Automobilista 2 Round 2 Watkins Glen Boot

well, didnt get to start when browsing my options for race.

 

That was a wet one. I wish I had enough fuel to stretch my first stint to when the track dried up. Those of you who did a one stop that was perfect timing.

 

Hey I got fastest lap in the race was not expecting that at all.
I went a little long on the wets. Then when I finally went to slicks my lap times improved significantly. I guess the leaders never went to slicks.

 

I looked at the weather forecast and part 4 mentioned rain again. So I relied on that it would rain again. I think I pitted 18min before the end and my wets were not running hot at that point. So I put on a new set and added fuel to make it to the end. When i returned to the track it was much dryer and the wets overheated in a few laps. After everyone pitted I was over 20s in front of 2nd and saw that John and Mariusz were running close together. Than I noticed that John was in 2nd and closing fast and also other drivers unlapped themselves. At that point changing to softs would have put me 15s behind John with 5-10 minutes to go so I think I never would be able to overtake him again so I decided to sit this one out and settle for 2nd.

From the start of the race I was surprised to pull away from the field... someone mentioned in the chat I overtook him like I was running on a dry road. I merely reduced my rear ARB and moved a bit more brake bias to the front and short shifted on accelaration when I was in a straight line. Had to be carefull in the corners but car was understeering, but that is always better than oversteer. All in all a good run without driving mistakes only my strategic decision to stay on wets prevented me to finish on the top spot.

Congrats to John on the win. CU

 

same here ,for the 2nd race in succession the option button to RACE was greyed out .

 

left the setup too hard and with too little downforce . Found my car almost undrivable and was just there to be lapped. Gave up after 15 mins or so racing as I was just in the way. Rethinking my racing at the moment.

 

Sorry I couldn't make this one, I did sign myself out on the day but apologies real life got in the way I'm afraid.

Looks like it was an eventful race!

I always thought that wet weather on PC2 and AMS2 always looked very realistic, when you view the YouTube stream sometimes it looks real.

On PC2 I did a heavy rain race at Spa with 35 GT3 cars, and even though you know it's not real, it's still kinda terrifying as you just cannot see anything! lol.

So glad that I see in the beta builds that RF2 is finally starting to sort out simple things like the rooster spray. It looks so much better as well now.

When I think a game like Grand Prix 4 probably had better wet weather visuals that new sims, does make you wonder....haha.

 

I actually felt chilly in that race. Im not giving up but I need to find some speed. It feels like I'm driving the wheels off the car in VR. In replay I can actually see where to find speed when I'm not using all of the track.