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S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat

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Offline Gratulin

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Re: S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat
« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2017, 08:55:45 AM »
I enjoyed last night's racing even though I am still only doing the one race on the night. Being at the back of the field I just tried to not get caught up in the chaos - just stuck my elbows out and held my lines through the first few corners. Couldn't avoid some bangs but at least stayed on track. Once the running order settled I did some consistent laps and only lost concentration for a couple of laps towards the end.
The Porsche+Silverstone combo is great and I am starting to know Silverstone well enough to be able to lap without spinning. I only sometimes got the lines through the corners correct but at least I am beginning to see where I am going wrong.

The new grip progression made the driving much more predictable at the start of the race ( thanks Wally!)

On another note - AC NetCode really shines these days. Last night I inadvertently was recording 2 concurrent streaming TV shows on our Fetch TV while racing. I saw my ping go up and turn RED for a while but AC seemed to handle everything perfectly. I do have a 100mb/s connection however.

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Re: S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat
« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2017, 10:42:17 AM »
Goood round  :)

After a solid qualifying performance and good start I ended up 5th after the first lap. However I soon cracked under Phil's pressure running wide and allowing him an easy pass. From there it was a hard slog pushing every lap to try and keep Phil within sight. Strangely Phil lost a bit of time on the last two laps culminating with a mistake before the last chicane, A bit of bumping and scraping left me exciting the corner alone for 5th place. Apologies if the contact was my mistake Phil!

Race 2 was all about a top 10 place, that was until Grat & Kcender bingle. Suddenly a podium position was on offer which I was going to fight hard for! With Phil behind me I followed one simple rule.....must hit the apex. After doing what felt like a PB on every lap and some dubious defensive maneuvers a third place finish just ahead of Phil.  ;D

I saw Freezer's cuts and knew he was having a battle in the mid-field wars, the races are certainly easier with a good qualification position! But the end result was still good for Maki Engineering.

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Re: S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat
« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2017, 06:09:54 PM »
Congratulations for your podium Mael!!!

Not bad race at all the first one,i was feeling part of the car,and i was in control  :P :P  Tried hard to destroy Wally but he was too good,well done Wally!!! Another positive thing is that i touched the 2.05s and i am happy  eheheee

Second race...DUNNO....hahahaaa at the first corner i saw this car in front of me...BANG!!!  You know how demoralizing is watching those car passing by in front you i mean a more serious racer would have fought back. but not me and after fighting a bit with AJ i retired,the r too many fast ppl  not easy to make up  8) 8)

All good  a fun night   

Please can someone post the first 20 sec of race 2???   thx 

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Re: S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2017, 06:53:05 PM »
Does someone have a replay of both races? I'd be very keen to see the first lap of each.

cheers

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Re: S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat
« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2017, 07:10:46 PM »
I started 9th in both races and seemed the first 10 cars got away with no incidents but a bit of carnage right behind me  :o

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« Last Edit: April 19, 2017, 08:28:48 PM by marty »

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Re: S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat
« Reply #21 on: April 22, 2017, 07:07:04 PM »
Thanks Marty for the replays.

Race 1:
My apologies to Seanus for out braking myself on the first lap and giving you a nudge. Even though you were back in front of me by the next straight - 2 others got by you as a result of my tap. Unfortunately it turned worse for you after that as you got skittled by others in the next corner.

« Last Edit: April 22, 2017, 07:46:20 PM by Slow_As »

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Re: S16R5: Silverstone GP Post-Race Chat
« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2017, 09:03:20 AM »
OK only this morning i had the time to look at the replay(thx Marty)  so.....first corner race 2,freezer hit wally,freezer loses control hitting ninth,ninth loses control  hitting Simone......Simone looses control.........i lose
 
All good guys!!!   lol

 

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