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- The failed experiment entitled “California”.
Got off work this morning, went to go ride because I have a big race coming up in Mexico in a month....and I need practice! Lots of practice!!
Jammed home from riding with @Tidgney and @kie25 streams playing in the background trying to pick up any last minute race details. Been watching a lot of Kie's and Tidgney's streams the past couple days trying to figure out how they can manhandle that Gr.3 Ferrari around the track. I put in lots of laps and was finally able to hot lap around the circuit in the consistent low 52's. Good for me. I make it home with 5 minutes to spare for the final Euro slot (keep in mind I live in Commiefornia). Ran a few laps of practice and I was still able to lap in the low 52's. Perfect.
Lobby loads up and I'm amazed at what I see. I'm in a lobby that ranges from A/A all the way to D/A rating. I guess all those Monza range-quits this week caught up to me
. Qualifying came and went.... couldn't get a clean lap to save my life. Too many people getting in the way. Managed a mid 53 and 5th place on the grid or something like that. Green flag waves and I get punted right away. Followed by a pit maneuver to finish it off. Last place. I spin some laps...get positions back. But its not meant to be. Guy's are getting in the way and I'm making lots of mistakes. I'm doing my best to drive the 458....but its biting back HARD!! I rage quit at lap 10 
. I don't even know why I try with this car. Its so damn hard to drive...
N/A SLOT 1, Door 12, qualified 19th, A/S lobby.
In deep need of some redemption and an ego boost, I dust off my N/A alt and the Scooby for some action. I practice for 10 minutes and I start being able to consistently hit the high 51's. I don't even know why I keep trying with the Gr.3 Ferrari......
I'm my own worst enemy during qualifying and I end up DFL. Well, just ahead of someone who didn't bother going out. Green flag flies and I get a bunch of positions right off the bat. I come into the first corner and keep it as tight as possible to avoid a punt. IT DOESN'T WORK. Once again I get punted, followed by a pit maneuver on the exit of turn 1 and I'm now firmly in 20th place by a long shot.
Tempted to rage-quit, I press on. I actually drive quite well but this is an A lobby. The best I can manage is an 11th place. Not bad considering I had to make up a 10 second gap right off the bat and pass a bunch of dudes. I'll take it
N/A slot 2. Door 10, Qualified 11, A/S lobby
Obviously I wanted another shot after the last 2 messes. I got some ok qually laps in. Nothing perfect. But nothing bad. Here's a picture of the qualifying results. Tight lobby...
..... Lights go out, and my only mission is to survive the first turn. I do... barely....but I make it. First lap is utter chaos and I pick up 3 positions as people yard-sale. Second lap I make a genuine overtake out of the last corner. 3rd lap a couple more guys wreck each other. 5th lap.... I find myself in 4th behind a GTR. We start helping each other out to catch the leaders. He bobbles, I slip by. And he starts to bump me down the home stretch to gain on the leaders. It's working. I make a bobble around lap 12, he re-passes me and I file in behind him. However, it becomes apparent that his pace is falling off. I keep an eye on the time splits and see that 5th is slowly gaining on us. I stick with him for another lap and duck into the pits at lap 15 as he's starting to hold me up. Next lap him and the Mazda that inherited 4th position go in.
Lap 16, I come into the braking zone of turn 1 just as they're exiting the pits nose-to-tail. I make it in front but the Nissan loops out on the exit as he gives it a handful of throttle on cold tires. The Mazda gets starts chipping away at my lead over him, but never quite gets into striking range. Lap 20 and 21 He's on my rear bumper and I have to defend going into turn 1. I flash my hazards at him on the exit of the last turn indicating that I want to work together....as first and second are only 1.5 seconds up the road and battling hard. The Mazda driver either doesn't get the signal, doesn't know the signal.... or doesn't care about the signal. He dive bombs me going into the first turn as I take a nice arc into he apex. I notice it last at the last second and hit the brakes so I don't get punted. I should have saw that coming. I guess not everyone watches the fast player's streams and take notice of how they work together....sigh.
I bump draft him down the home straight and he still doesn't get it. He defends going into the first turn. I get the jump out of T1 and I have the inside on the second apex of the uphill esses. He doesn't back off and I get ran into the inside wall. Thank god we had a sizable gap over 5th. He goes on to finish 3rd...10 seconds back from 1st and second. I finish a distant 4th.
What could have been...
I think of going again but I decide to count my blessings and stick with this score.
Side note: In every lobby I entered this afternoon, Ferrari's were in the top 3. All of them finished out of the money...usually buried deep in the pack. I guess I'm not the only one that struggles with that car. Seems to be an "alien's only" whip
Jammed home from riding with @Tidgney and @kie25 streams playing in the background trying to pick up any last minute race details. Been watching a lot of Kie's and Tidgney's streams the past couple days trying to figure out how they can manhandle that Gr.3 Ferrari around the track. I put in lots of laps and was finally able to hot lap around the circuit in the consistent low 52's. Good for me. I make it home with 5 minutes to spare for the final Euro slot (keep in mind I live in Commiefornia). Ran a few laps of practice and I was still able to lap in the low 52's. Perfect.
Lobby loads up and I'm amazed at what I see. I'm in a lobby that ranges from A/A all the way to D/A rating. I guess all those Monza range-quits this week caught up to me
. Qualifying came and went.... couldn't get a clean lap to save my life. Too many people getting in the way. Managed a mid 53 and 5th place on the grid or something like that. Green flag waves and I get punted right away. Followed by a pit maneuver to finish it off. Last place. I spin some laps...get positions back. But its not meant to be. Guy's are getting in the way and I'm making lots of mistakes. I'm doing my best to drive the 458....but its biting back HARD!! I rage quit at lap 10 . I don't even know why I try with this car. Its so damn hard to drive...N/A SLOT 1, Door 12, qualified 19th, A/S lobby.
In deep need of some redemption and an ego boost, I dust off my N/A alt and the Scooby for some action. I practice for 10 minutes and I start being able to consistently hit the high 51's. I don't even know why I keep trying with the Gr.3 Ferrari......
I'm my own worst enemy during qualifying and I end up DFL. Well, just ahead of someone who didn't bother going out. Green flag flies and I get a bunch of positions right off the bat. I come into the first corner and keep it as tight as possible to avoid a punt. IT DOESN'T WORK. Once again I get punted, followed by a pit maneuver on the exit of turn 1 and I'm now firmly in 20th place by a long shot.
Tempted to rage-quit, I press on. I actually drive quite well but this is an A lobby. The best I can manage is an 11th place. Not bad considering I had to make up a 10 second gap right off the bat and pass a bunch of dudes. I'll take it
N/A slot 2. Door 10, Qualified 11, A/S lobby
Obviously I wanted another shot after the last 2 messes. I got some ok qually laps in. Nothing perfect. But nothing bad. Here's a picture of the qualifying results. Tight lobby...
..... Lights go out, and my only mission is to survive the first turn. I do... barely....but I make it. First lap is utter chaos and I pick up 3 positions as people yard-sale. Second lap I make a genuine overtake out of the last corner. 3rd lap a couple more guys wreck each other. 5th lap.... I find myself in 4th behind a GTR. We start helping each other out to catch the leaders. He bobbles, I slip by. And he starts to bump me down the home stretch to gain on the leaders. It's working. I make a bobble around lap 12, he re-passes me and I file in behind him. However, it becomes apparent that his pace is falling off. I keep an eye on the time splits and see that 5th is slowly gaining on us. I stick with him for another lap and duck into the pits at lap 15 as he's starting to hold me up. Next lap him and the Mazda that inherited 4th position go in.
Lap 16, I come into the braking zone of turn 1 just as they're exiting the pits nose-to-tail. I make it in front but the Nissan loops out on the exit as he gives it a handful of throttle on cold tires. The Mazda gets starts chipping away at my lead over him, but never quite gets into striking range. Lap 20 and 21 He's on my rear bumper and I have to defend going into turn 1. I flash my hazards at him on the exit of the last turn indicating that I want to work together....as first and second are only 1.5 seconds up the road and battling hard. The Mazda driver either doesn't get the signal, doesn't know the signal.... or doesn't care about the signal. He dive bombs me going into the first turn as I take a nice arc into he apex. I notice it last at the last second and hit the brakes so I don't get punted. I should have saw that coming. I guess not everyone watches the fast player's streams and take notice of how they work together....sigh.
I bump draft him down the home straight and he still doesn't get it. He defends going into the first turn. I get the jump out of T1 and I have the inside on the second apex of the uphill esses. He doesn't back off and I get ran into the inside wall. Thank god we had a sizable gap over 5th. He goes on to finish 3rd...10 seconds back from 1st and second. I finish a distant 4th.
What could have been...
I think of going again but I decide to count my blessings and stick with this score.
Side note: In every lobby I entered this afternoon, Ferrari's were in the top 3. All of them finished out of the money...usually buried deep in the pack. I guess I'm not the only one that struggles with that car. Seems to be an "alien's only" whip
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