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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 18, 2019 0:01:24 GMT
ROUND 5 SCOTTISH GRANDPRIX @ Bannochbrae Road Circuit 24 Laps
5:30pm EST/10:30pm UK Time
In-game date: June 21st, 1970
Weather Forecast: OVERCAST
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CONFIRMED 1. Tyler / Sgt Formula 1 / Brabham #15 2. Peter / Hammerpgh / Lotus #3 3. Karl / niblips2 / Lotus #2 4. Matt / Boothy116 / Ferrari #31 5. Greg / Hurt MaGurt / Brabham #19
UNCOMFIRMED 5. Josh / Mr Blonde V / BRM # 8 6. Colton / Z7COLTONZ7 / BRM # 9 8. Brandon / BCKracer71 / Tyrrell #6
9. Dan / dakinca91 / Tyrrell #7
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 18, 2019 0:02:45 GMT
Peter / Hammerpgh / Lotus #3
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Post by niblips on Jul 18, 2019 13:14:03 GMT
Karl Fuss / niblips2 / Lotus #2
Hope this is better than the last race....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 14:00:56 GMT
7. Matt / Boothy116 / Ferrari #3
I love this place
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 18, 2019 22:46:45 GMT
7. Matt / Boothy116 / Ferrari #31 I love this place Me too, it's a great custom circuit by SMS
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 19, 2019 18:17:10 GMT
I love this circuit too but reckon it's going to be real tough in this car. Now Road America Indycar is postponed I can get in some practice here instead.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 19, 2019 22:07:41 GMT
So what's a reasonable time around here in this car.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 20, 2019 1:12:14 GMT
So what's a reasonable time around here in this car. 2:28 was my average best from pre-season testing so I imagine 2:25 - 2:26 will be the times to beat
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 20, 2019 13:03:10 GMT
Better get my skates on then. I had a first short run out here last night and apart from barely getting a clean lap in the best I did was around 2:35. That was with my Spa setup though so I'll have to find some time to look at that.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 20, 2019 21:11:39 GMT
Had another test tonight but still no better than 2:35 with a potential best of 2:32. Only managed about 50% clean laps as well. Looks like I'll be having to do the same as at Spa and just try to keep it clean and pick up whatever pieces fall my way.
It's still a mega fun track to drive though.
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Post by hurtmagurt on Jul 21, 2019 20:11:28 GMT
Greg / Hurt MaGurt / Brabham #19
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 22, 2019 20:31:28 GMT
Hey Gents, I hope everyone is okay wherever you may be!
We had the worst storm of my life on Saturday morning, it must have been a mini Tornado.😬 The power just came back on today! The whole thing happened in about 15-20 minutes and then was done.
Either Mother Nature is pissed at us or the Governments are testing out new weapons, regardless, there is debris everywhere in my town and surrounding areas with several other crews from different towns helping clean it up. Trees are down all over the place and on top of houses and buildings. Luckily we don't have any damage minus tree branches all over the yard and had to throw away everything in the fridge/freezer. It's nucking futts!!
I'll be good to go on Wednesday if you guys are, I couldn't get anything done as far as practice or promo videos are concerned, probably won't get much if any time in before the race.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 10:40:10 GMT
Happy to move it back a week if need be gunna be 37 here so very toasty and humid lol
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 24, 2019 0:16:11 GMT
Nah, let's get it over with. I'll be fine with whatever position I finish in.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 24, 2019 8:06:13 GMT
Yeah same. Found a bit more stability the other night although pace is not where I would like it to be but it's so tough to stay undamaged around here for half a dozen laps let alone 24!!
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Post by niblips on Jul 24, 2019 12:40:07 GMT
This is always a tough place to race. It's narrow and undulating. I've not managed more than 10 laps in a row without incident. I'm not available next week so it's probably best to do it tonight.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 24, 2019 21:20:35 GMT
Just tried to start the game but there's an Xbox Live problem and my game won't even start up. Error message says it's being looked into....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2019 22:33:09 GMT
Long story short. It got very sweaty and i dropped my controller and flew into a house.
Not my night haha
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 25, 2019 7:42:05 GMT
Long story short. It got very sweaty and i dropped my controller and flew into a house. Not my night haha I can well believe that Boothy..my hands were getting very slippery at times, it's so HOT here at the moment. Today is going to be mega HOT!!! You certainly had amazing pace and Tyler was on it over the second half of the race as well so it could have been a great battle between the two of you.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 25, 2019 10:06:09 GMT
Well done everyone last night, especially the four finishers.. that was one very tough race. I love the challenge that Bannochbrae brings and am pretty stoked to have come out on top, albeit fortuitously lol My strategy all along was just to drive my own race and NOT push it beyond what I knew was comfortable for me... pretty much how I played it at Spa last week and it has certainly reaped it's rewards while I wrestle with getting some understnading of this car. Once Tyler had his BIG incident on lap 10 I was able to just settle into a comfortable pace and manage the gap knowing only a mistake could keep me from my maiden victory of the season. Three pit stops in the first 11 laps were not part of the plan but there was no way I was taking a chance with trying to drive through the damage here and a clean last 13 laps were very satisfying despite only having a fastest lap of 2:33.166, some 8 seconds slower than Tylers lol I could have got below 2:30 but no way I was getting into that 2:25/26 range so I would love to check out your setup Tyler to compare my pace with yours but I suspect that it was talent rather than setup that made up much of that deficit. I picked up low rear suspension damage on the opening lap and after another slight wall brush on lap 3 I decided to jump straight into the pits and get it repaired. Then on lap 9 whilst leading I got out of shape at that left-hander before the chicane, lightly touched a bollard and my front right picked up 18% damage... back to the pits for repairs and damned if I didn't hit another bollard in the same spot on my out lap causing 18% front left damage this time so straight back in I went with Tyler already in his pit box but with a BIG repair underway. Came back out in second place with Greg now comfortably ahead by about a dozen seconds and Karl just on my tail but a lap down. Didn't want to hold him up as I knew he had better pace and might have an outside chance to make the place up on Greg and pick up some extra team points so allowed him through and then concentrated on closing the gap to Greg who for the second time had a spin just in front of me, this time on the exit of the final corner.. you'll have to stop using those mirrors to admire me closing on you Greg lol From then on with Tyler two and a half minutes adrift after his stop, Karl just shy of three minutes down and Greg after his pit stop over a minute away it was just a case of getting into a nice steady rythm and not doing anything stupid (not very easy to do here as it just draws you in to trying to go faster...). Despite Tylers great pace a quick bit of mental arrithmetic and I knew if I lapped around the 2:35 mark I would still have a half a minute gap come the end of the race, enough breathing space to allow for a small mistake but not much more. Thanksfully I got through unscathed and this tortoise and hare race was in the bag
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