iRacing Season 3 Riley - Silverstone (GP 2000-2009) - May 11

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Back up now

Running very sloooooowlllyyyyy though!

[Paul968]

It's fine for me.

[picnic]

Just starting a hosted session again, for 18:40 - 1:50 practice


SERVERS UP

[Ken Murray]

Dave runs more front camber, lower tyre pressures and more rear camber to keep it stable.  I then added a soft rear roll bar, took out some fuel and it gained me some time.  I am still tweaking it, but there will only be tiny changes now TBH.

Be very careful on kerbs though.

Thanks Mike, I'll give it a try.

iR seems fine for me now.

[Adam Parle]

You might not see me racing again for a while after that .... totally my fault mind.  Got on the grass, hit a wall, quit in disgust.

Never managed a lap before the start of the race due to having to deal with a screaming baby - and a total lack of feel showed in probably the most abysmal display I've ever managed.

[Dan Minton]

200 laps of practice without a glitch then blow the engine on lap 5 or something stupid !! ....Was shaping up to be a good one .

[Truetom]

Big apologize to Gary Hickman. I hit his car just before "Going green". I guess the cause was a rippling effect of grid gathering closer. I didn't feel I was closing too fast. Then his car suddenly slowed and there was contact. Sorry again.
Car was damaged, though the contact was nothing to write home about. Asymetric while braking and accelerating, it was a constant danger - Shark almost hit me as the car just stepped sideways during braking - so I decided to quit.

Sorry again, Gary. Saw you could drive on and I hope your car wasn't as damaged and you could do a normal race.

[Legzy]

Didn't really have the prep time I normally manage, but was close enough to others to enjoy it.
Found the car quite a tough drive, but it's the 1st time I've spent any proper time in it so not judging it yet.

Basically, once I dropped off the back of the pack due to a couple too many hairy moments on my own with kerbs etc, I just kept going for the experience till the leaders came round. Decided that was time to quit so I didn't spoil it for others & I'd had my time in the car anyway .

Looking forward to getting in the more familiar Mazda next week.

[Simon Gymer]

Haven't tried the car since last season and whatever they've done to it, it now feels like it did when they first released it. All lairy and handling is affected by the weight shift so much. Gone from really liking the car to not liking the car at all again. Hmm.

Qualified as fast as I was going to and steady start to the race to bed me in. TT had a really slow lap 1 in front and lost it at the end of bridge corner.

Then was a bit lonely for a while, until I couldn't brake anymore, wheels were locking up everywhere. Moved the BB from 55 to 50 and that sorted that out till I pitted at half distance to get on some new rubber and add another 9.9 gallons.

Car felt better with new tyres and I was back into the 1:44s. Chased Gary down with the other Gary chasing me down. Had some contact with the chasing Gary and then the Gary ahead went off to gift me a position. With 3 to go braking into the hairpin I lost it completely and did a merry uncontrolled whizz across the grass and then tarmac and then I think grass again. Got going, but Gary had already taken the place back whilst I was off. Cruised home to the finish.

Really need to find out if it's the setup or that the physics changes they've done have changed the car to my disliking now. IndyCar feels wierd now as well, so my two favorite cars don't seem normal to me anymore.

[Brendan]

Well, my first taster of the DP was a very enjoyable one.

I'd only purchased the car this evening and after half a dozen offline laps decided I'd take the plunge and get an hours practice pre-qually.  The paint was still tacky on my new steed as I ventured out with the intention of trying to gather as much feel for the car as I could.  

I think iRacing have done a fantastic job of conveying the sheer weight of this thing compared to the single seaters.

Anyway, throughout praccy and qually, I kept the tank topped up with race fuel levels as I wanted to get as much information as possible about how the car would perform in race trim.  I was somewhat surprised therefore, to qualify 11th I think, just ahead of Ken and just behind Simon.

I decided to allow plenty of room on green and was content in allowing Ken to leapfrog me so I could settle in behind.  I was keeping up until I got my LR on the kerb before Bridge and spun.  I could only sit and watch as everyone passed me, leaving me dead last.  Undeterred, I set off in search of some consistency and clawed back a couple of spots, only to lose it through Maggots twice in the next 10 laps.  

After these initial trials and tribulations, I managed to settle down and bang in some decent-ish laps.  Had a nice little battle with Spanner, then Ross a bit later, made a shoddy pitstop and trundled home 11th, a lap down, but pleased nonetheless.

I think I could grow to like this car.  Grats to Paul on the win and also Mike and Dave on the remaining podium positions.

[Gazza49er]

TT i didnt even notice     Might explain why i wasnt able to do my normal race pace but the car felt okish.  

[Mike Wrightson]

Man that was exhausting!  

Nailed a really good lap to get 3rd on the grid and held that place at the start.  I was over-driving the car in the early laps but once I forced myself to settle down I was lapping well and pulling away from Dave.  It was looking like a battle for 2nd with Dan, when he blew his engine!

Paul was pulling steadily away now, so it looked like 2nd would be my lot.  Made my stop on lap 17, took fuel but no tyres (perhaps a mistake) and got out a few seconds ahead of Paul!  Next time round, Dave exited the pits and slotted in between us.  I now had a tail-gunner and the lead.  I couldn't pull away though, and once Paul got past Dave, he closed so fast that I knew I was history.  Sure enough the pass I was expecting came and all that remained was to pace myself to the finish and 2nd place.

I'm very happy with that  

Grats to Paul (untouchable) and Dave (for not letting me relax)

[Dan Minton]

Man that was exhausting!  Shocked

Nailed a really good lap to get 3rd on the grid and held that place at the start.  I was over-driving the car in the early laps but once I forced myself to settle down I was lapping well and pulling away from Dave.  It was looking like a battle for 2nd with Dan, when he blew his engine!

Paul was pulling steadily away now, so it looked like 2nd would be my lot.  Made my stop on lap 17, took fuel but no tyres (perhaps a mistake) and got out a few seconds ahead of Paul!  Next time round, Dave exited the pits and slotted in between us.  I now had a tail-gunner and the lead.  I couldn't pull away though, and once Paul got past Dave, he closed so fast that I knew I was history.  Sure enough the pass I was expecting came and all that remained was to pace myself to the finish and 2nd place.

I'm very happy with that  Grin

Grats to Paul (untouchable) and Dave (for not letting me relax)

Sounds like it was a gooden!!

[Darren Seal]

I managed a good qually lap early on and decided to load up the car with racing fuel for a few more laps of practise.. 

BIG MISTAKE!  Both Gizmo and Michael beat me by a few hundredths in the dying seconds to relegate me from 3rd back to 5th on the grid.  This soon became 6th as James jumped me at the start.  After a few laps I soon realised the podium places had gone.  Although I felt faster than James there was no way to pass safely (great defensive driving James).  The leaders were pulling away every lap, but  there was nothing I could do.   After 12 laps I decided my only way past was via the pits, so I pitted early.  It worked!!!  6 laps later James left the pits 4 seconds behind me.  Initially James put the hammer down and closed to within 2 seconds, but after the advantage of fresh rubber wore off I was able to pull away gradually...

After the leaders pitted Gizmo was 17 seconds ahead of me.  Looking at the lap times both he and Michael had gained 9 seconds on me via the pit stop...  How do you guys do this? 

I raced as hard as I could and I managed to drop the gap down to just under 3 seconds by the end.  Close but no cigar....

Congrats to the podium..

Great race...

[Ken Murray]

I was still chasing 43 laps earlier this evening when really I should have been settling on a race setup. At the last minute I threw on Dan's setup that he posted last week. It felt so good through the fast corners that I decided to risk it for the race. My qually was always going to be rushed but a low 44 got me pretty much mid pack.  I wasn't sure about fuel so played it safe with 14 gals.

I followed Simon at various distances up to the pit stops but the setup was proving to be very difficult through the last two corners. I should have put new rubber on at my stop but most people had said it would last the race. By the end I was nearly at walking pace through the final two bends and to cap it all, and maintain my usual chaotic iRacing form, the engine blue with two to go. That lost me a couple of places as I toured round belching out black smoke.