Well that was fun
GG everyone, especially
@GOTMAXPOWER @Spinerkopin,
@R1600Turbo @Michelin Man @Pigems.
I actually thought the classes mixed really well at probably the hardest overtaking track on the calendar, I know I caught a couple in some not ideal places, and a couple of times with
@Kermit_2142 I was on a fast lap attempt and made a slightly brutal pass in the last sector ( sorry about that dude
it always seemed to be you I would catch on those laps lol )
But yeah, seemed to go really well to me, hopefully the GT300 drivers found it the same 👍
The highlight was definitely qualifying, I felt most comfortable with the car when it was at its lightest ( I think I just prefer qualifying in general too ) and the lap just clicked really nicely, I never found quite the same feeling in the race unfortunately. I need to remember to record qualifying laps at Spa / Suzuka - I wish I had this one.
Then the race, start was good, first corner fine, and then a wild GOTMAXPOWER appeared on my outside, and proceeded to drive around the outside and into the lead, taking my dignity with him. I tried to stay close and had a few looks down the inside, ending up with me going a touch deep into the uphill hairpin and tapping him, in hindsight I backed off to much, and Spiner came past, and then it really got tough, he was driving really well - no mistakes at all, the dirty air meant it was hard to pass in the sections the Honda was stronger, and then down the straight with the slip from Max as well as Nissan power i couldn't get alongside.
Finally made a move stick at the hairpin when the Nissan's fronts wore a little, and then Max just touched the slightest bit of grass at T11 and that was enough ( nice save though )
I wasn't very happy with my driving after that, my headset doesn't work well with the party chat, and with not hearing my engine at all it was hard to control the turbo kick and I was sliding everywhere, at the stop I got rid of the headset and that fixed that, but then my intermittent G29 brake binding/ghost braking issue really kicked off badly, by the end of the second stint it was practically every lap or two, coming on sometimes up to 20%ish for a second or so, or on and off in bits down the straight, and i could feel it slow the car down, I let it get to me a bit too much and it wrecked my rythmn which is important here.
Luckily I came in for a late stop to ensure FL and realised the brake binding had burned fuel, and I needed a quick splash, and after that it was just make no mistakes till the end.
Still, despite a lot of moaning reading this back I did really enjoy the race - I promise
its a really fun series racing with you all, and I can't wait for Spa and Suzuka, two awesome tracks.
Big thanks to
@Adam Barber as always for organising
