That's another thing, you don't want to be first on the last lap because noone will help you. The ideal thing to do is lay back about 2-3 car lenghts behind the guy in front of you and once you get out of turns 2 or 4 draft up to him and if he tryes to block you just try and fake him. I'll try and get a video of that being done later today.👍
Unless your nose to tail with first place, you will never draft past anyone once you exit turn 4. This is a better technique:
Oh but I want to be first on the last lap, so they can overtake me on the back stretch, then I can over take them in turn 4, very seldomly do they ever caught me before the start finish line.
As a rule if I have a guy behind me at the start of the last lap, I let him draft me up to turn 1, then concede first place (easing off a little to get some distance between my car and the car infront). I then neatly tuck behind first place, and draft past at the exit of turn 2.
The guy behind will always retaliate and draft back into first. This is good, because it is better to be behind some one into turn 3, than have him behind you. as he takes his line, I take mine. I'm very fast on all of the corners, and can keep excellent speed on the yellow line, so it is easy to keep the car infront exactly where I want him. As turn four comes into view, I'm already drafting him, and by the exit, I am easily travelling faster than him for the sprint to the finish.
As another lead extender, I always come in high (above the racing line) to a low start line finish. This is good because the guy behind you will want to pick up your tow, but as he has to travel further to get to the finish line (and at a lower speed), you can guarantee finishing ahead.
One last thing, has anyone considered the idea of
'defensive drafting'? I don't know if this is an actual real world tactic (I've never seen a single NASCAR race), but in GT5
, it is an excellent way of shaking
'some' drivers off your tail.
I've only recently latched onto this technique, but at times, especially on the corners (and if I'm sure of the car and drivers ability), I will purposely manoeuvre my cars slipstream into the trailing car. If that driver is flat out behind, the extra burst of speed will cause him or her to rise to the wall, allowing me to gain both speed and distance on them as they try to counter the speed boost. This is a great distraction technique, and it can cause the amateurs to get an unwanted collision penalty! This technique works best on turns 3 and 4. On many occasions, I have exited turn 4, after having a car nose-to-tail with me on entering turn 3, only to extend a 1.5 second gap by the time I've crossed the finish line. 👍
Why thank you, kind sir... 
