rFactor 2 Round 3 Road America - Sun Feb 6, 2022

hi john,
I can't join the server, problem with the mod.

 

solved
thanks

 

Hello,
It's likely that today I will not be able to be on track
So, probably I will unregister later today, but since there is still a chance...

 

Sami Aho is on the server with me at the moment, (running as Your NameSammu?) He's extremely erratic in his ability to control the car to the point where I wonder if it's his first race and he has a really poor connection with huge amounts of lag. Might be one to watch in practice in the run up to tonight's race.

 

I can confirm that and he was doing the same thing yesterday when I was practicing. Erratic...poor connection, so lagging all over the place, and coming in/out of the server 100 times over.
Hopefully a damper can be put on that one before it causes issues at race time!

 

That was me Nigel. You appeared right in front of me and I had no time to avoid you. The guys in front of me must have driven right through your starting spot and when I got close to it you appeared. My car wouldn't steer so had to pit. By the time I left the pits I was basically a lap down, (which is normal for me but usually not on lap 1), so I gave up.

 

got graphics freeze again. 2 days in a row.
in race was trying to go 45minutes and with 1 pitstop but now we shall never know could i have done that.

 

I don't know what's with my driving style here. i've always known it might be a bit weird but this time it was nuts.

- Rear wing to 2
- No TC
- Front bar to 1
- Rear bumps 'bumped' and front reduced
- Everything I knew so I could make it turn

and still my ¡¡¡PORSCHE!!! was just going straight every time I was on the throttle. Even in the last corner of the formation lap I had understeer

I doubted in joining the race. Finally did. I was confident I could make the full race with a set of soft tires, but I didn't feel good with the traffic around while I was just wrestling my car. Had a good fight with Oli, at least something that was worth.
As said, confidence and feeling with the car was low so I eventually crashed.

I'll see if it was just a single race thing. If Istanbul arrives and I feel the same I won't race because it doesn't mean anything just to spend time and do something that you don't feel right. If that happens, maybe I try the PTs to see if I can at least make it drive like I like and enjoy

Congrats to the finishers

 

No problem, Nigel. Sh#@ happens and it wasn't your fault.

 

Reasonable race from me, couple of errors that required repairing, nearly drove with them but decided to repair anyway and then go flat out at the end.

I was closing in but it didn’t work as @Roger Hinds was his usual neat self, no errors and he did fine, well done mate.

I think I made an error with tyre choice though. In practice I was finding the soft fronts were overheating on turn in, but in reality with a early race start they should have been ok. So I probably lost time there overall. Some understeer in turn in but I just needed to stop myself trying to brake too late into the apex and then it was ok.

Clean race though, I was expecting the traffic to be more of a problem (being a narrow track) but things were actually ok.

Hopefully the soul red Mazda looks cool on the stream lol.

Still suffering a little mentally at the moment so good to do something that keeps my mind occupied, and to race with you guys. Well done everyone

 

thanks Andrew i had some brain fade towards the end, dont you worry . the lockdown has not been good for any of us , i hope you feel better , and keep, racing. its good for the soul .

 

First race back on SRO for a while, wasn't expecting much due to lack of practice but was surprised to be pretty much on pace with @Rob Milliken .
Had a great battle for the early part of the race, locked up into the left hander at the end of the long straight on lap 2 and gave Rob a slight tap (my apologies), no damage and no time lost for either of us so all seemed good.

Continued to have an awesome battle with Rob, there was literally 2-4 tenths betweens us throughout the laps, brilliant stuff. Eventually get past on the pit straight due to better exit and draft. Unfortunately, whilst Rob was defending from Oli later in the same lap, he locked up in the same place I did on lap 2, but this time I was halfway around the corner when I was collected. A spin, some damage and then it was a pretty quiet race for me after that. Kudos to Rob for waiting until I had got going again, very good sportsmanship. Was just an unfortunate racing incident.

Towards the last quarter of the race after my stop, I started to come under pressure from the recovering John Van Der Geest who was clearly quicker, the gap getting as low as 0.8 seconds at one point. Thankfully the Soft Tyres, Quali Mix & a little bit of help from traffic allowed me to weather the storm until the end.

Enjoyable Race for me throughout, no issues with LMP1 or LMP2 overtaking and congrats to Winners & Podiums

 

I got lucky to be honest. My Softs were starting to go off just as you began dropping back which is when you had your next flat spot I presume.

 

Thanks John, you got unlucky at the start, just saw it on the stream.