Post by FatCity on Feb 21, 2016 17:55:01 GMT 10
Great result for Team Sim Racing Australia over the weekend with a great 6th placing.
It was an eventful 12 hr race with 2 server crashes whilst we were in 3rd place but due to the nature of things, once the server were restarted, all cars went back on to the same lap with no time gaps, nothing we or the organisers could do.
After Josh gave us a great 3rd pace in qualy last weekend, Menace took the reigns for the start of the race, running in the dark there where a few incidents that called for safety cars but he kept it all in good shape and after just over an hour handed it over to me. I just wanted to hold my spot being about 4 secs slower than the rest of the team. Due to some good fortune I had gotten into 3rd place when the server crashed the 1st time. It was restarted an hour later and Chris took over. I went to bed at 2 am Melbourne time and got up at 6 am and back on to TS to find Cambo in the car after another server crash. Chris had put in a great run only to be tagged on his in lap. The server was restarted and by the look of it we were in 3rd again ( only going from the posts on the host leagues forum, haven't confirmed that with the others yet ). Once Cambo finished his stint he handed back to menace. Menace had a couple of moments himself and eventually I got back in the car and came back on track in 8th, by the end of my run ( 3 spins, 2 of which were my fault lol ) with pit stops by others etc, I handed the car to our Team Captain and Manager Josh who brought it home in 6th place 3 laps off the leader, mind you, Josh was running as fast as the first two guys with our top speed down by 10 ks approximately.
So well done to Josh ( did a brilliant job putting this all together ) , Cambo ( stayed up all night, strange people these kiwis lol ), Menace and Chris, all different timezones but you four guys drive like you where one with your lap times.
I had great fun, couldn't believe how nervous I was, but really happy that I didn't drop us too far back.
Maybe we need a 2nd car next time, fasties in one and not so fasties in the other.
Special mention to Carty and the AR guys, they had a bit of bad luck at the start of the race with the game loading a dodgy setup and they where on the back foot from there.
