If you're genuinely doing consistent 2:22s on a no stop then you shouldn't be too worried about being overtaken, even in A/S lobbies. Majority of one stoppers are doing 2:20 - 2:21s. Consistent 2:22s should put you into top 10 contention.
SR A and SR B lobbies that pace will take you further but you're more likely to get punted or pick up penalties getting caught out by random craziness.
Absolutely. My qual on my main would have started me ten.
I’ve been A 99 quite a while on the main.
One issue I have though is it requires a lot of time to be at proper pace for that account.
Pretty much I am only going to use it for FIA. I really like FIA.
I set my qual on alt so that I could avoid that matching and get in and have fun racing without needing 30 or more minutes warm up to find pace.
It’s tough in the Mustang I literally ran out at the line several times...
Re sr my whole career is S 99 pretty much.
I would have been fine lap one and been away from Citroen but I was offed for running next to a guy into that section approaching down the hill. I had fairly taken position and had inside into the downhill rights but he door banged me wide off track.
First lap was a mess. Later on I made the mistake of not allowing a merc to run me off in the last fast left before the slow chicane I braketapped to hold my tight line.
He was gonna dive all the way. Then I knew he was gonna try to punt me in the chicane so I defended that hard he wasn’t through (mind you like 3 contacts within 2 turns) so on exit we bang, I still get position into the hairpin and tried a dirty late block but didn’t succeed he got side by side and tried to bang me off.
I would have spun him but the rear of his car was bouncing off inside wall.
That’s when I tapped out and felt foolish.
I should have literally pulled over on the fast left but his challenge meant either me getting offed, braketap and hold tight, or pull over and let him through.’He could have easily taken me pre chicane but he was driving overaggressive.
It was my bad though I should have let him through before all that.
It was a combination of mistakes by myself and others that led to my rage quit.
It was embarrassing.