I've recently started playing GTS again. I couldn't get into it when it first came out - it was the idea of starting again I think and going back to no wheel. Anyways, I got Wheel Hub a couple of months ago and breathed new life into my trusty old DFP and the game, and I've been scanning though the odd GTP forum again to see what's going on.
After some extremely frustrating races over the weeks, a few runs on last week's Swifts@Nordschleife got me to SR A which so far seems to have filtered out most of the dive bombers and d***heads. Indeed, I has a great tussle with a Dutch player on the Nord which restored my faith in humanity

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I've only tried a couple of Willow races this week - a full D/A, D/B race got me a 7th to 2nd, then with supreme confidence from the podium place I went into the next race for a 6th to last. Just kept sliding off the track

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I notice we are still at the mercy of variable grip levels when playing on line; there's a definite difference from qualifying and its seems it can change from race to race.