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I went a wee bit mental the other night and decided to take my RX7 RZ to the 2 hour enduro at Trial Mountain. The only thing that wasn't standard was the T5 tyres.
My plan was to go through the whole 2 hours on the same set of tyres.
The opposition was
Supra
R34 Skyline
R32 Skyline
Imprezza WRX
Evo VII
I started at the back and worked my way into the lead. The R34 was the fastest AI car but he had to pit too often so he soon dropped back. My main opposition would turn out to be the Supra. Once my tyres went red, all red by lap 13, the Supra was catching me. He got the gap down to 18 seconds but then he had to pit. He went until lap 16 before he pitted. That let the R34 back though into 2nd place, but he wasn't a threat due to his pit schedule.
The Supra was slowly but surely catching me now. I was lapping in the 1'41-1'42 range and was managing to be quite consistent. On lap 27, I lapped the Evo and the R32 as they both pitted. The R32 came out just behind me and battered his way past at the hairpin at the end of the back straight to unlap himself. I retook him on lap 31 and got past the WRX on the same lap. The Supra had got the gap down to 17 seconds, but he pitted again at the end of the 31st lap. When he came out, the gap had increased back up to 32 seconds.
At half way I had completed 36 laps. On lap 40, my oil light came on (I knew there was something I should've done before I started!) The Supra did his usual catching me between pit stops but didn't get any closer than 18 seconds before he pitted again, putting the gap back up to 36 secs. I was getting into the groove by now. I was able to get some laps in the 1'39 range (I got a best of 1'39.5xx on the red tyres. By comparison, my best before the tyres went off was 1'34.995)
On lap 52, I lapped the Evo again. Lap 54 saw the me past the hour and a half mark and my lead at this point was 26 seconds. On lap 61, the Supra pitted again and this time he came out 43 seconds back. From this point on he didn't really gain any time on me and I was able to keep the gap over 40 seconds until the finish.
My total time was 2:01'29.247 and I completed 72 laps. The supra finished 41 seconds behind me. The R34 was 3rd. I did lap the R34 at his final pitstop, but he got back past me before the finish. The R32 & WRX finished 1 lap down and the Evo was 2 laps down at the end.
Overall, it was a fun race. Once the Supra pitted for the 2nd time, I was confident I would win as long as I kept it together. I managed to be consistant all the way through and never spun at all. I did hit a few walls, but that's to be expected
My plan was to go through the whole 2 hours on the same set of tyres.
The opposition was
Supra
R34 Skyline
R32 Skyline
Imprezza WRX
Evo VII
I started at the back and worked my way into the lead. The R34 was the fastest AI car but he had to pit too often so he soon dropped back. My main opposition would turn out to be the Supra. Once my tyres went red, all red by lap 13, the Supra was catching me. He got the gap down to 18 seconds but then he had to pit. He went until lap 16 before he pitted. That let the R34 back though into 2nd place, but he wasn't a threat due to his pit schedule.
The Supra was slowly but surely catching me now. I was lapping in the 1'41-1'42 range and was managing to be quite consistent. On lap 27, I lapped the Evo and the R32 as they both pitted. The R32 came out just behind me and battered his way past at the hairpin at the end of the back straight to unlap himself. I retook him on lap 31 and got past the WRX on the same lap. The Supra had got the gap down to 17 seconds, but he pitted again at the end of the 31st lap. When he came out, the gap had increased back up to 32 seconds.
At half way I had completed 36 laps. On lap 40, my oil light came on (I knew there was something I should've done before I started!) The Supra did his usual catching me between pit stops but didn't get any closer than 18 seconds before he pitted again, putting the gap back up to 36 secs. I was getting into the groove by now. I was able to get some laps in the 1'39 range (I got a best of 1'39.5xx on the red tyres. By comparison, my best before the tyres went off was 1'34.995)
On lap 52, I lapped the Evo again. Lap 54 saw the me past the hour and a half mark and my lead at this point was 26 seconds. On lap 61, the Supra pitted again and this time he came out 43 seconds back. From this point on he didn't really gain any time on me and I was able to keep the gap over 40 seconds until the finish.
My total time was 2:01'29.247 and I completed 72 laps. The supra finished 41 seconds behind me. The R34 was 3rd. I did lap the R34 at his final pitstop, but he got back past me before the finish. The R32 & WRX finished 1 lap down and the Evo was 2 laps down at the end.
Overall, it was a fun race. Once the Supra pitted for the 2nd time, I was confident I would win as long as I kept it together. I managed to be consistant all the way through and never spun at all. I did hit a few walls, but that's to be expected
