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« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2008, 09:31:34 PM +0100 » |
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Quallified and started quite well, had a great battle with Prof for as long as it lasted. Just after passing Prof I came to the chicane and took the rumble strip and the car flipped over and would not flip back over. Sad end to a possibly good race. Yep, I enjoyed that Ossie. You finally got me when I gave Busi too much space to lap me and ran out of track. That was an impressive handstand you performed to the chicane - I was worried your car would topple back on top of mine. That left me in a shorter battle with Gizmo until pit time at which point I got disconnected without warning. Pity, I was in line for a good finish. The car had felt good and I had started with the full hundred laps of fuel so the second stint would have hopefully been faster. I have enjoyed the season and my thanks and congratulations go to everyone I have raced in Upper Endurance this season especially championship winners and teams.
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« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2008, 10:01:08 PM +0100 » |
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My first race for the Legends Team and a customery 4th place for me in the GT2 class. Dan Juis had some sort of loss or spin in the fast left right and I over reacted to avoid (not your fault at all Dan Juis) and ended up last some 14 seconds behind API. Hard battle to land me a 4th every lap was like a PB. Great first season for me in GT2 class, finished 4th overall I think
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Simon Gymer
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« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2008, 10:06:18 PM +0100 » |
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That was the most fun GTR2 race I've had in ages. I borrowed a CJ setup and it felt alright for a change to be racing the GTR2 cars again. Had a CTD in qually and no cars appearing and TeamSpeak wasn't working and eventually came back into the server after rebooting I had time for one lap only. No practice at all, so pretty chuffed that I had any pace what-so-ever in the race as it was much more fun having people to race instead of driving in no-mans land. Had scraps with a few familiar faces and the usual battle with TT who used the "pay at the pump" and was only allowed to put in £59 worth of fuel instead of the £80 you can get at the kiosk as he ran out of fuel at the end. Track felt very grippy, but I liked that as it helped me drive faster. Had to turn my graphics down so much to run at a decent FPS (100+), but it was so jittery still with other cars even with a high frame rate. I tapped people a couple of time cause of it (very sorry), but we all seemed to be doing the same thing and then giving the places back etc. Good fun. Still, not at all convinced we should use that track again cause it seems to cause a lot of CTDs, jittery stuff, low framerate, timings going funny etc. I do like Nurburgring GP, but I just think it's got too many bugs. P.S. Very well done to the championship winners, everyone that took part and those folks behind the scenes (you know who you are) to make it an enjoyable season once more. Looks pretty good for Team Shark drivers and team in this championship so great job team!
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Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer
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« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2008, 10:11:59 PM +0100 » |
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if i had GT2 pole i will be even more lol In that case you were dead last in GT2... er... Sat on the grid for race start and no pedal controls worked i could change gear and turn steering but nothing else. Had to hit escape. That's so disappointing - especially for me as we were just a tenth apart on the grid and shaping up for a classic last event battle whilst the massed ranks of BMW zoomed off into the distance. :'( Just after passing Prof I came to the chicane and took the rumble strip and the car flipped over and would not flip back over. Sad end to a possibly good race. I was already plotting how I was going to jump you and Prof with a late stop - your car hanging in mid air was a heck of a sight! I dunno why we had so many problems tonight compared to Tuesday - can't see us using that track again anyway which is a shame 'cause I really like the layout. If I'd known how well my tyres were going to last I'd have started on softs and done two equal stints. As it was I stretched my mediums to 75% distance and then pitted for softs; fuel usage was also very low so I didn't take any at the stop. Picnic was way to fast for me to get anywhere near him so I set out to try and nab fastest lap in GT2 instead; missed out by just a tenth of a second, hugely frustrating especially when my best first sector was followed my FreQ arriving to lap me with Busi in close attendence and I had to back off and take one for the team, but TBH the BMWs were all massively quicker here. Well done to Picnic for cementing his 2nd in the championship with a win, looks like it's a clean sweep for Team Shark in Upper Endurance.
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« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2008, 10:13:56 PM +0100 » |
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if i had GT2 pole i will be even more lol Bad luck Purdie We'll keep it a secret about you getting GT2 pole so you don't need to get upset
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« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2008, 10:18:00 PM +0100 » |
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Yep, I enjoyed that Ossie. You finally got me when I gave Busi too much space to lap me and ran out of track. Thats a relief, I thought it was me that pushed you wide I am quite annoyed for not having practiced for this one before the event itself. That, together with running out of time in quali, so that my laptime was in race trim, made me lose a lot at the first stint. Started 5th, unluckily Mike and Gazza made contact and got passed them. Few laps behind teammate Zak until I passed him (team orders? nah he was looking playful ). When I passed him and therefore 2nd with nobody ahead, my gap to leader FreQ - of course - was 9 seconds. It more or less remained till the pitstops, we rejoined with about the same gap. My second stint was great, I was lapping quite faster (with more practice I could've gona faster in the first stint too ) and almost caught FreQ, the gap was down to 3 seconds, but with worn tyres I could only stay 3 seconds behind during the final 5 laps. Happy though. What hurts the most is FreQ stole me the race lap record from Tuesday by a damn thousandth LOL Grats for the win and the championship, great piece of driving
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« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2008, 10:18:20 PM +0100 » |
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« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2008, 10:25:37 PM +0100 » |
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What hurts the most is FreQ stole me the race lap record from Tuesday by a damn thousandth LOL I had no idea?!
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JPS
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« Reply #23 on: October 19, 2008, 10:25:49 PM +0100 » |
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My first race for the Legends Team and a customery 4th place for me in the GT2 class. Dan Juis had some sort of loss or spin in the fast left right and I over reacted to avoid (not your fault at all Dan Juis) and ended up last some 14 seconds behind API. Hard battle to land me a 4th every lap was like a PB. Great first season for me in GT2 class, finished 4th overall I think Something odd there, I got the race finish sign in fourth and the others around my position seem to have done an extra lap, Gizmo, whats going on
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« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2008, 10:31:30 PM +0100 » |
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Thanks for another enjoyable race I must say sorry to just about all GT2 runners as I made a complete mess of passing tonight , in particular Dave, Spanner and Prof. Very sorry guys, I got a bit ragged towards the end. I accept any incident reports, it was my fault every time. All of the battles that I had tonight were short lived as I fell off the track every time the pressure got a bit high. But I had fun trying to fend off a few people for a few corners. I was trying to figure out when the race would end and only just realised that I would have to do another lap rite at what I thought was the end of the race. I had 2L of fuel left!!! I looked in my mirrors just as I passed the line to see FreQ rite behind me. If I had of known he was there, I would have just slowed right down and let him pass before the line. Dam!!! Thanks to Gazza for the push on the last lap I would have got to the end but would have had to of crused in neutral for a while, so it would have taken ages.
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« Reply #25 on: October 19, 2008, 10:34:09 PM +0100 » |
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Bad luck Purdie We'll keep it a secret about you getting GT2 pole so you don't need to get upset Think you had best hide the GT2 lap record btw grats to the winners and podiums tonight....and of course well done Freq and Dave on their respective championship wins. Again, grats to team Alien Nation Shark for the team championships too. Due in no small part to a great seasons racing from SECOND PLACE in the championship (GT1) by Gazza49er, and of course, a little help on occasion from Busi, Reign Man and [email protected] would like to offer my congrats also to the RUNNERS UP in the GT1 Team championships....TEAM PIN PSEUDO......you never know lads.....some of the sharkies may go iWAL next season.....we will have em soon.
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Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer
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« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2008, 10:41:32 PM +0100 » |
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Something odd there, I got the race finish sign in fourth and the others around my position seem to have done an extra lap, Gizmo, whats going on According to the export, Jan actually did 40 laps, not the 39 shown in the lap chart, which probably means he got a cut warning on his final lap. Since you're both shown as DNF and Spanner isn't, he's classified ahead, with you and Jan then ordered by qualifying time.
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« Reply #27 on: October 19, 2008, 10:42:18 PM +0100 » |
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Team Oldie has been robbed of 4th spot in the final race of the GT1-Teams event, by those R24-7 boys!!! Grrrr. Still, 5th for Martin & me is a bit of a result Qualifying was all over the place, managed to complete one lap I think what with not being able to see people & having the wrong setup... Was creating a bit of a gap back to the GT2 boys when I 'brushed' the inside wall on the last turn. God knows what it did to the car, but I was spinning at random places, despite driving extra cautiously & moved my brake bias forward a notch with each spin Pitted as soon as I thought I could load up enough fuel for the rest of the race, repaired the damage & my laptimes settled down somewhat (after moving the brake bias even further forward). By the end, my tyres were shot but I'd managed to get back in front of all the GT2 boys (which is a result for me). Sorry to Picnic who I had to overtake a couple of times early on after my spins (etc.), thanks you were very patient So I think I squeaked 15th overall in the GT1 championship (not bad as I've not owned GTR2 for 3 months yet), even if it was just by turning up each week Thanks to the organisers, congrats to FreQ & Gizmo on the title wins & hope to see everyone next time.
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« Reply #28 on: October 19, 2008, 10:44:13 PM +0100 » |
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Wow that was intense!
Had 2 CTD's in qually and managed a 3rd with 4 mins left, could of gone a little faster but was a bit tense coz of the time left.
I knew i had some better pace here from tuesday coz i did alot of work during the week but the low temps at the start didnt help and i kept making silly little errors especially at the fast chicane which kept giving Mike a run on me. Was struggling braking for the slow chicane aswell and Mike being a late braker nudged me and i spun. I was at a funny angle and i couldnt see if the road was clear and im really sorry to someone that i hit rejoining (really couldnt see you).
Mike slowed to let me pass and we continued to battle, he got past and we caught TT and Simon and the 4 of us were swapping positions every lap, great fun but a little scary. Then we met an overturned car at the chicane and simon had to use the escape road and past TT but i knew he was gunna slow on the straight to let TT back infront but Mike behind didnt know what was going on and he clipped me again. He let me through again and caught the other 2 again and they made mistakes and i got infront and pulled away.
Had a good stop and came out 5 secs behind teamie H@l, caught him and he made little mistake letting me through so then set about catching Zak and i did with about 5 mins left. Had a few close laps untill he also got the power on a little early and spun so very happy with a 3rd after very eventfull race.
I could catch people but behind people was hard to get past but out in the open i had the speed.
Grats Freq amazing stuff
Thanks to everyone who took part in this series and the guys who organize.
Really happy with 2nd in the championship all be it coz busi missed a race but chuffed.
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« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2008, 10:54:04 PM +0100 » |
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Also grats to Dave for GT2
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