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[ShiftingGears]

Had a perfect start in the top split going from 13th to 7th then got too greedy going for 5th and spun off like an idiot

Still had good fun in the race until I got punted and had my tyres wrecked from someone who couldn't handle racing with the big dawwgg.

 

[Rangeraus]

Slot 2. Q5 > Disconnect at qualifying results screen. -1400 DR
Slot 3. Q5 > P3, 33 points and +1000 DR. Done.

Very odd that the same thing happened in slot 2 for you in a different split, hopefully this won't be a recurring problem

 

[Hasnain282]

Not upto speed with this one but let's see how it goes

 

[RX8 Racer]

Manufacturers

Race 3 was a disappointment as I got held up by a pack that insisted on fighting in the esses. I only scraped into the top 10 for worthless points thanks to someone out of fuel at the final hairpin.

Race 4 was better, as traffic was less of an issue, though my method of fuel saving (short-shifting and map 6 from downward slope before start/finish line to exit of 1st hairpin) and inability to hold a tow meant that I was slipping down the order for the first half of the race. The fuel saving worked, and I was up in 7th chasing another Viper on the final lap, only for the other Viper to run wider than I expected and I turned into him (my MFD was on fuel instead of radar), handing me a 1 second penalty. The other Viper flashed his hazards in apology, so I let it go. I ended up dropping to 8th from a mistake in the esses (though the penalty would have costed me 7th anyway) and barely held off a NSX by weaving down the start/finish straight (thanks to the NSX running out of fuel).

Nations

Race 1 seemed promising, as I qualified 4th, but it was ruined thanks to this waste of carbon and oxygen driving like it was a hot lap session:



Punting me wide because he didn't bother to brake early and outright turning into other people like they weren't there multiple times. He only got a 4 second penalty for causing a crash by turning in on someone else out of the esses, despite punting me and turning in on me three times.

I came home 8th for 92 points, but I was absolutely furious with Mr Hot Lap, hammering out a chat message in All Caps only to find out that he had left while I was expressing my outrage. Coward.

Livery by sayu0107

Race 2 was more promising, starting with the inside line into the chicane and no Mr Hot Lap around to ruin my race. I held my position through the chicane and the rest of lap 1, but dropped to 8th by accidentally sliding my car around the first chicane on lap 2. I reclaimed two places from someone messing up the Slope Hairpin and someone falling victim to the CoD.

On lap 3, I get tapped from behind and turned in on by two guys, but I controlled the drift and got away, with the tapper taking a 1 second penalty to serve immediately. The tapper briefly gets ahead of me , but goes wide at Larini Hairpin for some lawnmowing on top of his penalty. I retake 5th from my compatriot turning in on the Indonesian and sending him off the esses without a penalty. I get a bad exit at the final hairpin and lose 5th to #6 (the guy that turned in on me earlier). We spent the next 2 laps fighting each other and my compatriot for 4th, with #6 straight up shoving me into a wall on lap 5:

On lap 6, car #16 goes off at the first chicane while fighting for the lead, while I accidentally run into the right rear corner of my compatriot when he messed up the first chicane, handing me a 1 second penalty.

This contact warranted a 1 second penalty.

Car #6 then gets served a face full of karma for shoving me into the wall. He cuts too much of the inside kerb at the final part of the esses, going flying off into the gravel and wall.

My compatriot and I then get tangled together at the final hairpin as he turned into me, sending him into a slide and getting collected by another driver who got a 2 second penalty for not attempting to brake or avoid the obvious hazard on the apex.

The Turn In

The Slide

The Collection

The Aftermath


I still had my 1 second penalty, making me a target for car #16, who was recovering from his excursion. He hooks around the outside of the final hairpin and knocks me off the podium. I spent the rest of the race chasing #16 for the podium. I grabbed 3rd from him on the final sector after he had a bad exit out of Slope Hairpin and CoD, but he hooked it round the outside of the final hairpin again and beat me to the line by 0.3 seconds. Well played.

 

[stpatty]

Felt dreadful when I woke up this morning so today's practice wasn't as focused as I'd like. I like Seaside and find this car very easy to drive here, even though (because?) I have no pace. Blind luck got me as high as 3rd on lap 2, before I fell down to 5th and even more luck kept me there. Stressful stuff, I'm definitely not going again.

Ed - on the plus side, my DR is now the highest it's been since I switched to a wheel. Just in time for the GT-R at Laguna Seca on Wednesday

 

[Cerebral303]

After skipping Tokyo (the birthday present I really didn't need) I'm quite looking forward to Seaside today in the RBJ my favourite version of the Red Bull because it's way more fun to drive on the DS4. I know that's tempting fate, but T1 seems to be bad in every single race, like primary school football where everyone piles into the carnage. I have had some luck hanging back a bit and then gaining positions after the corner driving through the wreckage of ghost cars.

 

[Zorz]

Nations Cup Round 8
Two races, but they're kind of polar opposites of each other. If I had to take one thing away from today, try not to qualify in an even position at Dragon Trail Seaside when there's a grid start...

Attempt 1
I qualified in P6 with a 1:38.069, and as a certain protagonist from the Grand Theft Auto series would say, "Oh 🤬, here we go again".

We ended up three wide going into turn 1, with me on the outside. I had to start turning to make the corner, but the Brit in the middle wasn't so I turned into him and got bumped off onto the gravel. I was doomed anyway, because the Swiss driver on the inside was pushing the Brit outward.

That dumped me to the back, but I gained several positions moving through the pinball table that emerged and fought my way back up to P9. And then I binned myself by spinning out on the end-of-sector 1 hairpin on the final lap, dumping me all the way back to P17 where I finished.




Attempt 2
I knew I was capable of fighting for much, MUCH better than that so absolutely 100% going again. This time I qualified P3 with a 1:38.187 and breathed a sigh of relief starting on the left for turn 1. That worked out, and I survived unscathed.

Things got a bit dicey a few laps in, as the Spaniard and Dane in front of me had been fighting with each other. I got up into P2 at the last hairpin with a good run on the Spaniard. He went to defend on the inside (fair enough) as we were side-by-side, but then started nudging me right (I could feel the contact through my wheel) whilst we're braking. I really, really cannot stand people who do that. If you've already got the inside line and the perfect position to block your opponent, do you really need to squeeze them off the track too?

That destabilised my car on the turn-in, leading to me having a slow chicane and unfortunately the Dane collided with me from it. It didn't ruin me though, it ruined him, making him lose positions trying to stop his car from spinning out. Not happy with that, he did nothing wrong and didn't deserve it at all.

I ended up finishing P2 for 158 points, so an excellent result. Only 1 point off of matching my personal best. I didn't have the pace to keep up with the Spaniard (and I stopped pushing at 100% after a few laps anyway for safety since a big gap had emerged behind), but still a bit irked by the contact that made me instantly drop away from him since it's just not necessary and could have ended my race.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Got in second race and was door #5.
Two psn-friends in race and several known names, that's always nice!
Before qualfying I typed @Everybody remember qualifying isn't racing and got several people acknowledge that. Went out for q as number 3, just to see 1 and 2 fight all the way to the COD with no chance of getting past.
Past them both and set a pole with no slipstream but since I couldn't get any slip I eventually finished qualfying as #7.
Start made me go to p5 and from then we build a gap to p6.
Bidinng my time and being patient behind #4 and 3 gave me a chance to pass both and finished as #3.

 

[cactus0]

One and done for me today, slot 1 qualified 11th, turn 1 got sideswiped by a car going sideways and picked up a four second penalty. Once I'd served that i was in 16th/17th but fir the rest of lap 1 and 2 every corner gave me a place or two! at the end of lap 2 i was in 6th and I even managed a PROPER pass on the brit in p5 by stressing him into a mistake, maintained a 5 second gap to 6th, and couldn't get within 3 seconds of fourth. But a good result for me.

Loads if fun, and I would argue that DTS is most picturesque curcuit in the game...

 

[Sean YZF]

One and done for me today, slot 1 qualified 11th, turn 1 got sideswiped by a car going sideways and picked up a four second penalty. Once I'd served that i was in 16th/17th but fir the rest of lap 1 and 2 every corner gave me a place or two! at the end of lap 2 i was in 6th and I even managed a PROPER pass on the brit in p5 by stressing him into a mistake, maintained a 5 second gap to 6th, and couldn't get within 3 seconds of fourth. But a good result for me.

Loads if fun, and I would argue that DTS is most picturesque curcuit in the game...

My wife said much the same thing once about Dragon Tail, of course I looked up at the scenery and immediately went of track

Congratulations on the result

 

[barak181]

I got my racing shirt out today. Let's see if it helps.

 

[Cerebral303]

I did one slot at 4.20pm and qualified 5th, down to 12th after the first double left/right T1 and T2, but avoided a penalty all race and slowly worked up to 3rd with consistent racing, being careful not to turn too hard or else it slides for ages, and avoiding death at the chicane 10 times in a row.

With the power reduction though they felt like a GR4 version of the RB! A bit slow and tame but I shan't complain after such a peaceful race. The two people I did battle with were clean, has Forza 7 on gamepass left us with the clean drivers?

 

[DK]

Well, that sucked.

I qualified 15th after failing to get any slipstream, and although I had a decent enough 1st lap, that was all ruined by a total moron spearing me off in the Esses on lap 2, costing me 14 seconds and leaving me 17th and 7 seconds behind the next guy. I'm pretty sure he quit straight afterwards and didn't suffer anything bar an SR drop that'd make his next Sport Mode race easier. I spent the rest of the race picking off other stricken cars until I came across a Russian recovering from a spin at the last corner of lap 9. I breezed past him on the straight, but I was too sloppy in turn 5 (before the penalty zone) and on the brakes down into the harbour, allowing him back into drafting range. He was smart enough not to try anything into the Death Chicane, and I tracked towards the cliff wall trying to defend into the final corner, but it wasn't to be, as he found more grip around the outside to demote me to 12th and 89pts.

 

[das89ca]

Well... Felt like Vipers at Spa all over again.

Nations Cup - round 8

So, had the practice race on Thursday where I totally blew it. But my pace was good, timetrial 36.9 so I was confident.

Slot1: very strong lobby, was #19 in the room. Was able to put a 37.8 in quali, which was not that good based on my expectations but still good to put me in P8 for the grid. Decent start and managed to climb up to P5 and things were looking good. Was 3.5s behind P4 and catching up but in lap 6 was pushing to hard and crashed at the chicane of death. Recovered in P14, then started pushing to limit the damage. Passed one spinning car, then caught a Portuguese driver and tried a pass on the esses, but he punted me in the wall. Ended up finished P17.

2nd Slot - a lower lobby this time. Qualified P5 with a 37.6. Gained one position in T1 and thinks were looking good as I managed to build a 1.5s gap to the group behind in a few corners. However, at the right hander before CoD the same Portuguese who punted me last race lost control and I got nowhere to go. As I was already steering this caused a spin and then a drop to last. 2 laps later, I was pushed out of the track at the last corner. Managed to recover back to P14.

Decided to have one last go.

3rd Slot - again a very strong lobby, being #19 in the room. Started in P4 after putting a 37.5 lap. Started well, was preparing for taking the entry to T1 when I was hit from behind and thrown to the Portuguese in P2. We both spun. Again last to whatever challenge. Was really pissed, did not really care anymore just put in laps. Recovered to P12 in the end, after ruining another Portuguese guy's race by sending him wide in the last corner. Not intentionally, just had a bit too much speed for a tighter line and that was it. Too frustrated with the evening to wait...

 

[GTWolverine]

Slot 1: Qualified P12 in Top Split and needed to finish at least P9. As usual I drove like a 🤬 dumb:censored: and quit from p16 on the last lap after screwing myself out of what should've been an easy Top 10 by running wide out of the final corner twice. This feels like it's about to be yet another waste of a night like most of the Nation's races have been this season.

 

[C_Raccoon23]

Wow, that race in first slot was interesting. Got in a lobby with @Razgriz2118, @Winnie847, @Granadier, @CJam, and DNA_Judoka. First time I was in a lobby worth over 200 points as well. So yeah, not only was I in a faster than usual lobby, I also only squeezed in 30 mins. of practice. Not the best combination.

I had door #19 and qualified dead last with a perfect 1:40. As I wasn’t surprised to see, a bunch of incidents occurred during the race which allowed me to climb up as high as 13th. But in the middle of it all, I hit the back of another car in the s-curves, which upset mine and I spun out and fell down to last. No SR down or penalty thankfully though. I gained a couple of positions towards the end and finished in 17th.

Despite being quite out of my league here, I had fun but I’ll be going again, where I’ll hopefully be matched against more people around my level.

 

[barak181]

It may be a one and done for me today. I should wear my Speed Racer shirt more often.

It looks like all that practice is finally paying off for me, my chances of binning a lap went down from around 50% on Thursday to less than 10% by the start of slot 1 this afternoon. I tried to find a practice race in the lobbies but just couldn't seem to get one going today. I did get a lot of laps in with traffic though and that would have to suffice. My lap times came down, I started to find some consistency and spent a lot less time running into walls and digging holes in the sand.

I didn't get a very strong lobby as I was given door number 2. But on the plus side, I figured that mean I might finish well. Qualy almost turned into a disaster, though. I gave the field ample time to create some distance before starting my out lap and still caught up with someone by the CoD - and plowed into him full speed as he was sitting on the exit line at almost a complete stop. He ricocheted down the track like a rocket and I went into the mix-master. But the upside of that is that I got clean air for the rest of the session. I had the provisional pole for much of the session but ultimately started P3 as I couldn't seem to string together 3 sectors.

I get a good jump off the line and beat P2 to the first little turn before the chicane. He's smart and patient enough to back out of it and tuck in behind me. By the time we get to sector 2, P1 already has a full second on me and I have about the same on P3. Then by the looks of it, P3 probably binned the CoD and I open up a huge lead over the the pack behind me. (Edit: I watched the replay and P4 tried to go two-abreast with him into the CoD, turned into him and wrecked him hard. P3 fell back to DFL and P4 didn't even get a penalty. SMH.)

For most of the race P1 slowly creeps away for me and I slowly build a cushion between myself and the rest of the field. I close the gap on the leader a few times when I put together a really good lap - I actually had the fastest lap for a few laps. Then suddenly toward the end of the race P3 starts cutting into the cushion I created on pretty quick. I don't know if he's recovering from a DR reset or is an alt-account or what but he started a non-qualifier P20 and ended up being the fastest lap of the race by far - by at least 2 sec on me and P1. Luckily, he ran out of laps before he could close the gap on me. I finished a solid P2.

It's not a massive amount of points by any means but I haven't raced a lot of Nations this season and I don't know if I'll finish much better if I'm placed in a higher lobby.

 

[Razgriz2118]

One-and-done for me, since even with my lowered DR rating I was placed in a room with A+ drivers for 220 points, which is above my level normally. It was also fun because I got paired with four drivers from here, @Master Weasel , @Granadier , @CJam , and @Winnie847 . Somehow on the first qualifying lap I grabbed P3, but that dropped to P11 at the end.

Miraculously, T1 was a clean affair, and incidents didn't really start happening on the first lap until the 2nd hairpin before the Chicane of Death. Unfortunately, I got a bit distracted by the people ahead dying at the Chicane of Death and, while I didn't hit the wall, I clipped the kerbs at an awkward angle and brushed against the wall, slowing me down, and unfortunately caused a guy behind me to rear-end me. This gave me a 1s penalty, which put me down into 12th after serving it. After some more people dying at various points, it was @CJam and I together. I unfortunately thought we were similarly paced since for quite a few laps we and another person were battling, and @CJam trusted me to lead us to 5th place ahead, but I started dropping off towards the end and eventually made a mistake in the final corner on Lap 9, letting @CJam go, and I didn't catch back up. So yeah, sorry again about that, I was being too competitive

I finished in 7th for 164 points, so not a bad point haul for me. If I entered the next race the lobby would probably be just as imbalanced, and a lot of faster people ahead of me in this race died which let me take 7th, so I'm good for this race.

 

[KosmoKazi]

FIAGTC 2020-2021 Exhibition Season
Nations Cup
Race #8 - Dragon Trail - Seaside / Red Bull X2014 Junior

Put in a TON of practice laps for this one... I love the cars and I love the track. Worked and worked, but never strung together an optimal lap, ended up with a 1:38.001 best lap (sorry, @Pigems I know you had faith in me, but I dropped the ball- no 1:37...). Was lucky and happy to see @Trone_Colby @afc5150 and @KiepeYai in the lobby! There's at least 4 of us who are going to behave in the first chicane!

Qualified decent, though made it tough on myself by binning it (for the FIRST TIME all week) on the exit of the COD... which isn't even really a challenge this week! So it cost me a few minutes and maybe one more hot lap, but in the end I started 5th, with a solid but unremarkable qualifying time.

Convinced myself that a 5th place finish was a reasonable result, and not to get greedy. Had a clean first lap, amazingly... but lost a position because I was held up by a guy that was either being too cautious or was struggling to feel the cold tires' grip... which was a challenge as these cars do not work the tires hard at all... this track doesn't really either. So it took most of the first lap to get them up to speed after the FIA intro...

Then on lap 2, because of that guy holding me up, I was left to defend into the T1 chicane against another guy, who proceeded to totally lose it in the first part of the chicane, and careened into me, who was doing my best all along to avoid him... no chance. I 'hit him', get taken by the next guy behind as well, and assesses the completely bogus 4 SECOND PENALTY... so I end up in 10th, and already start thinking about how I'll be running it again later tonight.



But I keep my sanity, and work my way up to 6th mid-race, behind @KiepeYai who is being held up by a guy that can be hard to pass. I get to that guy, and with Kie on my rear wing, I assume I better not linger, so after a good run out of the COD, attempt to get inside him and pass on the final turn, but I can't get the power down without oversteer and end up watching them power up the hill while I double-check the 6 second buffer that I had when this happened.



Probably should have been more patient, and gotten the run into the first chicane, where I was pretty comfortable outbraking people and putting the power down on the exit. Maybe if TPC team orders were on the table, I would have felt like I could focus ahead, but I understand why that radio call never came!

I end up settling for that 5th place, after a miscue by a driver ahead hands me the spot behind that 'Ryan Newman'... perfectly decent result, especially as bad as this season started, but I am sure I had a podium in me. 800 DR to keep, a 50-pt improvement in my FIA standings, and no SR lost after the one bogus incident. 5th place in my state is now a reasonable target for the Nations Cup.

Will probably run it on the Alt later tonight... it's just too fun of a race to sit out the rest of the night!

Red Bull X2014 Junior
Qualified: 5th
Race Finish: 5th (...but it was more eventful than that suggests!) ...(128 pts)
Door #9

@KiepeYai on my tail exiting the COD

Such a FUN car to race and I love racing at DTS! I could run WHOLE SERIES in these cars... would be a riot.

...but without being taken out was possibly in line for a 2nd place... the winner was too fast, and won from pole, but a podium was easily there for the taking.

 

[Granadier]

If you're racing this round for the love of god just go through T1 cleanly and stop trying to gain 10 positions by out braking people. It won't work, and any places you gain you'll very likely lose right back in the next sector.

Signed, the guy who just got punted in T1 and pushed from P2 -> P19

 

[afc5150]

Slot 1 didn't go so well. From Q13, I ran as high as 6th until people decided that 2-wide in the COD was the best option. Twice, my line was seriously compromised and I crashed....hard. Down to last.

Fought back to 15th or so for meaningless points, with a fair bit of angry driving, just a little over the limit!

 

[CJam]

Well that was fun, already mentioned above but was in with @Razgriz2118 @Winnie847 @Granadier and @Master Weasel. As is usual with me I couldn't manage to grab a tow in qualifying and started P11.

Apart from somebody bursting through elbows out on T1 knocking me down a few places the race was very clean and very enjoyable. As @Razgriz2118 mentioned a couple of fast guys managed to destroy themselves which gained us some places early on. I'd practiced quite a lot today so felt confident but got stuck in traffic. Managed to pick off a few people and myself and @Razgriz2118 settled in to 8th and 9th I think it was. Another racer lost the plot and defending the inside on the last corner @Razgriz2118 made a slight a mistake as I was setting myself up for a good run out down the straight. Was slowly catching 5th and grabbed the tow on lap 9 but made a silly mistake and that was that, had to settle with what I had. Ended up P6, think if I'd qualified better I may have grabbed a top 5 but happy with the points and unable to go again.

@CJam So yeah, sorry again about that, I was being too competitive
.

No problem man, was trying to get you to keep to the racing line so we could catch the guys in front. As my wife says my communication skills need some work

 

[csmirnoff]

NA Slot 2 for me, 214-point lobby together with @Granadier and @Master Weasel. Without a slipstream, only managed a 38.2 in qualifying, which left me P12, 8 tenths off pole and 6 tenths off @Granadier in P2.

I made a good start but unfortunately was a victim of the same guy who killed @Granadier into the first corner. How could a guy in the top 3 affect my first corner when I started P12, you may ask. After hitting @Granadier, the guy slammed on the brakes mid-corner to wait for him, when we were already on full throttle. He didn't ghost in time, and I just tapped him, giving me a 4 second penalty which dropped me to P17.

From there, it was an amazing race, extremely fun one. Managed two pass two cars in one corner in the right hander at the end of S2 on lap 2, and another two cars (one of which was @Master Weasel I believe) with a good exit out of the final corner, overtaking both before T1 on lap 3. That plus a couple of other guys with issues, took me to the top 10.

I then made a move on a Canadian who turned in on me on the apex, which almost causes me to lose control, lost 2 places there. Passed him again later but he got me back with the slipstream the following straight.

I almost get two cars in the final corner, finished P9, just 1 tenth behind P8 and 2 tenths behind P7. Without the first lap penalty, P4 was definitely on the cards. So a disappointing result that could have been much better, but a race that was a lot of fun.

 

[C_Raccoon23]

Second slot. I was in again with @Granadier, along with @csmirnoff. This also was quite a stronger lobby than what I'm used to. A lot of S-rank DR drivers as well and it was again worth over 200 points. I was door #17 and qualified 18th.

The opening of the race was pretty hectic. There was the T1 incident that @Granadier mentioned, and I found a couple of other drivers on the side of the track along the way. Before I knew it, I was in 10th by lap 2 but that didn't last long as I got passed at the first chicane on the following lap and fell down to 14th. This was when I realized @Granadier was behind me, who soon caught up and passed me and we were in a group together with two other drivers for a few laps of the race.

Fast forward to lap 9, and I eventually took 13th from a recovering driver that got punted off and that's where I finished for 107 points. Not too bothered about getting a good result in this. There aren't enough Nations rounds left for me to get five separate scores for the season, so I just did this race mostly for fun. Plus, I can't expect much when I practice at the last minute anyway.

And that's super infuriating, @Granadier. I was wondering how you ended up where I was. Impatient people who do that are almost as bad as deliberate rammers in my book.

 

[GTWolverine]

Slot 1: Qualified P12 in Top Split and needed to finish at least P9. As usual I drove like a 🤬 dumb:censored: and quit from p16 on the last lap after screwing myself out of what should've been an easy Top 10 by running wide out of the final corner twice. This feels like it's about to be yet another waste of a night like most of the Nation's races have been this season.

Once again in Top Split for Slot 2, but a somewhat weaker one with the win being less than 300 points (292). I also saw @Winnie847, @kevinddr, and @Jwptexas in this race, so I knew the competition would be stiff (as if being in Top Split wasn't already an indication). I needed 8th or better to get over 200 points. I qualified 11th and got a slightly better start than 10th to take that spot going into the first chicane. I then lost that spot by almost spinning myself out when I downshifted to 2nd to keep the revs up at the first chicane since we were all going slower than usual due to traffic. I then picked up another spot to go back into 10th after someone ran too wide on the exit of the same chicane. Starting Lap 2, I was going for a move on someone through the right kink before the first chicane, and he tried to turn in after I was already going for the move and forced me over the curb. I nearly wrecked right there, but fortunately I kept it together and didn't lose the spot to the 2 cars directly behind me. By the middle of Lap 3 I was 4th thanks to a ton of penalties and accidents (over half the field had penalties by the end of the race), but that didn't last long as another really fast driver passed me on the same lap. I kept them on their toes for a few laps, but eventually lost the slipstream and settled in 5th. Since I was looking at a potentially big score, I focused more on hitting my marks and gave the first chicane a slightly wider berth than I would if I was trying to run my fastest. At one point I was 4s behind the leader, but somehow that was dropped down to less than 3 starting the final lap. The first 4 were all in the slipstream, and anyone could've won it. I was 2s behind them hoping for some carnage to try and sneak some more positions. 4th place took the CoD too tight on the exit and hit the inside wall, bounced off and spun off the outside wall, handing me 4th place.

This was by far my best points score since PD switched to this points system. I literally gasped when I saw it. I'm definitely done for the night now.

 

[afc5150]

Sort of bounced back in slot 3 after 2 mediocre results in slot 1 and 2.

Another draftless qualifying attempt saw me line up 12th in the mostly A/S lobby, driving car #7, this time with the red EVH tribute livery.

Clean through the first few corners for me, while a few dropped out up ahead trying to win it all on the first lap. A steady and quick-enough pace saw me work up to 5th by race end, 18 seconds off the lead. 120 points (3rd highest of the season) and I'll call it a night on the main account.

3 races, stayed at 99 SR and a net loss 350 DR ~32.1K

Fun racing for the most part, foot to the floor kind of stuff!

 

[roamingbard13]

Slot 2 had a lot of things go wrong for me. I logged in maybe 5 minutes before the race and didn’t really have time to warm-up. Started P6. After a bunch of turn 1 shenanigans, I thought I had a clean break in P3 until someone spun into me giving me a 1 second penalty. Then, I had to take the inside line into the next set of corners and the curb made my RBJ fly into the sand. DFL from there, and started working my way back. I took another 1 second penalty for...idk? The game says I knocked a car off the track but I wasn’t near anyone . I wished I remembered to save the replay. I worked my way up to p14 on the last lap and @afc5150 and I were side by side heading into the last few corners. I caught the guardrail coming out of the COD and fortunately didn’t take him out, but I did finish last with a red A at the end. Not my best race.

I went and made a super careful run around RBR to get back above 90 and ran again.

Slot 3 had more points available, surprisingly. After a hero solo lap, I set a 1:37.8 qually and started P3. I had a good start and beat P2 to the first turn, and that was the race. I was able to keep P1 in slip range for about 4 laps, but I didn’t want to push it since we were building a gap back to P3. He ended up getting away and finished about 3 seconds up on me. I ran my last 6 laps in the 38s to finish with a 38.6 as my fastest, which was faster than anything I put down in a practice race. Overall, the work I put in this week paid off.

Hat tip to @RacingGrandpa for the livery

 

[Randall_Flagg]

I wasn't going to do very good on Dragon Trail with these cars anyway, but had to share this. Don't lag and drive, kids! hah

 

[KiepeYai]

FIAGTC 2020-2021 Exhibition Season

Slot 1 - Qualified 2nd, quick reaction to lights out gave me p1 by first corner, binned it to 11th,

Binning

• KiepeYai
• Oct 18, 2020

worked my way up to 6th and joined @KosmoKazi in a fight for 4th, managed to get by kosmo after dirty air turbulence caught him by suprise, passed the guy but 3rd was way out of reach, pulled a 4 seconds gap quickly, lost motivation and binned it again during the last lap, finished 7th.

Slot 2- This time it was a tough one with SS drivers ,The first lap was messy but i got away cleanly, witnessed 3 people dying at COD lol, managed to get 2nd until i binned it again at COD , finished a close 3rd ,by close i mean this close

98A1838E-5DDD-4579-B74E-80BC667B57E6

• KiepeYai
• Oct 18, 2020

Hey @afc5150 ,i think i was one of the guys that forced you to take a weird line , i didn't knew it was you budd ,, the ghosting was on point though

Lines

• KiepeYai
• Oct 18, 2020

Btw, you've got to feel for this guy

Feel for this guy

• KiepeYai
• Oct 18, 2020

 

[roamingbard13]

Woof. His race was worse than mine. I was featured in that video as well, haha. Saw me catch some air and go into the sand.