SixAxis Championship Thread - Finished.
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GTP_Synwraith vs GTP_Marooned
A good race, somewhat ruined by an italian punting in his white Ferrari F430, really crappy.
Great racing GTP_Marooned, your pace was good enough to keep me on edge all the way through. I made a ton of mistakes, and totally botched my second pit stop exit. That'll teach me to only run 5 laps prior to a big race
Anyway, long story chort, I pitted lap 1, still had enough of a lead to pit again on lap 2, so had the rest of the race to just run free laps. Had some tight racing with Marooned after my second pitstop, he was incredibly respectful and clean, but I got past at one of the hairpins and extended the lead that way.
Many comiserations to you Marooned, you worked very hard for that place with your Elise time trial, sorry it had to be me to end your journey. Really hope we get to race again in the future 👍
Looking forward to the semi-finals greatly
All the best
Maz
Maz
Thanks a lot mate for your kind words, it was a bad luck 1st, wrong decision switching from R3s after 48 hrs practice and using R1/R2 just before the race
and the main reason i was racing from 11am (almost 12 hrs straight 
)Maz pretty much summed it up, the race from my car
Started my 1st lap pushing hard but not like the R3s as there was too much wheel spin
, Maz had 2 sec lead at the start, after my 1st fault last curve of the infiled section i was late exiting, the price was a 4.5 sec delay. But that didn't bring me down either, I said to my self you've nothing to lose and i might have a chance from his pit stop, (Dirve fast but slow 
)I pushed hard through the arc and the straight before the Bus-Stop as i know i'm pretty fast at the bus-stop (Many have told me so
) any how Maz pitted 1st lap and had the lead again, pitted 2nd lap too and that was my chance, i saw him struggeling with the narrow left hander of the pit-lane and that was the moment full gas out of the 1st curve, got the lead then lost it coz of the wheel spin 
That was the end, be a freak, go crazy
he has 8 laps non-stop, while i've to pit 2 times!!! I gave the car my best and was able to keep Maz on sight till he met the F430 and that was it bye bye Maz (No more Maz to be seen 
)....I kept on pushing till I met the F430 tried 5 times to pass him, each one ended up with me either grinded to the wall or trying to recover the car from spining arround it's axis 
Good race Maz, and fast too, wish you good luck with your upcoming races, well done 👍
Hai.
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- EL_ZISSOU
rofajole a.k.a. TeamE_rofajole vs EL_ZISSOU
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rofajole, sheriff timeattack, and myself all made it into our race on time, and gridded up quickly. i was last to get set up on the grid, and i could hear rofa revving his engine while i was still positioning, so i was not surprised when he got a bit ahead of me off the line. i was on the inside and hoped to retain enough overlap to disencourage him when we entered turn 1, but his start was good enough that i had to back off and watch him glide on through the turn.
we stayed about a carlength apart all the way to the first set of banking, and i got a really good drive out of turn 5(?) and, with the help of the draft, was able to make the pass on rofa pretty swiftly. he picked my draft back up a bit before the bus stop, but i believe was i good 5-8 carlengths ahead upon entry.
it looked as though rofa caught a bit of a bad exit from the busstop, because thats where i first established a substantial lead- enough so that i dont think he was quite able to pick up my draft, although i wasnt sure.
i decided to pit, since i couldnt be sure if i was far enough ahead to avoid the massive draft effect on the section before turn 1, and i decided that i would use my pit to instead catch some draft from rofa on the next lap, and have that one pit stop up on him.
i thought i had read that if the lead driver pits, the other must wait to pit on another lap, but rofa followed me into the pits so he either must have not seen that, or i interpreted it wrong. so, my plan didnt work out as hoped, but it seemed that my pitting practice before the race rewarded me with a big gap coming out, and i had enough of a lead to prevent him from drafting by the time i hit the banking.
from there, i was pulling away at a good enough rate that i decided to back off just a touch on the handful of turns that can result in disaster most easily. i was doing high 1.49s for most of the rest of the race, about a second off my best.
around lap 6 or 7, i saw what looked like timeattack perched at the pit entry, and i tried to read his handle and that resulted in a trip to the wall for me, at about a 3-second cost. on lap 7 or 8, i passed a yellow viper who then dove into me and shot me off the track just before the first set of banking- the real bad spot to go off because you practically have to throw it in reverse afterward to clear the barrier and get back on the track. i think that cost me around 5 seconds, but it could have been much worse.
at this point i was no longer feeling relaxed, because i had a dirty driver ahead of me that needed to be re-passed, and i had lost track of how far back rofa was, andhad no idea if he had made his second pit stop yet or not.
luckily i made it past the punter with a better drive out of the bus stop and a boost from his draft approaching t1, and held a very tight line to avoid a replay of what happened with him earlier. i turned a 1.49.6 on that lap, and then my time coming out of the busstop was a low 1.27, so i was feeling pretty good about things heading into the pits. lap 10 was another 1.49, with no stress and no other cars around.
i think i finished with a 17-second gap, and i imagine rofa had his share of troubles, if not more, since he seemed to be moving pretty good when we were racing close.
rofa, it was good to race against you and i was glad to see you in the quarter-finals. i had a lot of fun when we were on suzuka a couple of months back, and had to try for several days to get all of our group races in. congratulations on making it from around 40 drivers to the final 8.
i havent touched my wheel since this round was announced, so i think im going to go set it up soon and see if i can get moving a little faster.
congrats to everyone for all the hard work in this competition, thank you to t.a. for playing sheriff, and thanks again to rofa for a clean race that got scheduled quickly and easily.
see you on the track
rofajole, sheriff timeattack, and myself all made it into our race on time, and gridded up quickly. i was last to get set up on the grid, and i could hear rofa revving his engine while i was still positioning, so i was not surprised when he got a bit ahead of me off the line. i was on the inside and hoped to retain enough overlap to disencourage him when we entered turn 1, but his start was good enough that i had to back off and watch him glide on through the turn.
we stayed about a carlength apart all the way to the first set of banking, and i got a really good drive out of turn 5(?) and, with the help of the draft, was able to make the pass on rofa pretty swiftly. he picked my draft back up a bit before the bus stop, but i believe was i good 5-8 carlengths ahead upon entry.
it looked as though rofa caught a bit of a bad exit from the busstop, because thats where i first established a substantial lead- enough so that i dont think he was quite able to pick up my draft, although i wasnt sure.
i decided to pit, since i couldnt be sure if i was far enough ahead to avoid the massive draft effect on the section before turn 1, and i decided that i would use my pit to instead catch some draft from rofa on the next lap, and have that one pit stop up on him.
i thought i had read that if the lead driver pits, the other must wait to pit on another lap, but rofa followed me into the pits so he either must have not seen that, or i interpreted it wrong. so, my plan didnt work out as hoped, but it seemed that my pitting practice before the race rewarded me with a big gap coming out, and i had enough of a lead to prevent him from drafting by the time i hit the banking.
from there, i was pulling away at a good enough rate that i decided to back off just a touch on the handful of turns that can result in disaster most easily. i was doing high 1.49s for most of the rest of the race, about a second off my best.
around lap 6 or 7, i saw what looked like timeattack perched at the pit entry, and i tried to read his handle and that resulted in a trip to the wall for me, at about a 3-second cost. on lap 7 or 8, i passed a yellow viper who then dove into me and shot me off the track just before the first set of banking- the real bad spot to go off because you practically have to throw it in reverse afterward to clear the barrier and get back on the track. i think that cost me around 5 seconds, but it could have been much worse.
at this point i was no longer feeling relaxed, because i had a dirty driver ahead of me that needed to be re-passed, and i had lost track of how far back rofa was, andhad no idea if he had made his second pit stop yet or not.
luckily i made it past the punter with a better drive out of the bus stop and a boost from his draft approaching t1, and held a very tight line to avoid a replay of what happened with him earlier. i turned a 1.49.6 on that lap, and then my time coming out of the busstop was a low 1.27, so i was feeling pretty good about things heading into the pits. lap 10 was another 1.49, with no stress and no other cars around.
i think i finished with a 17-second gap, and i imagine rofa had his share of troubles, if not more, since he seemed to be moving pretty good when we were racing close.
rofa, it was good to race against you and i was glad to see you in the quarter-finals. i had a lot of fun when we were on suzuka a couple of months back, and had to try for several days to get all of our group races in. congratulations on making it from around 40 drivers to the final 8.
i havent touched my wheel since this round was announced, so i think im going to go set it up soon and see if i can get moving a little faster.
congrats to everyone for all the hard work in this competition, thank you to t.a. for playing sheriff, and thanks again to rofa for a clean race that got scheduled quickly and easily.
see you on the track
- 2,898
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- GTP_Synwraith
Well done EL ZISSOU and rofajole, congratulations to both for making it this far and to ZISSOU for progressing.
Despite all the racing that has been done in the Sixaxis championship and GTP Event 02, thankfully only a very small percentage have had their outcome decided by dirty drivers. I think the only race of mine that hasn't involved sinister moves from people is the race I had with Steve-O, and that stands out as my favourite race in all competitions so far.
As for the pitstops, your right ZISS, if the lead driver pits, the following driver must abandon his pit stop and pit on another lap.
I can't help but laugh when you drove into the wall because you were reading someone's tag, I have done that sooo many times
Excellent write-up 👍
All the best
Maz
Despite all the racing that has been done in the Sixaxis championship and GTP Event 02, thankfully only a very small percentage have had their outcome decided by dirty drivers. I think the only race of mine that hasn't involved sinister moves from people is the race I had with Steve-O, and that stands out as my favourite race in all competitions so far.
As for the pitstops, your right ZISS, if the lead driver pits, the following driver must abandon his pit stop and pit on another lap.
I can't help but laugh when you drove into the wall because you were reading someone's tag, I have done that sooo many times
Excellent write-up 👍
All the best
Maz
Well it was an amazing race. Too bad that I only stopped making mistakes at around lap 4-5. Before that I made stupid mistakes coming out of the chicane and hitting the wall or maybe even stepping too hard on the gas and getting the car sideways (which thankfully my drifting skills allowed me to put it back straight without spinning out). However after lap 5, I was pulling about mid 1'48s and I could notice at the map that I was getting much closer to EL_ZISSOU, but it wasn't fast enough. He already a lead of about 10-15 secs and I could never catch up.
Good Luck next round man and to all the other competitors as well!👍
Good Luck next round man and to all the other competitors as well!👍
The Outlaw
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I agree Maz 👍 Grim and myself will try and get our race done early this week. He was taking a vacation this past weekend, so of course we were unable to do our race then.
The Outlaw
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You guys mind if I steward your race? I would enjoy seeing what takes place 
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You guys mind if I steward your race? I would enjoy seeing what takes place
I would like to spectate this race as well.
GTP_rpm
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I don't mind. We will be meeting in Online Race Chat at 7pm GMT on Wednesday
I've picked my pace up a bit and found a more consistent tune. Did a free-run session a couple of hours ago, doing 5 laps in the 48's and doing a clean 1'48.484. That's really about as good as it will get for me...Just so hard to go 10 laps without ruining the bus stop
I've picked my pace up a bit and found a more consistent tune. Did a free-run session a couple of hours ago, doing 5 laps in the 48's and doing a clean 1'48.484. That's really about as good as it will get for me...Just so hard to go 10 laps without ruining the bus stop
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I don't mind. We will be meeting in Online Race Chat at 7pm GMT on Wednesday
I've picked my pace up a bit and found a more consistent tune. Did a free-run session a couple of hours ago, doing 5 laps in the 48's and doing a clean 1'48.484. That's really about as good as it will get for me...Just so hard to go 10 laps without ruining the bus stop
I don't mind people watching although it will add to the pressure for me and I don't do so well under pressure
I don't think this race will be so close as I cannot currently match RPMs above performance - he's stepped it up a gear!
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I don't mind people watching although it will add to the pressure for me and I don't do so well under pressure
If you dont want people to watch can say no. Dont feel the need to please people, if its guna affect your performance.
And anything can happen on race day
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I hear ya gad, if you guys dont need me for following i will be sure to stay out of it. If you do want me to follow, i always stay a good distance back so whoever i am behind doesnt feel any pressure from having someone on their tail.
I would rather you didnt follow anyway. From people watching the GTP Event 2 races, they parked at the side of the track and watched.
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I just did a 1'48.119. I'm not even sure how but it was legal and clean. It's amazing how much time can be sliced off when good sections are strung together - I was trying to beat a 1'48.68 for about 20 laps and then suddenly it came from nowhere. Replay saved!
Lap time consistency is still my major issue... and that damn bustop chicane is a major danger every lap!
Lap time consistency is still my major issue... and that damn bustop chicane is a major danger every lap!
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Great lap mate, very very quick indeed. I managed my best last night at 1'48.305. Finally everything came together and I was heading in the right direction with tuning...actually more like I finally grew a pair and STARTED tuning
Bus stop consistency is crucial. What good is 2 or 3 tenths gained a lap when it can all be thrown away and worse with one shaky bus stop drama?
All the best
Maz
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Nice lap Gadbury, I'd never be able to go that quick.
To anyone, I just ask that you do not park at the chicane. It's hard enough to take, let alone with the distraction of a parked car.
As for following, no thanks. That'd really piss me off! Just ask Jack
Thanks rpm but I think it was a fluke! I don't think I could do it again.
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GTP_Gadbury vs GTP_rpm
I started on the left side, rpm on the right. My heart was really pounding! rpm got a great start and took the lead into the first corner. For the infield section, I stayed in the draft zone until just before the bus stop entry when I went around rpm on the right-hand side. We were very close at the braking point but it remained clean. I had enough room but under the pressure I messed up my braking timing and hit the chicane wall going in to bus stop on the left-hander (turn 8). rpm pitted end of lap 1, so I pushed on hoping to make up some time.
I'm trying to remember the rest in detail but I cannot for sure. I won't try to document the whole race in detail as rpm has a recording and mentioned he would post up later. Here is what I can remember!
End of lap 2 was interesting as rpm drafted me on the final straight then dived immediately into the pits. A nice move I thought and it surprised me as I was just about to pull across to signal my 1st pit.
Start of lap 3, I was ahead for the first time although rpm was just behind me as he exited the pits. I was a little concerned as he had made both of his pit stops and I had made none.
By Lap 5 or 6 I had pitted twice and I was between 2 and 3 seconds behind... not quite as bad as I thought it would be, and I was still optimistic as it could still be possible that rpm makes a mistake or I put in some quick laps to keep the pressure on and get back in to his slip stream. Much credit though, rpm did not faulter. As I was pushing harder, I started to make a few mistakes... bus stop shenanigans, dirty tyres from going onto the grass exiting turn 5, which slowed me down a little and gave bad traction in turn 6. My second pit was near disasterous as I took the pit exit a bit quick and went a bit wide, missing part of the skinny pit lane exit road... I managed to cut back in across the grass but I hit the pit wall. No time was gained here (possibly only a little time lost) but it was messy I then later had a bad crash going in to turn 1 where I clipped the grass on the right hand side around lap 6 or 7 - then it was game over. As I was about to hit brake for turn 1, I remember thinking "imagine if I clip the grass, don't clip the grass, don't clip the grass, oh $#!% I'm going to clip the grass..... balls!"
I wish I could have held my nerve a bit to at least give a good fight and rpm a good race, but alas it was not to be; rpm was consistent, handled the pressure well and was very quick.
Congrats to rpm, and thanks for being a gent, and a professional on and off the track. Good luck in the semis mate, I'll be supporting you 👍
I started on the left side, rpm on the right. My heart was really pounding! rpm got a great start and took the lead into the first corner. For the infield section, I stayed in the draft zone until just before the bus stop entry when I went around rpm on the right-hand side. We were very close at the braking point but it remained clean. I had enough room but under the pressure I messed up my braking timing and hit the chicane wall going in to bus stop on the left-hander (turn 8). rpm pitted end of lap 1, so I pushed on hoping to make up some time.
I'm trying to remember the rest in detail but I cannot for sure. I won't try to document the whole race in detail as rpm has a recording and mentioned he would post up later. Here is what I can remember!
End of lap 2 was interesting as rpm drafted me on the final straight then dived immediately into the pits. A nice move I thought and it surprised me as I was just about to pull across to signal my 1st pit.
Start of lap 3, I was ahead for the first time although rpm was just behind me as he exited the pits. I was a little concerned as he had made both of his pit stops and I had made none.
By Lap 5 or 6 I had pitted twice and I was between 2 and 3 seconds behind... not quite as bad as I thought it would be, and I was still optimistic as it could still be possible that rpm makes a mistake or I put in some quick laps to keep the pressure on and get back in to his slip stream. Much credit though, rpm did not faulter. As I was pushing harder, I started to make a few mistakes... bus stop shenanigans, dirty tyres from going onto the grass exiting turn 5, which slowed me down a little and gave bad traction in turn 6. My second pit was near disasterous as I took the pit exit a bit quick and went a bit wide, missing part of the skinny pit lane exit road... I managed to cut back in across the grass but I hit the pit wall. No time was gained here (possibly only a little time lost) but it was messy
I then later had a bad crash going in to turn 1 where I clipped the grass on the right hand side around lap 6 or 7 - then it was game over. As I was about to hit brake for turn 1, I remember thinking "imagine if I clip the grass, don't clip the grass, don't clip the grass, oh $#!% I'm going to clip the grass..... balls!" I wish I could have held my nerve a bit to at least give a good fight and rpm a good race, but alas it was not to be; rpm was consistent, handled the pressure well and was very quick.
Congrats to rpm, and thanks for being a gent, and a professional on and off the track. Good luck in the semis mate, I'll be supporting you 👍
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Many congratulations to Ian for progressing, well done mate, sounds like you were your usual solid stellar self in a race situation. James mate you have been a quality competitor and with that hotlap you produce could easily have whipped any one of us on another day.
Gracious in defeat, you are also a gentlemen. Can't wait to race you again mate 👍
All the best
Maz
Gracious in defeat, you are also a gentlemen. Can't wait to race you again mate 👍
All the best
Maz
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