Round 7 Watkins Glen

Discussion in 'Nissan GT500 Championship Closed' started by Ken Jagger, Jan 8, 2018.

  1. Ken Jagger

    Ken Jagger Administrator Staff Member Donator

    The final round of the series :)
     
  2. Mark Hightree

    Mark Hightree Administrator Staff Member Donator

    I'm in. Never drove these cars before. Any setup tips you can share ?
     
  3. Ken Jagger

    Ken Jagger Administrator Staff Member Donator

    This is one of those rF2 mods which is very sensitive to tyre temps, so you really need to look after the fronts particularly to avoid needing a tyre stop for a 1hr race. Any setup adjustments should be made with this in mind.
     
  4. Philipp Pichler

    Philipp Pichler Pro Driver

    Not the most exciting race I ever drove but it was really intense. I enjoyed the little fight with Scott (he passed me on lap 1, I repassed him on lap 3) and that I was in striking distance to the leaders for such a longtime. But with with a 2 sec lag, which brought Scott back in front of me. I lost a bit my rythm after that and made a few too much mistakes. (I drove too long on the curb after turn one and hit the wall) At least I impreoved my tyre degradation, did´t noticed that there is a medium or soft compound, therefore I drove the whole race on softs.

     
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  5. Ken Jagger

    Ken Jagger Administrator Staff Member Donator

    Not sure if it was because this was the last race of the series that we got a smaller than previous turnout, but these cars deserve better.
    A bit of a mistake on your part regarding the tyres Philipp, especially as this was your 2nd race with them ;) but at least you know now in readiness for the next series we run with this mod. Whisper in your ear - did you know they also have fuel mixture adjustment?

    For my race I had Barrett within 1 sec for the whole race and then Scott caught up in the final 15 mins or so. I had to make sure I didn't perform my usual 1-3 errors/race to avoid defeat and I drove for 60 mins just trying to cover him and keeping an eye on any part of the track where he might make a move. I found it pretty intense and had quite a sweat on when the race finally finished!

    Thanks to all SRO members who participated in the series and hopefully enjoyed along the way :)
     
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  6. Philipp Pichler

    Philipp Pichler Pro Driver

    Oh dear, I actually didn´t set a button for this function. :oops:
    And the other thing is, after the race in Magnificent Park I wondered how other drivers could make it without a stop. Now that makes a bit more sense. Thanks for the hint Ken ;)
     

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