08-19-2013, 03:31 PM
Pics soon, but I had a great weekend despite a big setback.
#186 is down for the count, I was playing around in a rain race that I was bored with and ended up with the consequences. Pics soon.
That said, however, it was an awesome weekend.
Race #1 on Saturday. My previous GTS2 record at Summit was a 1.21.103. I was on mid-life BFG R1S and the stiffest competition was not there that weekend. We had a porsche that was way underprepped and an E36 M3 new to the guy. I thought I would putt around a bit and try to do some testing. So I played with the shocks a bit before the race.
Unlike usual races, GTS2 got paired with GTS3/4/5/U for the start. I worked my way through a couple gts4 and 3 cars and got to one gts3 car that was top 3 of gts3. The car felt great, he was at least 3-4 seconds off 1/2nd place so I started messing around with him. The car was warmed up and feeling loose but fast. Turn in was amazing, and exit speed was by far increased. Usually I bounce off real quick the rev limiter at 7200rpm in 4th gear before turn 5 and between turn 9 and 10. Just real quick right before braking for the next turn. This time I was bouncing off the rev limiter before I even hit the curve around 4 and was hitting the rev limiter just 10-20 feet past the bridge between 9-10. My fastest ever through the chute was 118mph, but just briefly before braking at turn 5. This means I was doing ~118mph all the way from early apex of 4 to turn 5's braking point. I was also running out of third gear before wrapping the car completely around turn 7 (usually shift to 4th between 7-8).
All this translated to a much faster lap time. I nailed down a 1:20.629, amost a full .5 second beyond my previous track record. Then, in the fun race, I was battling it out with Chris Cobetto's AI (piggy that cant handle, but awesome driver) mustang, and John Huebners e46 m3 GTS3 car, (~380rwhp, and ~290rwhp respectively against my 209rwhp). This meant I had to REALLY work it in the corners, and using some draft of their cars out of the corners before they drove away on the straights. During this battle I managed 5 laps beneath a 1:21, with a best of a 1:20.430. Definitely helps to have rabbits to chase!
The car was fast but loose. The next day it rained for the race and my main competition dropped out with the Porsche staying in. I went out on rains at the last minute (I was expecting it to clear up), but unfortunately on my dry suspension setup. The car was nasty loose, but I kept it on track, only to see my only other GTS2 car porsche spin off into turn 3. I ran a couple more laps but got bored quickly being alone so I started playing around. Throwing the car real sideways and just some dumb antics. Well, it bit me hard as I came around turn 10, I hit a flatspot and the car went from 5-10 degrees to a quick 45 degrees. My steering rack is limited, meaning I didnt nearly have enough steering angle to catch it. I maneuvered the car around during the spin trying to keep it on track backwards, but momentum + rain had their way and eventually the car hit the wet grass. I had slowed the car significantly to around 20mph. It hit the grass, was all over and the car spun right round to the front and nailed the front left and slapped the left rear quarter. I luckily didn't black out once I hit the barrier and killed the engine before she even came to a stop.
Quick diagnosis when I got home = engine started up, fired and ran just fine, just a coolant hose popped off to the radiator. Hood, left front fender, core support, and splitter all damaged beyond repair. Front bumper, one small crack, not structural means a good spare bumper, canards are still good (now have survived three crashes, two on jims, one on mine). Frame rails are bent to the right-side only in front of shock towers, so a quick jot on a frame alignment machine hopefully means it'll be good. Mike D'Amico's alpine white front end should be a quick throw on. Just need to find an alpine white hood, and decide if I want to use my spare bumper and fender, or just get all freshy parts.
Lesson learned: Don't be stupid.
#186 is down for the count, I was playing around in a rain race that I was bored with and ended up with the consequences. Pics soon.
That said, however, it was an awesome weekend.
Race #1 on Saturday. My previous GTS2 record at Summit was a 1.21.103. I was on mid-life BFG R1S and the stiffest competition was not there that weekend. We had a porsche that was way underprepped and an E36 M3 new to the guy. I thought I would putt around a bit and try to do some testing. So I played with the shocks a bit before the race.
Unlike usual races, GTS2 got paired with GTS3/4/5/U for the start. I worked my way through a couple gts4 and 3 cars and got to one gts3 car that was top 3 of gts3. The car felt great, he was at least 3-4 seconds off 1/2nd place so I started messing around with him. The car was warmed up and feeling loose but fast. Turn in was amazing, and exit speed was by far increased. Usually I bounce off real quick the rev limiter at 7200rpm in 4th gear before turn 5 and between turn 9 and 10. Just real quick right before braking for the next turn. This time I was bouncing off the rev limiter before I even hit the curve around 4 and was hitting the rev limiter just 10-20 feet past the bridge between 9-10. My fastest ever through the chute was 118mph, but just briefly before braking at turn 5. This means I was doing ~118mph all the way from early apex of 4 to turn 5's braking point. I was also running out of third gear before wrapping the car completely around turn 7 (usually shift to 4th between 7-8).
All this translated to a much faster lap time. I nailed down a 1:20.629, amost a full .5 second beyond my previous track record. Then, in the fun race, I was battling it out with Chris Cobetto's AI (piggy that cant handle, but awesome driver) mustang, and John Huebners e46 m3 GTS3 car, (~380rwhp, and ~290rwhp respectively against my 209rwhp). This meant I had to REALLY work it in the corners, and using some draft of their cars out of the corners before they drove away on the straights. During this battle I managed 5 laps beneath a 1:21, with a best of a 1:20.430. Definitely helps to have rabbits to chase!
The car was fast but loose. The next day it rained for the race and my main competition dropped out with the Porsche staying in. I went out on rains at the last minute (I was expecting it to clear up), but unfortunately on my dry suspension setup. The car was nasty loose, but I kept it on track, only to see my only other GTS2 car porsche spin off into turn 3. I ran a couple more laps but got bored quickly being alone so I started playing around. Throwing the car real sideways and just some dumb antics. Well, it bit me hard as I came around turn 10, I hit a flatspot and the car went from 5-10 degrees to a quick 45 degrees. My steering rack is limited, meaning I didnt nearly have enough steering angle to catch it. I maneuvered the car around during the spin trying to keep it on track backwards, but momentum + rain had their way and eventually the car hit the wet grass. I had slowed the car significantly to around 20mph. It hit the grass, was all over and the car spun right round to the front and nailed the front left and slapped the left rear quarter. I luckily didn't black out once I hit the barrier and killed the engine before she even came to a stop.
Quick diagnosis when I got home = engine started up, fired and ran just fine, just a coolant hose popped off to the radiator. Hood, left front fender, core support, and splitter all damaged beyond repair. Front bumper, one small crack, not structural means a good spare bumper, canards are still good (now have survived three crashes, two on jims, one on mine). Frame rails are bent to the right-side only in front of shock towers, so a quick jot on a frame alignment machine hopefully means it'll be good. Mike D'Amico's alpine white front end should be a quick throw on. Just need to find an alpine white hood, and decide if I want to use my spare bumper and fender, or just get all freshy parts.
Lesson learned: Don't be stupid.
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