GT300 race was pretty epic, no doubt about that.
Started off with myself and Shrugging_Atlas pulling away at the front, and tbh thought that was that. I started to drive conservatively in the slipstream to save tyres for later on - then I noticed Kamy catching us extremely quickly. I still wanted to save tyres, so let him by to stick in the slipstream, only to then find that actually I was having to push pretty hard to keep up. Atlas made a mistake (I think?) at the Degner Curve which dropped him far enough behind to be out of contention for that moment.
Kamy pitted a lap earlier for the first stint, I went for another lap because of traffic in the pit lane and didn't want to lose time there. After the stops I came out maybe 2-3 seconds behind Kamy, and both of us were surely pushing as hard as possible, I know I was
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- Multiple 2:04 lap times and still the gap remained the same, until Kamy made a slight error at the chicane which was enough to get into his slipstream. From there, all of the 2nd stint was us being sensible with slipstream, working together to pull away from some guys who were clearly on different strategies - Atlas was doing a long first stint, as was Litchi.
I dc'd (Not sure why, I dropped from the room but not from PSN and net was still online - just one of those things I guess, not overly fussed) during the 3rd of 4 scheduled stints, leaving Kamy to it. I came back to watch as I knew Litchi was on a strange strategy but was still very close behind.
Sure enough with 5 laps to go, Litchi had caught Kamy and the remaining five laps were trading places lap after lap, really good to watch! And clean too, very much so - it takes some attention and skill to go side by side through Turn 1 + 2 without any contact 👍
Kamy took the GT300 win by 0.1 over Litchi in the end - really pleased for you mate, I was pushing for all I was worth at some points and was struggling to keep up. Some good clean and intelligent driving too, was cheering you on from the sidelines, haha. Thought you'd thrown it away on Lap 39 though when you were fully sideways through Degner 1 - Yeah, I saw it, don't think you get away with that one
Great to have another driver like Litchi with us too, hope to see you next week! 👍 - Could see you lurking a few seconds down the road early on but knew the threat was always there - shame to disconnect or would have been a three way fight for the lead on those last few laps! Maybe next time
I really feel for you mole.. Good to see that you're keeping your temper under control.. But I bet you was pretty upset just when it happened.. I thought to my self "Oh,, maaaan.. I really feel for you buddy" durign the race when I saw that you got DC'd.
Really sad to Josh go as well.
Well, D2 drivers probably don't mind though. Since Ravellron (Where the **** was he??) did not show, winner in D2 will recieve points for 5th overall since no one that DC'd completed at least 85% of the race (I guess), and all other GT300's will move up the point scale accordingly.
Yep, me and Remy pulled a 1-2 finish. We had a startegy worked out pre race, but it was erased when I went of after 8! turns.. Had to let the whole field pass before I could rejoin.. So decided to tweak my strategy a bit.
I had far from a perfect race, but me and Remy found eachother on the track a while in to the race, so we worked together for 15 laps or so to pull a decent gap.. When I did my last pit stop, the AI told me to refule 26 litres.. I was like: "WTF!?!?".. Had 13 laps to go, and a decent amount of fuel in my car already.. But since I had a good shot at the win, I decided not to put anything on the line, the pack was still pretty close to eachother, and if I rn out of fuel, I would've probably be passed by the whole field.. Did not want that to happend.. I'm sure you guys know what goes on in your head at that point.. Only seconds to decide what to do.. So I had to sit in the pits for quite some extra time, and because of that, Remy passed me, and NEPALII caught up.. NEPALII then cought me up on my 2nd lap. But since I knew I had better tires, I decided to let him pass me..
And by doing this, I was hoping to save my own tires, and at the same time give Remy a few extra seconds..
Well, on our (Me and NEPALII) way towards Casio Chicane, I was up his rear.. Decided to put a bit of pressure, so decided to brake side by side, forcing him to take a wide line thru the chicane, loosing us some time, and gaining remy some (At this point, I guess Remy was 10 seconds ahead).
But exactly when I pull out to start to brake, NEPALIIs car "jumps" 20 ft forward.. And all of a sudden, I found my self going way to fast since I did no longer was even close to be alongside.. I did manage to reduce my speed by quite a lot, and would've made the inside.. Problem was that he (obviously) reached the turn in point before me due to the "jump".. So I had no where to go. The contact was minor, and I really hoped it would'nt have caused him any damage. But apperntly, it did.
Well, that aside, me and NEPALII had a few good laps battling eachother, but when his tires eventually got worn, and my tires ws still in good shape, I decided to pull away in the first sector.. No luck.. The tryed again, and this time I got away..
So I had 12 seconds to catch to reach Remy.. 6 laps left.. 2 seconds a lap.. to gain.. on Remy... Hmm.. Ok, I knew he had worse tires that me, and more ballast.. So I dd not see t as impossible.. ANd by the end of lap 45, I was 4 seconds behind.. He was driving on ice.. And I was able to pass comming out of casio on the last lap..
That's that. 👍
How did D2 come out?