GTR2 Fun Race at Monza 2004 (wet) - Oct 16

[Don]

Good point Don, I'd forgotten about that. We should be using our own versions of the GT & NGT classes which allow a few more cars like the Corvette and Morgan.

If it is going to be allowed? Could you do us a favor and allow it on the practice server. Thanks.

[Aagramn]

Yes, it will be allowed.

[Madd-RIP]

  Awful night, had a brill quali time, was catching prbeiro then BAM! he warps in front of me and I ram him, sending my car spinning down the Start/Finish straight, car is totally F****D limp back to pits, manage to go out, but on second lap out Engine lets go big time.

Gutted and Narked off.

[Rob Clenshaw]

I'm annoyed at myself for crashing with about 10 minutes left. Was having a good run up to that point. Then after pitting I overshot my braking mark again and got a stop-go penalty for cutting

And to top it all off, the engine died on the last lap.

[Mark J]

Had a great race, really enjoyed that.

The wet races in GTR2 are just superb visually, and so much better to drive in than the first incarnation. Heading under that bridge into a wall of spray was mesmerising, as several of us found out in lap 2    I saw the spinning cars ahead of me (3 of them) and just aimed for the gap !...got through un-scathed thankfully

Had a good battle with Rob Clenshaw for quite a while   and one other (forgotten who ). Car setup felt reasonably good and i was slowly closing on the front pack, but then with about 10 mins to, my tyres seemed to start losing traction and i was having to downshift an extra gear just to get around the corners. Aagramn was able to just waltz passed me like i was parked when he finally closed up on me  I thought the dreaded Saleen tyre eating monster was at its tricks again but then the tyres came back to life after 2 laps   and i was able to push once again....odd one.
Unfortunately for Aagramn he went off at Parabolica when i closed up on him again, unlucky mate. I'm amazed you got it back out to carry on

Brought it home a cool 6th in the tricky conditions so very happy with my drive, especially as i had not even tried a wet race setup beforehand.  

congrats to the winner, top job. (didnt see who?  )

[EdamSpeed]

Not a particularly nice race for me. Couldn't get a setup sorted, and I think the Maserati is fairly evil in the wet.

Then I got hit on the pace lap.

Then I missed the braking point for the first corner, bailed for the escape road, and got a stop / go.

Then I was getting into the race a bit more, but the car was wandering all over the place on the straights Eventually it wandered off down the hill approaching the Variante Ascari, and hit the wall so hard that the engine died. Game over

Had some good moments fighting with Don

[Truetom]

Terrible race. It MUST be easier in RL, lol
Made a PB 1.53.9xx off-line. Couldnt get under 1.55 on-line, I think.
Then MJ scared me with the tyres questions   just before the race. Said, yea, he's right, Saleen eats tyres, so I put hard on rear. To compensate, I put full rear wing. Guess I botched it twice, lol   , though seemed a good idea at the time. If I went soft / soft I guess I'd be just as bad as I was.    GT and rain: a fatal combination.    All the little quirks I got rid off in the prectice came back. The car acted like it was personaly insulted by my driving.  

Have to apologize to Pablo. Hit him on formation lap while he was waiting sbd to recover from the spin. Sorry man, not intentional.  
On the other hand, I think the rules state we're not supposed to wait on track and the spined car must rejoin at the end of grid. I'm sure if I stopped on time not to hit Pablo sbd would have rear ended me.  

Would be doing me a favour, as Pablo was much faster then me, prolly enjoyed wet torture better and would compete for the top. Sorry again.  
Well done, podiumers (is that a word?) and all finishers. Well done MJ for the best Legend.  

TT

[pribeiro]

Nice race
Great pace from the podium guys
I qualified in 3rd nice initial laps, then the fall
i hit the right rail beetween the 2 Lesmos corners and after that i had
some dificulties when i steer to the left (thank god the most of the track is to the right side
good dice with Greg130 (nice consistent drive Greg ) then 2 backmarkers spun in front of me,
i left tarmac(swimming pool) to avoid them, and i lost place for Greg, when i was trying to recover,  
stop & go, with only 3 laps to the end , falled to 8th just behind of Agraam, but couldnt catch him,
he were faster them me by then
Great race, now i want endurance with weather change :jumpjoy:please

Cheers

[merlinthepike]

went ok in practice then could'nt get it together in qualifyin started race last but after the first lap was up to about 12   then missed a braking point and went to build sand castle's
re joined the track and got into some kind flow.2 laps latter just after the pit entrance span it hit the wall and blew a tyre,so i had a lap to do with 3 tyres.first time i did a pitstop and did a 42's pitstop(gotta press enter to get the mechanics going) its a learnibn curve ;Dthen got a pitlane speeding and that was that..
but i still finished  
well done to the front guy's hats off to ya  

[Aagramn]

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the New-Orleans Grand-Prix.

Took the Viper on a whim, wasn't too bad. The biggest problem I had was spotting braking points, especially with all the spray coming off the other cars. Apologies to the car I hit on the first lap.

[james]

Grate race

Love the rain it makes it more interesting

Was doing ok up until lap 15 then I started to get real bad understeer, forgot to change my setup for the race LOL and  Leh started  catching me at about 1.5 sec a lap, had some moments on the last couple of laps but just managed to hang on to 2nd 

grats all       

[Aagramn]

Results and Replay available.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

I thought the dreaded Saleen tyre eating monster was at its tricks again but then the tyres came back to life after 2 laps  and i was able to push once again....odd one.

Sounds like they were simply overheating (or too cold). Having the GTR2_PD thingy up helps me so much in understanding what's going on with the tyres (since I can't see the MoTeC display from the bonnetcam).

On the other hand, I think the rules state we're not supposed to wait on track and the spined car must rejoin at the end of grid.

Perhaps now is a good time for everyone concerned to go reread the rules.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Pity I didn't make this one, looks like the field was smaller than most recent races. My Comet race turned out to be a big fat waste of time and I'm sure I'd have had more fun at Monza even with practice.

[Radius]

wow, sounds like and looks like (from the replay) a great race. I had a few laps this afternoon and managed 1:50's with MC12 (yes u can call me Shumi lol) but i didnt have enuf money to pay g/f to go away so had a nice dinner with her instead

grats Mark for excellent win and James for representing