Does fairshift even activate offline? It could be an issue with the program itself (I don't run it so have no idea how it's setup/used).
Onto the subject of the race I'm pleasantly surprised at how far back up the order I managed to drag myself after my utter failure to press the correct button before race start
I always suspected the Gordini could be surprisingly fast here as it actually has a good top speed and handles well, but my strategy was always to draft the faster cars until near the end and only try passing right at the end of the race...
Being allowed to leave the pits at about the point you lot were halfway round T2 was about as far from my planned strategy as you could get
I think my qualifying time might actually have been done without tow, the 2 times I managed to draft someone I found myself having to back off either on the straight or mid corner - the Gordini just seemed to carry loads of speed there.
Unfortunately that also led to my other bad moment in the race - having just caught Phils SL I was lining up exiting either T2 or 4 ready to hold the draft and pass into the next corner when suddenly his car flew off into the wall!
Obviously not a mistake by him, it had to be contact of some sort - but I was sure I was holding back enough. Either I wasn't as far back as I thought, or lag just picked a really inopportune moment to happen
I hope that didn't massively affect your race Phil - I'd noticed you were previously heavily in battle with Fulvio and Uli and would be ashamed if I ruined it (Hence waiting for you).
Otherwise apologies to everyone who found themselves suprised at the flying 'lapped' car, I'm not really sure what/how I could have made it known the server and dropped me a lap..
Congrats to Clive/Bastian for the photo finish, sorry to Doni for stealing 3rd in the closing laps and bad luck to the non-finishers.
The tracks are getting more twisty now so things will start getting harder for me now
Oh, one other thing - car the server car be set as something other than a Gordini?
I keep being given the flying Banana and the brake light doesn't work in it, that caused at least one off at Pau and will only get worse further into the season