Aaaaaaaaargh!!!!
I thought I had cured my sound issues with a new sound card and replaced sound files but.......................
Just after the start of the 65 race the gremlins attacked again and slowly my sound became more and garbled until it was just noise and I had to turn the speakers off and simply watch the rev counter for gear changes
.
I got a good start in the waza and hooked onto the tail of the leading bunch where i was happy to sit for a while as one or two cars tangled and I picked up places. A good draft and I got past Al as far as Lesmo 1, where Al gave me a gentle nudge
to spin me around.
Well!!!!!
after the sound issues and being nerfed, from where I was sitting a thick red fog suddenly decended over Monza. I adjusted my white headband and flicked the car around and set off to chase the leaders.
Slowly but surely I caught the leading pack even though my engine temp was getting a little too high ( partially due to not being able to hear the engine revs I think) so once in the draft I allowed myself to cruise for a lap or two as things cooled down.
3 laps to go and it was time to pounce!! I picked off the leading cars one by one until I got alongside Axel going down to Curve Grande on the last lap and slipped into the lead.
I knew he would attack at Parabolica and I should have taken the inside line, but I didn't and allowed him the space. I was just ready to nail the gas from my wide line and sweep to victory when a rear wheel appeared alonside me and knocked me into the greenery
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory !!!!!
It was a really enjoyable race despite the 2 offs and NP guys they were racing incidents.
I tried the server for the 67 race but the sound was again just unbearable despite restarting GPL between the races, so I quit and went looking for an answer............still have not found one!!!!!