Saturday, December 27, 2008

Day 297 (23 JAN, YEAR 2): UK / Lotus / Elise Trophy / Race 5

Participated in Elise Trophy Battle 5 (Apricot Hill Raceway). Champion.
Time: 1'38.677 Overall Champion

UK: Lotus: Elise Trophy: Apricot Hill Raceway: 2 Laps
Settings: N3/N3; (122 SettingsHP); Nitrous @ 75; RideHt 115/115, Shocks 6/5, Camber 0.5/1.0; Triple-plate Clutch; Racing Flywheel; Aids 000; 150 Ballast @ 0
A-spec points: 200
Prize: $7500, $30000

FSCar NameTime (Gap)Best
11Lotus Elise '003'24.7191'38.677
23Lotus Elise 111R '04+0'04.309
34Lotus Elise Sport 190 '98+0'04.795
42

Lotus Motor Sport Elise '99

+0'05.901

56Lotus Elise 111S '03+0'13.173
65Lotus Elise '00

+0'15.810


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!!! **

I upped the Nitrous to 100 for the practice session, and took it back down to 75 for the race. I qualified P1 with a 1'37.717, 3.045" quicker than P2.

Wearing the car down enough to allow for N3 tires on the front is a huge difference maker. Using N2s on the front forces earlier and heavier braking to make the turns, and it becomes a real challenge to try to keep the others behind.

I was able to handle the field with much fewer worries, and the competition never really challenged for the lead. I cruised to a comfortable victory, finishing with 1 bar of Nitrous left.

I ended the practice session with 711 miles, and ended the race with just under 717.1 miles on the odometer.

Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2678686325189068971

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