I know I'm late but.....
21:00 EDT Nations Cup: Dragon Trail - Seaside II - Round 13
I enter with 1 on the door and promptly qualify 17th in the Audi TT. I decide to start on hards and figure I would go 1H/14M. At the end of lap 1, I'm now 16th with 17-19 right behind me (I don't know what happened to 20th). I decide to stay out another lap since I am keeping up with 14-15 (only Ferrari on the track) and I didn't want to lose any momentum I was having on the hards.
End of lap 2 and now I'm in 14th getting a tow from 13 with 15 (Ferrari) and 16 right behind me. So....I stay out another lap on hards. 12th crashed on the COD and now I'm up to 13th with a little space behind to 14th. Again, I am still running pretty strong...so I stay out another lap. I figure the less laps I am on mediums, the harder I can drive them.
Now on lap 5 (still on hards) I am in 12th getting a tow. We cross the line and I am right behind 10 and 11. I get by 11 at T1 and start gaining on 10. Now 9-13 (Ferrari) are all together with tight, close, and clean racing! I move up to 10th as someone ahead pits. I am still on hards on lap 7 and closing in on 9th. At this point I think about doing a no stopper but feel the hards will start to fall off and mediums would be better. I am 11th as we start lap 8 and by now the Ferrari is in 10th. That Ferrari was plenty fast so I decide I will slipstream him as he runs down the field. I start to lose the slipstream as he is just killing it. I catch up just as he passes 10th and now I am on the tail of 10th. The Ferrari gets loose at the COD and we squeeze by.
I finally pit on lap 10. I put on my mediums and come back out 13th. I start working my way up through the field and people still have to pit while I cruise on my fresh mediums. I get in the groove and end up finishing 8th, .024 ahead of another TT. We had a great battle on the final lap and I went around the outside on the left hander after the Larini banner. I hold him off to the end.
I wish I could take a race photo from the replay but any button press on the replay causes a crash. I'm not sure what the issue is...
21:00 EDT Manufacturer Series: Willow Springs International Raceway: Big Willow
I qualify 15th in my AMG GT with 3 on the door. I like Big Willow no matter what car I use. I figured if I just take my time, people would just off themselves. Again, my replays crash so I don't remember much but I ended up in 7th which I though was pretty good including getting the CRB.
16:00 EDT Nations Cup: Tokyo Expressway - East Outer Loop
I love the Tokyo tracks. I seem to have better success on long fast tracks (LeMans and Tokyo). I have most of my wins on these tracks.
I get in with 5 on the door of my Greddy Fugu Z. I use the PX7-Windfire (via
@Mistah_MCA) tune and qualify 15th due to some dummies on the track not knowing how to space out. Again, I figure I would just take my time and let people crash out.
I keep a steady pace throughout the race and try to avoid the carnage. Mid race, there was a pack of us keeping it close and clean. Eventually I pick up a wall penalty and fall back a little. I end up crossing the line in 9th. I figure that wasn't too bad since I was on the fence about doing this race to begin with.
!7:20 EDT Manufacturer Series: Autódromo de Interlagos
I enter with 10 on the door and qualify 9th. I feel pretty good about this race as I can keep a steady pace and flow win this track. Most of the race was clean and uneventful except for the one guy that was a little bargy on his passes. I guess he was trying to make up spots since he started 3rd but somehow fell down the order. I eventually finish in 10th after being as high as 6th. On the 9 lap, I was closing in on 5th as we approach T1 and I take the inside. He cuts hard to the left trying to take the apex but I assume didn't realize that my nose was already there. He bumps me almost into the barrier but I save it until the GT-R come through on the inside and bumping me while I'm trying to get back on the track and sends me in to the next barrier where I stop cold.
It was a fun race and consider it a racing incident so I'm not mad at him. But my favorite move of the race was on lap 7 and the cut back I pulled on turn 4...
FYI: If you are having issues with replays causing a crash and not showing the full race, you may need to delete some. After I deleted a few replays, the next ones saved and played without issues...
See you out on the track!