rFactor 2 Round 1 Australia Albert Park - Sun Sep 17, 2023

I have a funeral, I won't be able to participate in the last race, sorry. I want to continue the next races please

 

I'd like to give Aptora a very big thank you for sponsoring the 'Aptora Formula 1 2023' series (and ask how many of their Quick books would I need to make me go quicker?)
A big thank you also to Eitha, for their usual high standard broadcast and of course to SRO and John vd Geest for hosting.
How was my race I hear you asking? (You didn't? Was that just the voices in my head?) Well, I was battered, bruised, blistered and bleeding, but that was before the race started...
Just days before the race, I replaced my looong time sim-rig/cockpit (a desk) and took delivery of a new, purpose built sim-rig/cockpit. Twenty minutes before the race started, I was still trying to find a comfortable position. I failed. Big time.
I couldn't steer properly or brake properly. Mind you, I never could steer properly or brake properly - so nothings actually changed there, except for the intense discomfort levels introduced from the awkward positioning.
I've never had so many off-road excursions and was probably just two wheels away from receiving a drive-through, or whatever the penalty is for abusing track limits. (i assure you, I was the one being abused! By the end of the race, one of my hands was completely numb!)
Now, two weeks later; after a visit to the hardware store, doing manly things with hand tools, plus, a lot of sweating and swearing - very little has changed!! I can alter the height, distance and angle of the steering wheel, the pedals and the seating position - but I can only ever get 2 of the 3 feeling right at the same time!
It's so bloody annoying. But it looks pretty....

Gawd I miss my desk...