AC 458GT2 @ Barbagallo, Wed 10th Dec 2014

[Kevin Leu]

Got hit from behind and someone said on TS that I was lagging. I am in the US and AC can already be shaky so maybe it was so, thus I pulled off. Was super fun, I was doing my best so far here in 5th and looking to finish out. Next time.

Thats how you looked on my end, wasn't pretty.

http://gfycat.com/SpotlessDeficientDungenesscrab

 

[Troy Uyan]

Thats how you looked on my end, wasn't pretty.
http://gfycat.com/SpotlessDeficientDungenesscrab

Wow! I looked at the replay as well and it did not look like this. :o Client-side saved I'm sure. Thanks for letting me know, sorry it caused you a crash.

 

[Si]

@Geoffroy Tassenoy and other front runners, can I ask what tyres you guys used for the race?

 

[Darien Bailey]

Hello everyone! This race was pretty insane. Totally different from the Ginetta race, but just as exciting (partially due to the different availability of the compounds).
@Simon Knight - I wouldn't declare myself a front runner, but I used soft tires on both stints and didn't take fuel on the stop. Definitely considered mediums and then the supersofts, but I was not delicate/fast enough to make it work.

@Fred Locklear - Yea, millimeters separated us from a rather unique collision. I saw you getting a little sideways and I thought, "Oh, he is just getting squirly out of the left hander in sector 1, no big deal. I'll see if I can make a move down the straight." Then you kept getting sideways, and more sideways, and more sideways! That's when I decided to floor the brakes, and not a second too soon!

@Ron Hämäläinen - Those last few laps after out pit stops were hair raising. I had trouble focusing on the road because every time I got a gap in traffic, you would be right on my heels in no time. It was kinda unfortunate that we couldn't take out fight to the checkered flag. I don't think that driver was on the teamspeak, thus no reply when I asked if he could let us by. Thanks for easing up a bit, Ron. I definitely knew what you were thinking, and I appreciate that!

Nice to see you guys other there, it was fun!
And welcome to AC @Troy Uyan !
~Bailey

 

[zAmboni]

@Troy Uyan I looked at the replay and your warping only happened a couple of times during the race. It wasn't constant. Weird. @Darien Bailey For some reason I didn't have my sound on the sim up that loud and I never noticed that I shifted down twice. The car bobbled when it did the double downshift, and I would have caught it in second gear, but once I hit the throttle (because I didnt notice I was in first till too late) the front end continued to go around. It really sucked because I was nose in to the rail and there was no way I could safely back out until everyone went by. Bummer.

Although I wasn't front running, I also went Soft/Soft. But unlike Darien, I only loaded 19L of fuel thinking it would make me a little faster. It didn't matter that I was maybe a tenth or two faster on the track because after I looked at the the video I captured it cost me about 3-5 extra seconds clicking on the fuel slider to putting in the right amount of fuel.

I am pretty sure that @Geoffroy Tassenoy loaded up with 30 laps worth of fuel and only changed tires, because he reached his pit box in front of me about 2 seconds after I reached my pit box, and he was out about 2 seconds before me. That can be all accounted for by my futzing around with the fuel slider. I won't do that again

The AC devs need to do some redesign of the pit menu. Either an in game menu that you can set tire/fuel before the pit or be able to set up a strategy beforehand, because you can waste way too much time messing around with the pit menu.

 

[Darien Bailey]

@Troy Uyan
Although I wasn't front running, I also went Soft/Soft. But unlike Darien, I only loaded 19L of fuel thinking it would make me a little faster. It didn't matter that I was maybe a tenth or two faster on the track because after I looked at the the video I captured it cost me about 3-5 extra seconds clicking on the fuel slider to putting in the right amount of fuel.

That's exactly why I loaded race fuel to start with. All that time is lost clicking that darn slider X number of times.
~Bailey

 

[Christian Lozanov]

@Simon Knight I used mediums and supersofts.

 

[Geof]

Glad to transform the pole.

Thx to @Christian Lozanov for keeping me under pressure until the end!

@Simon Knight, I used soft compound for both stints, with a tires wear of 97% at the end.
And as supposed by @Fred Locklear, I didn't refilled fuel. For now, you loose to much time by choosing the right quantity...

And thx for all the lapped guys, not easy on this short track.
See you next!

 

[Roni]

Simon: I used soft/soft

 

[Si]

Thanks guys, that explains why on hards for first 20 laps I was a second a lap off the pace!