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Week 2
Jun 21, 2022 7:26:16 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jun 21, 2022 7:26:16 GMT
Looks like Sim Lab PCC @ Lime Rock, GT4 Falken Tire Challenge @ Watkins Glen and Porsche Cup @ Hockenheimring for me this week.
I abstained from Porsche Cup Fixed last week, which probably means that I can't do 8 rounds of Fixed without buying a track or racing risky Knockhill. Probably for the best, it's too easy and tempting to go nearly back to back alternating open and fixed and open is arguably safer.
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Week 2
Jun 24, 2022 16:18:02 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jun 24, 2022 16:18:02 GMT
So far so good with decent finishes and 0X races with Sim Lab PCC (Mustang) and Falken GT4 (BMW).
For both, I had sat down to get some practice and went ahead and signed up for the race when I while the car and track were fresh in my brain knowing that my schedule is compressed this week.
I left Porsche Cup for last so that I might have more time to practice but now I'm out of weekdays which I have an inkling might make for somewhat safer racing and I'm not sure how much time I will have Fri and Sat.
I'm going to try to be around Sunday evening, "everybody" has the cars and track for Sim Lab PCC.
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Week 2
Jun 27, 2022 1:27:42 GMT
Post by mikec1 on Jun 27, 2022 1:27:42 GMT
I hopped on for a bit of racing but something came up with my daughter so I won't be racing tonight unless I can get back in time. Have fun guys - I saw Pat in a room & was gonna join but life happens. Cya next week.
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Week 2
Jun 27, 2022 18:37:37 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jun 27, 2022 18:37:37 GMT
Hope all's well, Mike.
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Week 2
Jun 28, 2022 1:02:36 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jun 28, 2022 1:02:36 GMT
I ended up with nothing more fun to do on Saturday so I entered the Michelin Pilot Challenge MOAR 120 minute race with the BMW M4 GT4 @ Watkins Glen I qualified somewhere in the back half but was up to P8 by the end of lap 1. Unfortunately, the race went downhill fast. About Lap 5, someone spun exiting the second to last corner. Everyone avoided but I was a little slow at the apex of the final corner and got bumped in the rear which sent me towards pit lane to the extent that for a split second, I considered pitting but I had too much fuel so instead I rejoined at the shallowest angle and as smoothly as I could, collecting the left pit lane cone. I was penalized with unsafe pit entry and exit, 35 second stop & go, IIRC. That at least put me by myself with no one to get be collected by but surely had me running slower laps than if I had a draft from someone. My planned pit stops went fine (or so I thought). Two stops were required for fuel and based on Daytona I expected the tires to go the distance thinking that I would save in the pits by running the entire race on a set. My stints were intended to be 1/3rd race distance each based on a hasty fuel consumption test. The tires were definitely going off during the final stint but the ~60 seconds that would be lost to another stop didn't make sense. With three laps to go I was stunned to get the meatball flag. The only contact that I had was at the beginning of the race but I had escaped that with a 0X and only optional repairs and I had zero wheels off so I had no clue what the issue was. I also had no idea what would happen if I ignored the black with orange disk flag so I pitted again. No damage, no penalty but the car went into the air for apparently a set of tires. I checked the rules afterwards, there was nothing about a mandatory tire stop. I also tested fuel stops with and without a tire change to learn that tires are free with an 83 liter (full) fill. Bad race planning
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Week 2
Jun 28, 2022 1:13:11 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jun 28, 2022 1:13:11 GMT
Believing that my best chance at a good race with Porsche Cup would come from a time slot that had a lot of entries and splits.
I did a little research to arrive at the conclusion that Porsche Cup had the most entries around 12:45 PDT and that I could make that work on Monday at a time that is customarily lunch time for most other people.
Sure enough, four splits with me seeded #3. That actually turned up the pressure a bit as a DNF or back half finish would probably cost me more iR than if I was tbe lowest ranked driver which seems to happen a lot when there's 2 or 3 splits.
Thankfully, I dodged some out of control drivers on the 1st lap and found myself running as high as 5th until a faster driver or two recovered and I spent more attention worrying about what dumb move they were going to try than concentrating on lapping, I made a ~3-5 second mistake and probably worst, overheated or wore the front tires as she got pretty pushy for the last third of the race or so. I held on for a top 1/2 finish, didn't lose any SR despite a 4X (two avoidance, two wheel offs) and gained a little iR to gain back what I had lost during the eventful two hour race.
I finished the week A4.99 x 1603
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Week 2
Jun 28, 2022 1:54:14 GMT
Post by mikec1 on Jun 28, 2022 1:54:14 GMT
Sounds like you're still in this for the long run Tom. Good to hear. About last night, it wasn't anything too stressful, just daughter stuff as some of you will be familiar with...
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Week 2
Jun 28, 2022 3:00:05 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jun 28, 2022 3:00:05 GMT
Yup, have found peace with not worrying about iR and only putting in work to recover SR if it was my fault. It also helps that I really don't need to buy any more content. I might buy a track this season but rather wait to see what Season 4 brings us.
I was expecting a return to normalcy this year and PC price wars but Putin contributed to fucking that up with a real war; a direct drive wheel, pedals and a faster PC are in my future but that future keeps getting pushed farther out. My wheel may be the next break in my sim racing activities.
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Week 2
Jun 28, 2022 3:12:03 GMT
Post by tomlory on Jun 28, 2022 3:12:03 GMT
Btw, good luck describing the meatball flag. The orange part is not a "circle" nor is it a "sphere".
Is why is called meatball I guess.
Oh, shit, I had it right earlier, it's a "disk" (albeit I spelled it "disc").
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