[iRacing] Fighting @ Monza – Ferrari 296 Challenge [9° 7°] [UltraWide 21:9 4K]

[iRacing] Fighting @ Monza – Ferrari 296 Challenge [9° 7°] [UltraWide 21:9 4K]

🏁 Race Details 🏁

🔎 Race Events:
00:00:00 Race 1 [9°]
00:18:30 Race 2 [7°]

🏎️ Car:
Ferrari 296 Challenge (Class: Sports Car · Fixed setup)

🕒 Race Format:
Duration: 15 minutes
Ranked & Fixed setup
Organized by iRacing Ferrari 296 Challenge
Sessions every 30 minutes

📍 Track:
Autodromo Nazionale Monza — Grand Prix
A legendary high-speed circuit known for its long straights, heavy braking zones, and challenging chicanes. Precision in braking and maximizing corner exits are critical to maintain top speed on the straights. Mistakes are costly, especially through Variante della Roggia and Ascari.
Key to lap time: braking stability, carrying momentum through the chicanes, and clean exits onto the long straights.

🌤️ Conditions:
Noon session (12:00, 1x)
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air temp: ~27.1°C / Track temp: ~26.2°C
Wind: 5 kph (light)
Humidity: 11%–73%
Rain chance: 0%

🏁 Race Summary:
Strength of Field (1526) provided a balanced and competitive grid at Monza. I started from P11 and managed to climb into the midfield fight, improving my pace as the race went on. Despite some pressure and traffic, I kept it consistent and crossed the line in P9 after 9 laps. A stable race with clean battles and more experience gained with the Ferrari 296 C.

📊 Results:
SoF: 1526 · Start: P11 → Finish: P9
Best Lap: 1:47.052 · Avg Lap: 1:49.261
Laps: 9/9 completed · Inc: 7x
iRating: +2 (1474) · Safety Rating: -0.05 (3.58)
Cautions: 0 · Lead Changes: 1

🏁 Race Summary:
Strength of Field (1473) created a competitive mid-level grid at Monza. From the start I was fighting hard for P3 and stayed in contention throughout most of the race. Unfortunately, with just 2 laps to go at Turn 1, contact from rivals forced me off track, costing me the chance to finish on the podium. I managed to recover and bring the car home in P7 after 9 laps.

📊 Results:
SoF: 1473 · Start: P4 → Finish: P7
Best Lap: 1:46.878 · Avg Lap: 1:48.426
Laps: 9/9 completed · Inc: 8x
iRating: +31 (1435) · Safety Rating: -0.05 (3.49)
Cautions: 0 · Lead Changes: 0

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🫠 Disclaimer & Real Talk
Hey — I'm not a pro sim racer.
I'm just a regular guy who loves racing games,.
So if you notice some rookie mistakes... go easy on me 😄 — I'm here to have fun, not win Le Mans (yet).

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⚙️ iRacing Setup:
Steering wheel: Fanatec CSL DD QR2 Ready2Race Bundle for PC (8 Nm)
Graphics: 4K Res, High, 120Fps

🎮 Console Setup:
Console: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
Controller: DualSense, Xbox Series X/S Controller (Black)
TV: LG OLED TV 65" C15 Series

🖥️ PC Setup:
Monitor 1: PHILIPS Evnia 34M2C6500AM OLED WQHD 34'', 175 Hz, 0,03 ms
Monitor 2: LG 27GR75Q UltraGear Gaming Monitor 27" QHD IPS HDR 10, 2560x1440, 1ms, 165Hz
Monitor 3: LG OLED TV 65" C15 Series
Case: CORSAIR FRAME 4000D RS ARGB
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
CPU Cooler: Thermalright AQUA ELITE 360 V3
RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6000MHz
MB: GIGABYTE B650 EAGLE AX
SSD: Lexar NM790 2TB SSD Interno, M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 WINDFORCE SFF 12G
PSU: MSI MAG A750BN PCIE 5.0