I kind of saved myself from falling out of DR B after a handful of good cautious races.
Race 1 @ Autopolis - Grid P11 Race P7. Made an awesome dive into turn 1 without causing any accident unlike others. Got up to P6 in the first lap, but struggled a little with grip and overheating tires on second lap, and lost a position after that while running really wide around the slow corners. The rest was just consistent driving into the 1:55s en route to the flag. I did accidentally light tap another guy while on the chase, but apologized to him post-race anyway to clear up the misunderstanding.
Next was Catalunya, initially did a 1:50 after spinning all over in the WRX without TC, had to switch to Evo X with TC to do a high 1:48. The technical uniqueness of the track makes it a highly challenging circuit while having excellent grip.
Race 2 @ Catalunya - Grid P9 Race P4. Made up a few positions within a few laps and held on to P3 for the middle part while managing fuel and tires. It was quite a heartbreak as I lost the podium to a faster player on the final lap when the gap closed up considerably over the last 4 laps. This was due to an error where I had used too much fuel while overtaking for track position, ended up saving fuel on the last half to keep the race going to the flag without losing excessively much. I was pretty happy with the result, surprised that many strong racers were doing ballet spins or tumbling down the order unexpectedly.
Race 3 @ Catalunya - Grid P10 Race P3. This was probably one of my strongest drives. The start was horribly bugged for almost half the field, my car drove out of the track and stopped. A few cars literally went off the track and parked at the side, on the straight run another was spinning all over the place and I accidentally rear ended him. First lap was really a mess, accidentally hit a driver and got a 2 second at the hairpin.
That was just the start, I had collected my focus and went for the conservative on fuel and tires, while trying to put the game pressure on the front pack. Caught up to the midfield at lap 5 and the battle went on for the rest of the race. Several cars were trading places and punting each other out, I just had to play the victim to get them some penalties. Some played strategy on me and got me cornered, leading me to lose positions, while some went to the pits for a cup of coffee.
Last lap was dramatic on the chicance and penultimate corner, the Porsche whom I chased hard throughout the latter half had spun while trying to overtake the podium runner who have just run out of fuel. I took the last grasp of chance to run past them and carefully navigated around the outside to bring home the podium trophy. Excellent work done. DR B, SR S. Saved both ratings and out of the danger zone for tonight.
This is the one I learned the most from.
From the hairpin to the finish line I touch the brake pedal two, sometimes three times.
I've studied the video! Thanks to that, I actually shaved off my best lap to a low 1:55.3 within 2 attempts. That's 2 whole seconds! Damn...am I that slow like a baby turtle? I couldn't believe it when I did a second faster every flying lap on the limit.
Anyway I took the Audi TT around and it was really nimble with little understeer, compared to the Huracan that I used in races for a neutral relaxed pace.
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he literally was a blur
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