25 timed laps. All cars were cleaned and tuned prior to racing.
Conditions were a bit slippery on the track today. I attribute that to the new layout shuffling the track pieces and throwing off the line. A couple of curves just don't have the grip that they would if they were worn in.
The tunings were very very light, as the cars were in great condition. At first I thought I'd need to do all of them, but I really didn't need to do any of them. Still did anyway.
Without further ado, here are the results from the first race of the new season:
Car Time Lap Crash Points
Gulf 3:01.6 7.2 2 0
Shell 2:50.2 6.8 0 4
Alfa 2:48.5 6.7 1 6
#5 2:45.1 6.6 1 8
Porsche 2:50.5 6.8 1 2
Matra 2:43.1 6.5 1 11
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| It wasn't a flawless performance, and there was a little tail twitchiness, but otherwise this car handled like a dream. |
Every car, with the exception of the Shell GT40, had crashing issues. Almost all occurred on the same section of track, which was the esses coming in from the extension. I'm not a fan of the layout, so it'll be good to work on a new, better one. I sure do love that extension, though.
The Matra has made itself known this race day, winning its inaugural race. At first I wasn't sure if it was running well, or I was just used to it. Turns out it's both. Incredibly smooth car. I don't expect this car to lose many races.
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| I think this car is becoming my take-it-for-granted car. I never bet on it, but it's always right up at the front. Totally great car that really likes this track layout. |
A surprise in the pack was the Alfa, which not only did very well, but I feel probably could have been pushed a bit more for a better time. I felt the same way about the Shell GT40. It just felt like it had a little more to give if I was psycho enough to take it. It's the first race. Gotta shake the bugs out. Or wasps. Whatever. But the Alfa. I didn't expect that to happen. I knew it liked racing on this layout, as it's a fan of tracks with more turns and less long straights. But it just ran glued to the track. Excellent ride.
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| I had to add a step of power in the controller to give the Porsche a little more headroom. I'm not sure if I added enough. It requires a bit higher power setting than the other cars do, but it uses that upper range beautifully. |
I thought the Porsche also did well, and felt like it was going faster than it actually was. About halfway through its race I said "that's the way", as though to signify that I thought the car had a pretty good chance to win it all. It ran a respectable race, just .3 sec per lap behind the leader and right along in the pack. I think I need to pump a bit more power to it.
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| I've had issues with this car since race 9 of the first season. Getting this thing up to speed is going to be a priority. |
The car that didn't perform well was the Gulf #11 GT40. When I was racing it it felt like I couldn't get in a good rhythm with it, so it kinda chopped its way around the track. It ran well off the pace of the pack by over 10 seconds. I pushed the car, but it didn't seem to have the capacity to step up. Not sure why. I'm going to look over it later and see if maybe I didn't do something funny to it while tuning before the race.
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| But I gotta say, the most impressive car of the bunch was the #8, even though it didn't set the fastest time or whatever. It just felt like it had a lot to give and was ready. I didn't run it conservative. I just ran it. That it didn't come off the track even once was also a nice thing. |
I think it's a little early to call favorites to win it all, so I won't. I am going to give the #11 a good once over. It needs to run faster.
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