JGTC S2 Round 2 Race + Results

Had my first run last night, and I see what everyone is talking about WRT AI. It seems the AI in these fast cars isn't quite sure what to do (admittedly Autumn Ring is more of a club car track, but anyway). They tap the brake in the braking zone and then trailbrake hard into the apex on most turns, which is why they always ram into you from behind if you're doing most of your braking in the proper zone. That Zonda team is gonna get a rude email from my team manager :grumpy:

It does make for some interesting racing. An overtake seems to involve swapping positions several times, almost getting spun out or run off-track by the competitor, and eventually making the pass stick. Lots of fun! A tip for avoiding getting rammed: watch the AI's lines through the turns, for example if you overtake on the main straight, take a tighter line into turn 1 (brake harder down the inside) and the car you passed will generally avoid hitting you from behind, while braking normally to the outside and sweeping into the apex will earn you a Zonda up the butt as he flies into your line at twice the speed :D

Have fun everyone!
 
ZeratulSG
while braking normally to the outside and sweeping into the apex will earn you a Zonda up the butt as he flies into your line at twice the speed :D

Have fun everyone!
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

There's nothing like a Zonda enima to wake you up in the morning.

EDIT: What's the next track? I'm kinda tired of these odd tracks.
 
Trial Mountain Circuit - 3.98km
Autumn Ring - 2.95km
Tokyo Route 246 - 5.12km
High-Speed Ring - 4.00km
Fuji Speedway 80’s - 4.32km
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - 3.60km
Twin Ring Motegi – Road Course - 4.80km
Special Stage Route 5 - 3.79km
Suzuka Circuit - 5.81km
Apricot Hill Speedway - 3.86km


I remember last season Tokyo in my GT300 ride was damm fun...I can only imagine now with my Motul Z. :drool: :drool: Slowly we will enter in the fast track section of the calendar and alot of things could change in the standings.

Oh and I went to buy some little garbage participation prizes this week, should get the trophies aswell pretty soon. :)
 
eatsviper4lunch
Trial Mountain Circuit - 3.98km
Autumn Ring - 2.95km
Tokyo Route 246 - 5.12km
High-Speed Ring - 4.00km
Fuji Speedway 80’s - 4.32km
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - 3.60km
Twin Ring Motegi – Road Course - 4.80km
Special Stage Route 5 - 3.79km
Suzuka Circuit - 5.81km
Apricot Hill Speedway - 3.86km


Oh and I went to buy some little garbage participation prizes this week, should get the trophies aswell pretty soon. :)
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Man!!! I'm looking forward to some of these tracks!!

:O Prizes, nicely done eatsviper. :D
 
oh, where is jean todd when you need him...

lots of math...


(OF COURSE, FICTION TIMES - NO PROBLEM WITH THAT RIGHT?)
lets say my time is 0´00 with RS
with RM i get 01´5
with RH i get 03´5

so, i lost 27 seconds colplete in every pit, 9 in the first lap and 18 in the lap after.

(also, for those wondering, you lost 15 seconds in a forced entry, in GT500 class)

so, my options would go from 3 to 6 pits... i don´t have time to test all that, so i stick with 6... with RH i could pit in laps 11,22,33 and strech to the end, but that would be very slow, and the last 2 laps with worn out tires would be cruel...

did my race again and i was 0´6 slower... in a totally crazy stategy, i was testing and i thought in lap 15 or so that i had a shot at beating my time...

:grumpy: wasted my time

maybe another run before the deadline, but i´m happy with what i got so far...
 
wow, no posts since my last... anyway

stupid f 🤬 🤬 🤬 ing ford gt, ruin my perfect race in lap 32... (forced entry) i had all my flying laps in the range of 1´2 seconds apart... i tried to continue, but then i got another forced entry in lap 34 trying to pass that 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 ... i would take at least 20 seconds of my time...

well, going off now to dinner and then my last try before submitting, i´ll have a busy sunday, so tonight is the night...
 
LOL.

I dont' have 1 but 2 Ford GTs to deal with. And believe me... those two should still be in driving school, at least to know what a road is.

Got my first clean race, with the best possible strategy. I decided to play for sure, not risking anything and it payed out. Not the fastest... but clean. Maybe I'll be able to give it another go, but I'm not sure if my work will allow it.

Good luck to you all, specially to those who have to deal with the Ford GTs, Zondas and Panozes... I also have a Corvette which I have to pass twice in the race, but have been able to deal with him.

PS - Valeu, valeu.
 
:grumpy:

Well, I just did my thrid run. I wansn't expecting much, since I have been playing AC5 for the last couple of days.

It started as an awesome, consistant race.:) On lap 32, which was when my pit-stop was scheduled, I zoned out, and drove right by the pit in.:banghead::dunce: This doesn't seem soo bad, except my tries were already past there due date, and I lost about 15 seconds on that one lap.......🤬!

Overall, my time did improve, but there is still about 20 or so seconds that can and will be made up.
 
This weekend there's an extra hour to race!!!!! :cheers: :cheers:
 
time submitted: (or i should say, i´ll do that in a few minutes)

i think i got the most out of my car and pit stategy... i got 11 seconds faster than my last try... still 26 seconds away from that minute barrier casio, but me and my car can´t go that far, sorry :crazy:

but it was a perfect race for those conditions... no penalties, every flying lap was withim 2 seconds... and i didn lost time at all overtaking the AI...

BTW, i ran into the same ford gt in lap 43... i was very nervous, but thankfully i was able to pass him, just after T1, going outside on that turn that for no reason, the AI always brake...

well, i´m very happy with my effort this time... i put extra time in this one, because its my favorite track, so i hope it pays off...

looking foward to the results... :nervous: :nervous: :nervous:
 
I'm just about to give it a couple tries here, it's my first race like this, I'm kind of scared of the AI cars now. :nervous: I just hope I don't get pointlessly rammed....much. Hopefully I have a good showing this week. And of course, good luck all. ;)
 
About to submitt before heading to bed for the night. No penalties, good thing. As tires got red on last lasps of set, little wiggy in handling and BLAST them AI's they mean .. didn't someone tell them that rubbing is racing :p

@VTR not quite my goal, but close ..
 
Finished my first run. I probably won't have time for another before work tomorrow, so I'll probably submit this time. And let me tell you, what an absolute disaster. This is my story, a story that I feel could not be left untold. Turn back now if you wish.

Now first, you should know that I hadn't done any testing as to tire wear before this race, this was all just on the fly. So I found out that this Supra goes through RM's in 6 laps. Not good. I did a little bit of testing, went to RH's at pit 1, hated it and restarted the race. RM's all the way. Although that did mean more pit stops. So I had the mindset of "race clean, consistent, and finish with no penalties". That's all I was thinking. And it was going quite well. Completely clean until lap 24 when the Mclaren F1 decides he wants to completely cut me off after going into the dirt on turn 1. So I had a minor spin, lost about 8 seconds. But I keep going, still rather happy with my race so far. Lap 27 comes along, and going through the chicanes after turn 2 becomes quite an adventure for some reason, and I end up facing the wrong way again. Only lost about 5-6 seconds this time, as I recovered quickly. About 9-10 laps of clean racing after that, and I'm feeling quite confident even after my spins earlier. This is when the Mclaren decides to make it's presence felt again. As usual, he is all over the road, and I start having one heck of a time getting around him. So I try to take him on the outside of the "circle hairpin" near the end of the track, but he overpowers me coming out of it and runs me right into the wall. I was hoping and praying on the turn right before the pits but alas, my first penalty awaited me. Naturally after my penalty, I wanted to make up time, so I started trying extra hard to get some fast laps. Clearly this never works. Lap 40 brings yet another spin, and my frustration level climbs another notch. And here comes the worst part of it all. My last scheduled pit stop is lap 42. So I'm driving, having a good 'ole lap 42, when I reach the "circle hairpin" and in my haste, have a brief encounter with the wall again. Now, I didn't think it was enough to warrant a penalty, but apparently the game did. So instead of changing tires, I drive right through the pits, lose a good 5 seconds or more, and have to complete another full lap on dark orange tires. Lap 43 ended up being my last pit stop, and the last 2 laps went quite well. I ended up 3 seconds behind the Nissan Skyline Concept GT-R. I did have a comfortable 20-25 second lead on him for most of the race though.

So there it is, my first experience in a JGTC Series Race, I hope you enjoyed it if you read it. Needless to say, anything in the Top 5 would be considered a miracle. I really do hope that nobody else had these kind of problems.
 
sunday, race day

ill be back
 
O yeah, I did it! Managed to run a race that was about as perfect as can be. I hope my fatty of a car managed to run a time as quick as everyone else.

Good luck guys. :cheers:
 
eatsviper, can you confirm that you have finished daylight saving time now?

If so, for me here in Queensland, Australia I have an extra hour til deadline. And other states in Oz that have daylight saving will have 2 extra hours.
 
Squeezed my race in, was going brilliantly until lap 40 when the calibra went off the track at turn one then speared across the track in front of me and I collected it. That cost me a penalty and probably my chances of doing well in this race.

I decided not to do another race for syrategy reasons - hopefully I will now take less weight penalty into the faster tracks, allowing me to run better there.

Anyway, good luck all 👍
 
VTRacing
eatsviper, can you confirm that you have finished daylight saving time now?

If so, for me here in Queensland, Australia I have an extra hour til deadline. And other states in Oz that have daylight saving will have 2 extra hours.
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Exact, it's 19:58PM right now at my place, the same like the link in the first post says. :)
 
@Saleen Man: I can relate, coming into turn 10 (just before the "circle hairpin" as you call it) I'd just passed the impossibly slow Corvette C5R into the turn before, but as my tires were going off (was going to pit at the end of the lap) I had to lift slightly into turn 10 and the 'Vette bumps me from behind, spinning me wildly. I think I did about 3 360s, absolutely no control, and finally, just as I think I've recovered, I'm presented with the outside wall of the underpass...penalty and a lap on red tires :( I didn't have time to run another race, so it'll have to do.

I might be organizing a DFP soon, so hopefully I'll be back on pace when that happens. Man I hope I haven't forgotten how to drive with it :nervous:

Time submitted. Good luck everyone, see you in the results thread!
 
Submitted: Had two stupid penalties and one stupid spin, but otherwise pretty solid and traffic was not a problem at all!!!
 
Time submitted.

This is the best I could do, I drove every lap within .5 of a second except when I was passing other cars. But still I know that I'll be 2 minutes behind the winning time this week.

So much for having the fastest car. :indiff: :)

I can only hope that the tyre wear improves at the faster tracks. Otherwise I'll have to apply for "C-West Razo Silvia" dispensation and move to another car.

Good luck in the results everyone. 👍
 
also finish my last run...

:indiff:

now i´m in the hands of other driver (s)

tomorrow i´m gonna wake up and see if my effort was enough... :scared:

at least i think i will have the fastest lap... i hope so
 
Time sent..and with a full race replay :)
 
lol soo funny how each week DRIVEN -USA- you send in your times always saying you drive a Toyota Tom's Celica 01' :lol: :lol:

On my side I only ran this once, not really a fast time but it'll do the job for a top 10 I guess. :rolleyes:
 
Red Cloud & Soyfu no times from you guys in...come on coooooooooome on let's be serious. It not only sucks for me having to take off your only chance but on top of that it sucks for your partner and the team don't forget. Makes baby jesus cry at night... :( :(
 
OH and I hope also that everyone is actually putting their weight penalty each round because if you don't...well that's gay :irked: And if I discover that one is not following the weight system I'll have to ***** slap him to death. :lol: :lol:
 
my time is in, my net connection has been down almost all day, and it finally came back up. My team mate had my time a few days ago, but I'm not sure if he sent it in for me or not. I just PMed it to you eatsviper.
 
I was really happy with my race...I hope it stands up well :scared:
 
Race over. 👍 to all.

Congrats to fast6418 for the win in GT500 and to Andge08 in GT300. 👍

hOt6o4bOi and Casio completes the podium in GT500 and ejr_1 and MisterWeary in GT300.

Also 👍 to my teammate for a 5th place finish. Let's work on Round 3 now and try to improve both of our results there and grab some healty pts in the championship. :)

On my side 4th position not bad, I'll take it with a :). Since I only ran once for sure there's an improvement possible and I think the pit strategy I used wasn't all so great in the end.

See you guys on R3. If you don't mind I'll post R3 qualif thread tomorrow (monday) since I'm pretty much dead and must go sleep to wake up early tomorrow.
 
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