UKAC Season 2 - PorscheCup 2017 - Nurburgring GP - Jan 11

[Maikel K.]

That was a great race.

Starting 2nd with a close quali time, I forgot I had my wheel turned almost completely to the left, so I made abit of a swerve to the middle at the start, lost 1 position to nsfw who then dove into T1 and coming out at P1. Was waiting for a oppertunity which happened around lap 4 or so, Chris made a pass on nsfw and I took full advantage of the space that was there  

Then it was just a close battle with Chris for the rest of the race, though he did wait twice when I made a mistake and the gap got bigger then a second . Then halfway through I had an amazing overtake down the main straight claiming first ( Chris had enough of being chased and let me pass   ), though I gave it back a few laps later completely intentional and slightly sideways  

Then I did manage an actual overtake when Chris outbraked himself at the chicane, but he took that one back on the last lap.

Hope the rest of these racing are exciting as this one was.
Love these cars.

Replay : https://www.dropbox.com/s/du0q3st9e6hs1cv/ks_porsche_911_gt3_cup_2017%40ks_nurburgring-layout_sprint_a_20170111220832?dl=0

[Mark J]

Thanks for the replay link Maikel, will check that out when I get a chance  

How did Apex manage to join the race without being on the entry list? Do you want to be added to the drivers list Apex? Good to see you back  

What happened to Ed? He disapeared very early from the top group  

Sorry about the skin mishap Chris, not sure how that happened as I read them from car directory. But my skin was wrong too and i saw Thomas was in my skin. Odd. Been a frantic week so will recheck the drivers list.

Ps results seem to be missing lots of info 

[Linus27]

Wow, what a hard,  intense but fun race. Qualified 11th which is pretty good for me as I'm awful at qualifying. Made a great start and made up two places. The start was super clean with some lovely side by racing. Then had a super intense race being chased by Simon and wasn't doing that bad but my car was quite a handful at times. Moved up to 6th but Simon got a good run on the inside to the last corner and snuck ahead. Attempted a switch back but lost it getting back on the power and lost another place. Ended up finishing 8th which I'm very happy about.

As for the skins, some of the cars were all white with black wheels and I was so wishing my car looked like this

[APEXTECHUSA]

Thanks for the replay link Maikel, will check that out when I get a chance  

How did Apex manage to join the race without being on the entry list? Do you want to be added to the drivers list Apex? Good to see you back  

What happened to Ed? He disapeared very early from the top group  

Sorry about the skin mishap Chris, not sure how that happened as I read them from car directory. But my skin was wrong too and i saw Thomas was in my skin. Odd. Been a frantic week so will recheck the drivers list.

Ps results seem to be missing lots of info 

Yes I would like be added.. I've been able to be home early work is a lil slow... so I would love to race when I can. I hope I didn't ruin anything!

[frex]

First few laps in a whole bunch of cars was fun, Bob just ahead of me I think. Then I got a bit too much kerb at T3 and had a silly spin. Some good racing also further down the pack, although I did get taken out a couple of times. Never mind, all good fun, thanks MJ and all.

At some point I bumped off someone (was it frex?)

You meant at T1? Yeah that was me, no worries.

[frex]

Btw was it just me or did others have trouble getting heat into their tyres? I didn't notice this in practice at all, but in the race my right-side tyres stayed in the blue most of the time. Bad tyre pressures/setup, or just driving too slow..?!

[Linus27]

Frex, for me it was the other way around, my tyres stayed green for most of the race whereas in practice they were blue. As is usual for me, I went faster in the race than practice by 0.7 of a second.

[spanner]

Good to see so many turn up, couldn't help but smile to see 22 people, made for a very busy race. I seem to struggle with inconsistent downshifting into the two big stops. Some laps it will drop down quickly without thinking, other laps I couldn't get down to 2nd in time for the final chicane. I got quite focused on it and got a bit of a complex when approaching them. I tried waiting for the revs to drop, going down quickly , off and on throttle. But for most laps it worked ok, but for a couple I didn't know if I would make the corner.

Was running ok early on, but had to go the wrong way around the final chicane having not been able to stop in time while being stuck in third. But after that it was chance to just drive.

It does worry me if the tyre pressures are correct it took a good two laps for them to feel like you can lean on them. Why are they all the way down the bottom of the allowable range?

[Linus27]

Spanner,

I had that downshift problem a few times during the race. Very annoying.

[Mark J]

Hope your not insinuating Porsche have a dodgy gearbox?! 

I did find the odd sticking gear up at the chicane braking zone, not sure why that is.

Anyone have luck downloading the replay? I tried 3 times last night but it wouldn't complete the dl.

[Maikel K.]

It does worry me if the tyre pressures are correct it took a good two laps for them to feel like you can lean on them. Why are they all the way down the bottom of the allowable range?

New v10 tyres need that. The GT3's are the same now. I think I read somewhere on the AC forum the ideal pressure for these was between 23 and 26... or something like that.

[Linus27]

Hope your not insinuating Porsche have a dodgy gearbox?!  

Wouldn't have that problem in a Lotus

[Eck Simpson]

Anyone have luck downloading the replay? I tried 3 times last night but it wouldn't complete the dl.

After closing the pop up window, asking me to "sign in or create an account", I was faced with a blank screen. I reset the page and the download, was fine. If you continue to have difficulties, I can upload elsewhere.

[Simon Gymer]

Anyone have luck downloading the replay? I tried 3 times last night but it wouldn't complete the dl.

I've uploaded my version of the replay HERE if that helps.

[phspok]

I suspect the gear change thing is similar to R3E where it won't let you downshift if the revs are too high
I was getting that situation quite a bit, and was wondering why I was not getting the beep that R3E does
to tell you that you are being "foolish"