Let´s celebrate and thanks to all of you for another good year of simracing. It was a good year for us, the "famous" FXR underdogs.
With only three racers leaving and three new talents joining it was a rather quiet year off-track for the management. More important:
On the race tracks we this year enjoyed some great moments, like the IGTC race win Round 6/South City Long rev or the DoP Tours 2009 & 2010 races (both finishing 3rd), the 16 Hours Race by Racing Minds (2nd) or the German LTCC season (3rd), nominated for Best Newcomer Driver & Team.
These days we are preparing for the upcoming GTAL race as well as the 24 Hours race Jan. 8th. The 2011 skins for TDRT just need some polishing, but will become published soon. A big "Thank You" from me to all active and former TDRT drivers for 4 years TDRT.
Make 100% declared rules before any race but do not leave it for the admins to decide under/after any race. Same mess might happen again, looking the upcoming 16 hours race.
What a manipulating statement, looking at the car choice & results of this league...
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I have heard it a couple of times now: No FXR blew away a FZR/XRR at SO4 past GTAL season, just compare fastest race laptimes - 0,3 seconds only. On the other hand I see up to 2 seconds difference against the FXR on several other tracks, looking the spdo stats of past season. This to me makes the new restriction testing subject a very valid one.
I´ve tried to help with testing the past two days.
What I saw was, that the FXR is still about 2 secs a lap slower at KY3b and on a FXR track like BL1 the cars are about even.
FXR will still not become THE winner car, in case similar other good racers go the XRR/FZR way. And at the end of the day everyone will be able to chose their easiest engine damage-, their easiest flip-, their worse tires- and backmarker-qualifing car, whenever not able to use r2r2, like the "Big Brothers" will do, for sure. Just take the FXR then.
But this will not happen.
Sidenote: I see FXR GT2 teams testing on r4r2 for the 16 Hours Race, should tell enough about the horrible FXR tire situation, even in GT2 class.
To round it up: Even with new restrictions, the FXR will still be the "Diesel Car" steady pace and no mistakes and you have a little chance for the overall win, were FZR/XRR because of a faster pace still can have risk-racers like Danish D.Lind behind the wheel..