey- Maybe, its hard to tell. I was comfortable on Monza but I took a risk with the tune, I knew I would be similar or slightly slower in clean air and fast in the slipstream. I love the little details of the strategy :) adds to the drama of the race.

SM- Just checked mine and they are well dirty, covered in dust. Even a bit of tobacco in there :) time to get the paintbrush and hoover out methinks!
 
Yeah, i had a strategy planned but it always goes pete tong in the race ha i was planning to do a 1 stopper, but our battle was costing too much time so i came in. But its quite interesting to see what other people have up their sleeves during the race, keeps you on your toes as well :)
I was surprised with you and ronin, you were both pretty quick at the end on tyres that you had been on for half the race, dont know how you did it ha

Oh yeah i just had a quick run on NG24h, the amount of concentration you need to keep it on the black stuff is insane, im gonna be dead after 15 laps ha i think its gonna be down to raw pace and skill on this one, rather than strategy.
 
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It was a good call and I suppose one of us had to take the plunge, my tyres were in pretty good shape but its too easy to fall off the track even at 70% tyres. Must be the high speeds,.
I had a quick go on NB24hr and managed a 6.12, that was with a spin though and I am ashamed to say I didnt complete a single lap without some kind of incident :(
100% concentration and a Jensen Button driving style will win this race.

EDIT- I was on NB type V so ignore my time, oops.
 
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It was a good call and I suppose one of us had to take the plunge, my tyres were in pretty good shape but its too easy to fall off the track even at 70% tyres. Must be the high speeds,.
I had a quick go on NB24hr and managed a 6.19, that was with a spin though and I am ashamed to say I didnt complete a single lap without some kind of incident :(
100% concentration and a Jensen Button driving style will win this race.
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You on now brett?
 
Not at the moment SM, I am doing an endurance race but only a 4 hour one, couldnt face anything longer. Ill try and get a practice in later tonight if you can mate.
 
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