iRacing Spec5 World Tour

[MostMint]

I did reasonably well at Mosport but needed just a little more speed to contend for a class win. Class leader had a bad night so I closed the points gap from 21 gap down to 7.

Up next is Le Mans. Another new track for me. I thought I was getting it down til last night practice race where I showed quite poorly. I don't have high expectations for tonight

https://www.youtube.com/live/Gy3C7dKZzdw?feature=share

[MostMint]

Qualified P17 and finished P17 at Le Mans. One moment of terror followed by pretty much racing by myself the rest of the time.

In lap 1 there was an incident in front of me after the second chicane and while I slowed some I still got hit by one of the cars. Through some luck my car took no damage and I was able to continue with a large gap behind me.

Next week is going to a really short circuit at Tsukuba- like 36 second laps - which is a far cry from the almost 5 minute laps at Le Mans. It'll be like autocross, short track racing and maybe a little figure 8 all rolled into one.

https://www.youtube.com/live/mPVpwcU3GBo?feature=share

[Basement Paul]

No wonder you took no damage, your car apparently doesn't follow the rules of physics like the other guys.

-BP

[MostMint]

There are rare moments when the shield effect kicks in. I recall a prior race where two guys wrecked in front of me in a place I was not expecting a crash. I hit one of them to where my car got launched a little. My front was totally destroyed but the guy I hit drove off like nothing happened.

There are with some frequency instances where cars share the same space without bending - and it does take something away from the game

This sim is decent but still does not match reality very well a small percentage of the time

[MostMint]

Tonight is Mid Ohio

https://www.youtube.com/live/hxLFFyPCENM?feature=share

Last week was Tsukuba 1000. It was a sub 40 second lap - an quite slow compared to what we normally run - like 10 corners. Felt like an autocross course almost. Anyway put the time in and learned how to drive it qualifying P12 of 30. Ended P16 so overall good result

[MostMint]

On 3/9 we race at the Nordschleife. This track has a lot of turns, little runoff and enough blind and off camber corners that there will be a lot of attrition. Leaders will take about 8 minutes to finish a lap. Look for me to run about 20 seconds behind them per lap. I am not planning to be very competitive pace wise - but with the steep learning curve and attrition based design I think I can do well if I can keep it off the barriers.

https://www.youtube.com/live/FZXtLACTuvQ?feature=share

Mid Ohio was a disaster. I qualified P11 (best ever) and top in open class. I led like 9-10 laps then I made a small mistake entering the carousel and compounded it to a trip to the barrier which required a tow. Ended P24. Definitely wrecked a golden opportunity there.

[MostMint]

Nordschleife was not a bad track to race, but I got into someone else's mess on lap 1, pitted at end of lap 2 and used my fast repair, then binned it myself on lap 3 and had to visit the pits again about about 35 seconds of repair, skipping the 4 minutes of optional repairs. Qualified P18, ended P19.

Up next is Philip Island
https://www.youtube.com/live/c3k3TZlhe1Y?feature=share

I really like this track it has a lot of high speed corners so it reminds me a bit of Nelson Ledges.

[MostMint]

Phillip Island was a decent race - qualified P12 and ended P13. Qualified like .8 behind the leaders which was pretty good, and only had one incident point.

Up next is yet another new track: Red Bull Ring. About all I can say is at least it doesn't have a chicane!

https://www.youtube.com/live/UgEcjWkru18?feature=share

Jose is out for the rest of the season, but there are two drivers who have more points (based on 3 drop weeks) and P1 is far ahead so it does not seem likely I'll be able to win the open class.

[Basement Paul]

Looks like a pretty fun track. Lots of room there.

-BP