Out on the cursed Autopolis where the Dr/Ds dwell. There is no law just a living heeell. Anarchy and chaos as the blood runs red. This would change if it were up to sven.... Ok I haven't posted for a while, so this may be longish ( I haven't finished typing yet
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So yeh, three races over the last three days, but I just didn't feel motivated to post
. Went in with the 626 and managed to improve my qualy time a hair. That had me starting P8/15 on a grid with 3 x DR/As at the top and the rest DR/Ds. It was messy. I don't remember where I got knocked off but I ended up dropping to P14 I think. The little Mazda that could hung in there and I finished P11. Lost DR 260 abd finished SR blue.
Take me down to Paradise City where the grass is green and the track is slippy... next day, it was the tank. Couldn't beat my 626 time, but my optimum was a hair better, so i didn't feel guilty. Started P9/15 on a grid of DR/Ds and one poor sod from DR/C. I'm looking forward to the next update.. I'm hoping for a Gr.B Veyron...this is what happens when you corner side by side with an Evo and their back end steps out...:
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You see all those cars on the track? They *were* behind me
. Should I have one of those bumper stickers that reads "How do you like my driving?"
. I managed to claw my way back up to finish P7. I saw two orange SRs and finished white. DR went up 185.
Final race at Autopolis, this time I went in with the fake6. Again couldn't beat my time from the Mazda. Started P11/15. The fake6 seemed kinda pokey on the straits, but talk about tight on the curves. I was able to make several passed up the inside because it clung to the inside and changed direction fairly easily. Like the real hachi it can be a bit tail happy, but interesting to drive. I got knocked off again and managed to claw back some ground to finish P11. Two orange SRs and finished white. DR dropped about 400.
A few interesting observations. Firstly, it kinda drives home
@Sven Jurgens comments about the penalty system and DR. Two races with two orange SRs in a race with only a few laps and not many sectors to gain back SR. I didn't loose any SR.
@Sven Jurgens, what is the consequence of you seeing two orange SRs in the same race?
The second thing was that just to get a better idea what the "correct" lines were, I turned on the line markers . Haven't done that for any other tracks before. Noticed they got rid of the blue and red braking and accelerating indicators, which suits me since they only ever distracted me. I left them on for the races and saw a pattern emerging. Keep in mind I'm racing against DR/Ds, so car control and race craft aren't always exactly stellar
. What I noticed was that people were quite often knocked off or had contact with people who were zealously following the lines as though there was no other place their car could be on the track when dealing with traffic
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Another day above DR 1
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- after a whole week with GR2 on Fuji this race seems really boring..
