GTC-Euro Hockenheim

Oh my... crashed into some tires and my engine died. DNF :( Sorry for that bump tolga... still, i think we had a nice fight!

Good Luck to all remaining on track.

Thats so noobish driving from me at all. I was concentrating the inside curb in first turn and tried to stay with 2 tyres in track, but i forgot outside part and i was out of track maybe half of race in that point so Tim is completely right giving me a drive through penalty, but i couldnt drive through lol pit crew took my car back when i pass garage and lost maybe 10 extra seconds there. Then another noobish mistake when i pitted next lap, i only changed fronts and rear tyres died after a couple of laps.
If i changed the rears too i would got a podium but anyways, good racing at starts with David and Janko.

I ll be more careful about cutting track...

And please some1 explains me how can i drive through in pits :/

OMG,it's sad when you get old.I went for medium for qualifying thinking my pit strategy would buy me some places.Started slowly,bumped around some in t1 putting me back to 17th i think.I had some pace,but just could not get past a slower car for quite a few laps.1st pit stop looking good,2nd pit stop running in 8th comfortably.Suddenly my spotter tells me i'm nearly out of fuel,wtf,using same fuel strategy as yesterday.Pit,put some full in,took me some time to figure this out.3laps from the finish,spotter tells me i need fuel,grrr.After the race i check the settings,yep,i stuffed up,instead of fuel for 45 laps,i put fuel for 45 min,so sad.
bazza

Tolga turn off auto pit in PLR file. PM me if you cant find it and I will look and get you the exact setting.

Non event for me :(

My game keept crashing when i joined the server. It loads everyone up, waits a sec says my name, then my name again and then as it does it a thrid time it crashes to windows? GTL did this aswell on sat. Any ideas what the problem could be guys?

I then tried some other servers and most loaded up fine but one or two included R2R didnt :( I'm very confused lol

A win I didn't expect at all after losing a lot of time in the pits when guys decided to refuel my tank despite my orders not to.

Qualifying was tough for me. I just couldn't get one single clean lap so I was more then 1 second off the pace and that was enough for 5th starting place.

Start was superb for me after using a clutch button for the first time :). A bit of lag (stuttering) in the first corner and small contacts but we all survived. Cold tyres were tricky for me and after a big power slide I lost position but gained it back in the next lap and then started to catch a group of 3 drivers. Soon one of them got tapped and I was left with Janko and Tolga. They were fighting as hell and at one point Janko spun Tolga and he decided to wait and give a position back to him. I suddenly found myself in front of both of them and that didn't feel right to me so I decided to give a position back to both guys including Janko. I know... what a stupid thing to do and Janko gave me a little push not knowing I was off the racing line and slowing to give him a position back... :D:D

Well soon we were back to normal with Janko again trying to overtake Tolga so I decided to make a pit stop and gain some time on both of them with fresh tyres. But I was amazed to see my guys trying to refuel so I had to cut off my engine and they added a very small amount of fuel.

I rejoined and was pushing as hard as I could to gain time on fresh tyres and after all the rest made their stops I had a 3 second lead. I then pitted for the second time and again I had to cut off the engine and this time they add a lot of fuel despite my orders before the race not to add fuel at both of my pit stops. I guess I should have checked my pit board and change orders I didn't give.

I was really disappointed after that because a lot of time was lost and I was sure I had no chance to fight for the win after this fiasco. Then Tolga received a drive through penalty and soon after the second pit stops were completed and I was again leading the race. I had no idea what happened so my guess was other drivers had similar problems in the pits or something. Anyway my lead was 9 seconds and that was enough for me to bring it back to the finish and taking a very unexpected win. :)

If by "my orders" you mean what you have selected in the pit strategy section, you would be wise to check before hitting enter. Usually I find that it is still on what my last pit said.

My race was ruined by not being able to get the pit crew to work on my car on my second stop. I had an usual strategy planned that I still don't if it would have worked. Anyway, I had to go around again and repit after another lap, so I essentially had a drive through + 15-20 secs of moving back and forth trying to get my pit board to come up. Very frustrating!

I felt i had to let him pass, since that bump. :P That realy surprised me Matjaz and i didnt brake enough so i pushed u a little. Anyway congratulations on WIN!!!

Well...A result I am somewhat happy with but a totally frustrating race...I set a pb at 1 25 1 in practice but couldn't get a clean lap in during Q which is part of racing. I still managed to qualify P2 which I was happy with.

I got a great jump on Janko and proceeded to run clean fast laps and managed to get a 12 second lead while they were fighting it out behind me. Thats when the crap GTR pit dynamics took over. I couldn't tell my guys not to fix my damage and struggled through that then when I exited pit lane my car was in nose cam that cost me more time...

I went in with a 12 second lead and came out over 8 seconds behind. Against this group there was no way to get that time back and I just concentrated on doing laps, when the g/f came in asking directions. I removed my headphones and cruised around when all of a sudden Tolga is right on my tail. It was only because of his drive thru that I was able to get 2nd place.

My 2nd stop was just as pathetic as the crew seemed to stand there for 10 seconds before beginning to re-fuel the car. That cost me even more time and Mat was turning laps that kept the gap about 7 seconds until the end.

A note to the slower cars and lapped cars...The quicker guys are not faster in a straight line so why you insist on drag racing to the next corner after being passed is beyond me. Twice I caught the same car only to have him try to out brake and out drive me to avoid being lapped...Ludicrous...

To Craig...Sorry for the tap when passing you...I cut the gap to you from 2.5 seconds down to 1 tenth heading into the final turn...Whys you chose to make the feint to the right to keep me behind you is hard to fathom...you then drifted out in T1 and had to slow at corner exit and I tagged you trying to avoid you...IMO you should have just maintained the racing line down the front straight and I would have went by in T2...I had no intention of passing you into T1 and I would expect no one would attempt a pass there...Sorry

Grats to Mat who ran a great race and to Allen for his 3rd place...All the front runners were courteous and fast...Thanks to the Admin for booting that clown too!

Well I struggled to get any kind of lap in quali but was nicely surprised to see that put me in 6th. I got tagged coming out of turn 1 by Allen Cotton but we both held it together and then I lost the position by being cautious into the next turn. So I stayed patient and pitted early from 7th hoping for a good clear run in my second stint. Allen came out just behind me after his pit but had the pace over me and I had to try and hold him off. On lap 19 he made his move and got past. There was some contact but I thought it was just a strong fair move (I've since seen the replay though and I'm not sure now how fair it really was). A steward's opinion would be interesting to hear... no hard feelings really, I'd just like to hear what you think.
Well I was still in 5th after everyone pitted but it was tough going until the 2nd stop. After that I had a clear run for a while and was amazed to find myself in 4th after the 2nd stops, and I was picking up the pace again, but Allen wasn't to be caught and I was pleased with 4th. It was a good battle for alot of the race and very enjoyable.