Race report
Only had a few laps of practice before the races today, but after those 24 hours of Nürburgring in GT5 I know this track like the back of my hand! Nürburgring is also the track in GT6 that's closest to home for me, so I guess it counts as my home turf
XNR - The car felt very good today, I restored the body rigidity before the race, adjusted the limited slip differential and gave it a well deserved car wash, so this car was finishing the series with flying colours! Qualified 3rd and managed to keep that position throughout the race.
Nascar 1 - Qualified 2nd, but there were three of us within 0.1 seconds so I knew it was going to be close. Got a good start and managed to stay on
@Pimasz tail, using the technique I learned in the Rome race, where the car was turning better when I gave it a little throttle through the corners. As the race progressed though I lost my cool and started to make some small mistakes. Pimiki eventually got out of reach and instead
@LexLathor closed in from behind. On the last lap I made a tiny mistake in the Schumacher S that allowed Lex to catch up, and in the following corner I ran wide and he could overtake me. I didn't give up just yet though, stayed right on his tail as we were coming up towards the chicane, managed to move up next to him during braking and then we were actually going through the chicane side by side! I lost traction at the exit though so Lex managed to defend his position and I crossed the line in 3rd place.
Nascar 2 - Started from 3rd, briefly made it up to 2nd, but I was too hot after the previous race and made too many mistakes, so I was soon back at 3rd. Towards the end of the race I spun around after the chicane and ended up on the grass. Before I could turn the car around again (it was like that scene in Titanic: "Turn! Turn!") I had lost 15 seconds and was down in 5th place. In an attempt to reclaim my 3rd position I entered epic hunter mode and started to chase down the two cars that had passed me. After a lap or two I had caught up and managed to pass the first car (
@Manasseh257NSX I believe?) while braking for the chicane. On the last lap I attempted the same maneuver on the second car (
@buybon355), but this time I had a bad line and ended up plowing straight forward and rammed his car as we were turning in for the chicane. Not the best way to end a series, but apart from that there was a lot of great racing today!
PS: I took some photos, I'll upload them here within a couple of days.