FRL~WSC VIII - GTP #1 Enduros! FURI & ANDIL WIN THE FINAL AT SPA!Finished

[Furinkazen]

Spa entry going to be mixed.. might bring some fresh faces in...

 

[Mikey24]

Spa entry going to be mixed.. might bring some fresh faces in...

does this mean I can join?

 

[Furinkazen]

does this mean I can join?

Perhaps - certain we will have room for Spa. What would interest you?

 

[Mikey24]

Perhaps - certain we will have room for Spa. What would interest you?

Cool & what do you mean?

 

[Furinkazen]

Cool & what do you mean?

Car wise?

 

[Mikey24]

Car wise?

Ah... I'm not sure yet, either Shelby or 250GTB

 

[Furinkazen]

Ah... I'm not sure yet, either Shelby or 250GTB

Both are open

 

[Mikey24]

Both are open

great

 

[FlyingFox]

I may turn up for Spa until it starts to rain, then I'll go home.

 

[chrisjohnson93]

This is a FRL series so it will rain at Spa

 

[Furinkazen]

great

Got a car # ?

I may turn up for Spa until it starts to rain, then I'll go home.

Don't quit unless you are as bad as someone else who rage quit again because he couldn't drive the car.

General message to all: Don't rage quit when you know full well what you signed up for. Makes you look rather pathetic.

 

[Mikey24]

#24 if it is not taken

 

[Downhill Dino]

I accidentally fell asleep. Missed it all.

 

[snowgt]

Qualifying seemed to be a déjà vu from Monza with @raceorama123432 taking pole again from @Yeratel84 and me. The following start was also very much like in Monza - I used O'rama slipstream to edge ahead of Yera, but other than at Monza the straight wasn't long enough to get ahead so I let him go on the inside. @R0ssingt0n apparently wanted to get through right behind and slammed into my right front when I turned in, giving me some damage in turn 1. My steering wheel pointed right at about 10° after that, but it didn't really seem to affect the overall performance too much. I thought about coming in, but then decided against it, because a) I was able to roughly keep O'rama and Yera's pace and b) because of the chance of rain. I should have become a prophet. (I know - it's not that hard to predict)

The rain pretty much made the GTO undrivable. Or, at least I couldn't drive it. Keep it out of the higher revs and you're excruciatingly slow, rev it higher and the back will step out. What's odd is that I don't remember it being so difficult at Nürburgring. I think part of the problem is that the GTO doesn't put a lot of heat in the tyres even in the dry, so in the wet, the tyres get stone-cold and the rain affects it even worse than it usually does.

What else I remember from the race: After 15 minutes in the rain, I was seriously contemplating giving up. I was losing several seconds per lap (on a good lap without a spin), and the concentration it took to even keep the car on the road was such a strain that I couldn't imagine doing that for another 75 minutes. I remember seeing @Andil leading GT-O and wondering how he got there. Before the rain, he was a bit behind me (don't know, if he had passed Lout or not), and O'rama and Lout passed me in the rain, but I never saw him go by. Maybe because of that stealth colour on his car. I think close to when the rain stopped I must have been almost 2 laps down. With the rain gone, I at least didn't lose any more time and lapped consistently in the 13's again. Andil sadly then dc'd and in the last corner I managed to unlap myself, because O'rama apparently spun in his exuberance over his win.

Salvaging 3rd was really the most I could hope for in the end. What's a little bit sad is that a very close race in the beginning (we probably would have had a 4 or 5-way battle for most of the race), was completely destroyed by the rain. By the time it ended, all was basically over and decided. In real life people often look for rain to spice up the natural order, but I feel that in our races it mostly destroys the good racing and makes people miserable. I think this is much more true for WSC than for TOCA, because you can live with a short race in the wet every once in a while, but to do this for hours you have to be a bit of a masochist, and I'm not. I'm not looking forward to Spa.

 

[FlyingFox]

Don't quit unless you are as bad as someone else who rage quit again because he couldn't drive the car.

General message to all: Don't rage quit when you know full well what you signed up for. Makes you look rather pathetic.

I signed up in the Corvette but that car just was not up to it so jumped in the Shelby because I already had it available. If I stop in the race its because I cannot drive the Shelby in the wet, and for no other reason.

Next season I'm going to choose a car that I can be competitive in otherwise I'll not enter at all.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

Confirming that I will be in the Shelby Cobra for next season. Pics to follow...
Edit: I can't remember if it's the chrome line version or not so if @Furinkazen could clarify that would be great.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Are Chromeline cars even able to have the number decal?

 

[FlyingFox]

I think that this seasons SD needed a stage 3 tuning and limiting to 560 BHP. It is the slowest car in GT-P right now.

Next season will be interesting. I just hope @Furinkazen does not loose focus on it.

 

[Furinkazen]

Confirming that I will be in the Shelby Cobra for next season. Pics to follow...
Edit: I can't remember if it's the chrome line version or not so if @Furinkazen could clarify that would be great.

CL Version.

Are Chromeline cars even able to have the number decal?

Yeah, it's the in my FRL Fridays post.

 

[Furinkazen]

TOTAL SPA 24 HOURS ENTRY LIST (v1): PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE / AVAILABILITY AS A RESERVE!


GT-P (5 entries)
#1 Jaguar XJ13 @DrifterJoe (GT-P)
#21 Ford GT40 Grp.4 @jammy21 (GT-P)
#38 Ford Mk IV @gtpanoz (GT-P)
#54 Ford Mk IV @Furinkazen (GT-P)
#85 Shelby Daytona @FlyingFox (GT-P)

GT-O (8 entries - PRO 4, AM 3)
#12 Ferrari 250GTO @Yeratel84 (PRO)
#16 Mercedes 300SL@roflwaffle (AM)
#23 Ferrari 250GTO @Downhill Dino (AM)
#24 Ferrari 250 GTB / Shelby Mustang @1996mikey2412 (AM)
#35 Shelby Mustang @R0ssingt0n (PRO)
#43 Ferrari 250GTB @raceorama123432 (PRO)
#72 Ferrari 250GTO @snowgt (PRO)
#93 Jaguar E Type @chrisjohnson93 (AM)

RESERVE ENTRIES (ALL CLASSES)
#99 Mercedes 300SL @smuffyatfcp (PRO)

ABSENT CARS (ALL CLASSES)
#07 Shelby Mustang @RyanRacer (AM)
#5 Jaguar XJ13 @Pluxtheduck (GT-P)
#17 Jaguar E Type @rustyMercedes (AM)
#19 Shelby Mustang @Siggers (AM)
#29 Ferrari 330 P4 @Phouchg (GT-P)
#31 BMW 507 @MatheusBond (AM)
#44 Shelby Daytona @Ninners (GT-P)



Poll: I have no issue with rain. I think it adds another element to racing and it is bizarre how only now people have issues. Do you want Spa to be changeable weather or not?

 

[MatheusBond]

Why am I in bold? Am I that special to you?

 

[Furinkazen]

Why am I in bold? Am I that special to you?

No, formatting does that when copy and pasting

Advertised this race via PM to someone, might get a few new entries

 

[Downhill Dino]

I like rain. Only on certain tracks mind you. Spa is a track I enjoy it on, but on all the prior tracks rain is a no.

With how PD decided to model rain physics, it's really a pain in these classics.

 

[Mikey24]

yup, I will be there... in the Ferrari

Rain sounds great at Spa, could really give the newbies a chance

 

[Furinkazen]

yup, I will be there... in the Ferrari

Rain sounds great at Spa, could really give the newbies a chance

A second 250GTB ... and 5th Ferrari in the grid... What colour car I wonder

 

[R0ssingt0n]

I have no problem with rain.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

I have no problem with rain.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

I have no problem with rain.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Does that count as 3 votes for rain?

 

[Furinkazen]

Does that count as 3 votes for rain?

No.