@ Magburner - feel free to add me to your buddy list; maybe next time we can get it to last for more than a lap and a half
Do you tend to just race on the one track or do you mix it up a bit? Definately agree with your comments on the Evo (cue new thread...haha) but I've had some good races with a few Evo drivers as well./QUOTE]
Sure thing pal! 👍 I was going to add you last night, but I got home from work, had a race and crashed out for the night! I woke up at 4am with the TV and PS3 still on!
I'm looking forward to racing you again, because I like the battles more than winning. Don't get me wrong, I love winning, but having a nice little battle with a driver about the same skill level or a little better is sublime! 👍
Same for me, I need to watch how I deal with overtaking though, especially on Daytona and High Speed Ring, because I slipstream someone and then slam the brakes to get down to my lower cornering speed and wham! Sometimes its their fault, sometimes its mine. Some people need to learn that not all cars can go the same speeds around a corner, although I probably need to learn this too.
Daytona is becoming a bone of contention with me since the last update because I can race that track even faster than before, but the inexperienced racers out there make racing this (anything but simple) oval a real drag at times.
For instance, last night I was drafting first place into turn 1, and I was easily doing in excess of 200mph. There was a GT40 Test car in my tow, that had followed me down the straight (and through the pack). I know he had the possibility of eclipsing my speed before the turn, but I thought my superior corner entry skills would prevail. They did, but he must of drafted me until there was almost no daylight between us, and shot past me low on the inside.
I decided to hold steady on the racing line easing off the accelerator, and spooling down my speed until I was close to 190mph - my target apex speed for turn 2. The guy in the GT40 had skilfully managed to to bring his car back onto the racing line about one and a half car lengths ahead. I assumed he would ease off slightly, and then power out of the apex as I was intending to do, but no, he applied his brakes fully!
At speeds in excess of 190mph, there is nothing much you can do to avoid that kind of reckless behaviour. I couldn't swerve to avoid him, my steering was locked on the racing line. I couldn't brake, because there were cars behind, so I took the only option available to me, and that was to accelerate into the back of him. I could of free-wheeled into the back of him, but that carries risks, and would more often than not, cause a RWD car to bobble, and the back could swing out.
Levelling the accelerator at 50% (a deft feat on a sixaxis in a split second), I aimed for right centre of his car (to send him slightly down towards the apex). Unfortunately, I hit left centre, and sent him flying off to the crash barriers.
I thought about stopping to let him regain his place, but as this was entirely of his own doing, I chose to carry on the race. That guy exited the race, and I went on to finish in first. I think I made the right decision under the circumstances. Remember, what I described happened in the space of probably 1-2 seconds.
- thought it only fair I wait until you got back on the track.
I don't know about you, but I'm finding that Evo's are fast becoming the new 'Elises' Of GT5
. Thanks for taking the time to apologise, and good luck out there! 
