Rockingham NAGT

Having driven this car in a GT league at the racedepartment i kind of knew what to expect, the difference being at RD they decided to stretch the race to 60 minutes which is just too much for the tyres of the Skyline, even at the 50 minutes we had i had to crawl around for the last 5 or 6 laps when my 2 front tyres were both down to one red dot left on the wear gauge and the rears were not far behind and i was just waiting for the usual puncture but it never came.

I got off to a good start and slotted into 2nd but could only watch the Volvo in front get smaller and smaller, i knew if i tried to catch it i would not have tyres left for the end of the race so i settled for keeping a gap to the car behind.

Made one mistake when a backmarker i was about to lap spun in front of me so hit the panic button like a total knob, touched the brake and also spun out over the grass but i had enough of a gap to the car behind to keep my place.

I must apologise to Alexandru who obviously wanted to lap the whole field and if i had obeyed the blue flags at the last 2 corners then he would have, but i held the foot down to finish on the same lap as the leaders.

I like this mod but it bites, you have to drive it with care and try to be as smooth as possible and not heat the tyres too much.

Thnx all for the race.

A lot of new guys on this race and they came unprepared. The main things in this mod are -be as smooth as possible - never overheat your tires more than 115 celsius, because if you do so, it is really hard to cool them after - never let the engine go on red while down shifting, you'll damage the engine and blow it up, if you use the engine as a brake.
As for the race, pretty lonely, didn't care at the beginning about lapping the whole field, but once I was sure that my tires will last , I started to push it. There is no problem Neil, it was a bit too eager from me to try that, and you don't have to yield right away, as blue flag is not enforced here, and I was under no pressure from behind. This is why I love NAGT so much , because it is about being smooth and driving as fast, as your tires let you go, and not about being kamikaze.
Well done everyone !