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Last Season's Results:
1st: Darklol
2nd: Tron4949
3rd: Megaman
Pole: Darklol (01:33.190)
FL: Darklol (01:37.247)
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Round 18: United States - Circuit of the Americas (20Feb19 @ 9pm EST)
- Thread starter AaronWebb85
- Start date
Last Season's Results:
1st: Darklol
2nd: Tron4949
3rd: Megaman
Pole: Darklol (01:33.190)
FL: Darklol (01:37.247)
Normand
Member
Checked my work schedule and wont be there
moogleslam
Premium Member
I know that earlier this season, I mentioned a couple of tracks that were super technical, but this has to be up there as well. So hard to put it all together to get a good lap. Not real easy to find a balanced setup either.
Fruitsalsa
Well-known member
moogleslam said:
I am having such a hard time finding a good setup for this one as well. My rear tires are always on the verge of overheating...
moogleslam
Premium Member
Fruitsalsa said:
Did you see this? http://precisionracingleague.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=150&t=2666
Plasmaraider
Well-known member
Have to call off last minute, got sick over the weekend and havent recovered. Will be there next week
Fruitsalsa
Well-known member
moogleslam said:
wow, that is quite bad....I wish I saw this before the race though
However, I never had the problem before the US grand prix...Temperature has never been an issue for me. That leaves me to believe it has something to do with the way I drive on this track. Still, it would have been interesting to test this!
moogleslam
Premium Member
Qualifying
Qualifying was as good as it could be. I wanted to get into the 1:32's, and I did that on my first hot lap. I improved on my second hot lap, just before the rain came, and I knew no one was going to be improving their times after that. I was set to start 5th, my best grid position since I started 3rd all the way back in China.
Race
I had a good enough start to stay 5th on the run to turn 1, but maybe I was too early on the brakes or maybe I just ended up in a bad position in the pack. I had cars passing me on both sides, and I got pushed wide following contact. Thankfully, no damage, but I had lost 3 positions.
A few corners later, and the damage would come though. After sector 1, Megaman and I had different lines or braking points or both, and I ended up hitting the back of him, and my front wing was damaged.
The car was understeering a lot, but I was surprisngly able to stay close to iceman, Bobino, and Mega ahead of me, who I think were slowing each other down because they were all battling. After a few laps, I was in DRS range of Bobino, but even with DRS, I could never quite make a pass. I had to stay behind him until I pitted on lap 9, but he came in at the same time. Unfortunately, I think I hit the wrong button when entering the pits, and my Pit Limiter didn't come on, so I got a 5 second penalty. Then of course, I had to have my front wing replaced as well. It looked like Bobino did too, because we exited the pits with the same gap.
I was so excited to have my front wing fixed, and to get onto some fresh tires, but they felt really bad when they were cold. I thought once they heated up, I'd find some pace, but I never did. It was super frustrating, and I think by lap 12, I was already looking forward to the race being over. I picked up a a massive 12 seconds of penaties over the remainder of the race, on top of my 5 second penalty for speeding in the pits, but it made no difference. I didn't have the pace or focus to stay with Bobino, and no one was close behind me. 8th it was.
Summary
Despite qualifying 5th, I'm not sure I could have done better than 8th in the race. I had awful pace on that Soft tire, and lost interest in this circuit so fast. It's definitely not one of my favorites.
Mexico is next, and I have never raced there. I have a World of Tanks thing keeping me busy again for the next two weeks, so will probably not put in the time to master the circuit, but I'll be there at least.
Qualifying was as good as it could be. I wanted to get into the 1:32's, and I did that on my first hot lap. I improved on my second hot lap, just before the rain came, and I knew no one was going to be improving their times after that. I was set to start 5th, my best grid position since I started 3rd all the way back in China.
Race
I had a good enough start to stay 5th on the run to turn 1, but maybe I was too early on the brakes or maybe I just ended up in a bad position in the pack. I had cars passing me on both sides, and I got pushed wide following contact. Thankfully, no damage, but I had lost 3 positions.
A few corners later, and the damage would come though. After sector 1, Megaman and I had different lines or braking points or both, and I ended up hitting the back of him, and my front wing was damaged.
The car was understeering a lot, but I was surprisngly able to stay close to iceman, Bobino, and Mega ahead of me, who I think were slowing each other down because they were all battling. After a few laps, I was in DRS range of Bobino, but even with DRS, I could never quite make a pass. I had to stay behind him until I pitted on lap 9, but he came in at the same time. Unfortunately, I think I hit the wrong button when entering the pits, and my Pit Limiter didn't come on, so I got a 5 second penalty. Then of course, I had to have my front wing replaced as well. It looked like Bobino did too, because we exited the pits with the same gap.
I was so excited to have my front wing fixed, and to get onto some fresh tires, but they felt really bad when they were cold. I thought once they heated up, I'd find some pace, but I never did. It was super frustrating, and I think by lap 12, I was already looking forward to the race being over. I picked up a a massive 12 seconds of penaties over the remainder of the race, on top of my 5 second penalty for speeding in the pits, but it made no difference. I didn't have the pace or focus to stay with Bobino, and no one was close behind me. 8th it was.
Summary
Despite qualifying 5th, I'm not sure I could have done better than 8th in the race. I had awful pace on that Soft tire, and lost interest in this circuit so fast. It's definitely not one of my favorites.
Mexico is next, and I have never raced there. I have a World of Tanks thing keeping me busy again for the next two weeks, so will probably not put in the time to master the circuit, but I'll be there at least.
patlessard
Premium Member
My first two laps
https://youtu.be/tW_C8BmD_rE
https://youtu.be/tW_C8BmD_rE
moogleslam
Premium Member
My lap 1. Somehow the audio and video are out of sync, but I can't fix as I already deleted the source.
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