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  @the.bavarianАй бұрын

  Sorry to see you had such a scrappy race! Better luck next time then!

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  @simeracerhead3670Ай бұрын

  That's one of the more flattering ways to describe it! Hopefully I'll be seeing you in Quebec in a couple of weeks' time ;)

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  @the.bavarianАй бұрын

  @@simeracerhead3670 hoping for bad weather at the N24 then... I just saw it's on the same day and I wanted to go there. For the remainder of the calendar I already have 2 or 3 more conflicts. It just does not work out at the moment.

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  @simeracerhead3670Ай бұрын

  @@the.bavarian :(

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  @tetley3737Ай бұрын

  Fun to watch while it lasted. Bummer about the dnf. This track is brutal.

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  @simeracerhead3670Ай бұрын

  Thanks for tuning in mate! It's a bastard of a track. But I will be back next year :)

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  @tetley37372 ай бұрын

  Just curious, do you use autoblip and autolift or handle that yourself? They always seem spot on.

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  @simeracerhead36702 ай бұрын

  I use auto clutch, left foot brake and blip the throttle myself

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  @_wyans2 ай бұрын

  Audio is magic btw

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  @simeracerhead36702 ай бұрын

  At least something went right!

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  @simeracerhead36703 ай бұрын

  @tetley3737 you can join our discord here: discord.gg/zku6KrHP

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  @tetley37373 ай бұрын

  Got it thanks. I'm 'Shaggy' on Discord and joined up. 👍

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  @swissmizzie76943 ай бұрын

  Congratulations!

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  @tetley37374 ай бұрын

  How long did it take to learn this behemoth track?

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  @simeracerhead36704 ай бұрын

  Quite a bit of time! I first laid eyes on this track in around September 2022 and have done 3 events there since, with probably 10-20 hours practicing for each one. Despite that, it was only during this latest event that I felt I had learned the track completely. The final 1/3 of the circuit is particularly hard to learn because there are many corners that look similar.

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  @tetley37374 ай бұрын

  Very impressive how well you drove it. I thought learning Nordschleife was challenging, but it couldn't even hold this track's beer.@@simeracerhead3670

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  @simeracerhead36704 ай бұрын

  Cheers @@tetley3737 ! For me the Targa Florio is the greatest challenge of them all. You should give it a try! We have another Targa Florio event with the 67 sports cars coming up in May.

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  @tetley37375 ай бұрын

  Will keep an eye on your channel. I love classic racing like this! Thanks for streaming it.

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  @simeracerhead36705 ай бұрын

  Thank you for subscribing! I will definitely be streaming some more races in the coming months, so stay tuned!

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  @fingers686 ай бұрын

  I am interested in historic racing, a link to the mod and how one could get involved would be great.

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  @simeracerhead36706 ай бұрын

  Hi Steve, in order to access the mod and series you need to join the Champion Motorsports discord server discord.gg/cmsracing

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  @docslappy89466 ай бұрын

  Awesome race. So glad my problems didn't seriously affect your race. It reminded me of the hairpin at LongFord in the first HRRC race.

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  @simeracerhead36706 ай бұрын

  but in reverse ;) thanks mate

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  @docslappy89466 ай бұрын

  We're back to trying to take the blame off each other😂. I meant the final tight right hander at Longford (sort of a hairpin) where I went off then bounced back onto the track and nearly collected you. That was 18 months ago now and my first online race. Since then we've had 5 seasons of 1954 (1+4) plus a few visits to 1967. Amazing stuff.

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  @martinjaspers78596 ай бұрын

  Congratulations! What a great drive!

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  @martinjaspers78596 ай бұрын

  Well done! Great racing again and really fun to watch.

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  @simeracerhead36706 ай бұрын

  Thanks Martin!

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  @TheMightyD286 ай бұрын

  Dreamy 😮

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  @MAWvR3ALITY7 ай бұрын

  Looking good. Will keep my fingers crossed for you in the event.

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  @simeracerhead36707 ай бұрын

  Thank you, shame you’re not joining us!

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  @MAWvR3ALITY7 ай бұрын

  @@simeracerhead3670 A tinge of FOMO crept in as I watched your vid 🤣. Just means I’ll be comping at the bit for HSO 2024

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  @simeracerhead36707 ай бұрын

  @@MAWvR3ALITY not sure you should hold your breath for hso in 2024, but likely we will be doing some historic racing somewhere 😎

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  @martinjaspers78597 ай бұрын

  Looks great!

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  @simeracerhead36707 ай бұрын

  Thanks mate! Hope you are well and look fwd to seeing you on track in a week or so 😎

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  @pnkrally7 ай бұрын

  little pocket rocket!

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  @the.bavarian8 ай бұрын

  1:49:59 No special Spa start this time from me :D

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  @simeracerhead36708 ай бұрын

  Was a good one though ;)

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  @the.bavarian8 ай бұрын

  Good job finding out about the mic issues 5 minutes in! Very nice fight with Tom, although it really held you up! It would have been interesting to see what you could have achieved with a better start. The spray in the beginning was terrible - I definitely was lucky to get into clean air at the start.

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  @simeracerhead36708 ай бұрын

  Yeah I reckon would have been able to race with you and Matt no problem. But Tom defended really well and then I made some mistakes after I got by him, so 3rd is about par.

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  @docslappy89468 ай бұрын

  You missed the excitement from about lap 19. The epic battle not to be last of the finishers! More seriously, I'm broadly in agreement with your thinking about next year. I'll definitely have to start picking and choosing between so many races. It's not just the time commitment on the day, it's the practicing and set-up work needed between. Unfortunately, I'm so far off the Franek's and the Nico's when it comes to jumping into a car, learning a track and getting a set up in an hour or less! And yes it would be a real shame if we lost the 1954 cars. But 8 to 10 races would be very appealing.

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  @the.bavarian8 ай бұрын

  I feel sorry seeing your race and can understand your frustration - but don't be so hard on yourself! Some days just don't work out and I am sure you are more lucky next time. Possibly wet conditions will be very tricky in the tail-happy OSCA! From watching your race, I had the feeling you were running quite long gears - did you try 1 click shorter? For me this single change was worth about 1-1.5 seconds on a quali lap and 0.5-1 seconds on race pace (lifting needed to preserve the engine at top speed).

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  @simeracerhead36708 ай бұрын

  Thanks! Yes upon reflection I’m content to get a podium! My gearing was the only feasible ratio, the next step lower is too short. Honestly the track was the least suitable for my car. I think we will have some better racing at Goodwood!

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  @SpotCash510 ай бұрын

  Nothing happened

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  @MAWvR3ALITY11 ай бұрын

  Oh man! Seeing how your race ended is soul-destroying 🥺

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  @the.bavarian11 ай бұрын

  Oh no! How fragile is this Bristol...

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  @simeracerhead367011 ай бұрын

  A little too fragile it seems. It would have been nice to know where the detonation limit was without having to detonate it…

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  @the.bavarian11 ай бұрын

  @@simeracerhead3670 Learning by doing - the most effective method :)

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  @simeracerhead367011 ай бұрын

  @@the.bavarian I’m not sure that’s what they would’ve done back in 1955 though… 🤬😉

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  @docslappy894611 ай бұрын

  Oh no! ☹️ I didn't realise. I wondered what had happened to you. A chance for redemption at Nico's event🤞

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  @pnkrally11 ай бұрын

  aw, seeing you blow it up I can imagine the pain ):

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  @martinjaspers785911 ай бұрын

  Great drive, Darren! Congratulations on the win

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  @simeracerhead367011 ай бұрын

  Thanks Martin! Same goes for you! 👏

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  @martinjaspers785911 ай бұрын

  I was way too slow to have an accident, so I made it to the finish😊@@simeracerhead3670

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  @simeracerhead367011 ай бұрын

  @@martinjaspers7859 to finish first you must first finish!

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  @MAWvR3ALITY Жыл бұрын

  Now I remember why I picked the Mazza over the Gordini 😏. Sorry about the lag - great British tropical storm was in effect 😊 Edit... I had only seen the practice lag when I commented, I didn't realise I threw an 'oil on the track' hip-check-lag into T1. I wondered what had caused you to take to the grass :( #Sorry

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  All good, I don’t think it really affected anything other than maybe backing the drivers behind me up…

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  @martinjaspers7859 Жыл бұрын

  The dutch massacre :)

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  @MAWvR3ALITY Жыл бұрын

  Good thing you didn't try the 'look mum, no hands' one lap earlier 😂

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  Battling Nico in a D-Type. Who'd have imagined that 'all those months ago' at Longford 😃🍾

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  Yep just seen I spun in front of you (on the vertical chicane up to Sauron's straight) in quali as Niklas past me.

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  I think it might have been me in the yellow taxi during practice. I'd jumped in the C-Type by mistake. It was tempting once we knew there was no handicap. But it was too late to set it up or get used to it. As to the track, this is the first one I haven't grown to like. It was just too frustrating. One little error on a bump and you instantly lose .5 to 1 second on the following straight. Managed to have a fun race with Declan though.

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Yep you need a few lucky bounces along the way to do well here

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  @isidorojauregui9027 Жыл бұрын

  What a great team we are. Amazing stuff Darren. Lets keep them coming!

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  It will be hard for us to top that performance. I hope we get to try!

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  @MAWvR3ALITY Жыл бұрын

  From the highs of my 1953 season, 1954 is turning out to be a nightmare . I should have watched your POV of the race instead of the F1.

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Hang in there mate, good results will come.

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  @MarkWarmington Жыл бұрын

  Yeah, I had a code-brown moment then too. Was surprised we made it though alive.

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  @bertranddudeclin7945 Жыл бұрын

  nice race, man. Thanks for the stream ! 👍

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks Bertrand! Onwards and upwards for round 2 🙏

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  Just started watching your qualifying. I'd forgotten about the light. It gave me a major panic at the time. I thought I'd missed the memo and this was going to be an evening into night race! Can you image, it's difficult enough to see any reference points here during daylight.

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  Eek! Just seen the parked car on lap 1. So close to race over! Well avoided and even better not spinning after avoiding the impact.

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  @@docslappy8946 yeah in the first sector of the track in particular it is very difficult to find reference points. Morning or evening light really takes that away…

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  You need Matt Munro 'Days like these' playing in the background (copyright strike accepted). Though at only 3 minutes long, it's a bit repetitive around the whole lap. I tried some opera and Italian folk music but couldn't find the right mix. Munro's calms me down to be slow enough to not crash (so often).😀

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  As to the desk clamp. I found with my NLR rig that a couple of holes lined up. They were slightly off centre but it was enough to hold it.

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  I'm glad you've made a concession to the Sicilian heat and rolled your sleeves up.😀 But more importantly get back to the mainland. Herr Neubauer needs you back at Monza. Priorities!

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  Also, you've got the speed, you just need a bit more consistency. And, when they talk about F1 drivers, the old saying is: we'd prefer a quick driver, because you can learn consistentcy...

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  Your jumps look awesome. It reminds me of several 80s TV shows 😀. Shame how it ended. But at least you're right in the mix at every track in this championship.

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  @the.bavarian Жыл бұрын

  Don't be so hard on yourself, mate! Shit happens! On to next season, where more weight in the Merc will make it easier to drive! ;) It was a nice fight with you, thanks for the patience with me through the forest!

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Congratulations! Well deserved victory :)

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  @the.bavarian Жыл бұрын

  Great stuff, Darren! I could really feel your exhaustion at the end! I hope to fight with you more closely again in Switzerland!

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Thank you Martin! Well done yourself on bringing it home! I hope that one day we might drive in the same car and have a great, even fight ;)

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  @martinjaspers7859 Жыл бұрын

  Great race, Darren and well done keeping your nerves under control!

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Great race yourself Martin, congratulations on a great drive!

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  @isidorojauregui9027 Жыл бұрын

  What a race bud!! Lets keep them coming!

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  @martinjaspers7859 Жыл бұрын

  Hehe Darren, I did not need to go to the bathroom, there was something I forgot to check in my wheel settings before logging on to the server. So I went out, checked it and came back in, but then you had left.

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  @martinjaspers7859 Жыл бұрын

  The accidents with these cars can be brutal. Sometimes you slid into a wall and this happens and other times you are lucky enough to escape a full roll. But to catch fire like this seems very, very unlucky :( Not sure you tried (and I know you now changed the confirmation of the ESC key) but maybe Alt-F4 could have helped.

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks Martin. The problem was that I panicked and couldn’t see the exit confirmation on my screen (white text on transparent backround). Now I know this I won’t make the same mistake again

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  @martinjaspers7859 Жыл бұрын

  @@simeracerhead3670 Whoever came up with the idea to put it in white text in a transparent box...

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  @@martinjaspers7859 probably the same person/people who did the original UI for rF2…

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  Wow, terrible luck! I can't believe the car caught fire with that crash. Were you using illegal super high octane aircraft fuel! Seriously though, you were really unlucky. As to the escape button, again really bad luck. Not your fault with the other cars. These things happen in racing and you were trying to 'escape.' I told you about my similar experience at Dundrod. I know it's our worst fear - adversely affecting other people's race ☹️. On the plus side, quick thinking to use task manager to quit. And good point about checking the keyboard battery. I must do that as I've just switched to wireless.

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the kind words Doc. Congrats on a great drive to make the finish!

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  @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

  @@simeracerhead3670 And I got the (virtual) champagne you suggested (for a podium). Ok I'm bragging, but I don't get many chances. 😃

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  @simeracerhead3670 Жыл бұрын

  @@docslappy8946 brag away mate, you deserve it! Every, delicious, sip, of, it. 😇