I really enjoyed the couple of battles we had in the first two races. Silverstone was particularly good with us swapping positons every 5 laps. Well almost! As you can see from about 5:40 on the second video I was closing in and I got a good run on you up the Hangar straight towards Stowe. I moved from the outside line to try and take you on the inside I suddenly found Dave backing right off to let us past.
Yeah 👍 Really great stuff.
And yes, I remember the incident with Dave. I had lost a lot of time after a series of poor corner and was using his draft to try and gain speed. But then I realized that swerving out from his draft when you were also coming up behind me was not the greatest idea.
But...you know...what can you do.
I think in general, aside from the two pile ups (Monza and Silverstone), which can happen when a large field tries to fit through a small hole, people really tried to drive carefully and didn't bully their way through and it showed. Some great racing in this event and I got a lot of enjoyment out of it.
I just raced for 6/7 laps at Hockenheim. I was really having a good time, in an interesting battle with Dave for 9th place when after he hit my back and we both went off track I was disconnected from the PSN server.ARGH!
Interesting. I wonder if it was just a coincidence that you two were both disconnected. Either way, very unfortunate.
Anyway, on to Monza:
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0:20 - I was distracted by a bit of lag there from Derek and lost track of my braking point.
0:48 - I backed off early for the 2nd chicane but still made a bit of contact at 0:52. I didn't even realize until watching the video that I got a penalty there.
1:50 - Pure stupidity on my part. I knew I had to brake late as I was sure Arvore would try to defend the inside. But with the draft I picked up when passing him, I was carrying more speed and braked way too late.
2:52 - Oh dear--this race JUST wasn't starting off as I had planned. Learning my lesson after drafting Arvore, I braked very early for the 2nd chicane here, ended up braking much too early and turned in too early as well.
5:12 - Hartur explains that I'm not changing my line fast enough.
8:15 - Freeze! I already back off here to avoid a problem with Arvore in this chicane. Unfortunately, as you can see, some odd lag totally caught me out. I've watched this sequence a few times and I'm STILL not really sure what happened.
It's almost as if Arvore kept going straight and I simply couldn't turn into the corner.
9:00 - I turn in too tight and make my feelings on this clear. LOL.
9:04 - Too late, I see Hartur coming up behind me. I figured he would go sailing through me (collisions were off after penalty) but the penalty must have just ended because we made contact. I felt bad having held him up and tried to give way once through the chicane.
9:40 - Hartur lets me know what he thought of my pass at Parabolica.
9:53 - Hartur brakes a bit early and Turner shows great restraint here. (Thanks)
9:57 - Turner has second thoughts.
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0:00 ~ 1:13 - Total nail biting stuff. Ruined by my crap video camera. (Did I mention I was accepting donations?)
2:06 - 🤬 ARGH! I can finally see again. Great battled just TOTALLY ruined there.
3:45 - You want to pass me here, you'll have to do it off-line my friend.
4:35 - Arvore with a penalty here. Whoa--this is a real déjà vu moment. But I'll take it thanks.
4:55 -
AHHHHH! Admit it Steve--Hun paid you to hold me up.
7:37 ~ 8:33 🤬
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Probably the best sequence here!
1:06 - I had to back off just a bit here but I knew at this point I 'had it'.
Or, so I thought.
1:19 - Knocking over the scenery--a SURE sign of panic.
2:04 - YEAH BABY!!! Take that!
2:21 - Anything you can do I can do bet...
3:47 - ARGH!!! Get out of there. This is a no drafting zone. LOL
4:10 - I've got it...no I don't...yes I do...no I don't! LOL!
5:59 - Go away--go away!!!
6:28 - Here's where I finally made a mistake and it was fatal. Passing on the outside here rarely works. I knew I had to brake "late" otherwise it would compromise Hun's position and possibly force him out which woudn't really be fair. But I left it just a LITTLE bit too long and paid the price.
6:42 - And in a desperate effort to try and catch up, this blunder sealed it. Adieu. Well done Mario! 👍
6:49 - Turner? Oh bloody hell.
7:48 - Come on, come on, come on!!!! MUST....HAVE....MORE....POWER!!!
7:55 - The game awarded the win to me but I thought it was pretty clear Turner was ahead at the line. Well done mate! 👍
I really, REALLY enjoyed this race. Thanks again to everybody who took part!
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