No worries mate! I was going to apologize to you as well if you picked up any penalties from our contact there. I thought I could squeeze by there without sacrificing too much speed, but I should've slowed down more.
Both the new drivers aswell!
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Great racing everyone, and thanks again to @paoloevans for hosting a great series.
Round 3 Replay has been shared.
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Everyone have a Happy Holiday and see everyone in a few weeks.
Hey everybody, thx for the race again @paoloevans . Shame that there were issues tonight, but this can happen with this game =/. The race was nice, I made not major mistakes and also only a few minor ones, so happy with that. I had wanted to finish in the top 6 and just managed that, so that's cool as well. Quali pace was a bit off tho compared to what I had pulled a few min earlier in free practice, so started a bit further back than I wanted. Had a hard scrap for 5th in the opening stint with @WhiteFlight1 , than got jumped in the pits (bad fuel economy / need to be more economical) again by @WhiteFlight1 and the charging @Totalrose . @Totalrose and me had a battle to the end then for 6th. The opening few laps I had quite a big pace advantage in the second half of the lap I felt but I didn't wanna force an overtake, trying to be more strategic, as we were not far in front of everybody else. I finally had a moment to make a pass happen on lap 23 after your slip but I got flustered when trying to find a line and had to back off. After that your faster end of stint pace kicked in and that was that. Anyway, good performance @Totalrose, nice race, see you all in the new year at Suzuka. Ah, and merry christmas and all that =) Here is a race pic I like:
Spiner was only 0.150 off in practice, so with a 5 minute qualifying nailing that first lap was important, and I was lucky I got a clean, traffic free lap, and was only about a tenth off my PB.
But the 25 laps went by pretty quickly really, and and then I was happy to see the chequered flag
Well that was eventful! Thanks again @paoloevans for a great race/series
Congratulations @Lazybike and @Drex124 - great pace you guys. And GG to everyone
I was expecting the 'Vette to struggle here, it just didn't seem like its type of track with the long sweeping corners and only one real straight, but somehow it seemed to manage ok
Then in the race I had a 3 second gap which had started to stabilise as the fronts wore on understeering Corvette, but then @Spinerkopin got really unlucky in one of the trickiest corners on the game, ( gutted dude, so easily done there, especially with worn rear tyres! )
From then on it was just about making no mistakes and trying to get the FL, I had a couple of close calls on the way, its just that kind of track I think, so easy to touch the grass and lose it. Me and @Invisigoth had a funny moment, he went left just as I went left, then we both went right, then left again, and again, it was kinda like when someone is coming down a hall the other way to you, and you both end up doing that weird dance thing
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What happened mate?
@Raptor013 : Same question. I could have sworn you started P6
Sorry if I caused anyone difficulties when I was being lapped. I felt so disconnected from the car this morning
Me and @Invisigoth had a funny moment, he went left just as I went left, then we both went right, then left again, and again, it was kinda like when someone is coming down a hall the other way to you, and you both end up doing that weird dance thing
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, it just made me laugh the way we both kept going the same way at the same time
Sorry about that. That was me trying to get out of the way so you had the better line. I wasn't sure what the gap between you and the next guy was, and I didn't want to be the reason the gap you had worked for evaporated
Bugger! Sounds like they nobbled the Evo (OK, it was me, mate, you need a boxer under the bonnet
No need to apologise - It happens, and I could tell it was because you were trying to be as helpful as possible
. Sometimes I try to be too helpfull .
. First I almost killed @kungtotte_ . Then I collided with the 1st place driver . Then I collided with the 2nd place driver .Then I collided with the 3rd place driver . Perfect hat trick! 
I'm sorry guys . .
@kungtotte_ There wasn't any contact. I run off a little and spun out all by myself - and I just hoped I won't hit you out too. I tried to let you go, but I couldn't find the perfect place for it... so I made a nice spin just for sure
@paoloevans
Then I gave up...
The contact with me was more my fault than yours mate, we're all learning, (Phil not so much@paoloevans
Then I gave up...
) stick with it mate!
Thank you. I felt terrible for days
We are part of a series where the drivers are of various levels. We are all aware of that and we all know that none of the participants would deliberately make contact. Everyone is pretty understanding, even when they have to deal with lapping me!
