JBR-Kiwi

Good racing last night guys. It was good to see a large group racing again this week and even my missus says she hasn’t heard me laugh so much on a race night! 😄
 
@Greboth3rd race was hilarious but I enjoyed the close racing on that one with you even if it did get close!
 
Definitely think the GT needs to have another look at the penalty zones on the red bull track as there was a lot of frustration flying about! 

Good racing last night guys. It was good to see a large group racing again this week and even my missus says she hasn’t heard me laugh so much on a race night! 😄
 
@Greboth3rd race was hilarious but I enjoyed the close racing on that one with you even if it did get close!
 
Definitely think the GT needs to have another look at the penalty zones on the red bull track as there was a lot of frustration flying about! 

Good racing last night guys. It was good to see a large group racing again this week and even my missus says she hasn’t heard me laugh so much on a race night! 😄
 
@Greboth3rd race was hilarious but I enjoyed the close racing on that one with you even if it did get close!
 
Definitely think the GT needs to have another look at the penalty zones on the red bull track as there was a lot of frustration flying about! 

Good racing last night guys. It was good to see a large group racing again this week and even my missus says she hasn’t heard me laugh so much on a race night! 😄
 
@Greboth3rd race was hilarious but I enjoyed the close racing on that one with you even if it did get close!
 
Definitely think the GT needs to have another look at the penalty zones on the red bull track as there was a lot of frustration flying about! 

Last week was absolutely awesome racing. Having 9 of us in the race definitely add to some more battles throughout the races and great to see new people giving GT Sport a go too.
 
The first race was a blinder foe me personally, perhaps the best it's ever been. I'm getting seriously fast one lap times in practice and sometimes in Qualy, so transforming that into consistent performances is the key part. The first 4 lap race started miserably because after getting the 2nd fastest time in practice, I was back down in 5th after a few scratchy Qualifying laps. However, the road opened for me and I believe Matty @Misneach_  for once as he slowly started to get into the race. A quick battle between him and Mike @Mikepjbell  saw Matty lose track position and with Mike hitting the fast chicane barrier full on to lose places on the first lap.
 
@Greboth and @JBR-Kiwi  as per usual were battling quite hard for first spot and because I was around only 2 seconds behind it kept me with a fighting chance. On the last lap Greebs and Kiwi went hard into the chicane with Kiwi coming off worse, enough for me to slip past him into second just behind Greebs. I was so happy with that race and reminded I can actually get some consistency.
 
The second race was a killer. We put BoP off so Paul @slamminbones  could join us with a Gr.2 car when it was a Gr.3 race which actually made for some challenging and unpredicatable racing. Kiwi had the power with Greebs being left for dead on straights. Mike battled back and forth with Greebs initially, and stuck close by staying ahead of @phil bottle at the same time. A huge long lap saw lower down @jordie1892  do extremely well at navigating himself into the top of the next pack, with myself close behind followed by Harold @Spacedeck . I eentually past Jordie although it took many corners, for us to the both get close again for another battle. We took a corner far too fast and all of a sudden Harold sneaked past, only to unfortunately lose it on the next corner. I feel like if he could've held that corner he would've went on to beat us. An unfortunate mispick of tyres for Mike ended up meaning he had to pit twice which left him 2 seconds behind Phil on the last lap which got a bit tasty until Mike couldn't hold one of the corners. Greebs for all the effort just couldn't close the gap enough on the corners on Kiwi who took a great win when tyres were wearing extremely thin.
 
Super to see @TonyAE86  be around as well Tom @LordBaguette  initially, although sounds like he need to sort his controller out!
 
GGFG everyone!

Thought it would be interesting to see how I do in the following games compared to the previous screenshot and weirdly enough I seem to have done better despite the lobbies getting a hell of a lot sweatier. 
 
I can only assume that the MLG wannabes bunny hopping around the map hyped up on RedBull and adderall are a little bit more predictable for me. 
 

 
 

@IRaMPaGe  yeah this is going to get really sweaty now 😂
This just shows how different that game was compared to normal games for me
 

yeah it was the Christmas one and completely agree with you.  I really seem to struggle to see anybody on this game in general so any darker maps are not my favourite. 
 
yeah got the game and instantly finished up for the night as I knew any further games were just going to be a disappointment 😂.
 
No idea on the SPM, but I will have a look after my next game. I already thought most of the games were a bit sweaty So this is really going to top it off 😁

Very proud of this considering the map and this sodding game in general. 
 
Now watch me get fucked relentlessly until the next CoD game by SBMM 😂
 
 

@IRaMPaGe  yeah this is going to get really sweaty now 😂
This just shows how different that game was compared to normal games for me
 

yeah it was the Christmas one and completely agree with you.  I really seem to struggle to see anybody on this game in general so any darker maps are not my favourite. 
 
yeah got the game and instantly finished up for the night as I knew any further games were just going to be a disappointment 😂.
 
No idea on the SPM, but I will have a look after my next game. I already thought most of the games were a bit sweaty So this is really going to top it off 😁

Very proud of this considering the map and this sodding game in general. 
 
Now watch me get fucked relentlessly until the next CoD game by SBMM 😂
 
 

Very proud of this considering the map and this sodding game in general. 
 
Now watch me get fucked relentlessly until the next CoD game by SBMM 😂
 
 

Very proud of this considering the map and this sodding game in general. 
 
Now watch me get fucked relentlessly until the next CoD game by SBMM 😂
 
 

Very proud of this considering the map and this sodding game in general. 
 
Now watch me get fucked relentlessly until the next CoD game by SBMM 😂
 
 

Very proud of this considering the map and this sodding game in general. 
 
Now watch me get fucked relentlessly until the next CoD game by SBMM 😂
 
 

Was absolutely gutted to have missed the first race at Willow springs especially as I had spent a fair bit of time in the morning playing around with different cars. Of the two races I definitely thought that would be my best chance of a win as it seemed to suit my style. 
 
Fuji I didn’t hold much hope for but my AMG Merc didn’t miss a beat at all! 😂

Going to be slightly delayed on as I have only just got home and need to whip up some dinner first
 
be on as soon as I can 

Apologies for last night in the Gr4 race for just quitting and leaving.
 
Controller issues all evening  had been really getting to me, with it randomly twitching the car to the left or missing multiple gears at a time, which is why I was was rather quiet. It’s alright in the Gr1 where you can get away with it but not in the lower speed cars
 
When the TT had decided to go from 6th to 1st gear at paddock hill bend despite only clicking the button once, subsequently throwing me off the track I was about ready to spike the fucking thing through the floor so thought it best to go. 

Event Title: Gran Turismo Sport - daily races
Event Author: phil bottle
Calendar: Community Calendar
Event Date: 11/24/2020 08:00 PM

Choice of 3 this week
 
Gr.4 Autopolis 
4 laps, hard tyres, no pitting required
RCZ and TT currently dominating.
 
Gr.3 Autodrome Lago Maggiore 
4 laps, hard tyres, no pitting required 
FT-1 VGT, Nissan GT-R and Toyota Supra currently dominating.
 
Mazda Roadster Touring Car Suzuka Circuit 
8 laps, hard tyres, fuel is 4x and tyres 16x
Mazda is dominating this one🤔
Gran Turismo Sport - daily races
 
 
N.B. If viewing this via the FG App, please visit the Calendar event via browser to RSVP. Thanks.
 

The Nordschleife....
 
fuck...

So this week was a weird one for me. The track I didn’t like before Tuesday and was really struggling on, I actually did well on! And the track I thought I was going to have my best chance on I drove poorly in the last few laps 😂
 
Before the the first race started I had been struggling to get into the 1:55s and even those were incredibly inconsistent. Then quali rolled around and somehow I managed to find nearly two a half seconds and wrestle pole away from Greebs! 
 
I do have to say, my performance might have been down to the fact I really needed a piss which actually almost cost me as the urgent run to the loo actually meant I missed the start of the race!! 😂 luckily  @Greboth @Mikepjbell  and @Spacedeck were good sports and waited until I got back. As  Greebs has gone through already, the race was close and thankfully consistency won me the race asides from one mistake 😄 
 
Second race started off with some very suspicious power advantage from a certain member which provided a fair bit of hilarity. Thankfully an FIA investigation reduced the perpetrators advantage for quali and the race 😂
Race wise, the mx5s were actually surprisingly tricky to drive as momentum was everything and any mistake was magnified a hundredfold. Drafting down the long straight had a massive advantage as well which meant that any gap I made in the infield was negated on the straight. 
 
Around the 7th lap(?) Greebs got past and from that point I was really struggling and laptimes went to shit for no reason I could work out and ended up finishing second. But either way It was a good evening of races so roll on next week and hopefully a few more drivers 😄

So this week was a weird one for me. The track I didn’t like before Tuesday and was really struggling on, I actually did well on! And the track I thought I was going to have my best chance on I drove poorly in the last few laps 😂
 
Before the the first race started I had been struggling to get into the 1:55s and even those were incredibly inconsistent. Then quali rolled around and somehow I managed to find nearly two a half seconds and wrestle pole away from Greebs! 
 
I do have to say, my performance might have been down to the fact I really needed a piss which actually almost cost me as the urgent run to the loo actually meant I missed the start of the race!! 😂 luckily  @Greboth @Mikepjbell  and @Spacedeck were good sports and waited until I got back. As  Greebs has gone through already, the race was close and thankfully consistency won me the race asides from one mistake 😄 
 
Second race started off with some very suspicious power advantage from a certain member which provided a fair bit of hilarity. Thankfully an FIA investigation reduced the perpetrators advantage for quali and the race 😂
Race wise, the mx5s were actually surprisingly tricky to drive as momentum was everything and any mistake was magnified a hundredfold. Drafting down the long straight had a massive advantage as well which meant that any gap I made in the infield was negated on the straight. 
 
Around the 7th lap(?) Greebs got past and from that point I was really struggling and laptimes went to shit for no reason I could work out and ended up finishing second. But either way It was a good evening of races so roll on next week and hopefully a few more drivers 😄

It was some great racing last night and I think the closest finish we've had in any race so far.....just a shame I was on the wrong end of close finish 😞
 
Race 1 round Alsace village, I hopped on a little after 8 to get some practice in and Mike soon joined.  I reasonably quickly got down to the 1:54's and wasn't doing much improving passed that.  Harold then Kiwi joined giving us enough for a race.  Some more practice later I'd squeezed my time in down to a 1:53.6 with Kiwi in the low 54's I memory serves.  We moved on to actual qualifying and Kiwi smashed it out the park with a 1:53.4 or so which I couldn't match though managed to hit my PB of a 53.6 meaning I lined up second.  The times were close though so there was a chance over the 10 lap race to get the better of Kiwi.  At the race start Mike managed to jump me ( and maybe Kiwi too? ) but it didn't take long for me to get passed and be on Kiwi's rear bumper.  This went on for a few laps and, I think, lap 4 I made a mistake going through turn 3 costing me a couple of seconds.  Still there was enough laps to maybe claw back the time but Kiwi had been driving fast and clean so it was probably going to take a mistake.  I stuck in as many fast laps as I could, getting down to the fastest lap on lap 9 of a 1:52.882 while desperately trying to close the gap.  Coincidentally, on lap 9 Kiwi made a mistake in the hairpin near the end of the lap meaning it was going to be a last lap shootout for the win.  Kiwi again drove fast and clean meaning while he couldn't shake me I also couldn't get close enough to try a move.  I think the biggest gap between us was about 2.5 seconds after I made a mistake but ended up crossing the line only 0.5 apart.
 

 
Race 2 - For race 2 we decided to do a MX5's round Tskuba as a quick race round a short track.  Not really paying attention, I set the track up and as going in to it I didn't know what class the MX5 was so I left it unlocked.  A few practice laps in and a few little things adding up it eventually dawned on me - my MX5 was tuned.  My MX5 was N300 while everyone elses was N100 🤣 A little messing around in the menus' soon sorted that out.  Quali was close and I thought Kiwi had the pole until the very last lap where I sneaked in a faster time.  I massively cocked up the start but, similar to race 1, was soon on Kiwi's tail with the help of the slipsteam down the back straight.  I think it was around lap 6 or 7 that I eventually go passed Kiwi round the last corner.  After that it was mostly just trying to keep ahead of Kiwi and not let him get the slipstream to get passed me.  I don't really know why, maybe down to line?, but Kiwi wasn't catching me on the straight like I was to him so  ended up crossing the line for the win.

I hated both tracks. 
 
Knocked over all the cones in the second race though, should get a trophy or something.