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[sibbystiggy]

Gonna miss hurley too a fair, competitive and consistent driver with impressive skills

 

[sibbystiggy]

as for today since there is no round, will anything else take place instead? practice room, or fun races at random tracks from the btcc calendar, or a pre-race for next thursday at silverstone? is anything planed?

 

[Mikey24]

I'm surprised Hurley's gone, he's a top man and a top driver! Incredible pole at Brands Hatch! Definitely going to miss him

 

[canyondrifter]

Y

Is that an RX8 in your avatar?

yes mate it's my pride and joy

 

[Mikey24]

Guys, I might be hosting a practice/race session today, not sure what time

 

[CptMadBean]

Guys, I might be hosting a practice/race session today, not sure what time

Me going to bed then work the whole 12 hours of it.
Plus my team leader gave me his cold what a (you no what)

 

[Mikey24]

Me going to bed then work the whole 12 hours of it.
Plus my team leader gave me his cold what a (you no what)

ah well & I'm sure you'll find someone else

 

[CptMadBean]

To right he passed it to me, so I'm handing it out

 

[SkengD]

I will be online around 8 , dont think I will race but I will join

 

[hurleyman24]

Thanks for all the kind words everybody. It turns out I have a 3 hour chemistry lab starting when I get back to university which falls on thursdays during race time. Because of this I decided to get a ps4 and am leaving the ps3 at home. (Its starting to fail kinda like my last one did). Anyways it has been good racing over the seasons. Hopefully I will see you on the track if anyone decides to move to ps4 for GT7 (if it isn't delayed for the rest of the decade). I will probably be lurking on the thread at some point. Good luck to everyone for the rest of the season and have fun!


Edit: good thing i switched as my ps3's hard drive gave out last night. ( i can hear it hit the sides if i turn it on). Stupid thing wont even boot the xmb or restore because there is no hard drive to restore as it is spinning away in the case. R.I.P. PS3. 5 years of good service.

 

[Mikey24]

Thanks for all the kind words everybody. It turns out I have a 3 hour chemistry lab starting when I get back to university which falls on thursdays during race time. Because of this I decided to get a ps4 and am leaving the ps3 at home. (Its starting to fail kinda like my last one did). Anyways it has been good racing over the seasons. Hopefully I will see you on the track if anyone decides to move to ps4 for GT7 (if it isn't delayed for the rest of the decade). I will probably be lurking on the thread at some point. Good luck to everyone for the rest of the season and have fun!

You too mate, good luck with your chemistry

 

[Ian_83]

All the best Hurley. :tup

 

[samurai8juice]

I will be unable to race Round 8 and Round 9, and I won't be able to (most likely) make BTCC9 either.

 

[Mikey24]

I will be unable to race Round 8 and Round 9, and I won't be able to (most likely) make BTCC9 either.

Oh no i enjoyed my battling with you at Brands

 

[SkengD]

Sorry to hear that samuarai , keep practicing you will get better for season 10

 

[iFuriousRacer]

I will miss this week's and next week's racing as I will go on holiday in Spain.. :/

 

[SkengD]

Looks like smaller grids for these last 2 races

 

[Ian_83]

Looks like smaller grids for these last 2 races

That should make it even easier for you to win then.

 

[SkengD]

That should make it even easier for you to win then.

I have won a lot of races this season but I would never say it has been easy .

Struggling for consistent laps at Silverstone but I am hoping for a front row start race 1 .

 

[Mikey24]

After A LOT of practice, I can hopefully achieve a top 5 at least once & finish top 10 in all 3 races

 

[CptMadBean]

I just don't know why I can't get in the 10s

I'll be on soon

 

[SkengD]

This is a circuit where when you feel like you have lost a tenth or two in a corner you have actually lost .500

I have tried a lot to be more consistent here especially s1 where all the time is for me but its extremely challenging .

The good thing is the race pace shouldnt be low 10s , it should be low 11's

 

[Mikey24]

i run mid 11's, so for once i'm not MASSIVELY off the pace

 

[Ian_83]

Well either way I'm screwed.

My natural reaction is to keep the car between the lines, I'm really struggling to allow myself to run wide on the exits and I'm pretty much stuck in the 11's myself.

This for me is the worst race in the calendar by a country mile. I hate it with a 🤬 passion. I'd rather go to work than race here.

 

[AudiMan2011]

I could only achieve an 11.1 personal best in a practice session yesterday. My car feels like it handles the bumps better with the softer setup I put on it.

 

[True-blue-8]

Had a few laps yesterday and when I was hitting consistent mid/high 10's with canyon ad skeng I struggled yesterday to hit under 11.2, but it was just a rusty driver. 10.6 in the end, but still 0.2 of my pb. But consistency is the problem. Well, only first corner, but might not be too bad in the race.

 

[canyondrifter]

Well I've not had any time to practice so tonight will be a difficult race for me... Just as it gets to the 3 rd race ill be fine I hope

 

[Mikey24]

Had a few laps yesterday and when I was hitting consistent mid/high 10's with canyon ad skeng I struggled yesterday to hit under 11.2, but it was just a rusty driver. 10.6 in the end, but still 0.2 of my pb. But consistency is the problem. Well, only first corner, but might not be too bad in the race.

I feel different, I may not have immense qualy power like you, Ian, canyon and Skeng but I feel I have the race pace

I could only achieve an 11.1 personal best in a practice session yesterday. My car feels like it handles the bumps better with the softer setup I put on it.

I managed a 11.2 earlier but 0.5 off my pb (I could never get pb again!)

Well either way I'm screwed.

My natural reaction is to keep the car between the lines, I'm really struggling to allow myself to run wide on the exits and I'm pretty much stuck in the 11's myself.

This for me is the worst race in the calendar by a country mile. I hate it with a 🤬 passion. I'd rather go to work than race here.

i allow the car to run wide onto Hangar straight but everywhere else is outer wheels on white line unless i make a mistake

 

[True-blue-8]

I feel different, I may not have immense qualy power like you, Ian, canyon and Skeng but I feel I have the race pace

i allow the car to run wide onto Hangar straight but everywhere else is outer wheels on white line unless i make a mistake

I'll be fine in the race but lap times will be slower as I can't do that first corner consistently quick.

Hangar straight is weird. If you get the line right you can carry a lot of speed, but if you get it just a little bit wrong you'll lose more time compared to if we weren't allowed to cut

 

[Mikey24]

I'll be fine in the race but lap times will be slower as I can't do that first corner consistently quick.

Hangar straight is weird. If you get the line right you can carry a lot of speed, but if you get it just a little bit wrong you'll lose more time compared to if we weren't allowed to cut

Ikr, first corner I can do 105mph, no problem, every time round. Now coming onto Hangar straight I can hit 72mph hitting the kerb on the inside and touching the outside, however if I get it wrong slightly its 65-67mph and nearly cutting the outside. Stowe is a tricky corner too