quali was a wash. I messed up the final corner and it cost me pole. I was having difficulty getting past Xavier, although he was holding me up in places. I went on the grass a few times, and he pulled away. after pit stops, I eventually came out 4th. I don't know what happened, but I was 20 seconds back from Xavier at the flag. I'm disappointed in my performance, to say the least. congrats to the top 3.

Joseph.

so wait, this is the last race that R2P will have for RBR? damn! I did a lot better than I thought since I just got the game last week. but, I had a moment on stage 2. I hit a tree and spun it, and I lost about 8 seconds overall. but, I still finished well everywhere else. stage 6 scared the hell out of me, though. I couldn't see where I was going, so I was driving it on pace notes alone, and I was almost crawling through the stage. well, I hope to see it return cause I seem to be better at off road stuff than tarmac stuff. congrats to the Adams brothers!

Joseph.

first off, I believe a blue flag rule needs to be put in place. Charles cost me 1st place to Daniel in the middle of the race, and I was FUMING. I got it back later, but still. as far as my race, yea I started on hards, and Daniel was quicker than I thought, and we were less than a second and a half apart until pit stops (even after the incident with Charles). after the pit stops, though, I filled up and put mediums on, and chased Daniel down. I finally made up 4 or 5 seconds on him, and we battled for a bit. when I got in front, I thought he pulled a "bump n' run" as the roundy-round guys like to call it. I was a bit mad at that, but I thought it was intentional. now that I know it wasn't, no worries. but, I finally got past him coming out 6/going into 7, and I began to pull away. all in all, it was a great battle, and my pole time honestly surprised the hell out of me...it was half a second quicker than I ever managed before, and I made a mistake in the first sector, as well. so, that seemed to have come from nowhere.

Joseph.

haha. yea, Janko, right at the end, you turned right across my nose at the first corner when I thought you gave me room. I was cursing in headlight speak, btw. :P

but yea, good pole lap, the initial start was good. I got a good jump, but threw it away on the first corner. I spent the new couple laps getting up to Cristi, and then it just stabilized out at around 2-4 seconds. and then towards lap 23-25, I just concentrated very intensely, and then I ran the 25.8, then I started running lap times around there, and started catching up to him. I finally managed to get ahead of him thanks to traffic, and he pitted a few laps earlier than I did. then I managed to get a little over 6 seconds on him thanks to pit stops, then he started whittling it down. I managed to hold him off through the rest of the race, though, and I was screaming when I crossed the finish line in exhilaration. lol.

I was actually running only 5 gears and a rev limit of 7300 rpms to conserve fuel (cause I thought the norm was going to be 2 stops). at the pit stop, I took on a full tank, and ended the race with something like 8 gallons left. I was actually thinking Cristi was going to run out of gas because of this, and he never did. I'm glad I kept the pressure up on him instead of going a little bit more conservatively because I figured he'd do one more stop. well, that race was immensely satisfying. I am extremely happy right now, so I'm gonna go get a shower :)

great racing Cristi!

Joseph.