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All right! I decided to "try" and do a write-up as best as I could. I'm a first timer, so if this seems a race done easily by some of the godfathers of GT3, then I'm glad that you're great at GT3! For me, however, this was a tough challenge. I hope you enjoy! 
I decided to give myself a challenge against those darn touring cars that I oh so loved when I was in them. So I set up my little Impreza Rally Car (not Prototype) and drove up to the starting line of the German Touring Car Challenge. I also used an Automatic Transmission. I always do, and I know it's a bad habit, but oh well...
I stupidly also decided not to qualify for a 3-lapper in Trial Mountain. As the green light flashed, I could already tell that this was an even match concerning speed and probably handling. This was going to be fun! I quickly passed the Calibra lagging behind the rest of the pack, and he caused me no more trouble throughout the whole rest of the race. I was stuck in 5th place until I came up to the "turn of the tunnel" and did some late-braking action and came out with a respectable 3rd place. The two cars ahead of me were a Calibra and the dreaded CLK, which I knew was going to cause me trouble. I passed the one and only Astra on the tunnel turn as well as another Calibra. That left 2 Calibras and an Astra behind my belt. I navigated through the mountainous turns with much bumper-bumping, but held 3rd place with my blood pressure constantly rising every bump. I went around the turn right before the long straightaway about 3/4 through the level, and passed the Calibra holding 2nd place, and this brought me to 3rd again. Why? The Astra, while I was concentrating on getting 'round the Calibra, came to the right of the Calibra while I was on the left and slipped right past both of the Calibra's and my eyes. It must have distracted the Calibra longer than it did me, because I slipped past him in another second or so. The rest of the lap was uneventful, but as I got to the short straightaway where the start line is the Calibra right behind swept past me like a cheetah. I was not surprised; he had been right on my tail the whole rest of the lap and I was just waiting for him to pass me. The whole of the next lap was mostly uneventful, except for the U-turn near the end of the level where I did a little inside-out pass on the 2nd place Calibra, got ahead, and then he bumped me on the next turn to say that he was taking 2nd place. Unfortunatley, he was right. The next lap, and final, I held 3rd place the whole lap. I had become the gap between the "good" and the "bad". I was probably more towards the "bad" side, but finished a respectable 3rd place and got a stumpy trophy. I was not overjoyed. Sorry guys, I forgot to jot down my time!
Again, I neglected to qualify for the 3-lapper at Midfield, but with my experience with this track (I always test my new cars here), I thought I had a decent chance of winning. Again, at the first turn, I battled my way into 3rd place again. This was becoming too familiar to me. I was shunned into 4th after the small chicane (if that's what you'd call it) after the first turn. I rammed my way into 2nd place at the next S-turn, and got into an amazing 1st place at the hairpin. I was quickly put back into 4th by a mob of 3 Calibras. They gained about .2 seconds at the straightaway, but I pushed my way into 2nd place again at the first turn of the lap. The chicane held no important events, but the S-turn allowed me to snag 1st place from the leading Calibra. I was very happy. I managed to race my brain away and had a .482 second lead at the start line of the last lap. The next lap I managed (some way in which I do not know) to execute all of the turns almost perfectly for the rest of the lap, and came out with a beautiful 1st place as my reward. With a nice pointy, shiny trophy I was satisfied. And I didn't forget this time. My final time was 3'41.470, while the 2nd placed Calibra managed a 3'41.778.
I only did the first two races to start with so I'd remember them better. I'll do the last two in a little while, and have the post up later. Thanks for reading, and feedback would be appreciated. Thanks again!
I decided to give myself a challenge against those darn touring cars that I oh so loved when I was in them. So I set up my little Impreza Rally Car (not Prototype) and drove up to the starting line of the German Touring Car Challenge. I also used an Automatic Transmission. I always do, and I know it's a bad habit, but oh well...
I stupidly also decided not to qualify for a 3-lapper in Trial Mountain. As the green light flashed, I could already tell that this was an even match concerning speed and probably handling. This was going to be fun! I quickly passed the Calibra lagging behind the rest of the pack, and he caused me no more trouble throughout the whole rest of the race. I was stuck in 5th place until I came up to the "turn of the tunnel" and did some late-braking action and came out with a respectable 3rd place. The two cars ahead of me were a Calibra and the dreaded CLK, which I knew was going to cause me trouble. I passed the one and only Astra on the tunnel turn as well as another Calibra. That left 2 Calibras and an Astra behind my belt. I navigated through the mountainous turns with much bumper-bumping, but held 3rd place with my blood pressure constantly rising every bump. I went around the turn right before the long straightaway about 3/4 through the level, and passed the Calibra holding 2nd place, and this brought me to 3rd again. Why? The Astra, while I was concentrating on getting 'round the Calibra, came to the right of the Calibra while I was on the left and slipped right past both of the Calibra's and my eyes. It must have distracted the Calibra longer than it did me, because I slipped past him in another second or so. The rest of the lap was uneventful, but as I got to the short straightaway where the start line is the Calibra right behind swept past me like a cheetah. I was not surprised; he had been right on my tail the whole rest of the lap and I was just waiting for him to pass me. The whole of the next lap was mostly uneventful, except for the U-turn near the end of the level where I did a little inside-out pass on the 2nd place Calibra, got ahead, and then he bumped me on the next turn to say that he was taking 2nd place. Unfortunatley, he was right. The next lap, and final, I held 3rd place the whole lap. I had become the gap between the "good" and the "bad". I was probably more towards the "bad" side, but finished a respectable 3rd place and got a stumpy trophy. I was not overjoyed. Sorry guys, I forgot to jot down my time!
Again, I neglected to qualify for the 3-lapper at Midfield, but with my experience with this track (I always test my new cars here), I thought I had a decent chance of winning. Again, at the first turn, I battled my way into 3rd place again. This was becoming too familiar to me. I was shunned into 4th after the small chicane (if that's what you'd call it) after the first turn. I rammed my way into 2nd place at the next S-turn, and got into an amazing 1st place at the hairpin. I was quickly put back into 4th by a mob of 3 Calibras. They gained about .2 seconds at the straightaway, but I pushed my way into 2nd place again at the first turn of the lap. The chicane held no important events, but the S-turn allowed me to snag 1st place from the leading Calibra. I was very happy. I managed to race my brain away and had a .482 second lead at the start line of the last lap. The next lap I managed (some way in which I do not know) to execute all of the turns almost perfectly for the rest of the lap, and came out with a beautiful 1st place as my reward. With a nice pointy, shiny trophy I was satisfied. And I didn't forget this time. My final time was 3'41.470, while the 2nd placed Calibra managed a 3'41.778.
I only did the first two races to start with so I'd remember them better. I'll do the last two in a little while, and have the post up later. Thanks for reading, and feedback would be appreciated. Thanks again!
Oh well, it happens...
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But it happens. Nothing really happened big to me in this race because I just tried to stay ahead of the 3 cars behind me, which I did with ease. And that's the end! I hope you all enjoyed this!
