Last night was a little crazy for me, hadn't expected to be able to make it, but I did, with no practice. Turned up in time to have a minute of practice in qualifying, but unable to record a time, started last on the grid behind Sureshot.
As the race started, I let Sureshot pull away a bit and generally took the first corner super slow as I expected pandemonium, and thats what happened. Even though I was driving so slowly, I still didn't manage to avoid the pile-up, with a Toyota spinning in front of me and breaking my front left wheel off, in the slowest fashion ever.
Anyway, for the rest of the race I just drove as carefully as possible, kept ahead of the AI and attempted to catch magburner and Sureshot just ahead of me. Made oodles of mistakes but in the end managed to catch magburner in the closing laps after he had a few crashes. I was so relieved to at least hold onto that last points position!
I don't think I took anyone out that race either which I'm fairly pleased with considering the conditions and how little practice I'd had. I'll have to start practicing again for these races just in case I do manage to get there in time for them.
Ardius, I know this is a bit early, but what will the next race's weather be?
Dry, I want to be annoying again but I feel like being nice this week
When I cut a corner and get a penalty am I semi/invisible? In other words, last night when I had a penalty I moved over out of the racing line assuming that if I didn't I would slow the drivers behind me down.
Also what kind of laptime am I shooting for at the GGP? Currently I'm averaging High 1:17's to low 1:18's fastest being a 1:16 (outlap).
I noticed when I started the race I get a prompt with the tracks fastest lap of 55 seconds. Is this real?
Yeah, if you get a penalty, you are "ghosted" like the AI and people can drive through you. However, I think most drivers would appreciate it if you did move off the racing line just because its just a little less stuff to think about as you enter a corner, having to decide whether to try and avoid your car may cause someone to go off or at least distract. You could also cause a collision if you suddenly un-ghosted in front of someone else.
As for the laptimes - people managed those when the online mode was glitched I believe and people could cheat and achieve impossible times. Something to do with penalties not working or something? I wasn't around on this game when it was happening so I don't know the details.