Algarve GT3

Wow, great race, congrats to Renato, Conor and Johnny, with a host of folks just behind.

The race started poorly for me as I got a better jump off the start than the car ahead of me, but then wasted it in not getting around them (who would have guessed I'd get the jump on someone????). From there it was a touch on the back of the car in front at T3, a spin and there I was at the back.....

Had some fun trying to get ahead of (and stay there) Cory L and AJ B in their 'Vettes and was mostly successful for a while. Had some really great laps with Anthony J as we traded positions; he outlasted me as I made one mistake too many and he kept his 8 second or so advantage from then on. That also let Cory back ahead of me and try as I might, couldn't close down the gap to him either.

Not all bad - another PB during the race :)

See you at Okayama

Interesting race and a nice battle with Nikola Vrhovski. I'm not happy with my pace and my very cautious approach to this race. It really shows how much I lack experience from this this kind of racing with many racers around me and not just doing a lonely sprint race on my own which I've pretty much done in the last year with very low attendance in some of my favourite GTR2/RACE07 series. This was a very precious experience and next time I'll be far more aggressive and will actually try to race and not just to survive.

I still have this strange uncomfortable feeling with rFactor and this mod as well... the main reason why I avoid racing with rFactor. The physics just don't feel right to me, like hoovering on the track. Car feels unpredictable and controls are very sluggish... you feel like the car has a mind of his own. That's how I felt in the last lap when my car decided to go totally out of balance under braking while attempting to lap a car. It felt like a malfunction, just that it wasn't. Somehow I've managed to prevent a heavy crash into the barriers and was able to bring it home in 5th. To all those being overtaken for a lap.... please be predictable and stay on the racing line and let us do the pass.

Congrats for the win Renato, amazing laptimes and good job to Conor and to my team mate Johnny Gutierrez for a great podium finish. Thank you Nikola for some nice and fair racing.

The floating feeling is definitely a nuisance but can be a rewarding challenge if you nail the setup. I say that but I was nearly brought to the brink of insanity with the Vette :P

Started 2nd but after a nice getaway, I grabbed the lead into T1. For the next handful of laps, I held Renato and Johnny behind me, which prompted strenuous scuffling between them. I felt sorry for them having to deal with my fat assed V8 but I just could not get the power down for the life of me. Eventually Renato was able to get around me and after time, Johnny started to slip back.

With 10 min left, Renato spun out of the final corner, gifting me the lead. But I knew he was going to end up finding a way to win the race in the end. Indeed, he was able to catch back up since I was quite slow but held onto the lead going into the final lap...so at least I had a shot. That all went away in the 2nd sector when I backed off from a lapped car, letting Renato go and eventually taking the win. Being a nice guy will force you to lose races sometimes.

Fun race and mod but quite disappointed (yet, not surprised) by the ending. Grats to Renato. I was lucky enough to have a free Wednesday night so I doubt I can race this series much. Good luck to everyone!

I gave some laps with the cars i liked and choose the ferrari that was the one i did my best lap. I did a good lap at qualy, a bit better than my fastest lap with race setup that was 45,2, so it was cool. I had a bad start and a pace that I imagine similar to conor, but johnny was right with us battling fair and square. I could notice that the cars where really diferent on braking, accelerating, turning... but it gave us a nice fight. After passing Johnny I run after conor and after another nice battle I could get 1st place.

I started opening some gap since conor was fighting with johnny but somehow i spun in last corner, manage to avoid conor, but drop to 3rd. I was so pis..d that i went all in. I've never pushed so hard to fight for the win. When I saw the fastest lap I did. 0,3 faster than my qualy lap i got scared, heheh. I passed johnny and got close to conor again with 2 laps to go. On the hairpin i almost touch conor and almost spun, losing 1 sec. I opened the last lap with that gap, but unfortunately a lapped car didnt gave too much option when conor was approching and i was able to make the move to 1st. Never expected that and I fell a bit sorry for the way the winner got decided, but I was pleassed by the pace I put after my spun.

I hear ya about the Vette Conor & thnx for the base setup. That thing takes some time to get use to. Very easy to spin in low speed corners and the engine sound is less than desirable as ya can hardly hear it over competitors. But when ya get a rhythm going This mod is very similar to NAGT in regards to handling. Takes a few good laps to get everything working and is very throttle sensitive, not a bad thing but it is a bewildering one at times :)

My race was error filled but a good learning experience. Maybe trying a few cars and laps in the mod before the race instead of jumping in cold turkey with zero practice could have helped too. I was starting to gain some ground mid race but manged to spin my self out 2-3 times and tried catching Anthony for 12th but he had much better corner exiting speed and held it easily.

Going to try the Alpina or Aston next round

Grats all, fun race.

It was my first race since July and I have some problems finding the correct pace in the race.

Qualifying was not good because I was able to do 1.46.0

In race, I started not so well and during the first lap I had a spin which cost some positions. I fall to 13th place and started to recover some places making good overtakes specially in turn 1 and 2.

Finished in 6th position.

Congrats to top 3 specially to Renato who was by far, the fastest driver in track.

Congrats Renato for the win and Conor for podium finish.

Race started off good. Got the jump on Renato at the start and tried to blend in between Conor and Renato. After a bit the Porsche started to feel like it was riding on butter so little by little I started falling back. I was hoping for a top 5 finish so I'll take 3rd, no problem. It was fun racing with Renato and Conor but by the end of the race, they proved they were the fastest drivers around here but fun while it lasted.

Good racing to all who raced. I'll see you guys on track.

Johnny