What an event! PD/Sony went up even more levels from Nurburgring event, it was ridiculously good. They looked after everybody ridiculously well, like even above and beyond what you would expect... Even funnier, we were all hungry on Friday night, so Kaz ordered like 50 Big Macs (Not sure of the exact number but bearing mind there's 37 of us + some staff at the hotel). You could tell they weren't prep'd the chips weren't the greatest but to even do that was like Whhaaaatttt, I had 2 big Macs
, I was hungry (This was midnight/1am as well)!
Thanks anyone and everyone who supported me or any other driver or the event itself. Seems liked you enjoyed it (I'm going to watch it now, and watch the rest tomorrow as it's near bed time). I'll obviously do what I did last time with videos and stuff but here's a brief summary of my racing, as others will want to put their view across on their races
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Qualifying was Yamagiwa in xbows, with BoP on and comfort Softs. An interesting combination to be honest obviously the chicane was where the major time was and I know that's where my time loss was. Some unbelievable times came in though across the board and times were ridiculously close, so fair play to everyone!
Nations was interesting... I really don't like the N### races mainly due to the fact the BoP is and always will be all over the place. We got to pick cars based on the qualifying order so GB were number 5. When it came to my choice, I saw the pantera and my heart wanted that but saw the R34 hadn't been taken either and I know how well that did last time so went with that.... Except it turned out to be slow on the straights... RIDICULOUSLY slow on the straights in fact. I think the Corvette was the quickest on the straights and that could pull nearly a second on me I'm sure on that pit straight. The R34 is obviously better out of corners but at Fuji it really was an Achilles heel. I did my best and got P6, even though I felt like I was in a different race. Had a good race with Eric though as we were both in the same boat, and also a good race with lightning who was trying to be a the new DK. Mthomas then did very well in the gr.1 race and same with Zoky. We're still not sure why we got the penalty as Zoky said there was no contact, but I don't believe the camera angle was good (I'd gone to the toilet between the race finish and seeing points so was confused) so maybe they believed there was? Not sure but we have to accept it as you're not allowed to protest.
The final was crazy, obviously a lot of slipstream but it was great fun. Zoky did a superb job getting us into a primary position, and mthomas then had a bloody good stint as well! We came out after all this in P2 behind the french! So initially wanted a couple of laps getting used to the car, which I did.. Then started to try make some moves to see if I could get anywhere. At this point Hungary were miles away which was one of the reasons I did this. After a few laps of racing getting 1st, dropped back again, suddenly Hungary were 1.5 seconds behind I was like WTF... I think there were 2 laps to go so I was hoping to try get by quick and try to escape as Hungary joined in. I think it was the start of the last lap, I was unsure what to do into turn 1... hold back and go for the move at t2 or go for it. Decided to try in the hope that France would pull out as 2 wide at turn 1 is hard and if I have the inside before the braking they might give it up. They didn't though, was slight contact but was all fair! I mean how often do you see 2 wide into turn 1 and both survive
? Unbelievable driving honestly, then attacking Hungary after t2 I decided to try round the outside similar to Zoky but this time the tyres weren't having it so unfortunately didn't get it. I didn't know how close the points were until after the Manufacturers race when we were 2 points of p2 and 1 of p3!! Unfortunate, but that's racing, someone has to come 4th and it was us today. Great job to everyone, especially the podium folks! Bloody good racing.
To the Manufacturers event. PUG POWER came through in the Manufactures
! You've no idea how happy I am for that, sort of compensation for the Manufacturer series top 24 at interlagos.
@DrAug was unbelievable in both the first stints. The Maggiore GP II race was a bit weird, we had a good first stint but one interesting thing at the event was a random timer applied to each pit stop up to 2 seconds (So 1 car could have 0 applied and the other 2 additional seconds), and I think we got the full 2 seconds which is why we came out so far behind again. Then at Redbull ring, Augh did an amazing job with the battles getting us to P2, and was keeping with Lightning! 2nd stint I initially put in a fast lap on my 3rd lap but saw I only gained a tenth (Lost some time on the 1st/2nd lap) but realised quickly that I have to race smart here... Doodles in the car and I know the Nissan is faster anyway as Doodle mentioned his optimum earlier, so thought 2nd is still a bloody good result so went safe so my times dropped by between .3 - .5. Eric in the Dodge started putting in some absolutely bonkos laps so was aware the gap was coming down (I made a mistake on 1 lap to) but just made sure to have 0 mistakes, drive safe (So 70/80%) and reap the rewards... and we did! SOOOO Happy with that! Congratulations to everyone again who raced in this series, was great fun and great job to Lightning and Doodle on the win!!
It really was great to meet and see everyone, and also new faces from other parts of the world like Brazil, Honk Kong, Australia and Japan. Nations you wouldn't normally see, and once again so friendly and just a good load of fun! Really great meeting everyone, thanks for making the trip extra special!
As I say I'll be doing a few videos, as I recorded a lot and I'd like to do what I did last time with the analysis!
P.S. Having a camera man film you and interview through Salzberg is hilarious, everyone was looking at me.. probably thinking.. "Who the hell is this guy"
was so funny.
Fantastic event, I'm really happy to witness all of it
Shame for the italians, thay clearly had the possibilities for a podium in the nations cup, but Cristian screwed up really bad in his single race and then in the final
But it was still fun
I'm waiting for the protagonists to post something here to know the feelings after all of this, especially a certain english guy who will be in ecstasy after successfully take the PUG train in the podium
I was on some crazy ass high after that, you have no idea haha
! Was ridiculously good, felt so good to finally get something with the PUG!
I like that penalty zone thing that was good. I wish we could get some longer races like that in sport mode. Would be good if they could implement team racing too, as you enter the lobby you get randomly paired or something?
The penalty zone I think is an absolutely brilliant idea to be honest! I'm a massive fan of it, as I know a few others were. It means Penalties actually are penalties and not something to drop at the end. It also can really punish you on occasions so maybe that needs to be looked at but at least this could potentially stop random ghosting!
Congratulation
@Doodle &
@TRL LIGHTNING on winning the manufacturers cup. You guys managed to not bottle it like I did at the first world tour.
Also great job
@Tidgney @
@DrAug to get the Pug to 2nd on a track with so many straights
Cheers mate, for sure down the straights we were so slow haha! Through the handling section the car was amazing but you could see us losing 3/4 tenths easy on the fast bits!
Thanks PD for the invitation! Even as spectator it was a fantastic event. #kazdancinggod
Was nice to meet you mate
! Glad you enjoyed it!
And I liked watching our community members
@Tidgney,
@ZokyCRO and
@mthomas_95 having also a successful event
Cheers Krypton
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