UKGTR GT Sprint - Zhuhai - Dec 19

[Aagramn]

Tough race with some good battles. Didn't get it right in qual, was on quicker laps a couple times but threw it away. Quite pleased to finish in the top ten though.

Think Zhuhai is the 'Brno' of GTR2. Not the most interesting track offline, but seems to produce good racing. Both NGT & GT sprints have been non-stop action for me.

[Mark J]

Heh, quite fun considering i wasnt intending to race tonight.  

Jumped into practise about 10 minutes before race start after watching a DVD of this years Le Mans race (gave me the taste for it !) and decided to give the throaty C5 Corvette a blast for the first time. (No Aston to choose  :'( )
Felt comfy straight away in it and set regular 1:30's in my praccy and then repeated the feat in qually. Thought i had set a blinder but then quickly realised every other bugger was putting in 1:28's and 29's    I for some reason had assumed a 1:30 was a quick GT time    Only qualied a measly 22nd with a 1:30.4  

Race start was pretty good, i seemed to have tons more traction out of the corners than the ballerina Lambos and was glued to the back of Lincescom for quite a few laps and had to take some close avoiding actions under braking.  Also made up a few places as others had off's and got to the giddy heights of 16th at one point (whoohoo ). But alas soon my tyres were overheating and the car was getting very unpredictable under braking as i hadnt had time to practise any race setups beforehand and i had to try and fight off the Lambos of Jon M (unusually) and Madd-Rip, failing in both cases, firstly to a rather cool move up the inside by the maestro Jon and then to some sloppy brake slide by myself to allow Madd through.
Started to catch Jan later on but then he had some terminal engine fire and dropped out and then i came across TT emerging from the pits    was thinking of having a nice little battle with him but he un-explicably waved me through with a flash of the lights and then came back at me a lap or two later    Didnt know whether to concede the place back or whether he was toying with me  
So in true Mclaren fashion i kept the place  

Amazing pace up front as usual. Enjoyed my few battles but was expecting to be amongst the action a bit more. If anyone hasnt installed it yet, go get the V8 soundpack, the Corvette sounds simply 'real' and is fantastic on every note, from the tickover to full screaming horses.   With a better setup, i could be enticed to drive this beast more often.
Congrats to Ruskus on the win.  

[Simon Gymer]

That was tough. Don't think MC12 is my thing. I wanted to try it in race conditions to see, but I think that'll be the last of that time. Was great turn in, but very twitchy indeed and it was rubbish on the straights compared to the F550 despite the Ferrari having more weight penalty. It was always on edge on the brakes, I had to brake 100% all the way and more to get the damn thing to stop. Running 50:50 Brake Balance meant that was just about possible though. The car looks good though. 

I think I'll go back to my trusty Lambo sooner or later. Haven't used it since GTR1, but it's what I always drove in GT there so going back to what I know.

Race was a nightmare. Concertina effect on pace lap was tough to keep focused on. No matter how people drive there is always the concertina and I had a few times to take evasive action despite trying to drive slow and smooth and not accelerate or brake too hard as others also driving the same around me, but coming up to the hairpins there was always this sudden stop. Oh well.

After the pace lap, the race went from bad to worse. Managed to get by a couple on lap 1/2 but then 2 Ferraris stuck on the track frozen had to be swerved round then another and then finally Ruskus's car for 2 laps straight was nailed on the final bend. 2nd time around even though I could see him there I had to swerve and take avoiding action again and lost about 5 places by T1 from getting back up to speed.

For a while had a battle with some people before I got tapped from behind which put me off the track and lost loads more time. Then after that I came to last turn behind a 550 and he broke much earlier than I expected and I had to take avoiding action. I notice his car was jittering a bit so it may have been a bit of warp that made it look like brake even earlier than I had antipicated. I spun taking avoiding action and my dreadful start was complete.  After that I lost concentration from having a 'mare first 5 laps or so and kept on spinning. Kept Gerald company for a while, but eventually I got my focus back, not long before Ruskus came round to lap me and I was putting in much better pace and not too far off the leaders near the end. I had a car that was twitching occasionally, I assume from the damage, which was very off putting though. I think my pace was ok for the MC12 but with the 'mare start it just wasn't my day.

With missing a couple of races and not really playing much GT in GTR2 I have been trying the different cars in these races to see what they're like and what pace they have. So I may continue that before going back to the Lambo and try the 575 next race. Have done the Viper, Saleen and MC12 now and I do not want to race the 550, so it's just the Lambo, 575 and Vette left.

[ivansmiven]

Had a good C5R sound infront for the last few metres, which made a mini-boner

You need to get out more mate 

But regarding the race nice one to all involved. Quality.....

[Jeffrey]

Had a good C5R sound infront for the last few metres, which made a mini-boner

You need to get out more mate 

Lol, I said that as MJ told ingame chat that he had one

[CeeJay]

Ouch yer Jon went off, I looked at him and amost forgot to turn myself running abit wide Radius and a Lambo got by then, the Lambo spun out of the turn tho so I got 3rd back. Then had a long fight trying to get past Radius, not very easy in his powerful 550, got a few good runs on him out of some of the slow turns but he was being pesky and driving defensive lines 
Finally I had enough of that  , and when he went a bit wide I tried first inside but again he tried to block the inside there, then I went outside and I got a just nose ahead in the braking down to the penultimate turn. Figured now or never so I stayed outside in the turn and just prayed I wouldn't get hit on the way out, but nice and fair driving there so I just managed to get the traction out of the turn and was first down to T-last and managed to keep the 550 of my back down the strait. After that I started to pull a gap, Ruskes was alrdy 10s ahead when I got P2, so just had to settle in for 2nd.


 

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Replay and Provisional Results are available

[Radius]

EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!! Good battle Claus!!! You def had the legs on me and had to use some cinning tactics to keep you at bay!! 

Nice fair driving m8!!!! Although i was a bit surprised you managed to get around the outside of me through a hairpin  I was just making very sure i didnt touch so maybe was a bit too carefull!!!

Was very surprised to see Jon off at T1, as soon as i saw smoke i jumped on the brakes as i though CJ would be braking hard too but i pumped them and made the turn :D:D

...you deserved second and a good race!!!

..btw i will be the toughest b***tard to pass but ill always play fair 

[Jeffrey]

Unofficial Lapchart

New lapchart!!! Check out the last page!

[Madd-RIP]

Now that is one nice set of graphs, I had a busy race judging by the last page! My laps were relatively good too, for me anyway! Just a shame I got fubar-ed by a warped car.

[Pedro[PL]]

Once again it shows that I am the least reliable part of my car Qualified 8th just a notch slower than my PB. I was quite pleased to see that gap to Ruskus was so small - I slowly begin to understand handling in GTR2. Just hope to catch up with you guys before season 5 begins.

During formation lap there were no serious problem. I really appreciate admin chat info just before we begin - nice job! I tried to drive conservative during first two laps which resulted in FreQ overtaking me. Considering he was trying to drive on the edge with cold tires I thought he would quickly have some problems. Enough to say that he didn't disappoint me

It would be nice and dull race if not the stationary car at last corner, which made me run wide and loose several positions. Then I lost my concentration twice more (in the same spot) spinning and hitting the barrier. Fortunately my car went undamaged and I was able to finish 13th.

Nice to see so many 28CD cars on track!

Congratulations to the podium guys!

[JonM_uk]

I had a good and bad race Bad due to me missing my braking point on turn 1 of lap 1 but good because of the battles that followed. Everybody was very consistent and fair.Great driving standard all the way through the grid overtaking the Ferrari's was very hard. Them beasts just drive away down the straight Great race all.
Nice little report thingy that last page Ruskus. Just a pity my name's mentioned so much on lap 1
Grats to Ruskus on another fine win

[Truetom]

Nice doing, Rusky!  

MJ, I wasn't toying with you, I was just bored with the Viper, the track and the race. So I decided to wait for you and give you some whipping. I bet you made a pb in the last laps.  

TT

[stnasky]

Firstly i want to apoligise to Aagram for giving him a tap at the slow hairpin,  sorry m8 i did'nt mean to hit you there 

During qually i got disconnected and could not rejoin as it kept saying the game was full, so i restarted the game and luckly enuff got back in.  Managed to get 11th spot for the race. 

Race starts and heading into T1 i start to brake and quickly realise that im on collision course with Locutus who seemed to brake fairly hard and early.  So i flick the car off track to avoid hitting him.   Lost 8 places and was furious with myself.  

Rejoined in race in 19th place and got settled,  and was enjoying the race. Got myself up to 9th place and was having a hard scrap with Aagram .  Then exiting T3 i got a run on him but his car looked wobbly and i couldnt really pull along side, so i backed off before heading into the slow hairpin.  But even tho i backed off i still manage to run into the back of him .  So after that i felt Dangerous and decided to call it a day.

Also couldnt see any cars from 7th place onwards, and its the same for every race.  Anyone else have this problem ??

Congrats to Ruskus

[Aagramn]

Firstly i want to apoligise to Aagram for giving him a tap at the slow hairpin,  sorry m8 i did'nt mean to hit you there 

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Rejoined in race in 19th place and got settled,  and was enjoying the race. Got myself up to 9th place and was having a hard scrap with Aagram .  Then exiting T3 i got a run on him but his car looked wobbly and i couldnt really pull along side, so i backed off before heading into the slow hairpin.  But even tho i backed off i still manage to run into the back of him .  So after that i felt Dangerous and decided to call it a day.

Saw you back out of a dangerous situation at the previous corner which was smart thinking, it's tough to fit two cars through that fast kink. Was a shame your tap sent me into a spin as we'd been having a great scrap up to then, but no big deal.

Also couldnt see any cars from 7th place onwards, and its the same for every race.  Anyone else have this problem ??

Have you checked your 'max visible cars' setting in the graphics options?