irmopars
Hey Earth, that was some great racing last night in the F1. I have to say im sorry during race #3 i think it was, were on the 2nd to last corner (Fuji left hand turn) i "dive-bombed" you on the inside and you got the ramming penilty i think(?). I came up on you so quick for some reason, and when i hit the brakes it was a little late. It was either punt you from the rear and send you off the track or hit you from the inside and hopefully only move you over 20 feet to the right and get the ramming penilty for either of us. I did know my mistake thats why i waited, like other GTP'ers would of done.
I remember this, no big deal we're just racing hard. You have to if you want to win a 5 lap race.
irmopars
I did Bump-Draft you 2 or 3 time's down the front straight, let me know if thats working or not working. I noticed you move to the right to let me know not to do it. And i do believe i bumped into you from behind one other race and im sorry for that.
The bump drafting works, it speeds both our cars up and helps us pull away from everyone else. I pulled to the inside on another lap because I wanted to try and outbrake you going into turn 1 so I could have the lead during the lap and run my own pace.
irmopars
As for the F1 @ HSR, those were some close races! I did notice i would pull a little on you, in the 1st corner (Long right sweeper) and the next corner after that but then you were right their on my ass the rest of the way lol.....waited till the end to draft past for the win...Gah! Got me twice!
I'm not a big of F1 cars on HSR Reverse, you were faster then me through every single corner, but I made all the time up in the draft. It's near impossible to break away from someone. Makes the races kind of boring in my opinion, just too easy. I would like to see Suzuka or Daytona Road replace HSR Reverse for the second F1 race.
irmopars
That one guy, Pacmon or whatever who was with us on Fuji F1, was a slammer!! He was all over the place! After the 1st lap, 1st turn i noticed i had an unusual gap between us (normally your right their with me, or vise-versa) so i looked back and see you battling with him, half way through the 1st lap i was still pulling away and see you right their with this guy so i figured he was a dirty racer, thats why i slowed down. I'd rather race with you and have a good couple of laps then win the race by 30 seconds due to a punter taking you out. I dont mind losing to someone aslong as we have a good clean race.
The guy had alot of problems controlling his cars and was all over the place, just another example how a single driver can ruin it for everyone.
irmopars
Another Question I've been wondering why am i always the host it seems. Also why when i host is their only like 3, 4 or 5 ppl Max in the F1 races then in the normal cars its MAx been 12. mostly like 9/16 tho. I dont have a slow internet, Comcast HighSpeed. Last night some of the races were just me and Earth, F1 @ Fuji.
I think you have the fastest connection among the drivers in the race, so you get host, as for there only being a few people in each race I think that is because the F1 races aren't popular and the max drivers in a F1 race is 8.
irmopars
What time would you guys be able to make an F1 Race @ Fuji tonight? 9:30 EST the normal time or if you cant make it, post here so we can host another time. Not saying we are going to change the already set F1 @ Fuji time, just that some of us would get together at this time to race. I do find racing @ Fuji in the F1 with other GTP'ers enjoyable
I should be there at 9:30 EST. Adding the F1 HSR Reverse race to the schedule was a mistake, the racing is very bad there for several reasons.
panjandrum
Hey guys, fantastic racing last night in the 600 and 750 HSR races. I'm still feeling a little out of touch with the Ferrari 512, but I'll get there! It is a seriously fun car to drive but a real handful to keep under control. I'll keep practicing with that one as it is, for now, my favorite of the 600pp class vehicles.
Earth, those two close races in 750 were a blast. I'm sorry for the serious slam from behind I gave you in one of them. I was distracted for a split second by another car which came up fast beside me (GTP_bbcnascar2 I think). It worked out OK in the end though as you still came in for the gold.
I don't remember the contact, but I do remember squeezing you into the wall at the exit of the esses leading into the tunnel. That was an accident, your car has very good cornering speed and sometimes you can do things no other car can do like drive around me on the outside of a corner, and when I exit the corner I will use all the road and not know you are there. Once I hit you I backed off, or I think you pushed me off lol but that was an accident.
panjandrum
I also enjoyed the races where we swept all the top spots, was it 4 or 5 of us? Some of the best racing I've had.
And yes, I too had trouble with the Clio.
P.S. Any of you play with the gearing of the Elise much? I've mucked about with it some, but on the straights it is like I'm standing still in 750pp races.
CWR has video of two our races at 750pp HSR where we had very close finishes. Watch the video and you will see everytime he started to get close and battle with us some hacks would always start to screw around with him and cause him to lose alot of ground. If we get a miracle and have a bunch of clean racers at HSR 750pp you will see a 3 or 4 way battle for the lead among GTP members.
Oh and sorry for getting you caught up in my little scrap with the Clio, revenge doesn't always work the way you want it to, and that's why you shouldn't bother with it as much...
