Round 2 - Hockenheim Club [April 9th]

présent!

just installed, trying it now.

Hello and welcome   

You can have the #45 Merc or the #5 RS 500 for tonight   

plantage écran noir à la fin de free practice.

2 tentatvies de connection, mais "connection lost".

Je retenterai ma chance pour la seconde course     

I'm sorry, I have probably caused an accident. Every other car was "warping around" for me. I saw it in quali already but in the race it was even worse. I was already running lower graphic settings than on my other rFactor install where I drive V8s with 35 people. It's impossible for me to race because then I just cause more incidents.

I sincerely hope I didn't shut the door on anyone in turn 2 as I tried to get through the mess of warping cars  I quit because I didn't think I could race safely under such circumstances.

Too tired for race 2 after a stressful day, have fun guys   

Server is back online   

Purée, j'ai pas tilté qu'il y avait deux courses !   

Ce sera toujours le cas dans ce championnat   

première manche super sympa et très correct

deuxième manche ruiner au deuxième tour par Ben PAULET qui traverse la piste après être sorti.  

Quali - %&@#! I spun!   

Race 1 - ROCKET start! Stayed out of trouble and made my way up through the pack   
...then the soft tyres wore out. Then I was a bit slow...   Still finished in the top 10  

Race 2 - ROCKET start (again!) How on earth the guy in the Alpina car managed not to roll over at turn 1 is beyond me, but thank goodness you did, otherwise I would've been in trouble!   Then it got a bit crazy over the next few laps, then, much more comfortable on the medium tyres, rolled up behind Coxon/Titz/Frederiksson and then things went a little bit nuts   
Got ahead of them lot, then, just a few seconds after telling myself that "I needed a flawless performance from here", I shifted down one too many gears, spun, and someone else (Jan) collected me and puncture   
I was going to do several splash-and-dashes and gun for fastest lap, but that failed when I overshot the pitbox! Parked it after that

Just to add, it's awesome to finally get the chance to race here this year! After at least 4 failed attempts, my internet has finally decided to start behaving itself   

Mod is awesome too, but kinda tricky in places   

Very sorry Simon for the clumsy(very) shunt into turn two on lap 4(?) I keep making the mistake of using braking points that either move)shadows) or are hidden from view by cars ahead, but managed to find another marker during race 1.....But I think in this instance it was a matter of cold brakes/tires. I did try to go of track to avoid you, bur my foot appeared stuck to brake pedal.

And I was planning to post catalogueing the times this has happened to me in 50% of the 25 races I have entered. (Race1 here included.....but in light of my race2 clumsiness, that can wait

Very interesting layout this. Incredibly hard to pass, even with fresher tyres.

Awful qualifying lap by me, which meant 9th. But made a great start in race 1 and was battling for 5th most of the race. Would have probably finished 5th, if I hadn't spun very clumpsily in the stadium. Caught those fighting for 5th near the end, but couldn't get by any of them, and finished 9th. Some very hard racing in the last two laps, but looking at the replay, I can't say that anyone did wrong. If anyone, it might had been me, since I was on fresher tyres.

Then sadly, I noticed that there was a screw up ahead of race 2. One Sierra was assigned 6th starting spot, but he SHOULD NOT have been there. It was an accident by the admin to put him there, that driver qualified well down the field.

With me starting 8th, right behind him, it meant I got the worst end of the deal. That driver did an AWFUL start and I had to swerve around him to not crash into him. I was 13th after lap 1 (IIRC).

Then I just ran steadily and tried to regain time. Some nice battles and eventually finished 7th. Had a great battle near the end with a BMW, but even though my tyres were way fresher, it was impossible to get by. Good stuff.

I'm satisfied with my debut in these awesome DTM series, especially the 2nd race went very well for me.

Qualifying: I think I took it a bit too easy and only put in a 1.07.400 which is a full SECOND slower then my pb around here   

Race 1: I missed my start completely and of course loads of warping cars around made life very difficult so I decided to take it easy not to put somebody off. After about 10 laps the lag was less so I decided to try to attack the guys in front. Eventually finished 8th on soft tires..which was not a very good choice.

Race 2: I decided to put on mediums and that for sure was a bit better. Still I made a slow start and lost 2-3 places but after some laps I was back in 8th due to the mistakes from the guys in front   
Then after about 15 laps I managed to join the Alexandre (Sierra) vs Mark (BMW) fight. I have to say seeing those two fight eachother lap after lap was the highlight of the evening for me..superb racing guys and especially Alexandre who did everything within the rules to defend his place..wow no words for it      
Eventually with some luck I managed to pass them both and then I was on my own for the last 10 laps or so.
No lag is 2nd race for me by the way   

Thx HSO..it was great   

Jacob Fredriksson wrote:

Then sadly, I noticed that there was a screw up ahead of race 2. One Sierra was assigned 6th starting spot, but he SHOULD NOT have been there. It was an accident by the admin to put him there, that driver qualified well down the field.

I think it was Stephen. It's because he did not set a time during the qualifying, so he did not appear in the xml file I use to create the grid file. And as Robert did not start the second race, rFactor filled the empty spot with the first driver with no time....

Even if I was on the server I don't think I could have done better.

Results and standings updated on the website   

Martin Audran wrote:

Jacob Fredriksson wrote:

Then sadly, I noticed that there was a screw up ahead of race 2. One Sierra was assigned 6th starting spot, but he SHOULD NOT have been there. It was an accident by the admin to put him there, that driver qualified well down the field.

I think it was Stephen. It's because he did not set a time during the qualifying, so he did not appear in the xml file I use to create the grid file. And as Robert did not start the second race, rFactor filled the empty spot with the first driver with no time....

Even if I was on the server I don't think I could have done better.

Okay, hard to notice that then! Thanks for clarifying.

I'll post some more pics tomorrow! I will select only the best of the best for you guys   

Nice seeing Jef Vannijlen making his debut here as well, hes a good one..hope you get a permanent car soon Jef  

 

cela a été une horreur pour moi ces deux courses , deux tetes a queue qui on ruiné mes deux courses , a charge de revanche .

After 2 crashes with spinning cars in front of me and some strange manouver from Wenham while being laped, wich made me lose a place for my friend Steve, with whom I had a great fight. Later, I've lost the motivation and concentration, ending up on the guardrails. So I went dinner instead. Thank you Hso.
 

I had some great fun.
That Merc is a handfull but once i understood the car, it was fun to find the limit.
This mod is great, feels very good and smooth.

Had great battles with many cars. Mustang Baressi, Steve Parker, Jan....
Sorry to Jan for second race, i was not sure for a clean overtake, with a lap down.
I overdid it on a curb and to not roll over, i steered into barriers. oops

Thanks all. Hope i get a spot. This was so much fun.

First of all I congratulate Balazs Kiss on the victory! For places on the podium turned magnificent struggle for which I watched with great interest!   After the start, I quickly realized that on this track I can make a sad adjustments in this struggle and chose to go to the garage. But following tracks give much more freedom, so I hope safely continue participation in this exciting championship!

J'ai donc raté la seconde manche   , mais je voulais rendre hommage à tous nos collègues Hongrois et de République Tchèque qui apportent à ce mod une touche orientale de très haut niveau !