The Gr.3 Lambo is really hard to drive and bad on tyres. I also don't think many top players picked it
Their mid season superstar didn't crash. The season 2 winner in Asia averaged 2450 points from his other 3 races
. That put me just in front of the leading Ford driver in the americas.
). He suprisingly took up the NSX for the Nations race and did a no stopper, but the first placed Megane was just too quick (and apparently OP). Manufacturer's turned out to be quite interesting, some small shortcut penalties meant that he couldn't run away with the race and made for some interesting racing.
I was so scared of being punted in the first lap and when people started to rubber band around me hahaha. I got slowed down during qualifying, but that's alright.Congratulations on your result! It was me disconnecting on the race, it was so infuriating
This is how it went for me:
I got punted and sent to space during my outlap (I was burning fuel and the guy behind didn't notice, a horrible incident I might say), so my tires were burst, in special the front left tire which was quite important for a great lap. So I hoped for the best after that, the Mustang was pretty strong after all, aaand I got pole with a 3:58.7
So I was feeling pretty good, I had the pace to win and get my points up again (both DR and championship). The race started pretty well, nothing major happened, MrStinkyBug in the other mustang overtook me by the end of the mulsanne straight on the first lap, then I started saving a LOT of fuel while mantaining fuel map 1 pace, drafting with the fuel map on 6. In the middle of the race I was pretty confident on having my first win on this season after two DCs and three bad races. And then it happened, my ISP failed me...
The disconnect could have been on Playstation's end, though. Before the race started, the network was starting to go down. Some people here on GTPlanet couldn't connect, while those who were still connected were able to maintain it, but connection was getting poor.
I got the impression many in the Americas didn't even practice for Le Mans. I know I only ran enough to figure out strategy. I was committed to a one stop despite the Jag being below average in that department and I was certain it was going to get me a Top 10.It was probably the fastest strategy, just the 2 stop guys tripped up over each other all the time. The standard of driving was shocking tbh, glad the only guy who kept a clean head was my Ferrari teammate
. I like the choice between fuel-save 1 stop and flat-out 2, without my silly little mistakes and Fuvaros disconnecting there'd have been a 6 way battle for the win on the last lap! I feel the Megane race was always going to be a bit of a turd whether we were all pushing or not tbh. Car with infinite downforce and grip along with very short braking zones not much of a recipe for a great top split race. A Gr4 one make in something like the Cayman/4C/458 would've been better as at least those cars can get the tail out and induce a few more mistakes, and more overtaking as a result.. Shame about the pen because probably a guaranteed top 5 if you kept out of trouble.), so the level will go up and you'll be a bit more smarter with strategy as a whole.
I can only speak for myself but strategy is what has boosted my results above my actual speed. The one caveat is fuel conservation and the reason is my struggle in fiddling with fuel maps on a G29.Less cars for me to worry about overtaking at Le Mans with everyone on a 2 stop
My issue now is them slowing down the refuelling rate in the pitstops from 10l/s to 8 (7 next season). Makes fuel saving even more important than a few months ago and even then it was borderline too much. Unless you are clearly faster than the car ahead the balance has now swung so it's probably better to stick behind sadly.
It certainly looked that way, Qualifying looked ridiculous even though you could get just as many laps sitting in the pits for 2 minutes
I wonder if Snow/Nico dominating the Test Seasons meant people didn't look into practicing/strategy too much in America because they felt he was going to win anyway so what's the point. Was always frustrating watching knowing that the times he was doing weren't that dissimilar to our races, and he was doing strategies that would've seen him lose tons of places. Because EMEA and Asia were so hyper-competitive you needed to look into strategy and pace so much if you wanted to do well. Thankfully it looks like competition has come back for you guys (later Test Seasons looked kinda deserted over there, hence why some Brits joined on US accounts
oofI had a really fun MFG FIA race except for a run in with a certain driver blocking me.
They weave down the straight
still the same straight (had to break up gifs)
then after I pass him in the final corner he pinches in and bumps the back end of my car to unsettle me under braking and force me wide.
And it's one of the guys of your old team.oof
Yeah, he is... Sadly there's no excuse for him in this one
I hope your views on the team won't sour from this incident. They're still a decent team I assure you, it's just that their ethics, both on and off the track are... hmm, an acquired taste I keep saying that I'd hold off joining them until I think I'm good enough, but yeah I did finally say yes think of me as a reserve driver or something 
Yeah, he is... Sadly there's no excuse for him in this one
And hmmm, I think I'm in LMP?
I can only speak for myself but strategy is what has boosted my results above my actual speed. The one caveat is fuel conservation and the reason is my struggle in fiddling with fuel maps on a G29.
As for practice, I continue having frustrations that the pace I have in mock runs disappear in the actual room. I think my new wheel settings has helped somewhat, so that may encourage me to find more speed. There's names that I wasn't sure I could ever be ahead of but now it's possible. After all, this old guard needs to show the new guard I still have something left in the tank.
. On that season I looked back on my previous races to see how I'd fare against you and I thought I was at your level or a little bit higher, but as the races went on you had amazing results and kept the standards pretty high! 
At some juncture, I switched from bumper view to hood and that has helped me. I also got better as I got more familiar with certain car combinations. Even now, however, I'm still not up to my GT6 speed and consistency. I hope I get there in the next month or two.And has this happened on the begining of the pre-season? I say this because you were my team mate on the genesis team
