UKGTR Season 6 Lower Sprint - Sugo (Classic) - Nov 27

[Madd-RIP]

  I was just awful.....should have played COD 4 multiplayer instead.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

I thought I would highlight, that only 4 lap records and not all class records appear at the top of the screen. I noticed than a couple of weeks ago from a different circuit.

It's good for a guide but the GT1 times are missing

EDIT

Ignore this, I just realised it's in the GT1 race. I thought they all appeared together

Before an event you see the records for all classes for the relevant sim at the circuit. After the race you only see any records set during the event - the complete list of records is on the circuit's own page.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Enjoyed that race in a frustrating and unsatisfying sort of a way. I knew I wasn't going to do as well as I did on Sunday as sprint racing has never been my forté but when I dipped into the 28s in qualifying and still ended up near the back I knew I was going to struggle.

Took it easy on my softs for the first racing lap and the guys ahead started to slip away, but once the tyre temperates stabilised I began clawing my way back up towards them. Mostly passed people as they made mistakes - had some wheel to wheel stuff with Pops and held TT's GT2 Ferrari off for what seemed like an eternity until his tyres went away and he came under pressure from Mark McClean.

By the end my front left was shot and I found myself not quite able to mount a challenge to Picnic's Morgan despite his car (or his concentration) looking in worse shape than mine, and had to withstand tremendous pressure from Mark's Mosler for the last couple of laps until he had some sort of coming together with Pops (I think) at the end of the long back straight when I had to check up dramatically as Picnic ran wide.

The top two GTC championship spots appear to be settled and my chance of nabbing 3rd off Shark pretty much needs him to miss the next race - not very likely, and mathematically I could still lose 4th to anyone all the way down to Darren in 8th, with Backo in with a real shout of snatching it if he can finish the next race.

[popabawa]

I'm not sure what to feel about that race. On one hand there was some really brilliant close racing but on the other hand I feel like I was robbed of what could have been a classic.

A few tweaks to the Vertigo and a whole load of extra experience from Sunday saw me qualify over a second faster than the Endurance race.

I knew my race pace was nearly 1s quicker too so I was looking forward to seeing if I could hold off Dave behind me and whether I could mount a challenge on Pete or Paul968 in front.

On lap 3 though I got a nudge into the gravel from a GT2 (it was me Baracus, not Mark) so I immediately lost my place to Dave which was immensely frustrating after putting in my 2nd best lap ever in qualifying. We then had a very interesting stint where Dave was very consistent but I think I was very marginally faster over the lap and I was inching closer. Fantastic racing to be so close in laptimes.

Truetom then out-dragged me and got between us which disrupted the flow of the racing. It was really difficult sitting behind him with his controller problems so I lost a bit more time. Truetom then made a mistake which meant I had to brake heavily and this allowed Mark MacClean to close up and out-drag me.

I was all over the Mark MacClean / Dave / Picnic tussle until 4 corners from the end of the race when Mark braked a bit late and ran wide and I sneaked up the inside only for contact (again sending me into the gravel) when Mark oversteered trying to correct his mistake

A pretty disappointing result in the end, I don't think I've driven any better in many races in my SRouk career

[jan duijs]

Dave i am dutch 

Jan

[Tibernius]

I think I'll drop out of the GTR2 races for a while, I know I can do better than that.
My first lap of the track was in qually, never driven it before.
The setup for the 350Z was brilliant, but it can't correct one problem: the driver.

Gizmo: I didn't get the PM until this morning, otherwise I would have dropped out. You're right, all I did in the race was pose a threat to the other drivers.

I'll stick to GTL, I can at least control the cars in that.

As they say in baseball: Just wait 'til next year!

[Paul968]

I knew this was going to be an uphill struggle as soon as I went out on track after joining the server. I was still in Morgan driving mode from Sunday, and not driving the RS since then was clearly a major mistake. I was far too unsubtle with the throttle (which is fine in the Morgan), which made the car rather ragged, so it took me untill quite late in qual to get a decent-ish lap time in. Even then it wasn't great or near my offline times last week, so I started well down the grid behind Pete.

In the race I hung on to his Morgan quite well as my rustiness went away, and managed to make a move down the inside into T1. This left me chasing Dan in his RS, who was struggling in some places but never the ones which gave me a chance to pass. I was close behind many times entering the straights, but the ballast nullified any advantage so I had to wait and hope for a big mistake. It never came though (nice driving Dan  ) and in the end my soft front tyres started to go off, making me more worried by the cars behind so I settled for 4th. Not fantastic but enough to guarantee 2nd in the championship behind Ruskus, who had another impressive drive with max ballast to cement his 1st place. Congrats to Simon on a dominant win - I agree the Morgan is good round Sugo, mainly because you feel you can push over the curbs and not be flung off, which is a constant risk in the RS. Well done to Brian in his rocketship RSR - great pace. I must say well done too to PaulR, who now looks favourite to win GT2, and to SBG for backing him up and making the team title look a distinct possibility too  

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Dave i am dutch 

You can set that yourself in your driver profile - click Profile in the button bar at the top and then find the relevant 'tab' on the left.

Gizmo: I didn't get the PM until this morning, otherwise I would have dropped out.

I didn't send it until this morning. As it happens you did a pretty good job staying out the way but you're not doing yourself any favours racing before you're ready.

[purdie]

Well i had never even heard of this place never mind driven it up until 7.30pm last night! It was good fun but even during the race I was learning new lines and I could still never quite master that corner at the end of the straight 

Quali'd 8th which I was really happy with but amazed at Kerr's stunning pole time, thumbs up mate, a class performance all round 

I only had 5kg ballast so no excuse there really. I had soft/meds on for the race like I did at hock which went well for me but here they deteriorated like crazy! Was having a good battle at the beginning with SbG and Simon, just hanging on to the back of them. Definitely tricky to overtake here, had a go at Simon but he covered the line really effectively. With the tyres dying at the half way mark I made a mistake and dropped back a few poistions to have some fun with Ruskus! With his 60kg he just couldn't brake late into the first corner so got him there, then I made a mistake, then I got him into the first corner again, then I made another mistake and my front left tyre was worn to 27?!!!!  loolllll good bit of fun tho and glad my woes didn't ruin anyone's race 

great racing as always!!!! grats to Kerr and Simon with the fastest Morgan in the world! 

[Truetom]

Seems like I spoiled the race of my Team Leader.    Point is, the wheel was acting unpredictably and noticably worse than in Sunday. I was trying (what else was I gonna do?  ) as when it was functioning ok I closed on DG, then he went off again, made a gap of two seconds, then I could get closer again, etc. When I saw I was really an obstacle I quit in disgust and just cruised after the group. Sorry, Pops.    I plan to get my new wheel today after I finish working.

TT

[Kerr]

Cheers guys for the comments. It was just one of those nights for me. I was worried about rear left tyre as could not keep temperature down. With minutes of practice to go, a little tweak here and there and problem solved.          The car felt glued to road and inspired confidence. Other than once out braking myself a little, I don't remember even a wobble.Tyre wear was very low and temperatures right on the mark. It rode the kerbs very well and was really easy to drive. I will use this as my base set up from now on.

[popabawa]

Seems like I spoiled the race of my Team Leader.    Sorry, Pops.   

You didn't ruin my race TT, sorry if it sounded like that, it wasn't meant to

[Tibernius]

Seems like I spoiled the race of my Team Leader.    Sorry, Pops.   

You didn't ruin my race TT, sorry if it sounded like that, it wasn't meant to

Sorry about the crash in qually popabawa, I'd forgotten who I crashed into otherwise I would have apologised earlier.

[Mark J]

you heartless meanie Pops     

[Paul Richards]

Another tough race at Sugo. Qualifying was very strange as my car felt completely different to any other session I had done in it before. Was really struggling to get anywhere near what time I thought I could set which was maybe sneak into the 26s. Was lying in 5th for a lot of the session but it was close between 2-5 at the time so was hoping a leapfrog into second was possible! I eventually strung a good lap in and although wasn't massively better jumped me up to second. John then pipped MJ for third.

At the start of the race I could see that baracus was quite a way down so I was thinking more about the championship right from the off. With John nipping into third I thought I might get a bit of breathing space but MJ passed quickly and was pushing me straight away. Brian was in a different class and was heading off down the road so just tried to keep it consistant and hold MJ off. It was a great dice mate  really enjoyed that. He unfortunately ran wide in the final sector, did well to keep it from spinning but lost 4 seconds. With Brian still dissappearing I decided then to go steady as this track can easily spit you into the armco. At this point I had more to lose than gain then attempting to chase him down which would have been futile anyway! With one eye on the gap back to MJ I bought it home second.

Congrats to Brian on his fantastic win and hopefully the end of his connection problems and to Simon on the GTC win. Thanks to the all the drivers who let me by while lapping as it is not easy at some sections in this track. Looking forward to the final race showdown at Zhuhai its going to be a close run thing I reckon.