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My ISP shot down internet at 14:30, it just went on air right now, had no chance to unregister or make the race :(

Problem with the results?

What a mess.

Qual I was about .2 faster than I expected. Good thing too as the top 3 of us were VERY close times wise.

Race was interesting. Last minute I filled my tank in hopes that it would make it the entire distance. The opening lap I took it easy. Cold brakes, cold tires, and a whole bunch of people behind, there really was no rush. Turn 3 first lap I think it was, I was pushed right off the track. At that point, I was kind of pissed. First race of the series, 3 corners into a 45 minute race and already I was pushed off by an impatient driver...

Anyway, I set into place in 3rd. I did my best to watch my engine health, as well as my fuel consumption. I toned my lap times down by about .2-.3 seconds to keep my fuel usage where it needed to be. I was easily keeping up with 1st and 2nd at that pace.

I was still having big FPS problems on this track come the race. The area after turn 3 was really bad FPS and stuttering wise, and so was the last real hard braking area after the straight. It was OK while I was alone, but with the stuttering and trying to pass traffic there, I ended up losing it quite a few times. I put it in the wall, popped a tire, and said forget it. I couldn't take the stuttering anymore.

Kind of a crappy start to the series. May I also point something out to lap traffic. It happens all the time in almost every series I have driven in. If you are about to be lapped by the leaders or whomever, HOLD YOUR LINE!!! Stay predictable. Don't drive yourself off into the grass during a corner trying to let us pass. It almost always ends up in an accident for someone.

I read several time the BMW 320 was the slower car of the pack but, after testing them all myself, it was clearly the best way to me. It doesn't feel like a rF car at all, I don't remember a single spin with it.

Q was a mess as expected at a short track with a big grid but I managed to get my BMW on the first half of the classification.
As for the race, nothing much to tell, really. I avoided troubles and made my own race without mistakes. It looks like with this cars that's enough for a P4 finish! Quite happy with that.
Only trouble I had during the race was when Mattias' engine exploded reaching T1, I was blinded by the smoke, just could see him hitting the wall an coming back to the track... Luckily I evaded him with a small excursion on the grass.

A pity you couldn't do it because of your ISP, Michael :(

Congrats to the podium, and see you next time!

An ok race. I'm glad to have run it with only a couple minor mistakes and no spins.

My biggest adversary was FPS. It was ok during practice but during race it got often below 15 and sometimes below 10 - and exactly were they were needed the most, at the braking point after the long back straight.

This was only made (much) worse by people running around with headlights on. I understand this is common practice for the leader but why other people would do it beats me.

People are complaining about the track but I think the mod is super heavy too. It's a very fun one but if the performance is the same on other tracks I won't be able to run it anymore as it's not even fun to try to go around with 8 FPS.

I aimed (again) for a trouble-free run but already on turn 2 found cars all over across the track; I could avoid much of the trouble ahead but was hit from behind and ended up running all the race with suspension damage.

I'm quite sorry for punting someone on first lap, second last corner. I happily gave away my position (not much sense to fight for it before finding my pace) but the passer went on to go around the corner suuuuper slowly and I didn't expect that. When I turned in the speed difference was too big for me to manage and I ended up making contact, big apologies.

edit: now this week is WST week apparently as barely any race for Euro time but nice events at 2 or 3am. Hope to see you next time.

@Evan: I totally agree with you. Two howevers, though: 1) it's impressive the number of faster drivers who later complain backmarkers didn't "give way". 2) it's very hard for an inexperienced driver (like me) to keep the racing line while there is a fast car on my bumper who is maniacally flickering the headlights since he was far behind and is now trying to force a pass on absolutely every turn. DURING the turn.

One tap on the headlights from far distance just to say "I'm coming" OR a tap on the headlights when actually making the pass to say "I'm here" is of course ok, but I don't get why would anyone keep flickering headlights while swerving on my bumper if he doesn't expect me to move out of my line with that.

(I'm not fast enough to have the other point of view so I'm just putting forward mine)