stand up chameleons

 

Round 1 Racin Nexus Super GT Series - Victory in Portimao! Yes nice! All the practice laps I had put in paid off. I had a good qualifying session and started in pole position. During the race the upshift paddle was glitching and I had some several missed shifts but I was able to contain the panic and keep the lead until the pitstops. At the end of the pitstop cycle I regained the lead and stayed there until the end. No big mistakes apart from the missed shifts. I didn't get the fastest race lap but I kept it consistent for the win. 

Now I gotta follow through and get another good result in the next round in Brno. I have raced there before and with the good baseline setup I have I feel confident for this next race. Time to focus and do another intense practice week.

just another fart into the wind

Testing has gone well so far. I won the preseason race at Zandvoort, but we were only three guys who showed up to race. Who knows what will happen when all the participating drivers attend? Still I put in the offline laps, a fever drive that might bring me to the promised land. As the world ages, it takes me along with it to the end. I try to be clever and search for despair but I fail. Stale it becomes for most us. Take a ride with me, I will take you through the vanishing point.

as bright as a black hole

I didn't know the LFR Radical Series was Fixed Setup when I signed up. I tested the car, tried the Fixed Setup and ran in the preseason race, but I just couldn't connect with it. I felt hamstrung driving that car and it wasn't an enjoyable experience. I tried to get the admins to make some changes to the setup but I was ignored. So in the end I withdrew from the series.

Instead, I will return to Racin Nexus League with their Super GT Championship. I'm gonna race with a Honda NSX. Two years ago I had been doing extensive testing with this very same mod, so I have a very good idea how the car will handle. 

The 12 race schedule will take me to the end of the year. Maybe I can get some podiums, but the Racin Nexus grid is very fast and skilled so I don't know yet where I will be in the pecking order. It is just nice to be busy again and have a goal in mind, after the long summer break.