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hey, that's the first time I've ever been sprayed with champaign. fun! congrads on the podium ccfanatic!Quote:
Originally Posted by CCFanatic
can I hit the clubs with ya?
re: pit entry - I loved the pit entry here. you could pretty much hit it full speed it seemed. didn't try to though thanks to the no restart rule! :laugh:
I sent my time in for the first race wrong - should have typed 3:23.36. my fault.
Ah..ok..no worries Johnny!
As for the pits - the dip before you come over the hill, you can feel the compression in real life going round there in a road car..so, it must be double that in a race car. Really weird sensation.
Updated results/standings:
PiotrB - 3:13.48 (1:03.04) - 10
Johnny Shell - 3:23.36 (1:05.30) - 8
R_Illusions - 3:32.01 (1:09.39) - 6
CCFanatic - 3:36.62 (??) - 5
Tannat - 3:41.00 (1:12.30) - 4
Penske_ALMS - 3:44.96 (1:12.98) - 3
1. Johnny Shell - 41
2. PiotrB - 40
3. Adam Sloma - 36
4. CCFanatic - 32
5. R_Illusions - 27
6. Tannat - 25
7. Penske_ALMS - 19
Important typo there Johnny ;) You hold the lead but only just!
yeah, I'll be sure to enjoy it while it lasts! that is - until the next round that a Pole competes in! :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by real_illusions
how about Lodge? how's that in real life? that things a bitch in the game.... it's so easy to spin out there, the way the suspension unloads cresting the hill.
(oh yeah, and guess what absolutely incredible Belgain circuit is coming up after Norisring? :love :)
Lodge, the corner before the compression, Not that difficult. Slower than you think, the exit is blind as you go over the brow of the hill into the dip.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnny shell
The double apexed corner before that, druids, is alot trickier. You actually miss the first apex, if you do hit the curb or the inside of the first bit, then your going to park it in the barriers. It requires commitment to take it fast, you need to accelerate through the 2nd apex, its faster than you originally think. And theres a dip in the middle, its gradient isn't flat like on the game. The trees and barriers are very close, which can cause problems in the wet, as that corner stays wet where the rest of the circuit can be dry.
Casscades is quite scary (the 2nd corner on the lap), its downhill braking and the both the turn in and apex are alot later than you think. Very easy to spin out there if you brake too late.
I noticed in one place.... I forgot where it was.... that the barrier comes out quite close to the track - because there's a tree there that they don't want to cut down!
so the barrier comes out around the tree, to within a few feet of the track!
when I saw that I thought of you & your Lotus. and I hoped that you were very careful there, since you get NO 'restarts' at all.
Don't have time to do this races. I found 45 min to DTM in Sunday evening, but all week was very busy (wednesday and thursday, work from 7AM to 9PM:mad :)
ah bugger, i ust didnt have time... :(
btw, can someone please get a video of a 1:02 lap - I mean, unless we are doing a different track, I see absolutly NO possibiloity of shaving 10 seconds off my best lap time.
I try to record my lap but be patient.
piotr has posted some laps before - it's awesome. look in the DTM Spa thread for example.... and others. it's like watching F1 in-car video... so smooth... go watch one, then think about what your own laps look like.
then you'll see how a 1:02 is possible. it's easy - or at least he make is look that way! :laugh: