Q: 8Th, (correcting Jim post).
R: 7TH.
I was on Reik setup, 70L fuel meds 1st stint 55 L meds second stint, 55 L and softs 3rd stint.
It was a strange race again , for the last 4 seasons or so I was noticing something weird happening from time to time with the server on the race day, the game acts strangely, the car feels different and the grip level reduces so I lose more time per lap compared to the time I normally do during the practice stints prior to each race.
now you might think that this is normal when a person is nervous and stressed with traffic etc during the real race that makes one go a bit slower than the usual race pace but in my case I have been studying this phenomenon for the last 4-5 seasons or so digging for an answer , and now I am 100% convinced that something is not correct and the server behaves strangely from time to time and changes the grip level of the track .
As a guidance , I have been taking the qualy time that I can comfortably do for a particular track and then adding to it a 1.6 to 2.0 seconds depending on the track to work out where my race lap time should be .
At Abou Dhabi this year my PB was 136.1x and my comfortable qualy lap was between 136.4 to 136.8 ( which I achieved in this race) and almost every single practice stint I have done prior to the race my lap times were between 138.0 to 138.5 , for softs and meds , which falls within the normal 2 seconds of my qualy time . I was happy with the race setup, fuel and tires; I saved the setup and was ready for race.
As soon the race started and after we completed the first lap I could immediately feel that something was not correct with the grip level, the car was understeering, the track felt soapy and the game felt like if I was out of sync with the rest on track, it was impossible to drive the car the way I have set it up and I was lapping 3 to 4 seconds slower than my qualy time and my best lap was 139.5 which was done at the 1st stint which is 1 sec slower than my practice stint lap time, and the strange part was when I put on the softs at the 3rd stint but instead of lapping faster I was lapping even slower than the 1st stint ! I could not even go below the 139.5 with the lesser fuel I was carrying at that time and I was lapping in the 140xx.. I was in a clear air for the most of the race, so that was a big worry for me.
What I have noticed for the last 4-5 seasons is:
When the server was acting normal, my best lap time was always and exactly 1.8 to 2.2 sec of my qualy time .
When the server was not acting normal , my best lap time was always and exactly 3 to 4 sec of my qualy time.
So there is an exact pattern in both situations, but what it is exactly it is?
It is very frustrating when this happens, there is no fun driving such a weirdo car. I have been experiencing this in many races now, it happened this year at Hungary and now at Abou Dhabbi, my guessing is this happens when we rotate the server during the practice start but I still can’t find a clear reason for it. I have mentioned it to Nico before but it was hard to track it so I thought to posted it here maybe another person in the league is experiencing the same or can give an answer to that ?
Sorry for writing this long post.
Grats Reik , Sean and Tim
Thanks Nico .
Cheers
Anthony
R: 7TH.
I was on Reik setup, 70L fuel meds 1st stint 55 L meds second stint, 55 L and softs 3rd stint.
It was a strange race again , for the last 4 seasons or so I was noticing something weird happening from time to time with the server on the race day, the game acts strangely, the car feels different and the grip level reduces so I lose more time per lap compared to the time I normally do during the practice stints prior to each race.
now you might think that this is normal when a person is nervous and stressed with traffic etc during the real race that makes one go a bit slower than the usual race pace but in my case I have been studying this phenomenon for the last 4-5 seasons or so digging for an answer , and now I am 100% convinced that something is not correct and the server behaves strangely from time to time and changes the grip level of the track .
As a guidance , I have been taking the qualy time that I can comfortably do for a particular track and then adding to it a 1.6 to 2.0 seconds depending on the track to work out where my race lap time should be .
At Abou Dhabi this year my PB was 136.1x and my comfortable qualy lap was between 136.4 to 136.8 ( which I achieved in this race) and almost every single practice stint I have done prior to the race my lap times were between 138.0 to 138.5 , for softs and meds , which falls within the normal 2 seconds of my qualy time . I was happy with the race setup, fuel and tires; I saved the setup and was ready for race.
As soon the race started and after we completed the first lap I could immediately feel that something was not correct with the grip level, the car was understeering, the track felt soapy and the game felt like if I was out of sync with the rest on track, it was impossible to drive the car the way I have set it up and I was lapping 3 to 4 seconds slower than my qualy time and my best lap was 139.5 which was done at the 1st stint which is 1 sec slower than my practice stint lap time, and the strange part was when I put on the softs at the 3rd stint but instead of lapping faster I was lapping even slower than the 1st stint ! I could not even go below the 139.5 with the lesser fuel I was carrying at that time and I was lapping in the 140xx.. I was in a clear air for the most of the race, so that was a big worry for me.
What I have noticed for the last 4-5 seasons is:
When the server was acting normal, my best lap time was always and exactly 1.8 to 2.2 sec of my qualy time .
When the server was not acting normal , my best lap time was always and exactly 3 to 4 sec of my qualy time.
So there is an exact pattern in both situations, but what it is exactly it is?
It is very frustrating when this happens, there is no fun driving such a weirdo car. I have been experiencing this in many races now, it happened this year at Hungary and now at Abou Dhabbi, my guessing is this happens when we rotate the server during the practice start but I still can’t find a clear reason for it. I have mentioned it to Nico before but it was hard to track it so I thought to posted it here maybe another person in the league is experiencing the same or can give an answer to that ?
Sorry for writing this long post.
Grats Reik , Sean and Tim
Thanks Nico .
Cheers
Anthony