Is anyone using the RX-Vision? Set my fastest single practise lap in it but it was all a bit too Tokyo Drift. Didn't have a chance to do a long test run so wary of the tyre deg.
Good, see below. Good on fuel and tyres, but can be snappy if you have a heavy foot. Also tends to have random understeer, but when do I not?
Qualified 1st in 911, 1:39.5…..The BRZ drivers behind me were a 1.5s slower. I was considering doing 5s/7m, but I decided to go hard no stop…hopefully fuel will be enough.
I kept first place for a lap and on end of lap 2, dropped to 3rd. It was still good and my win until lap 3 I got shoved on the dirt by an Emirati driver dropping me to the middle-end of the back at p12 and I had to climb back up, lost around 10sec.
The race ended with me 2nd, but I can’t help feel utter crap about it. The first only overtook me on lap 11, and I was only 2.2s behind. Should been an easy win.
How are the rules made? If I try a second time and get a worse result, will the last attempt be counted instead?
Yes, your last result is what counts. If you win slot 1 and come 16th slot 2 it's slot 2's result that counts. Keep your 2nd.
Once again I had to claw back up from an early incident. And I'm afraid my streak of 5th's is over.
Equalled my practice lap of a 41:00, but it was only good enough for 11th. My start was good. I had the run on the BRZ into turn 1 thanks to my better speed but cold hards meant I went too deep and they went back up my inside. However I quickly caught the 4 cars fighting towards the gantry. I went for a Hamilton and the inside line. The car from turn 1 tried to be Rosberg but they bounced off me. However they still tried to force their way in through the middle of me and another BRZ on the outside. Thankfully I came out unscathed with a 4 place overtake. 😏
But the tyre disparity and car difference meant I went too deep into the left at the bottom of the hill and the BRZ went back up the inside. Unfortunately the car started to slide. This meant the other following BRZ had nowhere to go but into my rear quarter. Around I went. Thankfully for once I faced the right way and avoided another spin to get back on track DFL. The game played joker and gave me penalty for track limits.
With a lap I was back on the tail of the cars ahead. I passed last who struggled pacewise. Then the next car ran wide through the last corner. The next lap cars started to pit and I gained places left right and centre. The guy who had set the fastest lap closed on me. Very respectfully they did not force the move but I allowed them around the outside of T3. I started to close on an AMG ahead. I knew it would be worse on tyres than me. But another BRZ started to close again. The Italian who had passed me pit again.
Lap 11 and I was close enough to make a move into T1 and he played fair and made sure we both lost as little time as possible by reading the situation.
I then used him as a rear gunner and pulled away. On the last lap I caught a BRZ who was really struggling. However the one behind also caught me. I decided to not fight the one behind in the hope they'd make an opening for the one ahead. It worked. Into the long right of 12 we both went underneath. However the guy ahead then went wide in 13 and practically stopped. So I gained 4th just before the last corner and brought it home!
Again I wonder were I would have ended up without the spin. Best result of the season so very happy.
What's with the penalties at Campsa? I got one for barely running wide (thanks understeer) but saw many run wider without a penalty.
Also in the replay I noticed the jets give out a 2nd smokescreen. Entertaining the fans in the main grandstand perhaps?
My lobby was packed with BRZs and 911s, with only me, a Mercedes and a McLaren daring to use something else.
