First impressions with the three time slots for Americas are both positive and negative. First rooms of the day for Nations and Manufacturers had quite high points totals but I think I've seen even higher a few times. The downside is that points slid downwards after that unlike in Europe. In other words, anyone that can't make the early rooms may be even more out of luck than before. Hopefully, we'll all wise up like in the first FIA season and learn to spread ourselves in between rooms if they decide to keep this format.
Obviously, Nations wasn't going to be Europe mental but it did feel like a Superstars race. My banker laps showed I could've easily ran a low 41 but I kept getting understeer moments out of nowhere. Still, I was in a position to knock off a bad Nations score if I could just gain a spot or two. However, we had our own version of a 911 train and it only began splitting apart near the end. Got really interesting on the last lap!
Manu also had great points to offer but this was a Group 4 race. Rexy was actually pretty quick here and I had a monster S1 for qualifing. Then the understeer kicked in so bad that what might've been 3rd on the grid became a lowly 8th. Pretty academic anyways because there was no chance I could've had a good result. The tire wear indicator lies with the Slowbaru; it's absolutely dead once it reaches 20%. There was another poor soul with this car and no shocker, they finished last. Balanced Group 4 racing at its finest!
