WTC Extreme @ Nordschleife

Congrats Darren and Adam, you were really quick.

First time here at Nordschleife and first online race with GTR Evo, so my goal was just to finish the race in one piece. Had a couple of incidents but nothing important, most of the time I was all alone and this finish position was only the result of staying on track, sorry for all the drivers that had to quit.

Cheers.

Whew! Am I knackered!

I went into this event in the knowledge that I would be learning the track as I went. I was reasonably happy with my marks and driving upto the Karousel but after that I was really just improvising as I went! In particular there are three uphill, off-camber right handers that all look very similar. I knew one of them was easily taken flat but I couldn't for the life of me remember which one! It was the final lap of the race before I started to really get a feel for it.

Race start was a bit hairy, I thought I'd take it easy considering how tight it was into T1, everyone around me seemed to have other ideas though and I went backwards. As it turned out, this meant that I could fall in behind Allen and Gary for a few laps and pace myself to them. Unfortunately, Allen spun out and I think Gary didn't pit for fuel... so I was on my own for the rest of the race.

Still, great fun. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm pleased with a podium finish. Shame there was so many people who dropped out though :(

It felt like it was going to be a good fight for 3rd. I was way off the pace for the two at the top, my unfamiliarity with the back half of the track really hindered me. It wasn't long until in T1 I overcooked it and ended my race. Good race up until that point. Thanks for the fight you guys.

Tough race, mentally more than anything. I was tired before I even started quali, and a ctd in practice didnt help as I lost all my setup info.

Quali was ok, got a good banker lap in then was looking to go faster on 2nd lap which I managed up until the Karussell, so happy with 2nd.

Race I got a good start and managed to just nip past Darren at the first corner, he stuck with me till about mid lap when I had a slight trip to the grass, from then on he was gone. I tried my best to stick with his pace but my lack of knowledge in the middle sector essentially killed me, I was losing bags of time there, but a rush setup and knowing half a circuit I am pretty happy. Also the pits worked well, I lost alot of time in the last one trying to mess about with tyres and fuel load, ended up putting a full tank in and changing tyres again when I only wanted 2 laps of fuel and no change.

But well done Darren, great pace and all other guys that got to the end, was tough.

Had to pit in the early laps to serve my stop&go. Got stuck in the pit entry road. Don't know how that happened, must have hit the barrier on the left or something. Tried to get unstuck, but the was no room to make the turn. Sorry to the car who got stuck waiting until I got out of the way.

Congrats podium.
Fun race while it lasted. Third lap I hit ScottG hard, helping him end his race early, sorry SG. Next lap I go to pit but failed miserably, just quit because I would have ran out of gas, need to get that straight by tomarrow.
RA

Hey guys..How do you choose the Seat Leon Extreme?

OK, that was dumb, no practice, no set up, no sense. I asked Tim for the PW 10 mins after qualy started, thought I'd just quickly work a set up out and Bobs yer uncle, instead I ended up racin on a track that was not quite the same as the GTR2 version (although its def better)in a car I was very unfamiliar with,and a DNF was all I deserved. Grats to the guys who put the time in to race here properly, I promise to do better next time.

As Adam said, he got the inside into T1 and I couldn't hold on to the lead so he lead the first half a lap. I hung back thinking that there was a long way to go and that passing was going to be very difficult until the end of the lap. But Adam made a slight mistake and I took the lead back and then built a gap. I was never safe though, one off and Adam would have been right back in it so I couldn't relax.
I only made a couple of small mistakes, never went off track though and the stops went very well, I like this new pit preset method in GTR Evo. I just took fuel for one more lap on my 2nd stop and it worked without a hitch.
Grats to all the finishers.