Friday, December 5, 2008

Day 197 (15 OCT, YEAR 1): Japanese Events / All Japan GT Championship / Race 5

Participated in All Japan GT Championship Battle 5 (Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway). Champion.
Time: 0'36.139

Japanese Events: All Japan GT Championship: Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway: 12 Laps
Settings: R3/R3; Racing Chip, NA2 (441 SettingsHP); Nitrous @ 10; 105/105 Rd Ht, 7/7 Shocks, 1.0/0.5 Camber; Auto 13, 4-1.049, 5-0.832, 6-0.705; Triple-plate Clutch; Racing Flywheel; Carbon Driveshaft; Aids 001; 70 Ballast @ 0
A-spec points: 200
Prize: $15000

FSCar NameTime (Gap)Best
11Shelby Series 1 Super Charged '037'22.3200'36.139
22Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R (JGTC) '03+0'00.673
33Nissan MOTUL PITWORK Z (JGTC) '04+0'00.900
45

Nissan CALSONIC SKYLINE (JGTC) '00

+0'08.555

56Nissan XANAVI HIROTO GT-R (JGTC) '01+0'08.618
64Nissan PENNZOIL ZEXEL GT-R (JGTC) '01+0'08.877


Please refer to these track maps when looking up Turn numbers/names ** Special thanks to AMG @ GTPlanet.net for the hard work put in to generate them!!! **

For qualifying, I set the Ballast to 0, and changed it back to 70 for the race. I qualified P1 with a 0'35.243, almost 2 seconds quicker than P2.

I crash-turned both corners, and gradually built a lead of around 2 seconds. By Lap 8, the NISMO and MOTUL start to cut into it, as my outside tires start to go. By Lap 11, they're on my tail and start to catch windbreaks on the exits onto the straights. Fortunately, I hold each turn without spinning out, and manage to cross the Finish Line less than a second ahead with 1 bar of Nitrous left.

I've tried numerous times to run this race cleanly, but it's impossible to match the grip and speed the others have when going through the turns. The only other way to do so would require a wing, and since that would mess up the A-spec offering (not to mention, I wouldn't be able to switch back and forth between using it and not), I elected to crash-turn the corners instead.

By the end of the race, my tires are goin' rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green. I finish with one bar of Nitrous.

I ended the practice session with 84 miles, and ended the race with 104 miles on the odometer.

Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7011392369629642665

Thanks for reading. Thanks for watching. And Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/