WSC III - PT Champion: JoeOfTheFire. GT Champion: SagarisGTB.
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- JoeOfTheFire
If GT are running fixed setups again next season I'll maybe do some unofficial testing beforehand at each track, so necessary PP changes are made clearer and sooner.
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- Essex
I think GT should be allowed some form of suspension tuning... Maybe even just the Height adjustable one.
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Monza was always going to be one of the Cobras best tracks, because of the slow corners and long (but not too long) straights, in terms of one lap pace. We will see how the race turns out though.
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- Essex
2:02.3 is my best time so far.
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- Donington Park
- ROB__MK2
Believe me, you don't know suspension til you drive the Jag
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- Blackburn
- Furinkazen_54
Alright, room opening up.
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- Essex
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- ROB__MK2
The jag has suspension?
Well, if you can call the baked bean cans and super glue suspension then yes 👍
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- Essex
... close enough.
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- ROB__MK2
FUUUUUUUUUUQING HELL!!!!!!! Damn! Me and Fox need like 4 compensation points thanks to RPH >
🤬 Why??? That's annoyed me. I was happy with 4th but no! GOD Damn it!
🤬 Why??? That's annoyed me. I was happy with 4th but no! GOD Damn it!
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- Essex
Well that was a relatively un-eventful race up until the final few laps. I just couldn't run at the pace of the majority of the pack. Happy with third though after dropping a fair bit back. I guess consistency is key! Also thanks for un-pausing yourself RPH Right in bloody front of me...
Also sorry to fox for diving up on his inside at the final corner early on in the race. I didn't realise quite how fast I was going and out-braked myself and had nowhere to go.
Also sorry to fox for diving up on his inside at the final corner early on in the race. I didn't realise quite how fast I was going and out-braked myself and had nowhere to go.
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- Indianapolis
- GTP_ranhammerR34
- RadCoronet5651
Big appologies to both Smuffy and Yaretal.. I completely 🤬 it up with those two (actually second time this season with Yaretal 
). Racewise, the first chicane had it out for me. Crashed way too many times in that turn, that's that. Sorry guys!
). Racewise, the first chicane had it out for me. Crashed way too many times in that turn, that's that. Sorry guys! 
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- smuffyatfcp
Big appologies to both Smuffy and Yaretal.. I completely 🤬 it up with those two (actually second time this season with Yaretal
No worries, happened just before I was going to pit anyway.
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- Crewe, Cheshire
- chrisjohnson93
had a battle with furi for a few laps, a few laps with smuffy around 2/3 distance and the race of the race was lapping gt cars
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- England
- JoeOfTheFire
At Pescara I think GT cars will be able to finish about 62 laps in the time it takes PT to finish all 80.
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- JoeOfTheFire
Got a time for PT to aim for: 1:08.457 with 3/4 of a tank of fuel onboard.
Could get a .3 with a perfect first corner
Could get a .3 with a perfect first corner
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- St Helens. MSY
- FlyingFox_85
That was bloody brilliant this evening. Probably the best WSC race ever!
The Corvette seems a much improved package now its had a PP boost and this was bourne out as Orama and myself traded places for about 12 laps or so.
A fantastic battle ensued for second between Orama, Akmuq and myself for lap after lap during the last 1/3 of the race and only came to an end when I put a wheel on the grass coming out of the first Lesmo and took Orama out in the process, sorry mate!!
I should have put good money on Sagaris winning as I predicted earlier this evening. All that's needed now is the AC Cobra reeling in and you have a race on your hands.
AS for RPH. What a bloody idiot parking there in the first place, was he intentionally trying to annoy everyone parked there. Not the mark of a professional driver.
Should be parked for Toscana.
All in all an extremely good race.
The Corvette seems a much improved package now its had a PP boost and this was bourne out as Orama and myself traded places for about 12 laps or so.
A fantastic battle ensued for second between Orama, Akmuq and myself for lap after lap during the last 1/3 of the race and only came to an end when I put a wheel on the grass coming out of the first Lesmo and took Orama out in the process, sorry mate!!
I should have put good money on Sagaris winning as I predicted earlier this evening. All that's needed now is the AC Cobra reeling in and you have a race on your hands.
AS for RPH. What a bloody idiot parking there in the first place, was he intentionally trying to annoy everyone parked there. Not the mark of a professional driver.
Should be parked for Toscana.
All in all an extremely good race.
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- Furinkazen_54
RPH has since apologised.. his controller fell off side when out of the room....
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Good race. Congrats to Joe on the win and all the podium finishers.
The Cobra was quite good here, but I was mostly in the 2'01s, and it was very contentious whether I could do the whole race on one tank. I didn't bother to find out because the tires were starting to fall away after 20 laps and I didn't want to see what they would be like after 40 laps. I was actually quite surprised Orama and you (especially Orama, after what he showed at La Sarthe) pitted just after I did, I thought you both might try to go the distance without stopping. Akmuq dropping back and then getting damage was also a big chunk of luck for me, I think he wouldn't have pitted otherwise.
I agree the Cobra and the Jag (and to a lesser degree, the Shelby) are oddballs compared to the Corvette and Camaro, and they will show strength at certain tracks, but they all have weaknesses. The Cobra has unmatched acceleration from about 50-120 mph, but above that it runs out of steam and though it handles well to compensate, the lack of mechanical grip sometimes shows. At HSR, the Cobra was nothing special in the dry and was slow in the wet. At Pescara, the Cobra will look like a dud. The Jag looked like the worst car at tracks like Laguna, but it was by far the best at La Sarthe. I would like to see the GT class have a more homogeneous set of cars (if only for there to be less complaining), but this is what Furi is running. The Corvette is a very good car (and was before this last update), in no way an inferior package to the Cobra now, if it even was before.
The Cobra was not the car that broke into the 59s.
The Cobra was quite good here, but I was mostly in the 2'01s, and it was very contentious whether I could do the whole race on one tank. I didn't bother to find out because the tires were starting to fall away after 20 laps and I didn't want to see what they would be like after 40 laps. I was actually quite surprised Orama and you (especially Orama, after what he showed at La Sarthe) pitted just after I did, I thought you both might try to go the distance without stopping. Akmuq dropping back and then getting damage was also a big chunk of luck for me, I think he wouldn't have pitted otherwise.
I agree the Cobra and the Jag (and to a lesser degree, the Shelby) are oddballs compared to the Corvette and Camaro, and they will show strength at certain tracks, but they all have weaknesses. The Cobra has unmatched acceleration from about 50-120 mph, but above that it runs out of steam and though it handles well to compensate, the lack of mechanical grip sometimes shows. At HSR, the Cobra was nothing special in the dry and was slow in the wet. At Pescara, the Cobra will look like a dud. The Jag looked like the worst car at tracks like Laguna, but it was by far the best at La Sarthe. I would like to see the GT class have a more homogeneous set of cars (if only for there to be less complaining), but this is what Furi is running. The Corvette is a very good car (and was before this last update), in no way an inferior package to the Cobra now, if it even was before.
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- marunda/GTP_FordMKIVJ5
Got a time for PT to aim for: 1:08.457 with 3/4 of a tank of fuel onboard.
Could get a .3 with a perfect first corner
1:07/8 is a good time. 👍 It's surprising how much you can gain with a perfect turn 1.
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- St Helens. MSY
- FlyingFox_85
Good race. Congrats to Joe on the win and all the podium finishers. The Cobra was not the car that broke into the 59s.
The Cobra was quite good here, but I was mostly in the 2'01s, and it was very contentious whether I could do the whole race on one tank. I didn't bother to find out because the tires were starting to fall away after 20 laps and I didn't want to see what they would be like after 40 laps. I was actually quite surprised Orama and you (especially Orama, after what he showed at La Sarthe) pitted just after I did, I thought you both might try to go the distance without stopping. Akmuq dropping back and then getting damage was also a big chunk of luck for me, I think he wouldn't have pitted otherwise.
I agree the Cobra and the Jag (and to a lesser degree, the Shelby) are oddballs compared to the Corvette and Camaro, and they will show strength at certain tracks, but they all have weaknesses. The Cobra has unmatched acceleration from about 50-120 mph, but above that it runs out of steam and though it handles well to compensate, the lack of mechanical grip sometimes shows. At HSR, the Cobra was nothing special in the dry and was slow in the wet. At Pescara, the Cobra will look like a dud. The Jag looked like the worst car at tracks like Laguna, but it was by far the best at La Sarthe. I would like to see the GT class have a more homogeneous set of cars (if only for there to be less complaining), but this is what Furi is running. The Corvette is a very good car (and was before this last update), in no way an inferior package to the Cobra now, if it even was before.
Its a pity that my tyres took at least 4 laps to warm up at Monza as my target to try and at least keep up with the Cobra but lost out badly in the early part of the race.
Then Orama came along and flew past me on the straights but I beat him underbreaking and cornering and because we where slowing each other down, lost touch with you.
The fuel may have just lasted the race but the tyres, with just 25% ware, was slowing the car down in the corners and I was loosing time as a result. So the dilema was, carry on and loose time or pit and wait for the tyres to warm up again, so I pitted LOL. Less of a risk.
@ Pescara: I disagree there as I think again you'll pull away but we will see.
Well done to all who finished.
He parked poorly twice, both times in the middle of chicanes. If he's going to spit his dummy out and say he can't finish a race then he should consider other drivers who actually want to finish the race and park out of the way.
RPH, don't be a tosser, just park up out of the way next time.
No problems mate. "Its just a little rubbing, and rubbing son is racing"
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If you're going to park the best place to do it is in the pits: pit in and press start and it'll hold you in. That way there's no risk unless someone comes along and unpauses. 👍
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- Yeratel84
Or park it in a gravel trap (if available) without pausing... that way the car just won't move on its own...
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- Furinkazen_54
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He still could have parked somewhere a bit better than right on the apex of the corner. Ah well it's over and done with now. Looking forward to the next one! Should be good.
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