I look at every race as a learning experience atm. My only real aim atm is to try to finish a race in a higher position than I started.Just look at it as a learning experience instead of an attempt at a good score. You can never have to much experience and can always learn something from the race.
Yeah it does feel dirty and there's a simple fix, 20 sec per mandatory compound you didn't use.
Yet some cars don't even need to pit. Compared to a Megane V6 Trophy I'll need to do an extra stop and still take the 20s tyre cheat penalty, while also losing out on raw lap pace.
Pretty realistic in my opinion, but since they shortened the pit stops in GT Sport the quicker tyre is usually 'required' in the race to be competitive. They make the harder tyres the actual requirements to make you sometimes think about when you're going for your fast stint. The requirements for yesterday's race actually worked really well and over the 20 laps you had people pitting at all different times and plenty on different tyres. Makes for good racing.
Wondering if the next Nations RB Jr race will have the same exploit. I doubt it since that race is a lot longer potentially making no stop too slow, but we'll see
yes but not all cars can do it
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A little ashamed to admit I went for the ‘cheat’ tactic but I’m not even sure it is a cheat unless you drive brilliantly.
I qualified 7th and finished 7th (I crossed the line in 3rd) so didn’t make any gains. I did make a few little mistakes so that didn’t help. Spent most the race on my own in clear track so hard to tell. If your car is good on tires and fuel then it’s worth a try!
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Slot 2:
P14 to P13 to P19 (dead last) by the the first turn. Spun out so badly it took me an age to get going again.🤬 P11 on the last lap until I was spun out again! Finished P12 (promoted to P10) for 38pts. The idiot at Turn 1 just responded with a childish "No worries!"
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Slot 5:
Started P12. Finished P8 for 47pts.
This guy had been pretty physical if not actually very dirty during the race, so I couldn't help but laugh!:
No fuel saving, just a flat out sprint on the softs?
That's the plan, depending on how well I qualify. I'm not good enough at saving tires, and in the Corvette against better-handling cars, tire-saving is probably a fools errand. I plan to 1-stop and use softs the whole way. It should still be quicker than doing it the "proper" way and using all compounds.
