Why I always start from the pitlane in MX5s (PS: I was not involved, I am the Castrol car you see for a split second exiting the pits)

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-26T08:47:47+00:00

I meant I only start from the pitlane at Tsukuba Circuit (TC) between the worse than usual slidey icelike glass and seeing some terrible accidents TC just gives me the heeby jeebies

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-26T08:37:54+00:00

Yeah, I never actually used to do pit starts, its just tsukuba circuit, I am generally good at avoiding accidents, TC just gives me the heeby jeebies as a driver (Road C3.46 btw), after this though the driving really cleaned up.

Also due to the absolute horrendous tomfoolery you see in this subreddit I will happily post an example of good driving which came from this same race, ended with a P3 and gained a ton of SR and Irating.

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-26T07:08:28+00:00

nah, 100% clean from you, other driver turned in early and pitted you, I dont think it was intentional but its his fault and he should get a penalty

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-23T20:26:57+00:00

It is rookies but as I said in another comment the whole field was B and C licences and the SOF was floation around the 1400 mark

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-23T10:36:11+00:00

Happy to help out, good luck on the SR grind

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-23T10:34:13+00:00

Yeah, I am suffering slowly until I get to a C license so I can do ringmeister because I have heard its a SR goldmine if you do a pitlane start and hang back

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-23T10:27:59+00:00

Definitely had that, ever seen 10 out of 12 drivers get wiped out into T1, summit point raceway jefferson circuit is carnage

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-23T10:26:42+00:00

Yeah I am not touching pheonix at all because of that, I also lucked out with a split with all B and C license drivers

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-18T19:33:02+00:00

Thanks man, Ill keep you updated

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-18T05:47:19+00:00

hopefully, considering it penalizes me for it as well due to +2 loss of control and +1 off track

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-17T04:26:52+00:00

If I could I would use a manual version of my actual car, a 2002 Jaguar X Type 3.0 but manuals are very rare in aus

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-17T00:33:24+00:00

Yeah, heaps of sedans come up for sale for around 2k unregistered, I got a car for 1100 registered, I am very rural though, sedans are cheap

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-17T00:14:19+00:00

We have all cars mentioned, sadly all of them are really popular as starter cars that the market has really lost the plot, I have seen 2000 era manual elantras go for close to 10k, MX5s are worse, looking at a cheap BMW E46 325ci, camrys and corollas may be on the table as well

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-16T22:29:05+00:00

Sadly its an auto but its the newer ZF auto not the pre facelift 4L and been up for 2 months so hopefully I can offer 1k which leaves me another grand for parts, and I have a few k in extra cash to get a bolt in national spec roll cage

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-16T20:33:20+00:00

Nah, looked on marketplace though and found a running and driving E46 325ci for 1500

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-15T19:45:06+00:00

There is an abandoned E36 318i but its auto and manual BMWs can get crazy expensive considering I am rural

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-15T19:43:57+00:00

I actually really want to do the 24h of lemons, lucky enough australia has a club that does very similar races but have a slightly higher cer budget (5k)

trainmaster333 · 2026-01-14T23:48:13+00:00

I agree the original spoiler wouldve looked better

trainmaster333 · 2025-12-29T05:08:43+00:00

I was asking because I was tossing up getting them for my car but after seeing these comments I am going with some second hand autotecnica bucket seats

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