Lucky to have been able to make that; PC had got increasingly unstable since the last kick-out at JSMT series & recently Win10 just wasn't working at all.
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This morning was a clean Win10 re-install & this evening was spent trying to get soundcard/G25/ALshift/xpadder/GEM+/GPL FFB/nvidia tweaks all playing well together.
For some reason, still could not seem to get either G25 buttons to work for look left/right, although they tested ok. Brought server up for a last 8min test whilst I was able to map keypress via Logitech Profiler (not sure I've used that before!) so at least functionality restored.
Lack of PC recently & other messing around meant no real practice. Turns out this is not the Riverside I was expecting
Still, most of it is the same - so picked up same setup as used previously.
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You guys are right about the track surface - to start with I was sliding off everywhere!
Just had to try to slow it all down & be less frantic, although it did seem wrong.
There seemed to be a lot happening within view & suggested by Pribluda.
Early on due to some misfortune elsewhere, I happened to be in 2nd place briefly with Mr Higdon reeling me in. Realistically I was not battling for that position, so just gave lots of room; he was then off like a scalded cat.
Unlucky BN at the start; did see you creep a bit & guessed that was why you peeled into the pits the next time round.
Also unlucky DR, you were long gone - but I took the place as it was being handed to me.
Cheers all.
Dave.