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Post by hurtmagurt on Nov 9, 2019 23:40:19 GMT
Q 4 R DNF Happy with my first quali run and was 6th just .006 behind Tyler and Mick who had run the exact same time. Was able to find 2 hundredths on my 2nd lap to take 4th. After my first flying cold tire lap I was behind Tyler and Mick and witnessed their incident: xboxclips.com/Hurt%20MaGurt/dc980016-89c0-463d-9330-b5e7050daf48/embedI had some good pace on reds. Was sticking with Peter for a while until we came across a spun Simmo. I lost my concentration and also spun. Spent the remainder of the 1st stint catching back up to Peter. We entered the pits nose to tail. My team did a great job and I came out ahead. However my pace on black was terrible. After putting for damage after a spin on blacks I was on reds and back on pace. Unfortunately this happened... I was concentrating on mick coming back on the track and I just didn't see or expect to have a car sitting on the track still: xboxclips.com/Hurt%20MaGurt/4205054c-ae3f-4a7c-be08-48871342db54/embedWas so heavily damaged that I barely made it into my pit box and had no need to put the limiter on. After a 2+ minute pit stop I gassed it out of the box and forgot I had no limiter on. Instant DQ. Real shame. Congrats on the season Daz.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 10, 2019 0:09:50 GMT
Really happy with this finale 👍 although fisappointed to those who suffered bad luck in this race. Qualifying was epic... Very close between Simmo and Daz, first non-oval that Daz has not grabbed pole I believe👍. Tyler, Greg and Micko were all ahead of me by half a second as the final minutes approached but I knew I had more time in the tank and managed to put together a couple of good laps to leapfrog them into 3rd place. Very happy to be starting the best of the rest lol and what a cracking session:- Me 1:09.779 Greg 1:09.940 Micko1:09.962 Tyler 1:09.962 Phew!!! Race report to follow.. knackered right now lol
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Nov 10, 2019 1:22:10 GMT
First off, congratulations to Daz on the win, complete dominance this year, and the title. It was a great season, better than last year's imo dispite the general low attendance.
I had a fun time tonight and very surprised and happy with my P2 finish. There were some good fights all throughout the field it seemed like with plenty of tangle ups and action.
Secondly, I want to give out a big thank you to everyone who participated and for making this possible in the first place. You guys are keeping this alive.
Lastly, I think the squeeking you all heard came from when I was shifting. I use the Butt Kicker Gamer (Force feedback for your chair), which i've had for awhile. However, tonight was the first time I rested my head against my seat the entire time so i'm guessing that's what you were hearing Sumo.
I noticed that the squeeking when I shift was a little louder than it normally is while I was watching my phone replay. I'd like to apologize for any inconvenience, i'll have to work on figuring out how to make my mic quieter...
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Nov 10, 2019 9:38:51 GMT
Gents, Firstly I want to congratulate Daz for his almost faultless drive throughout his championship winning season, you’re a great champion Daz and I hope we can give you greater competition in the upcoming races and championships we have planned.
Second, thanks to everyone who took part in this race and championship, I think that the standard of drivers in our league has taken a huge step forward and I’m very proud to race with you all.
My race was pretty poor after getting involved in Simmos formation lap shunt and damaging my RHR suspension when Karl and I made contact avoiding the spun Simmo, decided to run the blacks early for a 5 lap stint, when the tyre temperature increased they provided some good grip but by this time I was 2 laps behind and out of contention.
Long story short, fast on the Reds for 10 laps, spin off and return to pits then unlap myself with some good pace then spin off etc etc.
That said I enjoyed the challenge and finished the race some 7 laps off the lead lap, I was pleased to see that the majority of the fast laptimes were within a few tenths if each other (other than Daz 😂)
Cheers
Dave
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Post by micko39 on Nov 10, 2019 10:22:03 GMT
I enjoyed last night, qually times were sooooo close. Hope Tyler has footage of our tangle after restart, think it may have been my fault trying to close the door that Tyler was half way through 🙀. Congrats to Daz you were in another stratosphere mate.
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Post by nealson6711 on Nov 10, 2019 14:13:26 GMT
Great evening I need to do more project cars as there is nothing worse than someone who joins in that doesn’t have a clue on the way the game works I AM SO SORRY GUYS and have to thank for all the help but more to Dave/ Peter. It was a treat for me on a Saturday to get on but as the new league I will promise to do more to understand the game more,all said the further I went into the game the faster I got. It was the pit stop strategy that let me down could of been racing Micko but as soon I stopped all went wrong. have to say what the f uck was Das I think it was , what was he on some thought of steroids. Out of the this world. Spot on mate well done . thanks for putting up with me. It was great to see so many on a grid Great job to DAVE as I can see so much effort you are putting in Dave And to Peter I don’t know we’re you get the time . A big thank you from all 💕
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Nov 10, 2019 15:17:01 GMT
Great evening I need to do more project cars as there is nothing worse than someone who joins in that doesn’t have a clue on the way the game works I AM SO SORRY GUYS and have to thank for all the help but more to Dave/ Peter. It was a treat for me on a Saturday to get on but as the new league I will promise to do more to understand the game more,all said the further I went into the game the faster I got. It was the pit stop strategy that let me down could of been racing Micko but as soon I stopped all went wrong. have to say what the f uck was Das I think it was , what was he on some thought of steroids. Out of the this world. Spot on mate well done . thanks for putting up with me. It was great to see so many on a grid Great job to DAVE as I can see so much effort you are putting in Dave And to Peter I don’t know we’re you get the time . A big thank you from all 💕 Thanks mate, that means a lot 🍻
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 11, 2019 11:12:03 GMT
Great evening I need to do more project cars as there is nothing worse than someone who joins in that doesn’t have a clue on the way the game works I AM SO SORRY GUYS and have to thank for all the help but more to Dave/ Peter. It was a treat for me on a Saturday to get on but as the new league I will promise to do more to understand the game more,all said the further I went into the game the faster I got. It was the pit stop strategy that let me down could of been racing Micko but as soon I stopped all went wrong. have to say what the f uck was Das I think it was , what was he on some thought of steroids. Out of the this world. Spot on mate well done . thanks for putting up with me. It was great to see so many on a grid Great job to DAVE as I can see so much effort you are putting in Dave And to Peter I don’t know we’re you get the time . A big thank you from all 💕 Glad you had some fun Neale, There are definitely some little quirks\nuances to Project cars that take some time to get to grips with, the pit stops being just one of them. Far more opportunity to make mistakes than in F1. Daz has been on that form pretty much the entire season. Only time i've been able to get close to him was on the ovals, the street\road courses he streaks away into the distance lol.
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Post by dazp95 on Nov 11, 2019 16:01:44 GMT
Thanks guys.
Another enjoyable event, to cap off what has been a great season racing with you guys. Really enjoyed it. Very professionally run and organised, and the standard of driving is top as well, no bumpy cars or stupid driving, and blue flags respected very well. Thank you to Dave and Pete for all the hard work you do, was good to see some new names on the grid, hopefully that carries over to next season, this championship and everything you guys run deserve full grids. I've been involved with a few leagues over the years that I've left within one or two races because of how badly they're run, but I look forward to being involved in as many events as possible in the future with you guys.
As for this event, really enjoyed qualifying, a good battle with Simmo, hope to see you back on the grid in the future. The race was pretty straight forward not much to say on that, had a couple of ventures of the track, Its a great track, very challenging, and a lot of fun to drive in the Indy car.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Nov 11, 2019 18:33:46 GMT
Thanks guys. Another enjoyable event, to cap off what has been a great season racing with you guys. Really enjoyed it. Very professionally run and organised, and the standard of driving is top as well, no bumpy cars or stupid driving, and blue flags respected very well. Thank you to Dave and Pete for all the hard work you do, was good to see some new names on the grid, hopefully that carries over to next season, this championship and everything you guys run deserve full grids. I've been involved with a few leagues over the years that I've left within one or two races because of how badly they're run, but I look forward to being involved in as many events as possible in the future with you guys. As for this event, really enjoyed qualifying, a good battle with Simmo, hope to see you back on the grid in the future. The race was pretty straight forward not much to say on that, had a couple of ventures of the track, Its a great track, very challenging, and a lot of fun to drive in the Indy car. Thanks Daz, I really appreciate that.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Nov 11, 2019 23:58:50 GMT
Here's the race start and my accident with Micko, also my near miss with Dave on Lap 20. The final episode of Abridged is coming too:
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 12, 2019 0:27:45 GMT
My quali and race from Saturdays finale:-
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Nov 14, 2019 4:42:18 GMT
Wa-la:
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 19, 2019 16:57:09 GMT
The race results and final standings are now update here:- consoleracing.boards.net/post/12170/threadI didn't get to post a race report for this one as I have been too busy since the race but just to say it was a lot of fun and so good to close the season off with a good sized grid. It looked like Simmo would be able to give Daz a run for his money for a while and it was a very exciting qualifying session until Daz pulled out a stonker. Very close behind though with less than 2/tenths between myself, Greg, Micko and Tyker with Dave only another 4/tenths adrift. The race was real fun and initially I was able ot keep in touch with Daz and Simmo at the front and had a small gap to Greg and Tyler behind but I soon had to start concentrating on my rear end as Greg closed on me. We had some good close racing for that first stint until he fell away. After moving up to second when Simmo had a spin opn lap 11 I was just monitoring Tylers progress knowing I had to just stay clean and finish to claim that second spot in the Championship. I retained the second spot once the pit stops played out and remained there until the third stop when I put on the primes on lap 47. Never really felt comfortable on those black tyres and lost time ot Tyler wbut had reasonable consistency and with a big gap to 4th place knew I was good for 3rd spot barring a disaster. After the final stop the gap to Tyler came down to 20ish seconds at one point after he pitted but he was always in control and only an off was going to get me closer. All in all a very satisfying race and a tremendous season. Would have been good to have similar grids to this one all season long but we can live and hope for next season. Well done all and I hope to see everyone back in February/March. Cheers
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