Endurance Championship Division 2 - Season 1, Round 1, Barcelona - July 24

[Jamera]

Well I came in as a reserve in the 360. Absolutely amazed to qualify 14th  

Got up into 11th at one point with 20 still in the race, then a couple pushes too hard later I start dropping down the field and have chase to get back up again. Finally came in 11th or 12th, but do feel a little disappointed with this on 2 counts, 1, could have and should have done much better. 2, it is a little demotivating when you have fought hard to climb the field to see that most of the drivers behind you have left the race for one reason or another, sort of takes the shine off it  

[ginsters sponsored]

That was great fun.

As i run with plenty with wing, felt pretty comfortable with my setup even though it was first race in wet.
Decided on safety first strategy. Worked out great when simon67, who i wasn't really catching, stumbled
and gifted me lead. Started to build 30 sec lead before pits stop. Exited in 2nd and relaxed thinking (like a noobie)
that everbody had to stop. Wrong. After five or six laps I finally twigged and realized Matj was not stopping. Tried
to push and was catching him but nowhere near fast enough. Well done m8.

No real surprise but, for me, everyone drove impeccably in tricky conditions.  

[Simon Gymer]

A very enjoyable race as a Div 1 place filler in the BMW. Love the wet, so much fun sliding around and actually much less stressful than dry where you're constantly on the edge.

Did a no-stopper as the BMW had fuel to get to end and another 30 mins probably although tyres were shagged at the end and especially after seeing if I could do some powerslides and failing like a right plonker.

[Simon Gymer]

Well Bloody Great!!! Excuse my French but what a crap race I didnt have.
First during practice 1FPS, then I get a Power Cut(okay can't blame Simbin for that one), get back in and then I Crash to desktop and cant get back in, just keep CTD'ing.
Think Im on the point of giving up with GTR :'(

If you get a CTD always re-run the GTR 3D Config as that it usually a culprit for post-CTD CTDs (if that makes sense).

[simon67]

Worked out great when simon67, who i wasn't really catching, stumbled
and gifted me lead.

i'm still crying and i'm black and blue all over.
still mad at myself though

[Iain]

CTD :'-(

ah well next time :-S

[Simon Gymer]

Server replay and exports available here...
http://replay.ukgtr.org/Barcelona%20Endurance%20D2%20240705.zip

[Matjaz Plotajs]

Yes that was very fun race and quite tough for me as well. My tyres were completely gone for the last 10 laps so I was really struggling with my F360 but in the end still managed to finish first even ahead of all the GT's which was a bit of surprise for me. I expected some of the GT guys to choose the same tactic as me and not stoping at all so I guess my tactic gave me the win today. Great race,thumbs up for the backmarkers as well.

[mclaessen]

That was a nice race. Also the first one I completed in the championship without getting 1fps.

Surprised to start in first place. Then I screwed up at the last corner when I went on the throttle too early there. I lost my nose in the contact with the wall so I had to go all the way around the track to the pits to get a new one. To make matters worse I got a puncture so I had to drive even slower.

I ended up last place after my pitstop (edit: took only 1,5 minutes to change the nose, but it seemed like ages ) When I finally got back on the track I managed to make up a few places. Got to 12th place when my car started sliding all over the place. Took the wrong tires I think. Then I made my final pitstop and things went well from there, finishing 10th.

Learned alot from this one. Hope there will be more wet races, I like them 

BIG smash on the start/finish after the parade lap, dunno what happened there?

Could it have something to do with the fact that my ping is slighly higher than the ping from the drivers in the UK ? (I live in the Netherlands) . I can't think of anything else really  .

[Steve_T]

If you get a CTD always re-run the GTR 3D Config as that it usually a culprit for post-CTD CTDs (if that makes sense).

Ermmm not exactly, but I'm sure I can find it. And thanks
actually i'm away on holiday now until end august so may have time to get my patience ( was a very apt choice of password) back by then.

[ginsters sponsored]

I expected some of the GT guys to choose the same tactic as me and not stooping at all

Help a noobie out here, would that have been possible? My soft wets still felt pretty good when I
pitted but is this only possible in wet conditions? I know I should spend more time rehearsing but
fun race tomorrow looks a better bet than practicing on my lonesome.

[Zacari]

I was tempted to try and run on hard wets with a full tank (in the F550) but I wasn't sure it'd make it fuel-wise (was only good enough for 55 mins, but in reality it would've been close)

[Nick Phillips]

Filled the Lambo but only had fuel for 45 minutes so did a 40 - 20 split.

[Jamera]

I ran straight through in the 360 on soft wets, though they did get a bit iffy towards the end

[Matjaz Plotajs]

Help a noobie out here, would that have been possible? My soft wets still felt pretty good when I
pitted but is this only possible in wet conditions? I know I should spend more time rehearsing but
fun race tomorrow looks a better bet than practicing on my lonesome.

Dont know really. That was my first wet race as well so I took hard wet rear and soft wet front but they were pretty much gone after 40 minutes or maybe they were just to cold (60 - 70 C) so I struggled especially accelerating out of the corners. Luckily braking and entering the corner was still pretty good so I guess there was still some life in the tyres.