Assetto Corsa Comp Round 4 Laguna Seca

Sorry guy´s have to abandon this event also .

 

It's my brothers' birthday today - so while I think I'll be back in time I'm just giving a heads up that I might be a no show.
Sorry if that's the case

 

oops i practised for zandvoort last night, not Laguna plenty of sand at both, just the wrong circuit

Will have to rely on my natural god given talent

 

not sure i will be home in time tonight, but if i am i will be racing

 

Taken out by Vasilis Doumanis again. 1st lap, what happened to 1st lap etiquette?

 

Actually i was almost one car in front and i had the racing line when i was turning.. I think its not my fault, i watched the replay many times.. I want someone to watch the replay too and see if it was my fault or not. Until then i still insist that i was in front and i had the racing line...

 

what an action packed cracking race that was again last night. People not racing these GT4's dont know what they are missing for close racing with cars that feel a bit more alive.
Turned up with my near hours worth of zandvoort practise from the night before under my belt but at least it meant i was in the groove with the car and i know this track very well from a recent couple of Porsche cup races.
Qualified 5th so not too shabby with less than 10mins practise but felt i could go quicker.
Got a decent race start and it all looked clean down into that tricky 'often incident filled' turn 1. I was glued to the car in front while Gutierez? attacked me from the rear. After a few laps it felt like us top 5 had broken away from the pack and there was some intense racing right upto the finish flag. Get just one wheel off here and you can get swamped by the field so it was very focused hot intense close racing. I was banging in 1:31 and 1:32 times so car was performing well even though i had to adjust my corner entries to suit worsening understeer. Several position swaps took place after great battles and eventually i was running a fine 3rd after getting by Simon and then Bonner. He wasnt done though and launched a fierce attack to try and get his 3rd place back. We had an epic fight upto the very last corner, all clean and good racing. But literally as we turned into that last corner side by side, someone else turned me around from behind and he was allowed to scamper down to the line, which was slightly annoying. Would have been a photo finish across the line i think.
Still, absolutely great race, finished 4th

 

Where did you expect me to go? You had the outside line and space to pass. I was on the inside and had just lifted so i didnt make contact with the car ahead.

 

Ok Rob thank you for stated this. As it seems even if it's a race incident or not, it's my fault again and i taken him out.. Again ... Obviously i dont deserve to race here when i keep taking ppl out and destroying their races, i will unregister from the series and maybe i will come back when i will learn to let ppl pass me when i am in front..
For the history, i am not the one who was complaining about the incident but Bird was, saying that i taken him out again and it was completely my fault...

Thank you.

 

Hey Mark. It was me who turned you around on the very last corner of the very last lap. I hate when this happens. My fault totally and my apologies. I thought you were going to follow 3rd place and go wide to the right following him to the finish line but instead what happened, from what I remember, you got a good run off, stayed more on the left of him so you could slingshot out, passing 3rd by the time you guys crossed the start/finish line. Obviously I was to close, didn't realize you would be their and bam, their you were. Crap, it was a connection I made and the sad thing, I wasn't even going for a move . After the connection, I leaned off the gas so I wouldn't pass you before the start/finish line. Good thing Mr. Gymer was to far back to capitalize on this. But in the outlook of things, I had good fun, you had a great time and I believe that's what matters over all. Watching you guys duke it out was great.

Overall, I had great fun. Fuel calculations were off. I was using 1.8L per lap before the race in practice. Race time, I was noticed I was using 1.9L. Ohh man. Short shifting, saving fuel and trying to be fast? I finished with 0.1L of fuel. That's way to close.



On another note, I think it's great people from around the world can meet up, race together, abide by the same rules and talk about it afterwards. Reason why this race was so enjoyable.


See you guys soon.

Johnny,


Edit: Congrats Jeffrey! Your flying.

 

Thank you Rob for your kind words, i really appreciate it.

Some facts about the incident that i want to share.
1. I didnt divebomb, i braked regular at the right brake mark, James braked earlier or lift his throttle because he had a car right in front of him.
2. I gained an advantage right after the braking and i had the right line, the racing one, when James was on the left one.
3. Turn 6 is a tricky one, its not a regular turn like turn 3 or 4. It has gradient in the inside which means, i couldn't give room at all. At this turn you can only follow the racing line or else you will crash..
4. I was almost one car ahead when i was about to turn. We were not side by side or a bit behind, i was clearly front, when James had his nose at my rear wheel. Why should i be the one who must brake and give the position? As i explained i couldn't give room at this turn, it cant be, its obvious from a physics point of view. I believe he could brake harder and let me turn avoiding the incident.
5. I am a man that admits his mistakes, i have done plenty of them here, none of them was in purpose and ALWAYS apologized after the race or later here. I got very very sad and frustrated when James said that he got taken out AGAIN by me, implying that i did it in purpose.
From my point of view its nothing more than a race incident, i was in front and i couldn't give room at this turn and its completely not my fault.
A race incident that i never complained about it.. But someone threw the full responsibility on me saying that i took him out, implying that i did it in purpose and mentioning the zero lap contact..

Anyways..

 

No problem Johnny, thanks for the apology and explanation.

 

I just saw it for a reason, happy birthday to your brother Tim

 

Was a battle just lasting the race. Pretty depressing qualifying so far back when looking at Simon and Mark as i'm normally a bit closer to them but just not enjoying the car. I know its partly due to it being RHD and the HUGE A-pillar reducing visiblity but also the understeer and oversteer to the car.

 

Finally someone mentions the RHD thing. I also hate that about this car, which is weird when you consider we are RHD drivers in the UK, but for some reason in sim-racing you get so used LHD that anything else is wierd and makes it much harder to judge the edges of the car!

I must admit I was quite surprised how quick I was in qually as I did ZERO practice this time. But then the usual happened with this car and the tyres just went to pot half way through and never recovered. Really don't understand it. They were not hotter or colder and no different PSI, but still it's like they are badly worn, which of course they can't be. Can anyone explain?