Intro to Extreme nGT (Euro)

OHHHHHHHHHHH horror!!!!!!!!! F$%#"% connection lost after 30mins of racing... S$%#. Was good race till then! DAMN I HATE THIS!

Car was not that good but lost connection to race ??? se ya at the next race

Very pleased to grab 8th in qualifying, I haven't driven the RSR for a while so that was great against some very good opposition.

Unfortunately that was where the good stuff ended, I made contact with another car on on lap 1 dropping me all the way to 24th, managed to battle back up to 11th after my pitstop with 10th only a few seconds ahead when a back-marker span in front of me on the s/f straight, in the short reaction time I had I chose the wrong direction and BANG, race over with about 10 mins left :(

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lot of contacts , and finally ... disco

My shortest race ever!
10 sg, reach turn 1, and CTD.
I know that I am not so fast (probably I was the slowest driver), but I wanted to feel "the race sensation".
Well, no problem, I hope better luck next time.
Cheers!

that sucked, race was pretty good until Janko discoed. Kept it floored for a change at start and I knew Janko braked waaay too late in T1 so I swooped inside, built up a little gap that was about 3s when he sadly discoed. Had 30s with 10mins to, then a frozen car in T1 entry tried to avoid it but bam hit it not very hard, but very strange enough to loose the rearwing, pretty scary to get back to pits but I managed to get out again in 5th, 13s behind 4th, pushed like hell and got it down to 7s but traffic just too tight, but then suddenly I saw two Porsche come together before last turn and it was P3+4 so last lap I got a podium for free

Barely got into the race as I was on the waiting list. Still struggling to get decent setups in the Ferrari, but it's fun trying. :) Unfortunately, I got GTI and GTX rules backwards and I opted not to get the faster of the Ferraris, which turned out to be a HUGE mistake, but it was too late to do anything about it. :(

At Magny, I'm about 1 second faster per lap in the GTC compared to the Modena. I'd guess the same would hold true here at Estoril. Ah well, I'd have been faster, but certainly wouldn't have had anything for the leaders!

First several laps were crazy. Lots of people going off left and right. I made it though cleanly and picked up several spots in the process. Of course, I lost a few as some of those guys came charging back through the field. :)

Pitted and was 13th. After others pitted I found myself behind Bater who was in 9th or 10th. He was consistently just a tick faster than me, but I had a cushion behind me so I kept pushing in case he'd make a mistake, I could capitalize! That happened and didn't happen. I'll explain. ;)

As I crossed the finish line well after time had run out, I was about 2.5-3 seconds back. But once I saw the checkered prior to crossing the line, I did what any sane person would think to do. I pulled over and escaped thinking the race was over. After all, I saw a checkered flag before I crossed the line! Nope. GTR2 in their infinite wisdom let's everyone see the checkered as the leader takes it so matter where they are. Won't make that mistake again! Anyhoo, I was the last car on the lead lap at the time which would help explain why I thought the race had long been over.

But to add insult to injury, Bater went off in T1!!! If I'd only stayed on and run another lap I'd have inherited that spot! AAArrrrgh!!! :)

Oh well, fun race, but it was riddled with stupid decisions on my part. :\

Tommy

Finally got the 360 to handle decent! Middle grid quali and some good battles throughout the race, slightly marred by poor fps (may be the track), the Fiat's fuel gauge needs to be calibrated properly, 10 minutes extra fuel but ending was strange, crossed the line after the timer had finished but got no end message, subsequently ran out of juice, most strange. Didn't think I had to do any more laps after timer finished, no doubt results will clarify it.

Pretty much a baptism of fire, first race on this site, hopefully the start of many, congrats to podium, stunning pace.

PS( I was short shifting like a madman Tommy!!)

overall an Ok race.
Was pretty clean for most guys I got close to, but made contact trying to initiate a pass right after the chicayneon lap 10. Sorry for that whoever it was, we were bumper to bumper and I could not brake fast enoough to avoid you at the crest. Saw you spin, but you were right back at it a short time later and overtook me when I had an unfortunate spin.

Pitted a little early I think, which was probably a wise decision, considering my tires were toast.
Not sure why, but my times were 2 seconds off my normal pace. probably lack of rest on my part.

Had a couple good battles for position and spent quite a while by myself:( So sad.

Finally got within 9 seconds of the driver in front of me again with 4 minmutes to go, closed it to 2 seconds but could not get to him. Last lap had a slight spin, but recovered and blew my shot at getting another position.

But had a fun race. Qualied 17th, ended up in 12th (I think). So I'm happy.

Great job podium finishers. Clean racing by all compared to a couple days ago. Had fun. Hope I was courteous to all...I tried my best.

CYA

Dang, Matthew! Maybe if you'd had more fuel and I'd correctly chosen the GTC we could've had a great battle! :)

Tommy