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Guys I am having an absolute blast in race A, beating AS drivers, the racing is really clean and everybody happy poodling around in those little fun mobiles, I need to improve on my 1.41.6xx but just a tad to overtake @kowalski__1 😁 but not sure I can get to @TheNormsk time of 1.41.3xx, which he chucked in quickly 😉

I’m sticking here for the week and may well unleash the G70 at the weekend at the Glen, owned by the Glen @newmedia_dev 👊
 
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brockie
Guys I am having an absolute blast in race A, beating AS drivers, the racing is really clean and everybody happy poodling around in those little fun mobiles, I need to improve on my 1.41.6xx but just a tad to overtake @kowalski__1 😁 but not sure I can get to @TheNormsk time of 1.41.3xx, which he chucked in quickly 😉

I’m sticking here for the week and may well unleash the G70 at the weekend at the Glen, owned by the Glen @newmedia_dev 👊
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I struggled in my first couple races. Turns-out, the line when running three+ wide through turn one (two, three, four, five...) is just a bit different than flying solo during qualifiers. Been freakin' gold since then, though!!🤣

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mellofello9
I struggled in my first couple races. Turns-out, the line when running three+ wide through turn one (two, three, four, five...) is just a bit different than flying solo during qualifiers. Been freakin' gold since then, though!!🤣

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The times are quickening up, tonight I was against A+ drivers so I know I can cut it in that crowd, for this race at least 🤣

Managed to win one, attached was a super close race - the racing I just amazing, the one in the shot, A+ fighting it out and came back from 3 secs out after 3 laps, so much fun
 

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brockie
The times are quickening up, tonight I was against A+ drivers so I know I can cut it in that crowd, for this race at least 🤣

Managed to win one, attached was a super close race - the racing I just amazing, the one in the shot, A+ fighting it out and came back from 3 secs out after 3 laps, so much fun
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The pack was my big challenge to start with...cars are every-flippin'-where. My first two races hacked my SR from full S to mid-A. Third race I shout-out "Dropping back" to try and stay safe and what happens? Four people join me...bit of a love/hate thing so rolled with it best I could, lol. Been running 42.3xx - 6xx laps in clean air.👍

Personally, I think rounds like this week's A draw in racers like moths to flame. Too boring/slow/lame for the arcade types because it's not an easy car to extract good lap times from, especially at DF. Power understeer, monster weight transfer and 80's era turbo 'smoothness' (🤣) make it feel like you're sitting on a milk crate piloting a hay wagon off a cliff with ropes...and I can't wait to do it again.

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More races at Watkins Glen for me this evening. I got my quick time down to 1:57:1XX and I could get a sub 1:56 time if I tried. Both of my races were full of lap 1 heroes and the general lack of awareness on the track. I got my nose chopped and hit in general all night. Just ridiculous. I did send some people to the shadow realm and got called out post race as i should have given the spots back, but I didn't. And to make it worse, it's a driver I have driven clean with over multiple races and I get why they were upset. I'll be done this week as I'm not fan of the bumper cars going on.
 
Yeah I had similar in my first few races tonight at Barcelona, punted regularly, not huge punts but guys going for gaps that are not there and not accounting for their tow and needing to brake a touch earlier.

By my 4th race I was pretty peeved but started P2 and thanks to the epic starts and epic brakes on the beetle i took P1 and scattered off leaving the faster man in p2 to deal with horde of zombies. Credit to the man, he kept it clean in T1.

Final race was really quite excellent, pack of 4 cars p3 to p7, everyone clearly trying to be clean. Video coming shortly, bit of a slow burn but a good motorsport nerds race. Again a very brave T1 pass but this time on the final lap. When you get a race like this the game is so enjoyable, like that one drive from 18 holes that you Crack down the middle and keeps you coming back.

 
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It's taken 23 races and a drop of about 7000 DR points -- 23% A to 88% B -- in the Ford GT Race Car '18 at Catalunya to finally be landing in lobbies where I'm feeling on-pace with the other drivers (current QT is 1:41.383). It's been a lot of driving around the back of the pack, only picking up positions to drivers who have gone off the track. It felt pretty rough there for a while.

Overall, the racing I've had has been pretty respectful. I've had a fair bit of fun side-by-side racing. There have been plenty of mistakes and incidents, of course, but they feel honest for the most part. There have only been a handful of times that I felt like moves were dirty.

The Ford GT is clearly not the META here. I'm pretty consistently dropping a position or two right off the start on the straight to T1, as pretty much every other car gets up to speed quicker. Otherwise, once it gets going, it feels pretty decent, at least now that I'm in lobbies of comparable pace. I wouldn't recommend using it unless you are willing to take a DR hit, though.
 
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Ohhh @Gurzu ! The gap between our times at Watkins is smaller than an ant's butt-hole! 🤣 Would be fun to compare sector times to see how our driving styles with different cars compare! 😊

Mine are below!

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I am genuinely angry at what happened in my race @ Watkins just now!

  • Started in P7 and drop to P14 by the end of Lap 1 after I make a silly error after barely crossing track limits and get a penalty
  • Kept my head down and was up to P8 by the end of lap 6
  • End of Lap 7 on the start/ finish, I make a triple overtake and up to P5
  • NSX top speed + overpowered slipstream and I drop to P6
  • Last lap I defend my place cleanly (again, overspeed and slipstream made it difficult to create a gap) heading to the chicane at the end of Sector 1 and he punts me across the grass!
  • Not bad enough, I GET A 1 SECOND PENALTY for ending up off track + damage and finish in P9 ?!?!
Here are the highlights (more like lowlights) from the race. Dead inside lol....

 
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The penalty situation is utterly insane. I do not understand how a guy rejoining off track lands me a penalty for tagging him but if i am punted off the guy that hits me gets nothing, i just don't get it. Why were you penalised? I don't understand.
 
TechnoIsLove
Ohhh @Gurzu ! The gap between our times at Watkins is smaller than an ant's butt-hole! 🤣 Would be fun to compare sector times to see how our driving styles with different cars compare! 😊

Mine are below!

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** Update **

I am genuinely angry at what happened in my race @ Watkins just now!

  • Started in P7 and drop to P14 by the end of Lap 1 after I make a silly error after barely crossing track limits and get a penalty
  • Kept my head down and was up to P8 by the end of lap 6
  • End of Lap 7 on the start/ finish, I make a triple overtake and up to P5
  • NSX top speed + overpowered slipstream and I drop to P6
  • Last lap I defend my place cleanly (again, overspeed and slipstream made it difficult to create a gap) heading to the chicane at the end of Sector 1 and he punts me across the grass!
  • Not bad enough, I GET A 1 SECOND PENALTY for ending up off track + damage and finish in P9 ?!?!
Here are the highlights (more like lowlights) from the race. Dead inside lol....

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Ugh, that is an unfortunate set of circumstances mate ☹️

I just want to point out that the laughing emoji I posted was on your pre update comment and not at your misfortunes 😁 because it looked bad just reading the rest now

Chin up mate, fast lobby though 😳
 
TechnoIsLove
Ohhh @Gurzu ! The gap between our times at Watkins is smaller than an ant's butt-hole! 🤣 Would be fun to compare sector times to see how our driving styles with different cars compare! 😊

Mine are below!

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** Update **

I am genuinely angry at what happened in my race @ Watkins just now!

  • Started in P7 and drop to P14 by the end of Lap 1 after I make a silly error after barely crossing track limits and get a penalty
  • Kept my head down and was up to P8 by the end of lap 6
  • End of Lap 7 on the start/ finish, I make a triple overtake and up to P5
  • NSX top speed + overpowered slipstream and I drop to P6
  • Last lap I defend my place cleanly (again, overspeed and slipstream made it difficult to create a gap) heading to the chicane at the end of Sector 1 and he punts me across the grass!
  • Not bad enough, I GET A 1 SECOND PENALTY for ending up off track + damage and finish in P9 ?!?!
Here are the highlights (more like lowlights) from the race. Dead inside lol....

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Definitely 🤣
Didn't take the pic. My lap is good trough t3 and 4, but lack still some 3 tenth in t1 and 2.

 
newmedia_dev
What a lovely little race this is and how much fun especially in VR ;)

Just gonna mood hoover a little bit, but the reason B and C are sweaty is because it doesn’t focus on fun. It’s a weird “serious E sport racing…..not sanctioned by any official esport leagues”
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Get yourself into the Alpines buddy, @Gurzu came in and jumped the leaderboard, don’t think I can get close but I reckon you got the skills 😁 and it’s a super fab race.

Roll on gr4 race b next week
 
Y'all putting down some solid QTs for Race A! Nice.

Slightly improved my Race C QT, with a 1:56.956 in the NSX Gr.4.

Race 1: Started P12. Screwed up the bus stop chicane on Lap 1, and fell back to last place. Finished P11.

Race 2: Started P10. Was doing pretty well, until I screwed Turn 1 on Lap 5, and dropped down to last place. Finished P12.

Race 3: Started P5. Screwed up the bus stop chicane on Lap 1, and lost a handful of positions. Finished P10.

Eyes were too tired to do more races. I blame catching up on those three TTs.

Not the most productive day at the Glen. My left foot kept forgetting what to do for Turn 1 and the bus stop chicane. It would herp while my right foot derped. Maybe tomorrow will be better...

Good luck out there!
 
Yey 🥳



Well that certainly didn't take long to achieve! (Lies 🤣🤣 ) Quite happy as it was tidy from my side as always managed to fluff a corner in some small way or another before... 😊 I think it's somewhere around the #320 mark of the overall leaderboard 😅

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