Good races today! I liked them despite DESPISING this track. Though, I had an issue. For some reason, my Internet was being painfully slow today. No idea why. Anyway, this caused lag and you know how lag works in Gran Turismo... cars are all over the place and smoke is everywhere! Seriously.
In the first race at the beginning it was like that, so I'm sorry if I hit somebody at the start. I managed to stay away for a while which was good, because I wouldn't hit anyone that way. The El Camino felt very wrong for this track! It just didn't really match it well, especially with only 2 gears.
Second race went very well for me. I managed to stay away from the others the whole race, which helped a lot with the lag. I gotta admit, I really loved the Lancer in this track. It just fits it very well. I guess because this track is rally-ish. It just fits it perfectly! The jumps, the tight turns and some really long twisty roads. I enjoyed the 2nd race the most because of that.
The Cobra was also fine, though it hates jumps as some people figured out. I was fine during qualifying and the first lap, but for some reason I spun right upon landing after a big jump on the second lap! I guess I might have steered a bit more before jumping? Anyway, the lag hurt me a little during this race. I was mostly alone, but when Lex overtook me and I got close to his I found his car completely sideways in front of me with lots of smoke! It was after exiting a turn that was followed by a long straight (which is basically what this whole track is). I had to lift off the throttle for a bit until that disappeared and went to the normal position, but that tiny lift off cost me 2 seconds! It's because I lost speed right after exiting and the full-thorttle section was long. Though, I'm not using this as an excuse or anything, I messed up myself which caused Lex to overtake me in the first lap and I didn't drive that well in the 2nd lap. Lex is always consistent which is very important in racing, which is why he's mostly at the top. I need to improve my consistency haha.
Anyway it was pretty fun today and welcome to the new racers! See you all next week.
I would like to share this picture of Sick that I made. Of course there's a slight chance that @Sick Cylinder doesen't look anything like this since, I've never seen him, but I've heard is voice a few times and I'm pretty sure that this is dead on! And if I don't race with you guys next Sunday, this might be the reason!
Well I noticed that the colour you chose - Bolero Red - when applied to the car turns the stripes black. Some other shades of red, including the one GKgamer used, keep the stripes white. So in effect while being a slightly different shade to the others, GK's car has the correct stripes.
OK- we need to find out @gkgamer shade of red and get the Willment cars that colour as his car is much more realistic!
Above the Willment Cobra Coupe pictured at Goodwood in 2004. Main visual differences from the Shelby Coupe are lowered roofline, single black sidepipes (instead of double white ones) and triple white Willment stripes (two thin and one thick stripe). Vertically mounted rear window was fitted when the car was restored in the 1970's - presumably to save money.
The AC A98 Cobra Coupe is registered and driven on the road in Scotland - here shown leaving the Fennel restaurant - famous for it's V8 car meetings!
A good age, but sad to hear nonetheless.
There you go @Sick Cylinder, "Tartan" red it is. And a nice cheap car to go with it.
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That sounds very cool honestly. The rally race is only 15 minutes and the trucks race is canceled. We have more than enough time for that!^ There's that beloved PD logic again right there!
Well we could make three races á 15 min.
Qualifying - Race #1 then change to reverse grid, Race #2 and #3. Add some weather and leave time progression running then there would be a possibillity of a little rain now and then, it's Silverstone after all, and maybe we could find ourselves driving in the sunset at Race #3. Maybe? Sounds romantic, no?
I think I'm going to use this as my cover picture on facebook! It's got the flag and my number in it! 👍
