Hope all turns out well for Kurt and his Mum and that she makes good progress.
Grats to Geoffers and Erling on their respective silverware.
Also sorry to see that Fulvio will be missing from our Wed evening fun. Just FWIW Thursdays would be a no go for me as I play badminton in a vain attempt to stay remotely active and fit. Ironically, my current problems with gallbladder/gallstones whilst I wait for an op, has resulted in me carelessly mislaying about 25lbs of apparently unnecessary ballast....I wonder if that will improve my laptimes??
To repeat an often used phrase.."just getting a handle on these cars and the season ends"
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I am well aware that I tend to be ham footed in simracing and that is most definitely NOT the way to coax these cars around any track. Throughout the season I have been carefully evolving the same setup, one that is first of all stable and predictable and using that I have tried to be much smoother and controlled with the brakes and gas etc. The biggest realisation for me was that in the early races I was downshifting much too soon and effectively locking the rear wheels, something that my dodgy shifter only made worse.
(Huge thanks to Matt who found a G25 shifter lurking in his loft, surplus to requirements, and generously offered it to me at a giveaway price. I have a sneaky suspicion that I may be required to follow "team orders" in some future races??!
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I am light years off the pace of our 2 resident aliens, but at least I can complete a race in these cars and maintain a reasonably competitive pace. Given all my excuses I am quite chuffed to have finished 3rd in the championship and was at least able to share the champagne
. In the race at Imola I also found that I was protecting the tyres correctly ( may be even too much?) and I finished the race with around 75% of the rubber still available and all 4 corners still with a hint of green
. At the beginning of this season I was contemplating a tyre change by lap 5...if the car was still usable by then!!!
Once again Christmas is looming and daddy needs a new wheel. Preferably one that does not have a dead spot around the centre/straight ahead position. Some of you might have noticed that my car traverses each straight like an inebriated duck as I constantly nudge the steering first one way then the other. I apologise if it looks like I am weaving to block a pass, but honestly I am just trying to keep the car on the grey stuff
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I am guessing that there are a few different wheels in use amongst the UKGTL faithful, so any feedback on what represents the best bang for you buck would be appreciated.
