Long time no race. Had a break after Interlagos in daily race C left me empty of any joy for GT Sport and destroyed my DR(10k loss). Now being in mid B I was completely off the way for top20 in Austria. As my home country Romania was added at the beginning of the year in Nations and I would have higher chances to get the S rating there - I have created a new account today.
So, today it was all improving my DR and getting to first 1.000.000 credits - for the Group 1 car needed for the daily C from tomorrow on.
In manufacturers Cup I chose Porsche - as I have no cars except for N200 Impreza STI and a Group X - Toyota FT1. I needed two solid cars for Gr. 4 and Gr. 3 that I can use also in the dailies and both Porsches are solid cars for me on most tracks. This Manufacturers season is just for increasing my DR - I have no objective here - main objective is to get somewhere around 20k DR which can get me solid points to have a real chance of getting in top10 in my home nation.
With that in mind, I was going to race multiple times today. I was on low DR C so had a lot to gain.
1st slot - qualified pole, with more than 8 tenths difference from the 2nd. Started on mediums, no drama for me in T1 and then lost the leader position in lap2 after getting a 1.5s penalty in the 2nd chicane. At the end of the lap I was more than 2.5s behind and as Monza I did not race too much until now I was not able to close the gap. I then hoped that the difference can be gained in the pits - as I was running pretty economic but after pitting end of lap 8 the gap was 5s, and I kept cruising. P2 and 30points
2nd slot - qualified 2nd, just after the same Italian that won the 1st slot. This time, there was drama at T1, huge pile up, but managed to point the car towards T2 and jost lost 1 position in the process. This was not long lived, at the second chicane I was rammed from behind by a white Audi - pinball physics made me hit the Italian in P1 and send him flying. I was still in P4 after, but next right hander I had dirty tires and run wide. Down to last then back chasing the cars in front. As there were a lot of pushing and accidents I got back in top10 pretty fast and by the time I got into the pits I was 7th. Got back out in 8th, but made short work of the car in front quickly. Then I caught up a Spaniard in a Ferrari and I had one of the nicest battle in some times. It lasted 5 laps, I managed to overtake in T1 in the last lap and get the 5th position, but run wide in 2nd Lesmo curve into the sand. Lost 2 positions to finish 7th but got up to 4th from the tire penalties of drivers in front.
3rd slot was without drama. Qualified P3 and finished P3.
One interesting thing - I can't find the new account in kudosprime or GTS companion. Anyone had this problem before?
