When it looks like this...
... my natural instinct is to pick the BMW! Especially since we drove the 963 at Sarthe not too long ago.
I understand there was about a .2 advantage so there was the possibility to gain some more time here but hey ho, whatever. I wanted to stay in the BMW. Ideally we'd all be driving it but I understand the Petit Le Mans idea. Perhaps better applied to a race.
The X2019 is a car Iām really done with, Iāll reiterate what I said last time around, Iād like to see it retired.
Short off tangent thing, Nations in GTWS used to be mostly about various combinations of road cars but pretty annoyingly it has with time simply become X2019 Cup. The odd thing might pop up here and there but X2019 remains central, in particular in the live finals but also in the online qualifiers.
You could theoretically be excellent at a lot of oddball road car combos but if youāre āonlyā good/pretty good and not insanely out of this world level good in the X2019 youāve already lost before youāve even set foot at a live event (assuming a case where a player like that might qualify) I think thatās quite unfortunate.
Two sessions, 1,100 kms. Incredibly difficult. I can admit that it took some of these corners pretty amazingly (once nailed), namely the first two sectors and the fast left before the bridge. The entry onto and exit off the bridge however were ridiculously sketchy with how uneven the tarmac is. Anyway, itās far from fun at this point...
I had the pace to hit a 34 but couldnāt string it all together, always losing the great lap exiting the bridge or due to nerves in the final corners. Was using Calsterās ghost (34.8) 0,1 offset and was ahead of him several times just before the bridge but yeah, didnāt manage. I knew I would bail out (mentally check out) at a 35.1 even if a 34.8 or .9 was there, and thatās exactly it went in the end. The final search and push for a couple of tenths more would require too much energy and time that I didnāt feel like spending this time around.
Heavy fatigue with this car. No more, please. I think this was the 8th time? Correct me if Iām wrong.
For the December GTWS Tokyo grand final event, make the tie-in TT the sprint combo instead of the final main race, whatever that might be itāll surely be better.
Yet again a car weāve already driven in a TT. How are we doing repeats with so many unused cars still?
