NGT Sprint Cup - Season 2, Round 4, Brno - Nov 29

[Rob Bywater "Kerb Crawlers"]

Still wont let me in, ive even tried both this seasons and last seasons passwords.

Get 1 of 2 messages, either, "incompatible game version" or" bad password".

Oh well, better go and practice for Donny, as my Championship hopes are now fading fast! 

Cheers

Rob

[picnic]

I've leave a practice server up till the GTL race on Thursday so you can try and connect.

Did you 'upgrade' to 1.5?

[PaulW]

Boy I hate that track. 40 minutes of bland right angles with dodgy camber... uuurgh

Had a dismal qually to get 13th. Started fairly well though and had a good fight with Picnic and Mark J for a fair few laps, each of us 0.5 of a second away from each other. Up to 8th before an spin (just as I was thinking "this is going well, hope I don't spin!" ) Back on in about 15th and made a few places back before smacking into a wall and loosing the splitter in 11th. Requested a pit straight away but then thought, if I'm 13 secs up on 12th and only loosing 3 secs a lap without the front wing I might as well try to hold on to the place on the track rather than give it away by pitting. Apart from the understeer the car felt pretty good. Had a consistent run, closing in ona  freshly spun Mark before he got up to speed and zoomed away and then passing a spun Rich to grab 10th. Front wing on the GT car to 1, that's for sure 

[Mark J]

What a race, i had to fight from start to finish. Had a great first 25 mins with picnic glued to my backside whilst trying to catch Pops who was 1-2 secs in front, then saw picnic and zacari tussling behind me which gave me a breather for a few laps until zacari was then all over me. He then had a lock up whilst right behind me and i went past the spinning pops then rich a also spinning. Suddenly the giddy heights of 4th where i stayed until 4 minutes from the end with the recovering rich_A giving me serious pressure which in the end told as my rear broke away under braking. After the resulting spin i was just gaining speed as the unfortunate zacari came round the corner at full pace and rear-ended me. I had damage to aero and bodywork and it just slid off at turn 1 under braking and i had to watch gutted as cars 5th-10th went sailing past :'(  
I got it back on track and crabbed it home damaged for the last few laps only to see Rich_A off the track again and gained a very hard earned 9th
Gutted i couldnt hold on for 4 more minutes to get my highest championship finish but kudos to the pro's who knew how to pressure me until the end
Well done Pops too

[popabawa]

Wow! My best ever sprint result, 4th. Waaaay behind you fast boys in the podium slots but very chuffed with that performance even though I totally fluked it

Plenty of incident in that race, lots of spins toward the end as tyres got worn which helped me immeasurably.

Thanks to Edza right at the end for letting me past, I was shaking like a leaf thinking "don't screw up, don't screw up.." and really wasn't up to overtaking anyone

[Aagramn]

Well raced Mo, another fine win. Good points for Team Shark as well, with Pedro 2nd, me 6th & Picnic 7th.  

Qualified in 10th, but had a silly spin on the first lap after taking too much kerb which put me near the back. Had to fight my way back up through the grid, mostly as people went off but with a couple passes for position which I think I pulled off cleanly. Spun off near the end letting Picnic past me, but he returned the favour at the next corner.

Tried to drive a lot more smoothly than normal, as I was worried about tyre temps. Did a quick practise before the race, and after 3 laps the rears on the Mosler were up to 110 C.

[picnic]

The first 27 mins were great, fighting with Jonzo and various cars on my rear. Then I binned it being silly and lost interest Dropped down to 10th but thanks to others' late on problems recovered a few positions but feel disappointed after the first 2/3rds went so well.

Hey ho, roll on Doni

[codsworth]

Cheers guys.

Really enjoyed that.

I didn't come last & only came off twice(that's fantastic for me by the way!)

I'm slowely catchin you!(not!)lol

Thanks again & respect,

Codsworth

[Aagramn]

Provisional results now up.

[Mark J]

Well done Cods, it takes some perserverance and its frustrating to start with but you'll find race by race you improve as you get familiar with the cars and more importantly the tracks. I know cos i was in a similar boat only a few weeks ago and now i'm getting to have some great dices with the big boys  .....still slipping off on occasion mind but having great fun all the same

[greg130]

Qualed in 4th and finished a very hard earned 3rd.
Managed to keep up with the 3 leaders for a few laps but soon realised that I was killing my tyres so decided to back off a little.  Then Rich spun and I was up to 3rd.  Didn't take him long to catch me and we were nose to tail for many laps.  I did consider letting him past but knowing how difficult it is to pass in the NGT's I pressed on, thanks for keeping it clean mate there were plenty of opportunities to attempt a risky pass.
Overall a brilliant nights racing.
Cheers

[Edza]

My first real race after my broadband was finally installed, then fixed!
Was terrified nervous but had an absolute blast of a time. Really didn't want to impede the people who were going to lap me (and by god there was a few ) but thankfully didn't take anyone off. Had a great view of battles between Mo and Pedro and then Greg and Pops, maybe there's something to be said about being this slow

Got a PB in qualy and then beat it by two seconds in the race so needless to say, no matter how crap I was or how much I hate that track, there's progression in my drivin a transpirin'!

Thanks all for loads of fun and congrats to the podium three, bring on Donny!

[Pedro[PL]]

I like Brno as it always prized those drivers who do not overdrive their tires. If you find this sweet spot just before your rear end snaps into spin and use your steering wheel very gentle, it can be one of the most forgiving circuits in GTR - wide and smooth.

After qualifying third thanks to Mo and Rich the race begun very calmly. Seeing two Porsche's in front of me I could only hope for a miracle considering fast nature of the track and huge tire wear of my F360. As expected I could only push Rich, but probably wouldn't overtake him if not due to his tiny mistake.
Rest of the race was just "motivating" Mo to drive his best and praying to the Czech gods for Mo spinning "just a little bit!" After 10 or more laps it was clear that my tires were in much worse condition and I wouldn't stand a chance to catch him (of course it was tire wear not his excellent driving ) so I just  reduced my pace and slowly finished second.

Good race after all. Especially bumper to bumper driving witch Rich.

[Rich_A]

Had great quali in 2nd and good start. I made a last minute change taking some off rear slow rebound which kept too much weight on rear for braking. Caused me some bother mid turn.. finally finding some speed with rear engine cars although still along way off a good setup.

I'm sorry if anyone saw my spins towards the end, bit embarrasing only I couldn't believe my rears were that cooked - live and learn.. I guess you might think i'm a bad looser, hmm that's something I got to work on too lol.

Grats Mo and close only 4 seconds behind for you Perdro, well done.

[Rob Bywater "Kerb Crawlers"]

I've leave a practice server up till the GTL race on Thursday so you can try and connect.

Did you 'upgrade' to 1.5?

Thanks Picnic - no I didnt upgrade, still 1.4

Cheers

Rob