iRacing Season 3 Riley - Sebring (GP) - May 25

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Just launched the practice server, usual practice password this week

Enjoy.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

1:54.6 - new PB.

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1:58 new PB

[Ken Murray]

1.56 something, new PB cos it's my first time there in the DP. Even my optimum is still 1 sec shy of Dave and Gary!! I did discover it is much quicker to just stop, turn and then  fire this car out of the really tight turns. Trying to carry any speed just compromises the exit.

[Fred Basset]

Yes new pb for me too, first time I've felt comfortable in the DP at Sebring.

Ken yes its definitely a place to slow down to go faster

Gary

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

My optimum is down to 1:53.9 but I've got a whelk's chance in a supernova of achieving it!

[Fred Basset]

My optimum is down to 1:53.9 but I've got a whelk's chance in a supernova of achieving it!

My we are well matched here aren't we, same optimum for me and about as much chance of acheiving it.

Gary

[Truetom]

My we are well matched here aren't we...

You mean My we are well matched here aren't we... 

[Fred Basset]

Not really Tom, my racing experience of non single seaters is the DP race we did at Silverstone and a couple of Radical races I did in the main iRacing league about a year ago. I missed out on the GTR era whilst living like a gypsy in a caravan so driving the DP is something of a sportscars experiment for me.

I have no particular expectations of this season, but am looking forward to tonights race although I expect some of the others will be quicker than me.

My main aim is qualifying either behind you or at least 2 places in front, I'm sure you know why

Gary

[Truetom]

So seriously, Fred. Considering iR suits you more than it does me, your mission is accomplished.

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Server's up.

[Dan Minton]

iRacing crashed then it wouldnt let me re-join.

[Legzy]

Can't wait for the DP season to be over. Kept going for as long as I could bare it because it was at what is probably my favourite iR circuit.

Another fist full of iR dollars waisted on a car I wont be rushing to get back into

[Ken Murray]

Well I was quite enjoying that while it lasted. I was running nicely in the top 10 behind Gary H but then completely missed my turn in to the final corner and slammed it very hard sideways in to the wall. Suprisingly it still drove but with a tendency to turn in quick on lefthanders and run wide on rights. I was just getting used to the new handling characteristics but ran a little wide in the right on to the long back straight. This allowed James to get a run on me and when he pulled alongside he just wandered back towards me a little. There doesn't seem much contact on the replay but suddenly my car is slewing sideways and slams the wall on the right before bouncing back across track. Poor Gary T didn't know where to go and ended up on the grass with the widest line you've ever seen round the final turn!! Once I came to a stop I just retired. Never mind, I enjoyed that much more than Silverstone.

[Adam Parle]

Qually was alright - into the 56's which is what I was hoping for.

Got a clean start - if a slow one that lost me a couple of places but was running ok.  The laptimes were coming down, and the cars infront were falling off ... I got close to Purdie and span on the exit of the last turn.  The turning point in my race was making the decision to pit early ... I got an unsafe pit entry (I was facing the wrong way, so a bit of full lock got me into the pit lane) so that cost me time, and the car felt awful with a full tank.....

My laptimes were rubbish, and in adjusting to the braking points etc I span a couple of times and it didn't get any better from there on in.  I was running by myself, dodging the leaders, and with the heat in my office I was struggling to keep it together.

I'm please that I persevered, but wish I'd stuck to the gameplan with the pitstop as ultimately a bad decision on my part ruined it ....


A Legend losing out on a pitstop .... bloody MJ's influence .....