That is my favorite way to drive. That's why I did so well, and had so much fun at Tsukuba with the tuned Mazda. The problem is, the older I get, the harder it is to ride that edge. I would do much better if I didn't fall off that edge so often. But it is fun!I was talking to another driver bout that.
Not that car but driving that way on throttle. He’s way faster than me and does that.
I’m too conservative! I just can’t manage the edge like that so I rotate in the braking phase by trailing...:::gulp::: I drive like a tortoise.
Consistent, but no gonads on the ring
No 30 time here! Too scary!
That was the one with him and Lester in Porsche and Nissan? Funny you should mention that. The A race has a car that can be driven loose (a little), and I go pretty good in it. Get to GR1 and if I drive fast and loose, i make too many errors. I think my gap to guys like those goes up once past gr3 speed. If tracks had 10 sectors or more, instead of 3 or 4, my optimum times might even be close to alien's lap times on tracks I'm good on, because I am capable of running through a set of corners at that speed...I just can't do it all in the same lap! Good example was when I ran against the #1 ghost this afternoon. I could get right on him in T1, but he always had a gap before T2. I would close the gap through the esses and down the chute, but he got through the hairpin better...of course, I have no idea what his best optimum is. I think my best 1st sector beats his on that lap, but his 1st sector was better by a tenth when I watched his 57.1 lap. He's at 56.7xx when I chased him today. It's all in the last sector.
That lap i did today would have put me solidly in the top ten on Monday or Tuesday. It was 28th when I set it. I can't believe they're deep in the 26's now. I wonder what the final, best in the world will be on Sunday
Maybe that was one of his good combo's. What chance do regular guys have when an alien is in a track that elevates him to a higher level.
Does he have a bad combo?
Welcome to the race C crowd. I might see you in one, we are about the same DR.Until last week I never tried Race C. Thought it's too long, and I didn't want to spend 20 minutes on a race where I can be punted on the last turn. But I really wanted to try the twist with tire changes and pit stops for a while now, so the time has finally come.
After a couple of races where I was getting to know the system and deciding on my tactics, I settled on 7H-3M (but switched to 7M-3H later in the day).
New race. After the pitstop at the end of lap 7 I'm second with only 1.8s to the guy in front, who was already on hards. Gained on him in two laps and was overtaking him clearly on the the inside entering Ascari chicane. Punted me a couple of times and let me through, only to punt me on the parabolica, getting himself a victory and sending me to the fourth place. Pity, but I still consider this a win because the way I caught on to him felt really special for me.
Another race, P2 again after a pit stop. A whopping 17s to the guy in P1 as I spent too much time fighting with guys for my position in the first laps of the race, and some penalties for cutting chicanes too aggressively. The guy in third is 2.2s behind me. Things doesn't change in the last three laps, a very calm, almost relaxed finish, only to find out the guy in the first didn't change his tires, making me the winner! I consider this karma return after being punted at the parabolica.
In another race got punted from the 5th place at the last turn again on lap 10 by the guy who didn't even changed the tires. Dropped to 11th. Anyone knows any working defensive tactics on the parabolica against rammers?
Anyway, finishing eleventh sent me to the lobby where I was given number 3. Starting second, the portuguese guy who started on pole gets destroyed on the first chicane, I somehow survive and retain P4. Two drivers in front of me make mistakes on the first lap, inviting me to overtake them, which I do. Chasing the first position with around 2s between us. 3d lap, P1 makes mistake getting out of the first chicane and goes offtrack, giving me a chance to take the lead. Made some good distance of around 8s by the end of lap 7, was very lucky to pit out first with 1.5s lead, turned it to whopping 5s lead as P2 and P3 were really busy fighting each other. One might say it was an easy win, but boy was my heart pounding when I took P1 on the third lap and till the very end. Gotta put on my smartwatch next time to see what happens to my pulse
In other news, was able to get 3 fastest laps in two days and also one pole (which I lost). Not sure If I saw anyone starting on pole finishing first out of 7-8 races I was in. For a reference, all races were in the lower DR B rating, around 13k-16k.
To sum it up, I'm glad I tried С races, as longer distance means you have a bit of room to make small mistakes, but as long as you put in good average lap times there is a good chance to get on podium. IF you avoid punts from others.
Probably going to try FIA Nations Cup race today, as I like the track and car combo, and looking forward to next week's Race С as well. A bit worried about 5s penalties after being smacked into the wall by others, but endure and survive should be the motto for these ones
I'm wondering I have raced you a couples times and whit me at least you was fairplay driving and pretty good at it . But me I have never dropped down further than Sr A I'm always at 99 Sr I don't even race in Sr A lobby I Let everyone go to be shure to have a clean race and get back to 99sr as soon as I can because in lower Sr lobby some of them don't give a **** and some of them just don't know how to drive a car ? So I'm wondering how a good driver like you can enjoy racing in those chaotic lower Sr session ?I made it back to SR.A to be greeted by a total destruction derby event. I got pinballed around until I escaped at Flugplatz, penalty free, yet 3 SR Downs received along the way. Back down to 47 SR after the race10 clean race bonuses to get past SR.B, one bad race to be kicked back down
In time trial the difference was .100 I'm .100 faster with the GTR . 1:46.317GTR 1:46.415Mustang top speed GTR is better but Mustang have better traction on corner exit
I don't know if it's my imagination, but it seems that, if I want to retaliate and punt someone without penalty, all I have to do is get real close going into a corner. As long as I hit my brake marker as usual, then tap their rear, it sends them off and I get no penalty. Sometimes they even get one, like they brake checked me. Added bonus, I make the corner no problem and continue.
