Well, that went much better than I expected
Grats to Matt and the speed he carried in that Alfa and to Tony on a great Podium. Plus all the other finishers and Erling who has wrapped up the 1600cc class. Great fun in these cars
After earlier posts about what a tank the XJS was I somehow figured that this circuit with long straights might be the place to use it and suffer minimal pain? I plundered Geoffers' online setup for this series and although I found it driveable, I felt that it could go quicker if I could find the magic tweaks.
I had joined the server early and set about slowly improving things.
I fully expected that the alien hordes would swamp my times, but the purpose of the exercise was to use the monster XJS and finish the race.
I kept waiting for my grid position to drop, but only Matt and Tony in their Alfa's pushed me back??? Maybe there were some points available for me to steal here??
I knew that the XJS was going to need 2 stops and that was a problem...a) because I suck at pitstops and b) because it was 2 stops and this car eats tyres and fuel at a colossal rate!!
My strategy was simple, just "drive it like I stole it" and build as big a lead as I could for the pitstops.
The sheer grunt of the XJS got me ahead at the start and slowly I eased away from Matt and Tony until the front left tyre self ignited after 6 laps!! The car would only just complete 11 laps with a very frugal last lap and a coast into the pits...............then I faffed around with the pit board losing 10 secs!!
Same again for the next 11 laps, until the 2nd stop for a splash ( well a more of a small deluge of fuel ) and dash.
Once again fluffed the pitboard settings and lost time and also somehow lost my Xhud too
I had guessed the amount of fuel for the final 3 laps and did not change tyres, but I emerged from the pits with no idea if I had put in enough gas??!! Matt roared past as I was trundling down a very long pit lane, but no-one else
, so maybe I was 2nd?? Without the Xhud I had no idea which lap I was on either.
Fortunately there was no car visible in my mirror so I decided to cruise the last laps and hope that no-one caught me. The last 2 laps had the low fuel light flashing but the engine kept turning and it was not until I crossed the finish line that I could breathe again lol.
The XJS was not as bad as I had expected, obviously very fast in a straight line, but a real super tanker in the corners