Thanks. I installed the wrong companion app at first, but I've found it now. I see what you mean in your previous post - you can only see your leaderboard position for past races, not for the current one, so you can't use the information to choose whether to race or not. It does explain why I was able to drive away from everyone and win by 9 seconds at the Clio RBR race, it was my best free practice leaderboard position by a long way.
Thrilling race, nice one.
Adam: Was it that necessary
Nik: ...
just gotta work on the videos now
It's very tricky, I'm about the same rating as you and managed a 1:25.7 in free practice, which is 198th in EMEA right now, so that's good by my standards. But I really struggle to do it consistently, I find the lack of reference points around the track mean I can't nail down every action to the mm where I can accurately repeat it every time, and what I've noticed is that incredibly small differences in how you take some bits can make a huge time difference. I think it's a track that would be much easier on a 32:9 screen or with VR, as the place you need to see to judge the next action is so often off the screen.
The GT-R missed the Ford GT by about three feet to the left going for a lunge on the last lap because he had slipstream and worn tyres and misjudged his braking point as a result
Tyre life is about the same for both cars (maybe slightly worse for GT40 at the end of the race, but nothing major). Still did a good race. Managed to hold off faster drivers at the start and hang with the pack to finish 7th IIRC. If the GT40 had better gearing (closer and quicker shifts) it could be a real contender. Otherwise XBOW is the safe bet but man it's just so boring when one car is the clear meta. Might as well make it a one make race. Evo is as good as the WRX from mid corner to exit, but brakes are not as good unfortunately. Finished right where I started (16th/17th ish). Got close to a Beetle in the closing stages but with the Evo being down on top speed it was always a struggle to get close enough into T1 or the chicane to overtake without divebombing. Pretty boring race overall. I don't think anybody had any change of position between quali and the final result. I was expecting good battles because of the low tyre and fuel wear, but the rolling start gaps are just too wide (I started all the way in the middle of the chicane 
). With the level of drivers in top split, somebody rarely makes a mistake and it just ends up being a static gap management race.
Monza in my Evo Gr.4 though, I might as well drive the race in reverse 
Ha, yes, that was me you passed. I think maybe the SF-R suffered more than the X-Bow with tyre wear, and that was why the winner became painfully slow around the sweeping bends but just able to stay ahead on the straights. At least it made for some exciting racing, and everyone did a pretty good job of keeping it clean. I may see you again in the next one, depending on the split boundaries!
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