Friday, January 23, 2009

Day 345 (12 MAR, YEAR 2): Professional Events / Gran Turismo World Championship / Race 1

I got back into the MOTUL PITWORK Z, and headed over to the GTWC. After the CdlSI enduro, the MPZ had 707 SettingsHP. Without getting an Oil Change, I loaded up the 11th lineup and went to it.
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Participated in Gran Turismo World Championship Battle 1 (Tokyo Route 246). Champion.
Time: 1'25.474

Professional Events: Gran Turismo World Championship: Tokyo R246: 10 Laps
Settings: R1/R1; Turbo 3 (707 SettingsHP); Nitrous @ 10; RideHt 45/45; Auto Gearing @ 15; Aids 224; 200 Ballast @ 0; Downforce 48/67; Everything else @ Default
A-spec points: 200
Prize: $1200

FSCar NameTime (Gap)Best
11Nissan MOTUL PITWORK Z (JGTC) '0414'39.7662'02.413
22Toyota 7 Race Car '70+0'22.942
33Nissan R390 GT1 Race Car '98+0'24.768
45

AMG Mercedes CLK-GTR Race Car '98

DNF

54Gillet Vertigo Race Car '04DNF
66Chevrolet Camaro LM Race Car '01

DNF


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 qualified with a 1'28.760, 3.487" quicker than P2. I used all of the wallrides, but stayed off of the bottle... I'm such a saint.

Anyway, I launch horribly off the line and quickly fall back to P5. I manage to retake the lead by wallriding the first corner, and for the rest of the race, things go swell. Most of my laps are in the 1'26 to 1'27 range, and I'm gaining about 2-3 seconds per lap... This, of course, includes wallriding Turns 1, 4, 5, 9, and 10. The AMG runs in P2 until it pits on the 9th lap, and the Toyota 7 and R390 pass it.

Towards the end of Lap 8, I start thinking that I can catch the Camaro to put it a lap down. Unfortunately, I'm too late in using the Nitrous, and it manages to begin its final lap a couple of seconds before I end the race with 3 bars of Nitrous.

I ended the practice session with 3391 miles, and ended the race with 3423 miles on the odometer.

Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8833972324302801964

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