VCRC 80s MX-5 & MR2 @ Nürburgring 24hrs - Complete - Results Posted

[watermelon punch]

Tuesday Event Photomodes

 

[Geeky30]

Thanks watermelonpunch, It was a gret bunch of races,
See you later to race the Volvo

 

[gazelle]

thanks watermelon for a great evening. i think i had a great deal of beginners luck 👍
sorry for a couple of bumps on the first lap.

if anyone felt i was too aggresive please forgive my in-expeirience as i am new to online racing.....but please leave feedback here so i can learn from my mistakes

great race once again, thanks to everyone

 

[gippone]

Thanks for the great races watermelon!!! Has been a pleasure to race against you guys I was very happy of my result in the MR2 overtaking DQ in the last straight for the second place after a mistake in Aremberg turn

The second race was quite different!! Following DQ for the first place I screwed everything spinning and then I could not grip the car again and spinnning and spinning was the result LOL (I waited some cars to pass but I spinned later in front of others.... sorry )

Then I made my race in recover from 10th to 4th giving all I had left

 

[John Wells]

Good photos Melon:tup:

This was a great fun race thanks

 

[chuyler1]

A combination of these cars on, basically normal road tires instead of sports or racing tires, (and let's be honest, its tantamount to suicide driving on this track with non-sports tires, if it were real life) made them too unstable for proper racing, as a result any nick or light bump (or anything worse of course), results in catastrophe, so I'm not interested if it's on this track, or if it's comfort tires I've decided, minimum sports hard for any future online racing I do, with some exceptions for pre 1980 cars perhaps.

I also think, myself included admittedly, through either accident, or intentionally 'defensive' lines, (which I've been advised to take in the past), the number of racing incidents was immense in the first lap of the races I participated in, and while I didn't experience any lag, some of the other players replays that I recorded looked virtually un-drivable.

For the speed, these cars had tons of grip. You just have to adjust your braking points accordingly and spend some time practicing with them. CS tires have the effective grip of summer performance tires in real life. I was taking turns on the ring with wide open throttle that I wouldn't dare attempt in real life on racing tires.

Who ever instructed you to swerve back and forth to block the track was grossly mistaken on how to race appropriately with other drivers. GTP OLR or not, it is unacceptable behavior in online gaming. You wouldn't do that in real life and what happened to you on the first lap is exactly what would happen in real life. The number of lap 1 incidents seems high to you because you chose to wreck yourself instead of letting someone faster pass you, twice on race 1 lap 1 alone. I'd be really surprised if this is the first time someone has put you into the wall for attempting to block. There is an entire thread on this forum devoted to your text-book poor sportsmanlike behavior on the track.

 

[Naptown25rs]

A combination of these cars on, basically normal road tires instead of sports or racing tires, (and let's be honest, its tantamount to suicide driving on this track with non-sports tires, if it were real life) made them too unstable for proper racing, as a result any nick or light bump (or anything worse of course), results in catastrophe, so I'm not interested if it's on this track, or if it's comfort tires I've decided, minimum sports hard for any future online racing I do, with some exceptions for pre 1980 cars perhaps.

I also think, myself included admittedly, through either accident, or intentionally 'defensive' lines, (which I've been advised to take in the past), the number of racing incidents was immense in the first lap of the races I participated in, and while I didn't experience any lag, some of the other players replays that I recorded looked virtually un-drivable.

Appreciate the effort setting up the race regardless of what transpired. I'm sure they'll be opportunities for different types of races in the future.

And I suppose the lack of grip from the tires is what caused you to deliberately pull onto the racing line from almost a complete stop, causing a very heavy collision with me?

 

[watermelon punch]

Thanks all! Great fun.

@ gazelle68 - I received NO lodged complaints about you, if that helps.
I know you had a couple of offs, but pretty much everyone did!!
The nurburgring can surprise at times, even for those familiar with it.
(With the exception perhaps of Nicktune. lol)

@ gippone - I had the opposite effect, being okay with the MX5, but then getting squirrelly in the MR2.
And sorry btw about the clumsy pit exit near you during qualifying. I strangely had a black screen a couple of times when entering into free run on the track, where I could see nothing until being fully on the track. Odd problems sometimes, like several of us getting disconnected just before Race #1. But I think we did quite well with lining up for reverse grid order manually to start Race #1.

@ chuyler1 - there are probably 200 threads on GTPlanet devoted to the topic of track etiquette. You can't maneuver through the site without coming across them.

RE: tires
The comfort tires have DEFINITELY been improved with more grippy-ness since the tire wear patch in December. I would not have dreamed of putting even some low power cars on comfort mediums last year.
Also, on unmodified low power cars, with stock suspension, I think slicks, or even sports tires would be at times bizarre. To even compare it to reality would be silly - as I think slicks would actually cause a real vintage road car's stock suspension & frame to crack wrenching it around. ha ha.
If we were driving unmodified Yellow Birds with comfort tires & ABS off, then perhaps I would blame the car for messiness on the track. lol But if I'm capable of staying on the track with a car, it can't be that hard, because I'm no ace!!

And to paraphrase the infamous Shuffle Lobby host, Destinkeys... There's no excuse for not making contact concessions. It takes no well handling car, no speed, and no skill, to stop & let the car you hit retake the place ahead of you. 👍

 

[chuyler1]

I've raced the MR2 with a stock suspension and racing slicks before. It takes all the fun out of the car and it reveals the physics flaws in the game. The inside tires should literally lift off the ground as the suspension twists the body...but they don't.

Here's an exciting Lemons battle I had a while back with me in the MR2 severely underpowered against a much faster FF sedan. Tire wear was my biggest advantage because I could barely keep up with the pre-spec-2.0 draft settings. The video also shows how two drivers can race side by side on one of the most difficult tracks in the game without excessive contact and with damage set to FULL. I finally won the battle by risking a late braking maneuver to trick my opponent with worn tires into doing the same. I was half expecting him to brake earlier and figured I'd stay ahead, but he waited for me to brake and his faster speed sent him right into the barrier.

 

[gazelle]

@watermelonpunch
Thanks thats a weight off.
Now looking forward to the italian event on the 9th...i will really need to get some practice in for that one ;-)

 

[Geeky30]

Sorry its a bit late, but heres tuesdays race 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj_d...DvjVQa1PpcFPmg2AhoXqhLQRuSu1nulvXLK3XstllSPk=

 

[Geeky30]

heres tuesdays race 2

 

[watermelon punch]

Cool thanks!