WE doo need GT drivers to race and not skip or leave the race. I was expecting more of the GT drivers to show. The LMP cars are good when it come to top speed but the nissan struggles the most in cornering. The toyota is a bit quicker than the Audi but it's a simple adjustment.
It's only the preseason. My thoughts are exactly about the GT class we need more drivers to show up. Had one person leave but hopefully more will be able to attend the next race. The game throws you out of pit lane like that it's odd I almost got into several people exiting cause the game does that.
It was a good preseason I'm going to PM all the LMP teams about the specs of the cars and what needs to happen for the balancing of the cars especially for the Nissan. From there the teams together will make a decision.
That was a productive pre-season, already have the car handling the way I like and got a lot of useful data from the race itself.
Pre-Event:
With no other championship obligations I had plenty of time to practice for this one and ended up spending 4+ hours across multiple days refining the car until it performed the way I wanted. Pace on RH was good and RMs were quite consistent.
Qualifying:
The longer session gave me plenty of time to find clean air and get the tyres scrubbed into optimum working conditions. I started on RH and immediately pitted for RM while @rcb929 and @Brutaka traded Pole times. After a while I got into a good rhythm and eventually beat @rcb929's time to end up as the fastest Audi.
2nd
Race:
For the first few laps I challenged @Brutaka for the lead before a minor slip-up dropped me to 3rd.
After 10 minutes I was 6 seconds down and knew that the Toyota would be quicker over a stint so I rolled the dice and changed to a 2-stop RH/RM/RM strategy. That put me down in 4th/5th but once I got up to speed I was catching the leaders at a rapid pace and by the time @Brutaka made his stop I had cut the gap down to 2 seconds and took the lead momentarily.
With my lead already dropping I made my second stop and had to fuel the car short in an attempt to pull off the undercut and emerge in the lead. Unfortunately it didn't work and I ended up 2 seconds behind but in a comfortable P2. He started to pull away but with 20 minutes to go he pitted again; if I could stay out and hold my pace I could take an unlikely win.
As the minutes ticked down so did the gap to P2 as he was pulling a second a lap on me. That forced me to push harder which meant I was getting more and more marginal on fuel, and with 2 laps to go I ran out. Running the numbers I would have finished P2 with a 4-6 second gap to @Brutaka had I taken extra fuel, but I'd rather fight for a win than settle for 2nd
I pitted after running empty and lost P2 to @rcb929, but got enough data to better prepare myself for the season ahead.
3rd
Overall it was a good session, but some changes clearly need to be made to the LMPs to further balance them out. I'll write up some feedback privately on that.
FYI, I qualified on RH. Still felt I had 2 tenths left on the lap.
That was a productive pre-season, already have the car handling the way I like and got a lot of useful data from the race itself.
Pre-Event:
With no other championship obligations I had plenty of time to practice for this one and ended up spending 4+ hours across multiple days refining the car until it performed the way I wanted. Pace on RH was good and RMs were quite consistent.
Qualifying:
The longer session gave me plenty of time to find clean air and get the tyres scrubbed into optimum working conditions. I started on RH and immediately pitted for RM while @rcb929 and @Brutaka traded Pole times. After a while I got into a good rhythm and eventually beat @rcb929's time to end up as the fastest Audi.
2nd
Race:
For the first few laps I challenged @Brutaka for the lead before a minor slip-up dropped me to 3rd.
After 10 minutes I was 6 seconds down and knew that the Toyota would be quicker over a stint so I rolled the dice and changed to a 2-stop RH/RM/RM strategy. That put me down in 4th/5th but once I got up to speed I was catching the leaders at a rapid pace and by the time @Brutaka made his stop I had cut the gap down to 2 seconds and took the lead momentarily.
With my lead already dropping I made my second stop and had to fuel the car short in an attempt to pull off the undercut and emerge in the lead. Unfortunately it didn't work and I ended up 2 seconds behind but in a comfortable P2. He started to pull away but with 20 minutes to go he pitted again; if I could stay out and hold my pace I could take an unlikely win.
As the minutes ticked down so did the gap to P2 as he was pulling a second a lap on me. That forced me to push harder which meant I was getting more and more marginal on fuel, and with 2 laps to go I ran out. Running the numbers I would have finished P2 with a 4-6 second gap to @Brutaka had I taken extra fuel, but I'd rather fight for a win than settle for 2nd
I pitted after running empty and lost P2 to @rcb929, but got enough data to better prepare myself for the season ahead.
3rd
Overall it was a good session, but some changes clearly need to be made to the LMPs to further balance them out. I'll write up some feedback privately on that.
Everybody has schedules to play around at some point. I am going to miss July 5 for example.
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