- 2,254
- Burlington, NC, USA
- a_garris/Vol_Jbolaz
Last night's mini enduros were fun, for the most part. I'd do it again.
For the first race, I was running an old [ur=http://www.mygranturismo.net/car_sheet.php?id=759]R32[/url]. Not anything special, but I turned 16 in '91, so in theory, if I had bought a car when I got my license, and if the GTS had been available in the States.... I wrecked on the first lap.
I just can't keep the car on the road. It doesn't matter how glorious any single lap may be (though in qualifying I was six seconds off the fastest time), I always wreck.
I came out of the pits 50 seconds off the leader. It was 25 laps total, so I just focused and tried to catch up. And I did with the Boost. And that was pretty awesome. I was hanging around behind the leaders in third for the last half of the race.
Last lap, and I made a pass that I didn't intend to. I didn't plan on making it, and I didn't plan on it sticking. But instead of just falling back to third, I was tapped and slipped sideways and fell further. Not my fault, and I didn't take damage, so I don't mind.
I did stuff it into the wall being aggressive on the last set of corners. Still, I count it as a victory that I went for 23 laps without wrecking.
The second race I was in an RGT. I was taking it as a challenge, but it is so well balanced, and it even understeers a little. I loved that car, though it wasn't as fast as some others.
I was smashed into a wall early in the race and my car was totaled. Not my fault, and I think five of us pit on that lap. I was then in second and behind the leader, Dabney. I was trying to push him down the straights, but I knew if we left the chicane with any gap he'd just leave me behind in his DB9. So I was trying to balance braking early to keep from stuffing him as we entered the chicane with braking later so I could keep up with him as we left.
I tapped him. It didn't knock him off his line too much, but it gave me minor suspension damage across the front.
I pit again.
I was blasting along trying to catch up and I came up on one of the Camaros spun out and blocking the corner in Indianapolis. I was hard on the brakes, but couldn't stop in time. Smashed into him and wrecked my car again.
3rd pit.
That summed up the second race. There was way too much crashing and pitting going on. It was humorous and a good time, but not really good racing.
For the first race, I was running an old [ur=http://www.mygranturismo.net/car_sheet.php?id=759]R32[/url]. Not anything special, but I turned 16 in '91, so in theory, if I had bought a car when I got my license, and if the GTS had been available in the States.... I wrecked on the first lap.
I just can't keep the car on the road. It doesn't matter how glorious any single lap may be (though in qualifying I was six seconds off the fastest time), I always wreck.
I came out of the pits 50 seconds off the leader. It was 25 laps total, so I just focused and tried to catch up. And I did with the Boost. And that was pretty awesome. I was hanging around behind the leaders in third for the last half of the race.
Last lap, and I made a pass that I didn't intend to. I didn't plan on making it, and I didn't plan on it sticking. But instead of just falling back to third, I was tapped and slipped sideways and fell further. Not my fault, and I didn't take damage, so I don't mind.
I did stuff it into the wall being aggressive on the last set of corners. Still, I count it as a victory that I went for 23 laps without wrecking.
The second race I was in an RGT. I was taking it as a challenge, but it is so well balanced, and it even understeers a little. I loved that car, though it wasn't as fast as some others.
I was smashed into a wall early in the race and my car was totaled. Not my fault, and I think five of us pit on that lap. I was then in second and behind the leader, Dabney. I was trying to push him down the straights, but I knew if we left the chicane with any gap he'd just leave me behind in his DB9. So I was trying to balance braking early to keep from stuffing him as we entered the chicane with braking later so I could keep up with him as we left.
I tapped him. It didn't knock him off his line too much, but it gave me minor suspension damage across the front.
I pit again.
I was blasting along trying to catch up and I came up on one of the Camaros spun out and blocking the corner in Indianapolis. I was hard on the brakes, but couldn't stop in time. Smashed into him and wrecked my car again.
3rd pit.
That summed up the second race. There was way too much crashing and pitting going on. It was humorous and a good time, but not really good racing.