Wow, what a crazy race. Qualified fifth, because I wasn't able to do a clean lap. Last lap could have been P3, but I f*cked it up in the very last corner
Start was ok, lost one place, but my real problem started a few corners later when I was between all the other cars and couldn't hear my own engine, because the other cars were much louder than my Nissan, so I missed several upshifts due to that and lost two places
(guess I need to adjust my engine volume ingame for the next round)
After that I found myself in P8, stuck behind another Nissan and a BMW. After some laps I had to avoid a spinning Mark in his Bentley, but I didn't find a way around the cars in front. Suddenly both cars in front of me collided in turn 1 and I was easily able to gain both positions. After that I was already quite far behind the race leading trio, but only one lap later I caught a Mercedes and a McLaren, which obviously went offtrack somewhere and lost some time. Drove one lap behind them until they also collided entering turn 4. I was very lucky to avoid both of them, but went through without a scratch on my car. After that I finally found a good rhythm and turned some good laps. I wasn't able to match Maikel's pace, but I came closer to Richard in P2. With eight laps to go and only 6 seconds behind Richard suddenly went straight into the barrier and disappeared. I guess he had some connection issues or his game crashed
Last laps were quite relaxed. P2 was the absolute maximum for me today, before the race I expected something between P3 and P5.
I had the feeling that any other GT3 car is bettera around Brands Hatch than the Nissan (or it's just me who sucks there
), nevertheless heading towards one of my favourite tracks next week makes me quite optimistic for the next round.
Congrats to Maikel and all the other racers who survived the heat and successfully finished the race
btw: Stracker and those lap charts after each race are very useful. The championship standings and race results here on the website + all the information (racing history) I'm getting when clicking on my own or any other username are just awesome. I raced in some leagues before, but this one is by far the best. Keep up the good work