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OK, I'm not attentive enough to make the amazing observations that Der Alta and some of the others do. But here's my shot at one:
Seattle Enduro
My car: Evo VI RS, heavily modded - 430hp, Stage III lightweight, 6 spd (set to #25), full race suspension. Stabilty Control=1, TCS=2. Total of about 100,000cr spent on the car including retail purchase.
Strategy: Medium Slicks, pit after laps 8, 16, 24, and 32.
I actually bothered to qualify because I wanted to tune the car setup. I started in 3rd.
Competition (in start order): AC Cobra, Viper GTS, me, Corvette GS, Mustang SVT, Camaro SS.
GO: The field spread out fairly quickly. The Cobra ran away from the pack and disappeared. The Viper and I were evenly matched, and traded 2nd back and forth for a few laps. In the meantime, the Cobra pitted after 2 or maybe 3 laps, so the Viper and I were then trading the lead. The Viper pitted at 5 laps, widening my small lead. I pitted after 8 laps, allowing the Viper to get back in front of me. I made a righteous pass in the right hander at the top of the hill on lap 9, and took the lead for good.
The Cobra was inhumanly fast on fresh tires but pitted constantly, which eventually put him in last place. The Viper was my closest competition and hounded me for a while. I could gain about 2-3 seconds per lap on him, plus he pitted every 5 laps, which steadily widened my margin. The Corvette GS pitted every 8 laps like I did but was usually 20 seconds behind me in 2nd or 3rd. I don't know when the Mustang or Camaro pitted but it was probably every 6-8 laps. My tires seemed to wear off blue right away, but the stay at green~>yellow for 6 laps or so. I pitted after 8 laps with the back tires light orange and the fronts dark orange, except once I had made a big mistake and cooked the fronts to red.
I lapped the Cobra on lap 20, and the Camaro SS around lap 28.
FINISH:
Evo VI: 1:10:45, best lap 0:1:40, avg. about 0:1:45 including pit stops.
Viper GTS: +0:0:53
Corvette GS: +0:1:13
Mustang SVT: +0:1:15
Camaro SS: +0:1:47 (down one lap)
AC Cobra: +0:1:55 (down one lap)
I won the Tommy ZZII road car, which looks to be awesome for the Super Speedway Enduro. I haven't driven it yet but I'm eager to! Sorry this isn't as thorough as some of the other writeups but it's late and I didn't take notes...
Seattle Enduro
My car: Evo VI RS, heavily modded - 430hp, Stage III lightweight, 6 spd (set to #25), full race suspension. Stabilty Control=1, TCS=2. Total of about 100,000cr spent on the car including retail purchase.
Strategy: Medium Slicks, pit after laps 8, 16, 24, and 32.
I actually bothered to qualify because I wanted to tune the car setup. I started in 3rd.
Competition (in start order): AC Cobra, Viper GTS, me, Corvette GS, Mustang SVT, Camaro SS.
GO: The field spread out fairly quickly. The Cobra ran away from the pack and disappeared. The Viper and I were evenly matched, and traded 2nd back and forth for a few laps. In the meantime, the Cobra pitted after 2 or maybe 3 laps, so the Viper and I were then trading the lead. The Viper pitted at 5 laps, widening my small lead. I pitted after 8 laps, allowing the Viper to get back in front of me. I made a righteous pass in the right hander at the top of the hill on lap 9, and took the lead for good.
The Cobra was inhumanly fast on fresh tires but pitted constantly, which eventually put him in last place. The Viper was my closest competition and hounded me for a while. I could gain about 2-3 seconds per lap on him, plus he pitted every 5 laps, which steadily widened my margin. The Corvette GS pitted every 8 laps like I did but was usually 20 seconds behind me in 2nd or 3rd. I don't know when the Mustang or Camaro pitted but it was probably every 6-8 laps. My tires seemed to wear off blue right away, but the stay at green~>yellow for 6 laps or so. I pitted after 8 laps with the back tires light orange and the fronts dark orange, except once I had made a big mistake and cooked the fronts to red.
I lapped the Cobra on lap 20, and the Camaro SS around lap 28.
FINISH:
Evo VI: 1:10:45, best lap 0:1:40, avg. about 0:1:45 including pit stops.
Viper GTS: +0:0:53
Corvette GS: +0:1:13
Mustang SVT: +0:1:15
Camaro SS: +0:1:47 (down one lap)
AC Cobra: +0:1:55 (down one lap)
I won the Tommy ZZII road car, which looks to be awesome for the Super Speedway Enduro. I haven't driven it yet but I'm eager to! Sorry this isn't as thorough as some of the other writeups but it's late and I didn't take notes...