The race started well I think. I had the limiter on pretty early, to give the field enough time to close up.
The first half of the race LeH was following me pretty closely. I could hear he was using autoclutch, so I knew I would win on acceleration. Therefore I didnt risk too much on braking. So I could see him close up every time after the straight.
That was my 2nd race here at the UKGTL ladder, and it is really a lot of fun racing with you guys. Thanks to JohnnyDee for telling me about UKGTL.
I was surprised to qualify 2nd with a mid 1.40 time, since Ruskus was more than a second faster. In the warmup lap somebody tried to hug me from behind on the long straight, and I saw a part flying away. For a second I thought it was my rear wing (somehow this thing gets lost a lot when I'm driving the Pantera
), but fortunately it was just a light glass from his car, so no problem.
In the race I could stay behind Ruskus for a while, but I had to push rather hard to keep up, while he seemed to drive more relaxed, and I still couldn't get close enough to try an overtaking maneuver. I was hoping, he may makes a little mistake to get a chance, but he wouldn't do me that favour
. So at about mid of the race I decided to go a bit easier, and take more care of the engine and the tyres, to make sure I will finish.
Indeed I use autoclutch (there is no analog clutch on my gamepad unfortunately), but I wasn't aware that you could hear that from the outside.