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Well I was able to close out this exhibition season on a great note by winning my Nations race last night. It was my first time ever winning an FIA race in a top split lobby, so a major milestone for me. I shared the replay in-game and it's public, so anybody can see it if they are interested, but I've never shared a replay on here before so I'm gonna have to figure that out someday, lol.
Nations: qualified 6th, but could have done much better. I was regularly lapping 1:06.8-1:07.2 in practice lobbies, but only got a 1:07.5 in actual qualifying. Grid start, oh boy, this made T1 interesting. Exiting T1 I got sandwiched by a guy who went wide and was trying to re-enter the track wherever he pleased, that put me down to 8th. Karma would end up finding him later. I had decided early on that I wasn't going to risk penalties by going wide through T1 at all, even though sometimes you could get away with it. This proved to be valuable and by lap 2 I was back up to 7th due to other people's mistakes and penalties. One of the frontrunners punted somebody and got a 5s penalty he had to serve, then on his way back up through the pack he encountered his teammate and they were kind enough to crash into each other on the final turn of the lap, so I moved up again. I eventually overtook my way to 2nd place by lap 6, but the leader had been racing alone uncontested for awhile and had a 5.5s lead on everyone. I decided the only chance I had to catch him was the undercut, so I pitted early on lap 7. For some reason, he stayed out and didn't pit until lap 9 which was a huge mistake. Right as he was pulling out of the pits I passed him and then he had to battle the guy behind me for position. At this point I was still in 2nd behind a no-stopper who surprised us all by taking the lead (@Canada_25). I was worried that would happen, but I've raced against charles_asselin before and he's a true sportsman, he kindly let me by when I approached him on fresh tires and from that point forward it was no mistakes and no penalties that gave me the victory for 1900 points. My biggest FIA points haul yet.
Manufacturer's wasn't as successful, but was very exciting and awesome to drive around lots of familiar names like @cyclingjudoka and @Dezcom. They are always fast, clean and respectable drivers. Strategy differences made this race pretty crazy, but in the end I finished 8th which wasn't a bad result for me in this car and on this track. 1300 points was good enough to beat my lowest score of the season, so I improved my total and that's all I can ask for.
I'm super pleased with the results in both Nations and MFG, and will be sitting out the next season and not playing much for a few weeks. It's been a pleasure racing with you all, and I'll be back for the next official season if not sooner.
Nations: qualified 6th, but could have done much better. I was regularly lapping 1:06.8-1:07.2 in practice lobbies, but only got a 1:07.5 in actual qualifying. Grid start, oh boy, this made T1 interesting. Exiting T1 I got sandwiched by a guy who went wide and was trying to re-enter the track wherever he pleased, that put me down to 8th. Karma would end up finding him later. I had decided early on that I wasn't going to risk penalties by going wide through T1 at all, even though sometimes you could get away with it. This proved to be valuable and by lap 2 I was back up to 7th due to other people's mistakes and penalties. One of the frontrunners punted somebody and got a 5s penalty he had to serve, then on his way back up through the pack he encountered his teammate and they were kind enough to crash into each other on the final turn of the lap, so I moved up again. I eventually overtook my way to 2nd place by lap 6, but the leader had been racing alone uncontested for awhile and had a 5.5s lead on everyone. I decided the only chance I had to catch him was the undercut, so I pitted early on lap 7. For some reason, he stayed out and didn't pit until lap 9 which was a huge mistake. Right as he was pulling out of the pits I passed him and then he had to battle the guy behind me for position. At this point I was still in 2nd behind a no-stopper who surprised us all by taking the lead (@Canada_25). I was worried that would happen, but I've raced against charles_asselin before and he's a true sportsman, he kindly let me by when I approached him on fresh tires and from that point forward it was no mistakes and no penalties that gave me the victory for 1900 points. My biggest FIA points haul yet.
Manufacturer's wasn't as successful, but was very exciting and awesome to drive around lots of familiar names like @cyclingjudoka and @Dezcom. They are always fast, clean and respectable drivers. Strategy differences made this race pretty crazy, but in the end I finished 8th which wasn't a bad result for me in this car and on this track. 1300 points was good enough to beat my lowest score of the season, so I improved my total and that's all I can ask for.
I'm super pleased with the results in both Nations and MFG, and will be sitting out the next season and not playing much for a few weeks. It's been a pleasure racing with you all, and I'll be back for the next official season if not sooner.
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) Great job on your finish!
