Congrats Axel, Dean!
It's a shame Iestyn is still suffering from computer problems. He may have been much faster than I was. I made a mistake before the race ever started that Iestyn surely would have made me pay for, like overfueling the T260 at Hockenheim. More on that later. That's two races in a row I've been lucky not to face Iestyn. He may have denied me the recent win at Nurburgring.
The Porsche drove great here, but then it drives great everywhere.
I could not follow Greg as he pulled away out of every corner, maybe a shorter 3rd gear...
5.03 Axel. It would carry me through the first left hand turn and to the end of the next straight.
I'd tried a 60/60/3 diff late in practice
That's the same differential I used.
I got lucky waiting for Dean after the start. Axel gave me the lead. I think he would have beat me into T1 with a proper start. Then, all I could probably do, would be to wait for Axel to make a mistake. I had to push hard and use the grass to pass Fran in practice. Starting from the front, I pulled away early until my tires started overheating. I ran wide twice brushing a wall and then hit a tire in the second to the last turn and spun. That put Axel right back on my tail. I was a little worried at that point. I thought you might be able to take advantage of me with my scorching left side tires. I got it together pretty quick though and immediately set a fast race lap after the spin. As long as I was smooth, my tires stayed good, but any time I pushed for a little more speed they overheated in the center. I could cruise along at 1:10.5 later, and had an ideal lap of 1:09.23 showing in prib, but every time I tried to set a lap in the 9s I overheated the tires and lost traction. I realized my mistake after the race. I set my tire pressures to 32 psi when warm. I forgot it was supposed to be 28 psi on the Porsche.
Even with incorrect tire pressures, the Porsche still drove well. I like the 330 better but the 910 is one of my favorites in GPL. It's an excellent car for learning a new track, especially the longer tracks. It helped me tremendously to memorize the Nurburgring and Targa when the Ferraris I had been using, kept frustrating me. It's easier to learn when you don't go flying into the weeds at such a high velocity.
This has to be one of my favorite flat tracks too. The only other one that comes to mind is Stardust. I liked it more with the Porsche than I did driving the BT23 here. The Can Ams ought to be interesting here.
On the technical side, I turned off the AA and AF. To start the race, I only displayed the track position board. I got a few stutters occasionally but nothing very bad. After I opened a lead on Axel I turned on the sector times and tire temperature boards too. When I get stutters now, it seems to be related to a large change in view distance.
Thanks guys. It's great fun. It would have been better with a larger field of cars.