Round 7 - Brands Hatch GP [April 17th]

May I still drive my Volvo, please?

Petr Hlavac wrote:

May I still drive my Volvo, please?

Of course, since no-one else has asked for it

It seems like if it was working, but the BMW specifications in the screen when you load the game are the ones of the Audi. I don't know what's happening, this is just ridiculous. I tried every BMW, but it still says that it's an Audi.

Dont pay atention to the load specifications, they are buggy.

Only the BMW are wrong, the rest is fine. Does this thing happen to any other one?

Alberto Iquino wrote:

Only the BMW are wrong, the rest is fine. Does this thing happen to any other one?

Yeah also happens to me with the Mondeo but its just a bit buggy.
Nothing to worry about

sorry guys, I´m out.

I'll take #17.

Ross Bentley said: ''Be assertive, not aggressive '' He said that because if you are aggressive, such things HAPPEN !!!

Car spun at the last corner at accelarating on the curb (with FWD? )

I'll be there for the second one.

Any chance to change the network settings, cannot find anything inside the game ans everything seems very laggy (like 56K Settings in RF1)?

I get Connection Lost message. Hoping I am not the only one.

same here 3rd place 1 lap to the end...

Honza Mild wrote:

same here 3rd place 1 lap to the end...

I would like the #44 audi for race 2

ok

Oyvind, learn to drive for god's sake! Defending your position is not about blocking or putting others out of the track!

You've turned into me three times when I was already alongside you!

Sorry Dave.
I got a wheel on the grass which turned my car to the inside grass and it was then going where it wanted and there was nothing I could do to avoid coming back on to the track, unfortunately at the same time as you were there.

My little report:

First race: Qualified 'only' 3rd...could not get a 100% good lap in. Made a rocket start and was fighting for the lead already in T1 and T2. After some time Jonatan let me by but I could not run away from his fast Volvo. After a little mistake Jona passed me back again and I was bracing myself to fight him in the last few laps. Suddenly Jona dissapeared in front of me so I thought it could either him or me having a connection lost...happily for me it was Jona but felt sad for him. Was a bit of a cheap victory that way but I'll take it  Petr finished close to me in 2nd in the other Volvo.

Second race: Took pole with a very nice lap.
The lights turned green VERY early so I missed my ideal revs in 1st gear and made a sluggish start but to my surprise the guys behind me were even further behind so probably they got caught out big time there   Except for Richard Wilks he made a good start and won many places.
After a few laps David and Jonatan closed into me. Strangely I had quite some concentration issues in 2nd race so I made some mistake and those 2 got by. Tried to hang on their tail but could not do much because the 2nd race was on a higher level then the first one and also I really felt I was missing some horsies from my Peugeot engine so I came home 3rd. Not bad and 2 solid results tonight.

Thx admins and see you on the next one  

Q1: P8?

R1: Ran in 5th or something, got bumped from behind by Honza, lost three places at once, not so great

Then missed that Grant seemed to go for the pits and punted him off into the barrier, even less great

Finished 3rd when people either spun&crashed or disconnected... nothing to be proud of.

Q2: Not sure anymore...

R2: Exited Druids on the far right on lap 1, left room, suddenly Grant flew past my hood and speared off the track I haven't found the Audi magnet in my car yet...

Was in the same position when Michael attacked Honza into Druids, tried to sneak alongside and it seemed like we crossed lanes(I thought I ran rather straight) and he went into the barriers. I turned my replays off in order for the game to run better and avoid discos, thus I am not sure anymore what went wrong.

Oh well, felt like I had some magnet for trouble on me...

The race results are up, we'll have a look at a possible solution to the R1 disco-fest but that will have to be decided later this week.

Points will be sorted out tomorrow.

David Jundt wrote:

Michael attacked Honza into Druids

Yes, I did rather. I felt awful about that.

Sorry Honza.

I had a look (as you were always braking earlier into the hairpin) but I couldn't back out in time. Was a big shame as you were doing a grand job of keeping me behind and we, along with Jundt, were having a very good, close race until then. Very sorry to have spoiled it.

Thanks everyone for the racing, especially waiting for me after my CTD and disco.

OK, quali was ok from me, start RACE 1 was "good". I had many nice close fights. Than contact with David Jundt. Sorry David, yes you are right, touch from behind is my fault.... but your defens was too hard from my opinion. It was dangerous, i was on the inner line, than your car fast turn into my line, i was trying brake and turn to avoid crash, and after that i lost my brake point and did a very very gentle touch. As you can see here - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/412750572
Anyway one lap after end of R1 i had connection lost from 3rd place

Quali 2 was good enough, start was great, some door to door action, but everything ok. Nice battles after that. And our karma with David appears again. First moment I thing was room to avoid touching me, but nothing happens, i was still on the track and go straight.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/412751973

Second was destruction of my car. After Michaels attack (this one is ok its BTCC race) i lost my line, but i leave space at the track for the 3rd car. But David didn't keep his direction, maybe it was because of too early on the gas pedal and crashed into my right back corner of car. Everything was lost. I was trying do my best with damaged car but it was too late.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/412752620

Thank you HSO for race, i hope that disco fest will be resolved and i get points from first race at least

Well, I'm honestly very dissapointed with yesterday evening, purely because of the game crash that I had in Race 1. I believe it was down to overheating on my end, a couple of other processes had been closed down as well, raced R2 with my windows wide open and about 5 degrees outside, but at least I could finish that one.


Practice:
After the Indy race earlier this year, I was looking forward to coming back to Brands Hatch. I'm not a big fan of the track but the Volvo really likes the track so it all works out to about even.
I gave the setup to Petr who seemed to find it good as well so I assume I sort of nailed the setup for the Volvo and this location, making it even more frustrating that I had the game crash when in the lead in R1...


Q1:
Went out and, for the first time during practice, took the fuel out of the Swedish Fridge Freezer and the car ended up being a bit loose so made a tiny change and it was immedietly on rails, leading to a PB and Pole with a sub 30 sec laptime, so I was very happy then.

R1:
Had the luck, despite a very bad start, to hold onto the lead for a few laps but then I had a bit of a moment at Hawthorn and made a late defensive move against Peter, ending up blocking him and therefore letting him by at Westfield and then hooked onto the rear of his Peugeot.
It seemed like he was a lot stronger at Hawthorn and Westfield but I was able to get very good lines through Dingle Dell and Stirling to get back onto him. In the end I was able to get by, when Peter ran just a fraction wide at Graham Hill Bend while I Went for the cut-back and was able to get up the inside at Surtees.

Just a lap or two later I was staring at my Desktop without any error to let me know why, to say I was frustrated and angry would be a bit of an understatement...



Q2:
Still rattled by the happenings in R1, I managed a scruffy lap to line up 3rd on the grid.

R2:
Another lack-luster start saw me drop to 4th behind Richard who had a blistering start.

A lap or two later I put a textbook move on him up at Druids after he ran just a tad wide at Paddock Hill to get up to 3rd and still within striking distance of the two in front.

Sat behind David for a few laps looking for a chance to get by but Brands sure don't like to let you pass easily.
After a few laps I made a bit of a mistake and ran wide at Clark dropping back but that allowed David to catch up to Peter and we could then have a 3 way fight for the lead.

Many laps later Peter finally cracked and went wide at Sheene allowing David to strike around the outside at Stirling while I made my way past down the straight to Clark, thanks for condeeding Peter, you had me worried for a moment.


What then followed was me putting David under as much pressure I could muster without making mistakes of my own and allowing Peter to get back past.
It took many laps, and many attempts, but finally I could get by up at Paddock and Druids (seemingly my favourite place to pass this round) becuase David managed to lock up the rears slightly and was all crossed up through Paddock.

From then on I managed to eak out a gap of 2 seconds Before the end of the race, that being just under 3 laps.
That's another reason for being frustrated with having retired from R1, I'm fairly sure I could have won that one as well to get closer in the Championship.


So instead of gaining Points on Peter, which was the goal at this track which suits the Volvo, I ended up loosing out another 13 or so Points...

Oh well, will have to hope for a bit of bad luck to fall Peters' way since I've had my fair share now and don't need any more of that

Great fights from my view in both races so that way it was a very fun event and hoping for a good event next time as well.

@Jonatan I already had my 'bad luck' race: the first one... only 1 point

You never appeared to be alongside me before bumping me straight(bump came from behind, not the side) in R1 Honza, so I am not agreeing on that...

I probably had power understeer at the exit of Druids, but because of the FOV I ran(maybe?), I only saw you very late coming into my vew and it was too late. I also didn't see if Michael was still alongside you so I couldn't tell how much space was available.