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Well that was a waste of time.
Gr.4 Mazda blues got you feeling down?
Well that was a waste of time.
That and being granted a 2.5s penalty for being smashed out wide in the final corner.Gr.4 Mazda blues got you feeling down?
Same thing here.Has anyone been having problems with the terms and conditions for the FIA races? I've had to accept them several times since this pre-season started. The message always pops up at the same place, and I don't know why.
I'm not hopeful for the next lobby. The problem is everyone has 99 SR, so the entire premise of segregating the good sports from the bad sports has gone.Is it bad I'm relieved to see I wasn't the only one with Fuji woes? One of the dirtiest FIA lobbies I've ever seen. I was spun TWICE by at best clumsy driving and at worst deliberate attempts to push others off the track. Also not helped by an Alfa Romeo weaving down the straight so I couldn't overtake them. As I rounded the final corner on the last lap I was somewhat amused to see 5 cars serving huge penalties that meant I actually finished 12th when it could have been even worse.
I want to race again as I have decent race pace here, but I really hope the next lobby has some element of decent drivers.
Stop in the car in front of you , this is a normal practice lately. Don't worry for the penalty.I absolutely sucked in the SLS Mercedes at Fuji. I just could not get it to turn and brake as I did in my practice laps, even allowing for tyre degradation.
Short shift her at about half RPM.Fuel saving is a bitch on the Mustang hahah.
Gonna run a little practice and see whatsup. Thanks!
The person whose SR graph I posted wasn't in the next lobby, which made a huge contribution to improving it. There was still some terrible driving. In qualifying, I started my flying lap behind the driver who would end up on pole. I closed up the gap down the first straight, but lifted off to stay behind them, as I don't feel it's fair to use the slipstream to overtake someone in qualifying. Just sit behind them, as you'll beat their lap time anyway, just by virtue of having had a gap that you've closed. Unfortunately, the two cars behind me didn't see it the same way and insisted on trying to overtake me, so we ground to a halt. The other two got into a tit for tat ramming contest with each other, on their flying laps! If the three of us had just sat behind the car ahead, we'd have been 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the grid. Instead, I was 16th. I decided to start on mediums, but made a major mistake when I pitted and went onto mediums again!!!!! Still, I got up to 6th by the end this time. Still got shoved out of the way by someone who had shoved me out of the way in the previous race. I didn't retaliate and overtook him down the final straight. I guess I'll be going again, to see if I can manage a race that doesn't go quite so horribly wrong.I'm not hopeful for the next lobby. The problem is everyone has 99 SR, so the entire premise of segregating the good sports from the bad sports has gone.
An M4 zoomed past me in the corners and and another versus a Cayman and F-Type. They finished 10th and 5th, respectfully. Results on previous page in an A/S room.Done 1 race and thats me done for the night. The BMW M4 sucks on fast paced tracks, it gets constantly out paced on long straights. You over take someone through the corners and then they just zoom right passed you on the straights.
An M4 zoomed past me in the corners and and another versus a Cayman and F-Type. They finished 10th and 5th, respectfully. Results on previous page in an A/S room.
Did first slot of Nations yesterday. Went with the NSX as it's the car I know best. Managed a clean run in quali and that put me near the front. Went 7S/7M/2H, first stint I was behind someone on mediums but didn't really go for anything as I was saving fuel, had a clean run in my 2nd stint other than my outlap where I came out behind someone and after my last stop I ended up in the lead battle, was a close run race in the end with the top 3 all within 1s. A very good haul of points for me, much better than I was expecting, helped a lot by quali and the NSX being very good on fuel.
Shout-out to @T_revisio and @VulcanSpirit on very good drives from the both of them in that one
Me too. The Danish guy just sent one up the inside and despite having enough room to do so, slapped me into the astroturf. 2s, on top of 0.5s for track limits a couple of bends earlier (about where you passed) that I have no idea why I got either.I think I was in the same lobby as @Famine too. I didn't see your incident where you got pushed over the kerb at the last bend, but I see from the replay that I was only a second or so in front of you when it happened. Why you got a penalty for that is beyond me.