TheNormsk
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After all the comments about race B chaos I thought I would try race C instead. Not sure I've tried the CLK before but that handles Deep Forest really well and considering its top end speed no wonder it's the meta.
Got myself a reasonable 1:19.757 after not much effort which placed me near the top 2000 globally.
I usually try to get in the top 2K so I've a little work to do.
That said, I decided to jump into a race - can't grind QT all the time. The time was only good enough for 8th on the start. By lap 2 I'd worked up to 5th but on lap 3 I'd slid back to 6th after one of the faster A+ drivers who'd I'd passed under penalty caught back up. I did not put up a fight as they were clearly faster. I stayed 6th into the pits. Up to this point the field has split into those faster than me with about a 2 second gap to me and those slower than me, with again, around a 2 second gap. I was basically not threatening the leaders and not being threatened myself.
Coming out the pits I was 8th and that was where I stayed to finish. I changed my tires on lap 7 as did most but I got jumped by two people and it took some effort to figure it out. One was an A+ driver who started at the back with no QT and scooted up to 3rd doing a drive from the back race. So, just stupidly quick. The other was the car behind me. They had not change tires and come in the lap before jumping me. I caught them back up as their tires were spent at the end, but not enough to pass. If we'd had 15 laps and not 14 I may have then reclaimed that spot.
The next race, I stayed with changing my tires but this time on lap 6. I started further back in 9th and this time finished 10th. No one passed me racing so again I think this was someone who didn't change tires. I may have to try that next time. The only non CLKs in the races was a sole RS 5 Turbo DTM '19 (finished 5th), a GT-R (finished 10th) and an NSX (finished 7th) in the top 12 results.
Total results was +2% DR to put me at 28% DR A. I seem to be maintaining around a 22-30% level at the moment. As soon as I hit 30%, I usually end up in brutal lobbies that have me instantly course correct back into the 20s%. That appears to be my new level, over the last few weeks.
After that I jumped back to race B to see if I could improve my QT. I took a few tenths off but as you all got faster it was nothing to write home about. Consequently, I concluded I'm not good at Watkins Glen so I'll probably stick with C..
Got myself a reasonable 1:19.757 after not much effort which placed me near the top 2000 globally.
I usually try to get in the top 2K so I've a little work to do.
That said, I decided to jump into a race - can't grind QT all the time. The time was only good enough for 8th on the start. By lap 2 I'd worked up to 5th but on lap 3 I'd slid back to 6th after one of the faster A+ drivers who'd I'd passed under penalty caught back up. I did not put up a fight as they were clearly faster. I stayed 6th into the pits. Up to this point the field has split into those faster than me with about a 2 second gap to me and those slower than me, with again, around a 2 second gap. I was basically not threatening the leaders and not being threatened myself.
Coming out the pits I was 8th and that was where I stayed to finish. I changed my tires on lap 7 as did most but I got jumped by two people and it took some effort to figure it out. One was an A+ driver who started at the back with no QT and scooted up to 3rd doing a drive from the back race. So, just stupidly quick. The other was the car behind me. They had not change tires and come in the lap before jumping me. I caught them back up as their tires were spent at the end, but not enough to pass. If we'd had 15 laps and not 14 I may have then reclaimed that spot.
The next race, I stayed with changing my tires but this time on lap 6. I started further back in 9th and this time finished 10th. No one passed me racing so again I think this was someone who didn't change tires. I may have to try that next time. The only non CLKs in the races was a sole RS 5 Turbo DTM '19 (finished 5th), a GT-R (finished 10th) and an NSX (finished 7th) in the top 12 results.
Total results was +2% DR to put me at 28% DR A. I seem to be maintaining around a 22-30% level at the moment. As soon as I hit 30%, I usually end up in brutal lobbies that have me instantly course correct back into the 20s%. That appears to be my new level, over the last few weeks.
After that I jumped back to race B to see if I could improve my QT. I took a few tenths off but as you all got faster it was nothing to write home about. Consequently, I concluded I'm not good at Watkins Glen so I'll probably stick with C..
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Here is one of the examples - First blocked by slower can then running into a complete mess later on 
