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this pisses me off no end and it seems to be happening more and more then they blame you for hitting them. idiots!
Default headlight flash on DS4 is L3 (press left analog stick) which is also default steering. Get a little tense while racing and the headlights flash without you even realising it. You can only be sure it's intentional if it's happending when the car that's flashing is on a loooonnnggg straight.
There‘s a decal somewhere in the library „Your flashing means nothing to me“.
I remapped the flash to the triangle because I occassionally use them to hint a obviously slower car that I‘m about to pass. Real racers would make room if they acknoledge their tires are fubar or they are running a meager mixture.
But most racers are Joe Average trying to win at any cost. So my basic idea of flashing is pointless.
It‘s called „weekend“ by professionals
I would venture a guess that the driver who surprised you by braking early and then pitting was an old group C. They're faster on straights and have to brake earlier than the hybrids. And hybrids ramming them from behind in the braking zones should be penalized. You should know your opponents.Did four Race Cs today, all from pole. One in the Peugeot 908, three in the TS050. Spun the Peugeot on the last lap and fell down from P2 to P6, and collected three wins in the Toyota afterwards. As I told @LVS_1986 in the post-race chat after the final one, I don’t ever get tired of winning this race.
That race was also the only one that was simply a straight dash to the flag on my part. I did a 17:06 as a race time, but you can subtract about a second from that thanks to an unfortunate penalty. Lap times were a 3:28, and then three consecutive low 3:24’s, followed by a low 3:25 (the lap with the penalty). I guess that’s the pace I can do atm without exerting myself too much (for example, I always leave a generous margin at the kink before Indianapolis).
In the other races I made some mistakes that made things a bit more interesting. In one race, I got passed on the first bit of the Mulsanne and was then caught out on the brakes by the guy in front of me on the first lap, which resulted in multiple taps and a cumulative 2s worth of penalties, so I had a bit of a job to do here. Including a good little, clean battle with he aforementioned LVS_1986, who was rocking a lovely GT-One livery. By the time I’d caught the guy in first on lap 4, I finally passed him cleanly on the approach to the Porsche curves and made the move stick going ‘round the outside into the first, fast right-hander. I was looking forward to a battle, but unfortunately the other driver pitted immediately afterwards. They finished in 7th after taking tyres and a full tank of fuel, which I… didn’t really get.
All in all, a good day at the races, and almost 4,000 DR gained.
PS: I also did my fastest ever quali lap at Le Mans, a 3:21.371. In the Alpine, naturally…
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PPS: The way you can just go flat-out in the Toyota with FM1 and no slipstream, shortshifting or lift-and-coast of any kind is ridiculous. I actually tried the Peugeot just so see how it’d hold up and it’s not even a comparison. I really don’t get the fuel multipliers here, but that was already discussed at length earlier in the week.
I didn't know cars could chat.
Where do you shift?
That’s not you braking too early, that’s everyone else braking too late!
Yeah, if you're in the draft, you loose downforce and brake distances are a lot longer. I usually pull to the inside to get clean air so I can stop, but sometimes it all goes to hell when the guy in front thinks I'm going for a pass, and moves over to block, taking my air, my downforce, and any chance I have of not rear ending him. I usually back out way early, and coast if I'm catching someone going into a brake zone and don't intend to pass. You can lift throttle 100 yards before your brake point and lightly drag brakes as you close, corner speed is easier to get right so you can get a good drive, and you pass em on the way out. Watching replays of @Sven Jurgens racing from the back, and then doing it myself, really brought that home and improved my racecraft. That's one of the main reasons I still race from the back regularly. It's a less frantic pace, and more cerebral. Patience and planning move you forward. A solid pace is also good!
Yeah, if you're in the draft, you loose downforce and brake distances are a lot longer. I usually pull to the inside to get clean air so I can stop, but sometimes it all goes to hell when the guy in front thinks I'm going for a pass, and moves over to block, taking my air, my downforce, and any chance I have of not rear ending him. I usually back out way early, and coast if I'm catching someone going into a brake zone and don't intend to pass. You can lift throttle 100 yards before your brake point and lightly drag brakes as you close, corner speed is easier to get right so you can get a good drive, and you pass em on the way out. Watching replays of @Sven Jurgens racing from the back, and then doing it myself, really brought that home and improved my racecraft. That's one of the main reasons I still race from the back regularly. It's a less frantic pace, and more cerebral. Patience and planning move you forward. A solid pace is also good!
Whispering "come to Monza... The dark side is waiting"..
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youre really fast, it was pleasure to race with
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