F1 Sim - Pure Tech Racing

[FUBAR]

Afternoon folks

Spent an hour or so with some mates at Pure Tech Racing in Horley last night and had a real blast. Highly recommended

Cost £35 each for the session or £30 each of a party of 10.

Up to 10 of you racing each other. 15 minute practice/qualy and then 15 min race. Might be a good giggle to get a few of the more local SCers, or in fact a few of the die hard not so local SCers one evening?

For the record I had the 3rd fastest time in our group on the night yet came 6th in the race follwoing a MONUMENTAL crash that saw me have to restart from the pits and lose a lap

[hyperblue]

FUBAR said:

For the record I had the 3rd fastest time in our group on the night yet came 6th in the race follwoing a MONUMENTAL crash that saw me have to restart from the pits and lose a lap

I had a bit of an off that resulted in that too

Puretech is great fun though and surprisingly hard work! What sort of times were you guys running?

[FUBAR]

I got down to a 1:07 (knocking 8secs off my time when I remebered I could take that 4 corner sequence flat ), our winner had a 1:02 iirc. Bit more 'track' time I'd hope to knock another 4-5 secs off that, from there I'm sure we are talking hundreths of a second.

I play rugby yet still my shoulders and arms ached for a while

[FUBAR]

hyperblue said:

I had a bit of an off that resulted in that too

I should add that when I 'spawned' back in the pits I didn't realize what was going on at first and, thinking I was just in a wall/barrier, stuck it in reverse and proceeded to bounce off the back of the pit for 3 or 4 seconds

[hyperblue]

FUBAR said:

I got down to a 1:07 (knocking 8secs off my time when I remebered I could take that 4 corner sequence flat ), our winner had a 1:02 iirc. Bit more 'track' time I'd hope to knock another 4-5 secs off that, from there I'm sure we are talking hundreths of a second.

I play rugby yet still my shoulders and arms ached for a while

Heh strange, my best was a 1:07 also, with pole being 1:02. Took me a while to realise the extent of full lock! Think the track could be improved without being able to take half of it flat out though.

Could feel my wrists burning towards the end of the session, it was in the summer as well so everyone was dripping with sweat

[Stedman]

If you fancy going again but supporting a local charity, i'd have a look here. The Founders should be contacting the PH office soon...hopefully!

[Black Frog]

I started off very tentively with a 1:12.1 in practice...started 6th on our grid...blinder of a start...2nd into first corner...but punted off half way around it...last on the road and by some way once I'd sorted out which way round I was...Button-esque drive back up through the field to 3rd place, setting a 1:06.8 on the way through...and got to within a smidge of 2nd...my optimal race lap was put at a 1:05.4 - seven seconds quicker than my qualy lap and I still wasn't going flat through the top section...that's the goal for next time...that and the 1:01.5 the PTR guy set...great fun...surprising effort...BF