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- diabolicwyvern
A recounting of my epic race snipped from the Monday Night Endurance thread:
Lambo Vs Ferrari on Rome. 600 PP on Racing Hard Tires
76 Laps
Driver Blurb: I made my greatest online pass ever in this race. With Benda18 pushing, I timed a late braking outside line through the chicane perfectly and overtook B-McG with a foot or so to spare. Benda18 who was right behind me, made a comment or two that unfortunately I couldnt process while racing.
My best laps were consecutive 1:07.8xx which completely shredded my tires. I worked out my pit strategy before the race though and as long as I kept to 1:09.xxx I could reasonable achieve 17 laps a pit. I pit after 16, 31,45 and 63 and took no more than the 18 liters each time.
To the First PIT (6th place leaving pit)
Lap 16 was a NIGHTMARE. I took the pit a lap to late and had to coast after turn 1. Made it through a few corner in decent shape. But then (PICTURE MOVIE PREVIEW VOICEOVER GUY), in an all too familiar scene my car reached the bloody chicane whose outside wall grabbed my car like a magic trick and instead of the regular veer created...It hooked me on the bumpers as if by some otherwordly power and would not let off. I never spun during the race, but there was a sudden outburst of profanity laced hyperbole that soon followed. That last section alone I lost 15 or 16 seconds while attempting to move the car forward.
To the Second PIT (5th place leaving pit)
I raced a bit more aggressively post first pit, continously knocking the left front quarter panel through the chicane to counter the slight understeer (in 4WD??) my car gained from the ballast added. (just before the race I did Weight reduction 3 and jumped to 609 PP. I should have corrected with power limited, but instead added ballast...MISTAKE.
To the Third PIT (4th place leaving pit)
Had my top four or five laps in this 14 lap burst which destroyed my tires. I played chase the entire time still making up the time lost from Lap 16. The difference between a good and great lap, being just a couple seconds, I gave the beast everything and saw my distance behind everyone shrink...even the lead time. I spent many laps between 40 and 60 just shadowing GrahamTurismo and to his credit he didnt flinch for 10-12 straight laps of pressure. I finally overtook on Turn 3 (?) the slowest corner and never used the look back function. I just tape that button down so I'm not tempted to succome to pressure.
The Last PIT (3rd place leaving pit)
With GrahamTurismo right on my tail, I pit early hoping he'd follow me in. He'd been pitting a lap or two before me and my hope was that I'd have him compromised on strategy, so his last couple laps would get quite dicey. I'm not sure how he faired as I took no fuel and came out of the pits a good 9-10 seconds ahead while he must have taken on some. I was lighter and was able to coast around for the final 10 laps with no threats. Snoopykuan running out of petrol with a couple laps to go was merely luck, but all the same it was an excellent time had by all. Save for Ning whose probable victory was stolen.
In the following days, GrahamTurismo responded with the following comment, as snipped from MNE thread:
You d--k!
Nice strategy. I did need fuel or I'd have run out with a couple laps left as well, which is why I took longer in the pit. I couldn't understand how you just completely ran away after that though... turns out I lost 20 hp from when the race started. I should have changed oil before the race, and maybe I'd have managed to catch you.
and Benda18 replied with the following in regards to my amazing pass:
The reason you didn't understand what I said was that I was babbling. Seeing that pass was like seeing bewbies for the first time - you don't know what to say but you know it's definitely a good thing.
Easily the most entertaining race I've ever been apart of. We had 9 cars finish after one's servor let them down. a couple cars pitted twice, a couple 3 times, 3 cars 4 times and 2 five times and in the end the top 5 were within 23 seconds of leader. It was one sweet race.
Lambo Vs Ferrari on Rome. 600 PP on Racing Hard Tires
76 Laps
Driver Blurb: I made my greatest online pass ever in this race. With Benda18 pushing, I timed a late braking outside line through the chicane perfectly and overtook B-McG with a foot or so to spare. Benda18 who was right behind me, made a comment or two that unfortunately I couldnt process while racing.
My best laps were consecutive 1:07.8xx which completely shredded my tires. I worked out my pit strategy before the race though and as long as I kept to 1:09.xxx I could reasonable achieve 17 laps a pit. I pit after 16, 31,45 and 63 and took no more than the 18 liters each time.
To the First PIT (6th place leaving pit)
Lap 16 was a NIGHTMARE. I took the pit a lap to late and had to coast after turn 1. Made it through a few corner in decent shape. But then (PICTURE MOVIE PREVIEW VOICEOVER GUY), in an all too familiar scene my car reached the bloody chicane whose outside wall grabbed my car like a magic trick and instead of the regular veer created...It hooked me on the bumpers as if by some otherwordly power and would not let off. I never spun during the race, but there was a sudden outburst of profanity laced hyperbole that soon followed. That last section alone I lost 15 or 16 seconds while attempting to move the car forward.
To the Second PIT (5th place leaving pit)
I raced a bit more aggressively post first pit, continously knocking the left front quarter panel through the chicane to counter the slight understeer (in 4WD??) my car gained from the ballast added. (just before the race I did Weight reduction 3 and jumped to 609 PP. I should have corrected with power limited, but instead added ballast...MISTAKE.
To the Third PIT (4th place leaving pit)
Had my top four or five laps in this 14 lap burst which destroyed my tires. I played chase the entire time still making up the time lost from Lap 16. The difference between a good and great lap, being just a couple seconds, I gave the beast everything and saw my distance behind everyone shrink...even the lead time. I spent many laps between 40 and 60 just shadowing GrahamTurismo and to his credit he didnt flinch for 10-12 straight laps of pressure. I finally overtook on Turn 3 (?) the slowest corner and never used the look back function. I just tape that button down so I'm not tempted to succome to pressure.
The Last PIT (3rd place leaving pit)
With GrahamTurismo right on my tail, I pit early hoping he'd follow me in. He'd been pitting a lap or two before me and my hope was that I'd have him compromised on strategy, so his last couple laps would get quite dicey. I'm not sure how he faired as I took no fuel and came out of the pits a good 9-10 seconds ahead while he must have taken on some. I was lighter and was able to coast around for the final 10 laps with no threats. Snoopykuan running out of petrol with a couple laps to go was merely luck, but all the same it was an excellent time had by all. Save for Ning whose probable victory was stolen.
In the following days, GrahamTurismo responded with the following comment, as snipped from MNE thread:
You d--k!
Nice strategy. I did need fuel or I'd have run out with a couple laps left as well, which is why I took longer in the pit. I couldn't understand how you just completely ran away after that though... turns out I lost 20 hp from when the race started. I should have changed oil before the race, and maybe I'd have managed to catch you.and Benda18 replied with the following in regards to my amazing pass:
The reason you didn't understand what I said was that I was babbling. Seeing that pass was like seeing bewbies for the first time - you don't know what to say but you know it's definitely a good thing.
Easily the most entertaining race I've ever been apart of. We had 9 cars finish after one's servor let them down. a couple cars pitted twice, a couple 3 times, 3 cars 4 times and 2 five times and in the end the top 5 were within 23 seconds of leader. It was one sweet race.
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That's a great report. Loved the Passing comment!
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