OK, the Lake Maggiore 30 lap endurance.
What a race.
The first two things I noticed were the car count (30 cars!) and the aggression of the AI. They aren’t pushovers like the GT AI from before - they will make an effort to overtake you and hold their positions.
The race is around an hour long, and you drive the 911 RSR, which sounds pretty good, and is a great car to drive.
The only problem is that I lost. As it’s an endurance race, you have to keep track of your tires and fuel throughout it. I was on my way to a Top 5 finish, but one of the AI cars hit my back end while accelerating out of a corner, resulting in me spinning now out and dropping from 5th to 17th place in moments...on lap 27.
What’s more, as I decided to switch to Medium tires around 7 laps before, their effective life was essentially over, so I had no rear tires for the last 2 laps of the race. In the end, I came 20th. Behind most, if not all of the Gr.3 cars in the race, but in front of all of the Gr.4 cars.
Even if I ended up losing an hour long race, I was too happy with everything else. The atmosphere, the track, the helicopters flying over. Truly astounding.
I had high hopes for this game already, but now? I literally can’t wait for October 18th.
Kaz, you have a winner here.