21 November 2022, 10:55
(This post was last modified: 21 November 2022, 11:26 by Evil Mattress.)
Hmmm. A weird one this week. Each week I feel I've made progress, become more comfortable with the car, the wheel and AC. This week however felt like a step back!
I had some great, great battles; last heat in particular with Urlauber and someone else, massively enjoyed it.
But ultimately I felt disappointed with my overall performance, far too many errors. Start of the evening I had to cut it too close, I was running late and didn't have much time to get set up (which later caused an issue). Managed to connect just after start of qually and was pretty flustered.
Heat 1 I was enjoying a fight with Earl. But half way through something shifted. I couldn't figure out what was going on in VR. I thought my chair had shifted back, but it turns out my pedals had shifted forwards, and weights I have on the pedals to stop them tilting forwards had also fallen off. So I was suddenly too far away from pedals, and when I did stamp the brake they tilted... And I couldn't pull the chair closer as the weights holding it in place we're ok. Needless to say, with all this going on and not being able to figure out what the hell was happening whilst in VR, my race quickly went to crap!
Heat 2 went a bit better but struggled for consistency and pace.
Heat 3 was much better. Started getting into a bit more of a rhythm and picked up more pace. Had a great battle or 2. But then, the final few corners, the pop-up announcing leader on final lap distracted me, snatched a gear and spun... Dang it!
So. Going forwards I need to try and get setup earlier; a couple of laps before qually would be a massive help. I also need to figure out a more robust and fool-proof pedal containment system!
*Edit to tidy up a few bits!
I had some great, great battles; last heat in particular with Urlauber and someone else, massively enjoyed it.
But ultimately I felt disappointed with my overall performance, far too many errors. Start of the evening I had to cut it too close, I was running late and didn't have much time to get set up (which later caused an issue). Managed to connect just after start of qually and was pretty flustered.
Heat 1 I was enjoying a fight with Earl. But half way through something shifted. I couldn't figure out what was going on in VR. I thought my chair had shifted back, but it turns out my pedals had shifted forwards, and weights I have on the pedals to stop them tilting forwards had also fallen off. So I was suddenly too far away from pedals, and when I did stamp the brake they tilted... And I couldn't pull the chair closer as the weights holding it in place we're ok. Needless to say, with all this going on and not being able to figure out what the hell was happening whilst in VR, my race quickly went to crap!
Heat 2 went a bit better but struggled for consistency and pace.
Heat 3 was much better. Started getting into a bit more of a rhythm and picked up more pace. Had a great battle or 2. But then, the final few corners, the pop-up announcing leader on final lap distracted me, snatched a gear and spun... Dang it!
So. Going forwards I need to try and get setup earlier; a couple of laps before qually would be a massive help. I also need to figure out a more robust and fool-proof pedal containment system!
*Edit to tidy up a few bits!