lost save game data due to fiddling around with that ticket thing knew i shouldnt have bothered
thanks for the enzo X being a great help to me right now..
Glad it helps mate! My advice is raise the front suspension to 0 and leave everything else as is! That is the only difference between that one and the one I use on la Sarthe to earn some extra credits! 👍
For those who don't know... I have 6 road-going cars tuned up to race-spec performance with very basic tunes shared, they all need fine-tuning but they are at least in the ballpark...
Well done again X , you are the man to beat. 👍
And Stubz , no we aren't supposed to cut at all .... even if we are laps down. Watching the replay I saw heaps of cuts going on. I'm guilty of it too..... but some drivers were clocking them up at an alarming rate. I lost count!
Cheers mate!
I have only won 2 of the 6 races so far this season but I have been on the podium in all but one of them so the consistency has been key to the lead I have built up!
Now, onto a few other matters that need dealing with...
Firstly, as Spinner said, corner cutting was an issue in the last race, and it is not 'ok' even when you are laps down!
So take this as a friendly warning Stubz, I can see that in your mind it made no difference and I do understand, however for example, if someone else had dramas and you caught them and subsequently overtook them, then you have gained time as a result and ultimately position also... We are all good drivers and are ALL capable of running the legal lines, I too cut a few times, mainly as the track dried and grip increased meaning I was turning in too early! 👎 I always tried my very best to turn out of the corner and avoid cutting but in some cases it just cant be done...
Secondly, Dilluzion please dont take this the wrong way but I have decided to disqualify your fastest lap as you did indeed substantially cut the first chicane on that lap. I was going to give you the benefit of the doubt but then I re-checked the lap in the timing screen and you gained over half a second from the cut and as a result your best legal time was not as fast as the fastest legal time set by Willco, so Will, congratulations mate you get the extra point this week! 👍
Now, onto the more general issue of corner cutting, I am not sure if everyone interpretted what I said at the start of the race correctly as Dilluzion said my last lap I cut a corner which I checked and did not! I did say at the start of the race, 2 wheels on the track at all times as always, however, I did also say that the 'track' comprised tarmac and ripple-strips (not concrete though!) in keeping with WRS rules and general racing rules... So to avoid any confusion in future races I have taken photos at each chicane around Monza which I will now post to show what
is acceptable!
These are of the first chicane and as can be seen I have maintained at least 2 wheels on the 'track' at all times!
These are the second chicane and again I have maintained at least 2 wheels on the 'track'...
Finally, these are the third chicane and again, I have followed the rules! I did not bother to include the middle (right) turn in the third chicane as cutting over that puts you in the sand and nobody wants that anyway!...
Ok, so now all the no-so-fun 🤬 is taken care of I can move onto this weeks photos!
Again, we had alot going on in the first half which cooled off to a very restrained finish with most drivers separated by decent margins...
Round 5 (Monza) Highlight Reel - Photographed by X3rx3s44
Here we are at a wet, drying Monza all grided up and ready for a start in Round 5 of the championship!...
As we can see, Dilluzion was so excited to get going he had parked over the front of his starting box...
As we all make our way safely through the first chicane Myself and Waynz have got off to a good jump whilst the rest of the field jostle for position...
Here it is from another angle cutting out Myself and Waynz to get a better view of all the action in the first chicane...
Mick_C leads a three-way battle between Stubz, Rota and Spinner as everyone cautiously makes their way through a wet third chicane on the first lap...
Across the line at the end of the first lap and I had pulled out a ~2 second advantage over Waynz and Stig... Only to outbrake myself at the first chicane and run 'a little' wide!...
This gave Waynz and Stig the advantage and the chase was on! I was lucky to pull up in time to avoid the barriers (and damage)!
Here if you look closely to the right of shot you can see Stig replicating my mistake into the first chicane, unfortunately for Stig he did not escape damage and dropped back behind Waynz, Jol, Evan and Dilluzion (pictured) and a few others a bit further back just out of shot...
Here we have a recovering Stig battling with Rota, these two went at it hammer and tongs lap after lap, Stig was unable to build a gap putting Rota right in the heart of a great battle... In this shot, Rota is making an ambitious move around the outside of Stig in the third chicane... Amazingly, it pays off!
Dilluzion and Evan also had a very close battle going on for a number of laps, here we have Evan sending one down the inside of Dilluzion into the first chicane and pulling up beautifully for the apex of the turn...
As I had mentioned earlier, this was the battle of the race IMO, Stig and Rota, the two #8 cars not giving an inch! Here, Rota tries it on down into the second chicane and wisely gets out of it at the last minute when he realises he has not made it stick...
Another few laps go by and still Stig and Rota are fighting for the position, this time Rota makes it stick with a better run out of the second chicane and into the braking zone of the first 90 degree right hander at the bottom of the circuit...
Another little battle brews away as a recovering Dilluzion tags onto the back of his team-mate Spinner and looks for a way by into the second chicane...
Finally, this was the moment when the race was over, competitively speaking, for me as the result of an unfortunate mistake by Waynz on the exit of the first chicane which we are entering here... I had clawed back ~15 seconds in 8 laps ("You were eating into my lead like a fat kid on cupcakes..." - Waynz
) and had 4 left to run and was looking forward to Waynz showing his fighting spirit and pushing me all the way to the line... Sadly, he binned it on the exit of the chicane and got serious damage, leaving me able to relax and focus on simply keeping the Lexus on the black stuff until the flag...
So, there we have it for another week! As always, hope you like the shots and feedback is always welcome! Sorry about how long this post is... I know it is alot to get through but there were a few things I needed to discuss before I got onto the fun stuff with the photos...
Cheers, Xerx
