GTP Le Mans Prototype Series: [SEASON 5] COMPLETE ! Look for S6 soon

[tissimo]

I did a 5 Stopper, with my stints bring 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3laps.. Being able to run 4 lap stints gave me the upper hand. On the 3 lap stints i could push hard making up time lost in the early part if the race.

 

[harvickfan]

I did a 5 Stopper, with my stints bring 3 laps, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3.. Being able to run 4 lap stints gave me the upper hand.

when it comes to tire management you are the man

Congrats, if I'm gonna blow a race i'd just as soon see you win it

 

[Peter.]

Only person you can blame for that is yourself pj. I must say I'm getting quite sick of your excuses. All season you've said Sarthe will be the day and once again fail to deliver anything spectacular. I actually said before the race "medium tyres, ha". Soft tyres were the way to go. Well they were for me, Paginas and BK. I don't know what miracle tiss pulled out the bag

Well it was my mistake to not have used Softs as well. Ok. But the fact that I qualified 2nd doesn't impress anyone at all? It would've been the day for me, I had the pace to win, but I blew my strategy. There. I blew it. My fault, entirely. But to say that I didn't do well is just not right.

 

[harvickfan]

Well it was my mistake to not have used Softs as well. Ok. But the fact that I qualified 2nd doesn't impress anyone at all? It would've been the day for me, I had the pace to win, but I blew my strategy. There. I blew it. My fault, entirely. But to say that I didn't do well is just not right.

Don't pay attention Peter you are getting better and a lot of us blew the strategy. The number of laps was kind of a clear setup for softs to win though , I will say that much. 21 laps makes no logical sense except that it fits the soft strategy to perfection.

 

[Vettelfan]

Well it was my mistake to not have used Softs as well. Ok. But the fact that I qualified 2nd doesn't impress anyone at all? It would've been the day for me, I had the pace to win, but I blew my strategy. There. I blew it. My fault, entirely. But to say that I didn't do well is just not right.

When did I say you hadn't done well? I just said it wasn't as spectacular as you'd hyped it up to be, all season long.

 

[Peter.]

Don't pay attention Peter you are getting better and a lot of us blew the strategy. The number of laps was kind of a clear setup for softs to win though , I will say that much. 21 laps makes no logical sense except that it fits the soft strategy to perfection.

I'm not going to point any fingers, but i'm just putting it out there. Did Bermudakid adjust the race distance to suit his strategy? I mean, he did beat both of us, and he is an evil dictator. Or was it Aliens?

Good job to the Soft drivers, your tyre management skills and strategy skills allowed you all to beat us on the Mediums. It only makes me more upset at these new tyre physics though. If we didn't have this silly tyre wear, then I think i'd have done better than 6th.

When did I say you hadn't done well? I just said it wasn't as spectacular as you'd hyped it up to be, all season long.

I hyped it up before Polyphony dropped this tyre bomb on us. After they did, I stopped going on about me being able to walk this race, because I knew it wouldn't happen. I've only done 2 races all season Jamman, and despite some more bad luck and bad decisions compromising my races, they have been my 2 best races in my GTPLMP career. Doesn't that impress anyone at all?

 

[amf7]

Sorry guys for this season of dsc.

Hope this series goes well.. I'll keep an eye out every now and again. Glad I can still race with a few of the guys on f1 at least!

Cya

Edit: and saying that 21 laps fits perfectly for softs is a little late now jake lol

 

[harvickfan]

Sorry guys for this season of dsc.

Hope this series goes well.. I'll keep an eye out every now and again. Glad I can still race with a few of the guys on f1 at least!

Cya

Edit: and saying that 21 laps fits perfectly for softs is a little late now jake lol

i'm not complaining, it's just a game after all.

 

[Peter.]

Sorry guys for this season of dsc.

Hope this series goes well.. I'll keep an eye out every now and again. Glad I can still race with a few of the guys on f1 at least!

Cya

Edit: and saying that 21 laps fits perfectly for softs is a little late now jake lol

I'm sure Bermudakid would be a bit more Bermudakind to you if you didn't say to many silly things, complain, and cause so much havoc in the races.

You've caused this on yourself. I don't think that BK would change his mind now, but I don't want to see you get kicked. The more the merrier, and you're not total rubbish, you'd give everyone else a run for their money at least at Nurburgring.

Bermudakid, how about letting amf stick around on a 2 strike status?

 

[tissimo]

To be honesty, with my strategy I think I could of out paced any medium or hard tired car regardless of distance. But that's the ability to do 4 laps on softs.

 

[Vettelfan]

I must say the tyres aren't going to do Season 6 any good. Today kind of confirmed my worst fears. The only on track racing I had was at the start and at the end (and that was only because me and Paginas followed identical strategys) and a very unrealistic 6 stopper. All race was just about strategy and who could save tyres the best. Its no longer about proper racing. I wish to myself it will be a one off but I fear it will be a regular occurance.

 

[harvickfan]

To be honesty, with my strategy I think I could of out paced any medium or hard tired car regardless of distance. But that's the ability to do 4 laps on softs.

I had such a big lead on you though, and I could do 21's once some fuel burned off with my soft fronts, rear mediums. Plus had the race been a lap shorter, I could have 3 stopped doing 5 lap stints...... it doesn't matter though, I just messed up too much to have a chance of backing it up.

 

[amf7]

I'm sure Bermudakid would be a bit more Bermudakind to you if you didn't say to many silly things, complain, and cause so much havoc in the races.

You've caused this on yourself. I don't think that BK would change his mind now, but I don't want to see you get kicked. The more the merrier, and you're not total rubbish, you'd give everyone else a run for their money at least at Nurburgring.

Bermudakid, how about letting amf stick around on a 2 strike status?

Tbh.. I think there is something up with my connection still. In the quali race it was ok but the race with more than a few people I was getting jumps/freezes.

I would still like to race but thats upto you lot.

Out of curiosity how many laps did people manage on mediums.. After 4 I couldnt stop spinning?

 

[Peter.]

I must say the tyres aren't going to do Season 6 any good. Today kind of confirmed my worst fears. The only on track racing I had was at the start and at the end (and that was only because me and Paginas followed identical strategys) and a very unrealistic 6 stopper. All race was just about strategy and who could save tyres the best. Its no longer about proper racing. I wish to myself it will be a one off but I fear it will be a regular occurance.

I feared this as well the minute I saw the new tyre wear. The days of the best pace winning races is now over. Now it will be about the best strategy, the best tyre management, and especially consistency. I'm sayng it from now, i'm expecting ot strugle come S6. I might be able to get up there in qualifying, maybe, just maybe snag a pole somewhere, but that's about it. I'd fall back in the races again, because my consistency and tyre management is sub par.

 

[amf7]

I feared this as well the minute I saw the new tyre wear. The days of the best pace winning races is now over. Now it will be about the best strategy, the best tyre management, and especially consistency. I'm sayng it from now, i'm expecting ot strugle come S6. I might be able to get up there in qualifying, maybe, just maybe snag a pole somewhere, but that's about it. I'd fall back in the races again, because my consistency and tyre management is sub par.

If I'm allowed to race I will be dreadful tbh.

 

[Drum404]

OK. The cars to have next season are the R8, 905, GT-ONE, 787B, Speed 8, and 908. I've ruled out the 908...I don't really wanna drive it. I really like the 905.

We need to fortify teams better next season and maybe get reserve drivers, 1 for each team

 

[tissimo]

I had such a big lead on you though, and I could do 21's once some fuel burned off with my soft fronts, rear mediums. Plus had the race been a lap shorter, I could have 3 stopped doing 5 lap stints...... it doesn't matter though, I just messed up too much to have a chance of backing it up.

Yeah, but how fast was your 4th and 5th lap? Sure even mediums, they're nearly as fast as softs, but lap 3 or 4 they're a good deal slower, total time lost is equal to pit stop delta.


Fwiw, my lap times were in the neighborhood of 23,23,25,28 for a 4 lap stints

 

[Alain Prost Fan]

Well that race sucked. I was in 2nd in the quali race but binned at the Porsche curves and slipped down to 8th. The start was ok as I stayed with the pack. I soon made a mistake coming up to Tetre Rouge and tried to get back on track but with Jamman right on my a***, he hit me off into the gravel accidently. Made another mistake later on and slipped to 10th. From then on I was all by myself for pretty much the whole race but had minor battles with freshseth and Peter. Got a best lap of 3:21.3 and overtook Jake on the last lap but I'm far from happy. Looking forward to S6 though for sure.

 

[Razor70]

n0000ooooo i slept thru the whole thing !!!

 

[bermudakid]

Oh don't start looking a me about I picked a race distance for softs.....

You guys wanted a1 hour race.
You guys wanted a 2 hour race.
24 laps ..... blah blah

21+1 is 1.5 hours. So shut it. I have never done any practice more than 5 lap online races so I had no idea what works.... I knew I was doing sifts the min I tried meds and they were complete garbage.

And I'm hindsight. Lap less I'm sure the soft guys would have just done 1 stint on Med or stopped 2 laps after the pace.

 

[Niss]

i knew you was going too win tiss when we practiced u were faster then me, this wasnt the best track for C9 so i'm proud with my 4th place gj vettel and Pag,

 

[harvickfan]

Yeah, but how fast was your 4th and 5th lap? Sure even mediums, they're nearly as fast as softs, but lap 3 or 4 they're a good deal slower, total time lost is equal to pit stop delta.


Fwiw, my lap times were in the neighborhood of 23,23,25,28 for a 4 lap stints

Your consistency is better than mine. I just messed up too much to even say I had a clean stint... softs all around from now on I guess.

 

[harvickfan]

Oh don't start looking a me about I picked a race distance for softs.....

You guys wanted a1 hour race.
You guys wanted a 2 hour race.
24 laps ..... blah blah

21+1 is 1.5 hours. So shut it. I have never done any practice more than 5 lap online races so I had no idea what works.... I knew I was doing sifts the min I tried meds and they were complete garbage.

And I'm hindsight. Lap less I'm sure the soft guys would have just done 1 stint on Med or stopped 2 laps after the pace.

Dude I'm not like, actually upset and thinking you're biased. It's just frustration talking lol.

 

[Hofstee]

I think it was probably just my setup not being optimized for 2.02 since I had 4 weeks off, but the 787B murdered my tires. rear softs ran out halfway through third lap.

 

[bermudakid]

n0000ooooo i slept thru the whole thing !!!

IMO the new tire wear is good, we had a lot of people finish within seconds of each other. And despite thinking it was all strategy, i raced wheel to wheel with a lot of guys all race. I changed positions all race.

How often did that happen before ? ? ?

I dont think the debate over Med vs Soft is done just yet though.
But i will always run softs, cuz your suppose to drive it like you stole it..........



i know i said i would put up a new thread tonight, but i lied.... im tired and going to be @ 9:09 pm.

 

[Hofstee]

IMO the new tire wear is good, we had a lot of people finish within seconds of each other. And despite thinking it was all strategy, i raced wheel to wheel with a lot of guys all race. I changed positions all race.

How often did that happen before ? ? ?

I dont think the debate over Med vs Soft is done just yet though.
But i will always run softs, cuz your suppose to drive it like you stole it..........



i know i said i would put up a new thread tonight, but i lied.... im tired and going to be @ 9:09 pm.

I could put up a new thread if you like.

Nice job updating the OP much more frequently this season btw.

 

[GT5_X2010]

Man I missed a great race. Tyre wear is going to make this thing brilliant.

Season6 is going to be hillarious now. I HAVE A CHANCE!!!!! But with tyre wear so high, I think we need to consider going somewhere that tyre wear was already bad, SSR5. Not it really will be pitting ever 3 laps in a 50 lap race

EDIT: AMF, you are not the only person to be kicked from a series that I know. funkyDucks was kicked from the TOCA series my Furinkazen...... because he was lagging too much.

 

[Vettelfan]

Well that race sucked. I was in 2nd in the quali race but binned at the Porsche curves and slipped down to 8th. The start was ok as I stayed with the pack. I soon made a mistake coming up to Tetre Rouge and tried to get back on track but with Jamman right on my a***, he hit me off into the gravel accidently. Made another mistake later on and slipped to 10th. From then on I was all by myself for pretty much the whole race but had minor battles with freshseth and Peter. Got a best lap of 3:21.3 and overtook Jake on the last lap but I'm far from happy. Looking forward to S6 though for sure.

When you came back on to the track on my screen I'd missed you, but when I looked back and saw you in the gravel I assumed you hadn't got there by yourself and lag must have had something to do with it, sorry. There was quite a lot of lag yesterday throughout the race, for me anyway.
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So season 5 is over, season 6 will bring a lot of changes. I need to get on the hunt for a new car, the new tyre wear will make things brilliant/idiotic and did I see somewhere the races may get changed to Sundays?

 

[Alain Prost Fan]

When you came back on to the track on my screen I'd missed you, but when I looked back and saw you in the gravel I assumed you hadn't got there by yourself and lag must have had something to do with it, sorry. There was quite a lot of lag yesterday throughout the race, for me anyway.

That's weird but anyway no problem.

@golfer, I said I was in 2nd in the quali race and then made a mistake and started in 8th. Peter was 2nd in qualifying.

 

[bombe32]

Feeling a little proud about predicting the winner of the race. Well done, B. Well done, tiss.