Shentar
Well-Known Member
I just did an Endurance race at Spa with the SRF, MX5, and Solstice. Hour and a half race. It was a blast, I have to say. I really like Spa, and the endurance factor was just great. I started 10th in the SRF, dropped down 2 or 3 places fairly quickly,and I bumped a wall trying to avoid someone in the middle of the track who swerved right in my line. I drove with some damage for 6 laps or so because I knew I had to pit for fuel at some point in the race. Tires were going to be good enough to last the entire time. About lap 10, I was 3 seconds off my normal pace, so I pitted. I got a couple gallons of gas to be safe (probably could have made it with one gallon extra), and I got the damage repaired. I came out in 15th overall. By the end, I had worked by way back up to 4th in class and 4th overall. I was very happy. My fasted lap was 4 seconds off the fasted lap of the top 3 guys. Weirdly, the entire race, I never raced another SRF for position except for the on the first lap. The rest of the time was passing lapped cars and the occasional MX5. At the end I had 73 incidents! LOL I only spun twice, and bumped that wall once. So thats really 5 (2x lost control , 1x off track, and 2x lost control). I guess the small wall contact didn't count. It just damaged a little body work and didn't affect the handling too much. The other ones were just dropping tires over the edge of the track during cornering.
Thats one thing I think I like about hosted. I can drop a wheel off by going a little wide or so and its okay. Most of mine were just running a little wide into the run off zones. I don't think thats cheating, per se.
The endurance bit was nice too. I'll definately to more of these. The same group is having a MX5-Jetta-Mustang race next month I think. I'm looking forward to that with the new tire model (hopefully the Mustang gets it)
I really liked that kind of rac
Thats one thing I think I like about hosted. I can drop a wheel off by going a little wide or so and its okay. Most of mine were just running a little wide into the run off zones. I don't think thats cheating, per se.
The endurance bit was nice too. I'll definately to more of these. The same group is having a MX5-Jetta-Mustang race next month I think. I'm looking forward to that with the new tire model (hopefully the Mustang gets it)
I really liked that kind of rac