Consistent day at work, needed to escape a moment, so after the diner, the dishes and my son kissed good night, it was time for some GTS action 😈
On my plate tonight : Mission Challenge 8-7... 30 laps at Interlagos with Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche Team 2016. Never driven that kind of car, nor that particular one, no strategy at all, I was going for a try, to see how hard it is and which strategy could suit me.
First laps, I was on the back foot, not sure if the car would be easy to control or not, but after a few laps to revise the track and test the car, I went full on (did some big bottles here and there) and began passing car after car.
The head of the race was far and the time to first was not declining quickly. The victory was not an option, so I focused on driving properly, lowering my lap times, passing cars without to much trouble and see how tyre wear was going, same for fuel consumption.
I stayed on FC 1 all along.
Around 20min of race I was 3rd or 4th, not sure why the leaders seem to have slowed down, or my lap times became more consistent.
Pitted ~9min before the end and put RS and 8+ laps of fuel (plenty but in case I have a lap more to do...)
Exited the pits in front of the guy who was 1st, did'nt saw him pitting. I was 6 but I began to hope that the guys in front had a pit stop to do before the end of the race, and they did !!
So I've find myself first, and I was gaining a good margin lap after lap on the 2nd ☺️ did a small bottle, been troubled by a pack of slow cars, but managed to finish 1st, 11s ahead of n°2 🤩
I would not have thought it possible in my first laps as the time to 1st wasn't diminishing, and one moment in the race (before I pitted) I was loosing ground quickly to 1st, 2nd and 3rd (went from 4s to 9s in 2 laps...).
So in the end it is a surprise win, I am so happy 😁
Best lap in 1'23, usual laps around 1'25-1'26 once the track in mind and the car in hand.
So happy that i decided to tacle that damn level 6-7 with rally at night at Sardegna... Took a NSX Gr.B, lowered the weight as much as possible and tried. First try, ended up 3rd but lot of mistakes and many corners taken too wide. 2nd try, a bit better. 3rd try finished 2nd just behind n°1 the final bump unsettled my car too much and he passed me on the line 😤. 4th try was the good one, I passed him a little earlier, with more margin and did not send it full on the bump, finished 1st !!! Gold everywhere except 8-8 that I haven't tried yet.
Onto the DWG, on the wheel today :
- Super Formula DALLARA SF19 SUPER FORMULA TOYOTA 2019 - 1M Cr. (dupe)
- MINI CLUBMAN VISION GRAN TURISMO - 1M Cr.
- De Tomaso PANTERA 1971 - 200k Cr. (dupe x3)
- Volkswagen Sambabus - 75k Cr. (dupe x2)
Total wheel value : 2M275k Cr.
And I got that stupid bus... Thanks GTS well tried but you won't diminish the pleasure I've felt by winning 8-7 at first try and that damn 6-7 !
I won't post the picture of that thing 😝
I am 4 laps of the full Nurburgring away from end credits (and some trophies too), maybe tomorrow evening...
DWG wheel replay :
