Round 2 - Vancouver Indy Grand Prix [Feb 1st]

Many Many swear words!!

My HUD froze, And then during the yellow my game crashed Sad

Good luck to the rest and well done to all finishers

"route de la juane'

Ai yi yi......

Promised my little girl i'd leave the race at the 30 miunte mark...not a single green lap...

I think we need some discipline..... Round 2 - Vancouver Indy Grand Prix [Feb 1st] - Page 5 1623587389

Round 2 - Vancouver Indy Grand Prix [Feb 1st] - Page 5 1623587389

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Dangit, plowed into Samuli when he backed off for a spin in front of him and wreck his LR suspension. Sorry Samuli, did not see the spin and even letting off early I could not miss you.

Car felt OK but pushed like a truck under braking after repairs and I ended up plowing into a wall. Hope it was not a full course when I did it. Escaped out ASAP.

The screen froze during the second caution in the main straight. Crash the car in front and then the pit wall. My apologies to the injured.
Until then I had not had any problems. Strange.
L'écran a gelé pendant la seconde prudence dans la ligne droite principale. Bloquer la voiture en face, puis le mur des stands. Mes excuses aux blessés.
Jusque-là je ne avais pas eu de problèmes. Etrange.

James Knowles wrote:: "route de la juane'

Ai yi yi......

Promised my little girl i'd leave the race at the 30 miunte mark...not a single green lap...

I think we need some discipline.....

Please tell me your exaggerating? Not a single lap? If so, in really quite appalled, Either the yellows were a little too eager or people need teaching a thing or two. Neutral

Balls, missed my breaking point slightly and to avoid Raul in front I tried to come across the kerb only to hit the apparent tyre stack of death, bounced off it and into Vincent. Very, very sorry Vincent I did not expect that the tyre stack would have done that. Hope you were able to continue :doh:

A lot of yellow flags as well today :hum:

My God had never driven slowly for so long since back when I did auto-school Laughing

People must learn to keep the distance in caution laps and NEVER be directly behind the car you are following. Got a kiss on the back during a caution and my rear right camber got screwed, something I noticed when we went green and I glanced the wall with that tire, making things apparently worse. No damage reported on the HUD but the car pulled like mad to the left :hum:

and everyone behind passed me. Pitted under the next yellow that followed briefly Rolling Eyes

but it couldnt be repaired. SO I went back with an ill handling car that could only do 1.20 laps, not fun pale

but I hoped good enough for pacing around under yellow, as that seemed to be the destinity of the race What a Face

In the end it got worse and worse until I understeered into a wall at the chicane and lost the FW, ironically on the lap I had already decided to quit at the pits but was pushing a bit to prevent another yellow being triggered by a slow car on track. Oh well, there goes my less loved track, Motegi can't come soon enough Smile

c est du n importe quoi serieux :grrr:

les puits sont annoncés ouvert et je prends une pénalité parce que je rentre aux stands pppfffff

d ailleurs plusieurs pilotes ont pitté comme moi et apparemment eux ils n ont rien .,,,,,

je quitte la voie des stands devant Martin qui etait au pit comme moi il me semble , et la RF me dit qu il faut que je me mette derriere Rossi , obliger donc de laisser passer 5 pilotes ( dont Martin ) pour respecter la place que RF m oblige pourquoi ?

tour d apres je traverse la voie des pits pour effectuer ma pénalite elle ne disparait pas
tour d apres je RE TRAVERSE la voie des pits et marque un arret en prenant soin de bien enlever tout changement de pneus ou essence au cas ou ma pénalite serait un stop and go et la rien du tout
fou de rage le tour encore d apres Je percute le feu d entree des stands en voulant tenter une 3 eme fois de faire ma pénalité !!! :grrr:

sinon pour ma part je pense que les YELLOW sur oval sont utiles mais ne servent a rien sur routier on a quand meme passer 45 min sous drapeaux jaunes Evil or Very Mad

sorry Rocky for the small bump at the second restart was so surprise by your breaking point

This was taking too long. Decided to DNF.

Officials were too easy on dem yellow flags. Suspect

I cant bloody belive it.
I stayed out of fuel...
what a brick.

Alessio, I hope it was not my fault for your quiting.

Great race everyone. Too bad i didnt score some points...

All was going well till lap 24,when my dog stuck his face into my view affraid

because he wanted to go out and i clipped the wall damaging the suspension :doh:

pitted but car was unsafe to continue,pity was holding 12th place at time Sad

Raul Jereb wrote:: I cant bloody belive it.
I stayed out of fuel...
what a brick.

Alessio, I hope it was not my fault for your quiting.

Great race everyone. Too bad i didnt score some points...

No, don't worry Raul it was my fault. Went too far into the braking zone and went to avoid you, unfortunately the tyre wall on the inside of the corner seem to be made of explosives of some sort.. scratch

soirée à oublier. Alessio se cartonne juste devant moi et c'est imparable. Freinage foireux malgré les réparations. Après ça, je me prends Martin R sur un freinage. Sorry Martin/ Désolé Martin.

Mike Becnel wrote:: Dangit, plowed into Samuli when he backed off for a spin in front of him and wreck his LR suspension. Sorry Samuli, did not see the spin and even letting off early I could not miss you.

Don't worry Mike-B, no damage was done. Wink

Puh-leeaase, no more full cautions on the roadies! That was toooo much!

But when the racing really happened, it really happened! Had great battles with Raul and Martin, and then on the final laps with JP. Got him in the end, since I was able to run full boost on much newer tyres. Despite causing a yellow, MY FIRST PODIUM ON HSO! :third:

To those who complain about too many yellow flags : given the driving displayed by some people, it's absolutely not a surprise that there were so many crashes.

Some guys try to win the race in the first lap (I saw a 3 wide in the first corner). Heck, even after 20 or 30 laps of yellow flag, one would have understood that going like crazy and banging wheels would bring nothing. But no, still bonehead moves, silly crashes... :doh:

At the end of the day, I finished 4th, and penultimate car on the lead lap.

J'ai oublié de dire que je me suis quand même fait rentrer dedans dés le 2eme virage du 1er tour. Je ne prendrai pas la peine de savoir de qui il s'agit mais je lui lui dit quand même qu'il conduit comme une tapette Wink

Greg Goissen wrote:: tour d apres je traverse la voie des pits pour effectuer ma pénalite elle ne disparait pas

Si c'est un drive through, ça ne se fait pas sous régime de drapeau jaune.

Quote :: o those who complain about too many yellow flags : given the driving displayed by some people, it's absolutely not a surprise that there were so many crashes.

Some guys try to win the race in the first lap (I saw a 3 wide in the first corner). Heck, even after 20 or 30 laps of yellow flag, one would have understood that going like crazy and banging wheels would bring nothing. But no, still bonehead moves, silly crashes...

+1

Results and replay up on the website. Standings updated.

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Just checked the replay, and yes, all the yellows were fully justified, there were crashes with parts detached, sometimes cars flying, etc...
The problem isn't that the yellow flags were triggered too easily.

BTW, tonight we had 9 yellow flags, the real life race had 7.

I knew the last yellow was bad news, and it indeed was, I lost the podium there Sad

I tried my best to defend from my team mate, but I wasn't too fast to begin with, and I had used tires... it was Jacob's last opportunity to overtake, and he did it :hello:

Subject: Re: Round 2 - Vancouver Indy Grand Prix [Feb 1st] Mon 2 Feb 2015 - 0:33

Only 7 finishers?

Oh my.......... Shocked

Subject: Re: Round 2 - Vancouver Indy Grand Prix [Feb 1st] Mon 2 Feb 2015 - 1:24

Rocky, is it possible to see your replay ? When you overtook me, I saw you going into the tires (the server replay saw this too), but you somehow you survived it Shocked

I'm curious to see what you actually saw from your cockpit.

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JP Campmajo wrote:: Rocky, is it possible to see your replay ? When you overtook me, I saw you going into the tires (the server replay saw this too), but you somehow you survived it I'm curious to see what you actually saw from your cockpit.

I don't have replays turned on, but yes I did hit tires and I was surprised too that I survived. More on that below.

I never would have guess that I could do this race with only 1 pit stop. It was thanks to all of the yellows. Race started well battling with Greg. But I was very surprised by all of the early yellows. At one point, I thought we'd never get more than 1 racing lap in at a time. On the 3rd or 4th restart, I got a good run into turn 1 and went around the outside of Greg for the lead. Yes, Greg, I was a little too cautious into the next right. It was too bad too because it damaged my right rear and probably your left front. The steering was pulling to the right down the straights for the rest of the race.

With all of the cautions and us nearing 1 hour, I knew I could make it on just 1 stop. Kevin got by me just after the 1 hour mark after I nearly spun it more the last corner. I restarted about 6th and got through the field quickly. I braked too late on the inside of JP for 2nd place and hit the tires with my left rear, which actually straightened the car a little bit. It was still pulling to the right, but not as bad. So, it actually helped funny enough.

Martin pitted at the next yellow and I just had to hold on until the finish. There was 1 more late yellow, which made me a little nervous. But there were just 3 laps to go at the restart and I held on.

Looking forward to the next one!

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Claudio Navonne wrote:: The screen froze during the second caution in the main straight. Crash the car in front and then the pit wall. My apologies to the injured.
Until then I had not had any problems. Strange.
L'écran a gelé pendant la seconde prudence dans la ligne droite principale. Bloquer la voiture en face, puis le mur des stands. Mes excuses aux blessés.
Jusque-là je ne avais pas eu de problèmes. Etrange.

Pas de problème, Claudio. Tu m'as juste volé mon aileron arrière !
J'ai bien cru que ma course allait se finir là... mes mécanos furent plutôt bons sur ce coup là !

Bref, deux pitstops en 4 tours (certains sont réellement trop chauds au départ... ou peut-être est-ce qui suis trop prudent au départ), toute la course à l'arrière où ça se bagarre comme des chiffonniers, un peu n'importe comment parfois (je reconnais que, moi-même, j'ai du répondre virilement à des attaques pas très cool, et ça me fait bien ch...), excepté Philippe que j'ai suivi et croisé presque toute la course et pour qui j'ai un gros regret de ne pas le voir fini malgré une course modèle, de régularité, et de propreté. Si tout le monde pouvait rouler comme lui, il y aurait eu moins de yellows !

La course a vraiment commencé lors de l'avant dernier yellow où on (les survivants !) a tous pu adopter un vrai rythme de course pour une belle série de tours. Je finis 5, inespéré alors que j'étais denier au quatrième tour à quasiment un tour du peloton.

Mon avis personnel : une course pénible, pas digne de HSO, y'a pas de quoi être fier.

Dommage pour moi, j'espérais bien rallier l'arrivée. Crying or Very sad

Je pensais que c'était un dimanche de transam, et je découvre dans l'après-midi, que non, c'est du Cart, au menu du soir.
Je plie donc mes bagages, et repars de Limerock, pour Vancouver. Hormi la chanson, je ne connais rien à cette ville. Après 2-3 explications, des autochtones du coin m'indique où trouver le circuit. Je découvre donc le parcours à quelques heures de la course. O pauv', une immense nausée m'envahit après la découverte de ce circuit. Mon dieu, que c'est moche, Vancouver.

C'est donc avec bonheur que j'effectue les premiers tours de courses, à un rythme me permettant de suivre les autres pilotes, et de rester dans le même tour que le leader. Twisted Evil

Au 3ème ou 4ème yellow, je décide de changer mes pneus softs, entamés pour un quart. Et c'est en voulant rejoindre le peloton, que je détruit tout seul ma voiture. Dommage avec mes 1'23 au tour j'espérais bien faire un top 5. :hihi:

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