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- Kassel, Hesse, Germany
- Nilsemann2002
GT-MES - Season 6 (Finale: 26.07.2019)
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- Cotswolds, UK
- doc-shipman
Overcast Autopolis - All the pressures of people watching?
Before the review of last week’s race commences, the biggest announcement for GT-MES is that we now have a stream and commentary team! Please welcome RacerTay and CSX_ColmMD to the GT-MES team - and please share Colm’s Twitch to potential spectators!
After the chaos that ensued at Kyoto GT-MES took the relatively short trip around Japan for Autopolis. With the added pressures of the stream and spectators, it seems the internet didn’t want things to run smoothly with a few disconnects prior to race start (and some after race start…!). Qualifying was an interesting session with some internet issues, but ended the way everyone expected with xZePhyR96x and Nilsemann heading Gr.3 and Gr.4 respectively.
When the race finally did get under-way there was a fair bit of drama in the first turn with CSX_Axel braking a touch too late in the pack, bouncing off the back of GTS_DangerousNip and pinging across in to the rear quarter of Road2Fury which pushed him in to GTEagle causing some serious damage for more than half the Gr.3 field within the first few hundred metres. Road2Fury was very lucky to make it out of that incident up fighting for P1 in class along with xZePhyR96x and Sota_59.
Meanwhile in Gr.4 the 4 drivers managed, somehow, to avoid the T1 madness cleanly with no damage at all. Doc-shipman, starting in P2 managed to pass Nilsemann through said carnage to take the P1 spot which was held for a few corners before a small mistake from doc-shipman left the door open for Nilsemann to take first in class back. TaZZ_1990, following another mistake from doc-shipman in to T1, successfully took P2 in class and made the most of the Audi’s straight line pace.
Over in Gr.3, following the initial shakeup, Sota_59 found himself moving up from P5 to P1 out of T1, with xZePhyR96x following very close behind with Road2Fury in P3. Road2Fury peeled off for his drivethrough penalty at the end of lap 1 pushing Jonirune up to P3; the remaining cars in Gr.3 dropping to the pits to repair any damage accumulated from the T1 incident. After the pits a very close battle between GTEagle and DangerousNip ensued, with CSX_Axel playing catch-up.
As we entered the first pit window doc-shipman had taken back P2 from TaZZ_1990, but Nilsemann was using the Alfa’s seemingly unstoppable pace to build a healthy lead. It became apparent that Nilsemann was opting for the 2 stop whilst doc-shipman was opting for a 1 stop, with the 2 Audis also going for the 2 stop leaving doc-shipman in some clean air in P1.
Up in Gr.3 xZePhyR96x created a nice healthy buffer, but some more internet issues rounded out a very sad week for Jonirune who disconnected from the race. Adding to the loss of his family dog that week making it quite an upsetting event for him.
The remainder of the race went fairly cleanly, with only some minor issues and ‘detours’ from the track until the internet played some more silliness with Nilsemann towards the end. He was catching doc-shipman very fast with doc-shipman under-fuelling at the last stop, but out of nowhere GTEagle appeared like an apparition! Nilsemann remained unflustered, only to have a fairly major spin on the penultimate lap gifting doc-shipman class win in the dying stages of the race. Doc-shipman also managing to take the fastest lap point by 0.056s!
In the Gr.3 camp, however, GTS-DangerousNip did a - frankly - amazing job of working his way back up following the serious damage in the T1 incident to bring the big BMW M6 home in P2, pushing Sota_59 back to P3 - still an impressive finish from P5 on the grid. Unsurprisingly xZePhyR96x took home the win as well as best lap of the night, at a staggering 1:40.594!
To round of the event, it being the last race for Sota_59 for a while as he starts his military service, we asked him for his view on how GT-MES has evolved from his original creation - so we’ll leave you with the founder’s words
"I never planned to drive longer than for the first season, but ended up taking part in 42 races. Trying to motivate others, by just taking part in every race, and that ended up taking me to 5 straight titles, rarely being fastest. Last 21 races i have been driving with my friend, and teammate jonirune91, want to thank him, he motivated me, and was key in 2 of my titles. Also want to thank Nils, when i said it might be time to stop the series due to lack of drivers, he told me to keep going for a couple more races. Since then we have grown GT-MES to success finally, and now as i have to step back, i am hopeful it stays alive and healthy.'' - We do too, Sota, we do too.
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- Kassel, Hesse, Germany
- Nilsemann2002
Important information for those who are racing today; doc or thunder will host the race so make sure they are on yoir psn friends list
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- thunder-pigeon
Dragon Trail Drama
Round 6 in Croatia gave us some fantastic racing! CSXBenjeet, standing in for GTEagle, and GTP-DangerousNip gave us arguably the best racing of the season so far.
Qualifying saw CSXBenjeet on pole in GR3 by a full second, with the sister BMW of GTP-DangerousNip in second. Road2fury and jonirune91 rounded off the GR3 field. GR4 favourite doc-shipman could only manage 3rd after his dominant display last season at this very track. He was unable to get a clean lap together on low fuel loads. Pole was taken by his Honda teammate thunder-pigeon, who himself struggled to get a clean lap in. 2nd was taken by farin79, who was only 0.008 ahead of doc-shipman. Tazz rounded off the GR4 entrants.
As the race began, road2fury launched into the first place battle, and the top 3 drivers were all vying for first place into the braking zone. After the chicane, GTP-DangerousNip and CSXBenjeet broke away from road2fury, who was left to defend 3rd against a racey looking jonirune91.
The GR4 field got away cleanly, with doc jumping to second place after the chicane and getting a run on thunder-pigeon into the right hand kink. Not a viable overtaking spot, but doc-shipman stuck his nose in regardless, clipping the inside kerb, colliding with his teammate and sending thunder-pigeon into the gravel and inflicting damage to his teammate. Doc-shipman got away damage free with a 0.2s penalty and the class lead. Farin79 and tazz then gave chase to the lead Honda.
As the first 10 mins continued, the GR3 battles for 1st and 3rd were heating up. GTP-DangerousNip was keeping pace with CSXBenjeet and piling the pressure on. Jonirune91 was doing the same to road2fury, who successfully defended against the speedy Nissan driver. Jonirune91 did briefy get ahead into turn 1 but was unable to make the move stick by going too deep into the corner. This battle came to a crescendo when jonirune91 caught road2fury into the braking zone with overspeed and went into the back of road2fury. On the next lap, jonirune91 went too deep after overtaking road2fury on the pit straight, only to miss the braking point and go off, leaving road2fury to immediately take back 3rd.
In GR4, doc-shipman lead the field until a mistake on the second lap at the chicane of death, forcing him into an early pitstop. This left the Audi's leading the GR4, with the damaged thunder-pigeon around 2s behind. Thunder-pigeon kept on the pace, unable to really close the gap until the tyre wear on the front wheel drive Audi's kicked in. At this point, he closed in on tazz, briefly getting his nose ahead, only for the superior straight line speed of the Audi to take 3rd back off the Honda. One lap later, tazz was powerless to defend against the Honda into the first hairpin. During this battle, farin79 had broke away from his teammate with a healthy 5s gap to the chasing honda.
Every driver appeared to be on the 2 stop strategy. GTP-DangerousNip tried to get the undercut after a briefly getting ahead on the pit straight, only for a late dive from CSXBenjeet on the brakes to get the lead back. CSXBenjeet then pitted, but was able to open up a gap. Jonirune had a big crash at the death chicane, which luckily didn't impact GTP-DangerousNip's out lap too much.
Doc-shipman has been catching the Audi's during the latter stages of the stint and again went for an undercut tactic. The rest of the GR4 cars pitted on the next lap, with thunder-pigeon right on the tail of farin79. Despite the damage repair, thunder-pigeon's fuel saving and pitcrew allowed him to pass the Audi in the pits and reamerge 3s ahead.
Meanwhile, GTP-DangerousNip was all over the back of CSXBenjeet, and took the lead into the first hairpin after CSXBenjeet made a small mistake. Not one to give up, CSXBenjeet kept in the slipstream of the other BMW, biding his time for a move to retake the lead. The M3 lacked the straight line speed down the pit straight, but into the second hairpin at the bottom of the hill, benjeet capitalised on the traffic to regain the lead. Fantastic racing from the pair of BMWs. Unfortunately for CSXBenjeet, he became the latest victim of the chicane of death, collecting damage to the rear of his car on the exit, allowing GTP-DangerousNip back into the lead. CSXBenjeet then pitted, but appeared to not fully repair his car. He pitted again on the next lap to get the damaged fixed, coming out behind road2fury.
GR4 leader thunder-pigeon also picked up damage at the chicane of death after increasing the lead to over 5s. At the final turn, farin was back on terms with the Honda, and duly retook the lead as thunder-pigeon struggled to keep his car stable. But this time, farin79 would be the victim, going in too deep into the first chicane gifting the lead back to the damaged Honda. Thunder-pigeon took an early pit, giving him a longer final stint to complete and potentially come under attack in the dying minutes of the race, but had to fix the damage sooner rather than later.
For the final GR3 stint, CSXBenjeet came out just behind road2fury, making light work passing the Mercedes on worn tyres. This would be the final move in GR3, and GTP-DangerousNip had built a comfortable lead and only major damage would prevent a win for the M6 driver.
Thunder-pigeon emerged from his final out stop in 3rd, and swiftly caught the Audi of tazz, but made light contact to the rear of the Audi under braking. Damage again for thunder-pigeon at the front, and damage to the rear of tazz. Thunder-pigeon promptly backed off to allow tazz back through. He did get the cut back at the hairpin at the bottom of the hill, despite textbook defending from tazz through the high-speed esses and into the braking zone. The second Honda and farin79 Audi had already made their final pit, with tazz maybe staying out a lap too long. This allowed doc-shipman to grab 3rd in class but despite his best efforts, he couldn't catch the Audi of farin79 for a Honda 1-2.
Overall, we had a very eventful race with plenty of great driving, overtakes and drama. A first win for rookie GTP-DangerousNip and bad luck for jonirune91 in GR3, and a last to first for thunder-pigeon in GR4. Farin was unlucky not to win, with only one small mistake in an otherwise faultless race.
Next up is a home race for the Alfa Romeo - Maggiore. Plenty of tricky corners here to keep our drivers on their toes. Everyone will be keen to get a result here before the season finisher in Le Mans a week later.
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- Kassel, Hesse, Germany
- Nilsemann2002
- 1,911
- Cotswolds, UK
- doc-shipman
Season 7 Announcement!
Season 7 looks to be an exciting one, with various drivers from Season 6 already declaring their intention to return! It is the pleasure of GT-MES administration team to reveal the race calendar and manufacturers for the upcoming season!
Races will commence from August 9th with the annual season opener returning the Nurburgring GP. GT-MES will then continue the early-european leg of the season with a trip to Croatia for Dragon Trail Seaside shortly followed by the long drive up to France for Circuit de Sainte Croix - A; the European leg of Season 7 draws to a close with the excitement of Autodrome Lago Maggiore.
From Europe we make the flight over to Japan for an Asian Double Bill of Kyoto - Yamagiwa and the iconic Suzuka.
After its spectacular introduction GT-MES will then take the trip further south to Mount Panorama for another night race of epic proportions, culminating in the regular finale trip back to France for Circuit de la Sarthe worth double points.
Nurburgring GP - August 9th
Dragon Trail - Seaside - August 16th
Circuit de Sainte Croix - A - August 23rd
Autodrome Lago Maggiore - August 30th
Kyoto - Yamagiwa - September 6th
Suzuka - September 13th
Mount Panorama - September 20th
Circuit de la Sarthe - September 27th
Manufacturers Returning!
Following some intense racing, and some unfortunate changes in the GT Sport physics engine, the manufacturer list has been reviewed and updated accordingly. This season Group 3 front-runners are returning, bringing back both Subaru and BMW being challenged by GT-MES veteran manufacturers Porsche and Audi. Group 4 is equally exciting, although the major decision to remove any FWD cars from the roster taking its toll. Alfa Romeo and Honda return, but this time to be challenged by the British brute strength of Aston Martin and Godzilla-in-the-metal in the Nissan GTR.
With plenty to choose from, each with strengths and raw pace, it should make for an exciting season. Should you wish to participate then please message @NJ72 @Nilsemann2002 or @thunderpigeon with your vehicle and number requests!
IMPORTANT NOTE - Cars are allocated based on the results of the previous season, with the winner of Gr.3 getting first choice, down to the last place of Gr.4 - with only 2 drivers per manufacturer, please don't delay in submitting your request to ensure you aren't disappointed!
Group 3:
Subaru
BMW
Porsche
Audi
Group 4:
Honda
Alfa Romeo
Aston Martin
Nissan
Any questions feel free to ask!
Season 7 looks to be an exciting one, with various drivers from Season 6 already declaring their intention to return! It is the pleasure of GT-MES administration team to reveal the race calendar and manufacturers for the upcoming season!
Races will commence from August 9th with the annual season opener returning the Nurburgring GP. GT-MES will then continue the early-european leg of the season with a trip to Croatia for Dragon Trail Seaside shortly followed by the long drive up to France for Circuit de Sainte Croix - A; the European leg of Season 7 draws to a close with the excitement of Autodrome Lago Maggiore.
From Europe we make the flight over to Japan for an Asian Double Bill of Kyoto - Yamagiwa and the iconic Suzuka.
After its spectacular introduction GT-MES will then take the trip further south to Mount Panorama for another night race of epic proportions, culminating in the regular finale trip back to France for Circuit de la Sarthe worth double points.
Nurburgring GP - August 9th
Dragon Trail - Seaside - August 16th
Circuit de Sainte Croix - A - August 23rd
Autodrome Lago Maggiore - August 30th
Kyoto - Yamagiwa - September 6th
Suzuka - September 13th
Mount Panorama - September 20th
Circuit de la Sarthe - September 27th
Manufacturers Returning!
Following some intense racing, and some unfortunate changes in the GT Sport physics engine, the manufacturer list has been reviewed and updated accordingly. This season Group 3 front-runners are returning, bringing back both Subaru and BMW being challenged by GT-MES veteran manufacturers Porsche and Audi. Group 4 is equally exciting, although the major decision to remove any FWD cars from the roster taking its toll. Alfa Romeo and Honda return, but this time to be challenged by the British brute strength of Aston Martin and Godzilla-in-the-metal in the Nissan GTR.
With plenty to choose from, each with strengths and raw pace, it should make for an exciting season. Should you wish to participate then please message @NJ72 @Nilsemann2002 or @thunderpigeon with your vehicle and number requests!
IMPORTANT NOTE - Cars are allocated based on the results of the previous season, with the winner of Gr.3 getting first choice, down to the last place of Gr.4 - with only 2 drivers per manufacturer, please don't delay in submitting your request to ensure you aren't disappointed!
Group 3:
Subaru
BMW
Porsche
Audi
Group 4:
Honda
Alfa Romeo
Aston Martin
Nissan
Any questions feel free to ask!
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- Kassel, Hesse, Germany
- Nilsemann2002
