I managed to do 5 pitstops in a race yesterday and ended up 8th out of 11 😄
I'm still a little bitter about that one 😭 I swear it is slower than the normal track but it looked really bad because they all slowed down so much.
I don't know how you can "drive" this way. Total arcade move but you're certainly quick at it so who am I to comment. Has anyone ever drive this way in the world champs?
What shortcut was that?
BRacer (Who recently won in the world series) drives in chase cam, TsuTsu who's been there many times also plays in chase cam. You'd be surprised over the years how many have. There's also been drivers at finals using the gyro feature of the pad and the 1st year finals Akagi only used their right foot (For braking and accelerating).
I guess Fanatec doesn't want us to know that when they have there name over all their gear and rigs at the show. LOL.
And I thought mine looked red!
This falls into the "Take the shortcut at the Daytona RC chicane and not get punished enough by the penalty for it to punish the player properly" category.
I remember that now. Classic!
I remember that now. Classic!
This reminds me that you can cut Variente del Rettifilo at Monza if you go fast enough on certain races without a penalty.
PD patched my one out pretty quickly. The Daytona one is a real shame because the fix is worse than the original problem, now if you're racing on the oval and get pushed below the yellow line you know you only have so many seconds to get back on the track so people force their way in instead of taking their time and blending in neatly.
I've seen something similar in the past, I wonder if everyone sees that time or just you, and did you have a unserved penalty when the race ended (I did), I'm wondering if this is a way PD are applying penalties to cars which don't finish so they can drop places that isn't displaying correctly.
I drive in chase cam and it is brilliant for awareness during lap 1 turn 1 chaos. Additionally, I am able to to time my brakes perfectly and avoid incidents while following someone because I can always see what is going in front of them (Someone further ahead braked early? I can also brake early and avoid contact, or change lane and brake on time to overtake) (a crash just happened or is imminent, I know how to avoid it).
I never did that but based on my experience this week so far, I would say that tire life is a massive factor. So the wets will be slower both on the dry patch and on the wet patch due to having worn out more.
P5, P6, you, and everyone below you ran out of time. You are shown finishing time of only you. Others are shown as "running...". Weird PD logic. @GOTMAXPOWER does not know the answer because he has never been in this situation.
Brilliant recovery! Love to see those recovery drives at the green hell. Now that you have driven both the Porsche and the 4C, which one are you picking next time onward?
I've never finished a race outside the time limit without a tonne of penalties, at that point they're freebies 😀P5, P6, you, and everyone below you ran out of time. You are shown finishing time of only you. Others are shown as "running...". Weird PD logic. @GOTMAXPOWER does not know the answer because he has never been in this situation.
No penalty.
This makes sense.
In the dry I canQT in the 911 faster but in race the 4C was the better drive but next time I’ll probably try something different, like the Lexus or Renault. Nice thing about being ranked lower than what I should probably be (once i reach my ability) is that it is allowing me to play with different cars rather than focusing on just getting good with one and staying with that.
These have described the three races I’ve been in so far.
If you take the Renault and it stays dry, the non-stop is very difficult. I just failed doing that, ending up crawling over the finish line on P13 after celebrating already my great strategy which moved me up several positions. I had short shifted the whole race and also put up fuel consumption to 3 very often and still managed to fail... It was close though, means of course it is possible. Give the car a try, it feels great. I am sure the 4C is also fun
I did say to you yesterday that even topping off with fuel at the end of lap 1 you still won't stretch it out unless you play with the fuel map. I did 4 dry races in it yesterday and pitted at the end of lap 3 in every 1 just so I could keep it at map 1 as the Renault struggles for top speed. I was getting destroyed on the straights but could easily catch anything in the twisty bits. The wet is where it really comes into its own 👍
I had another one, probably the trickiest so far.
I agree but it is also more fun that I could have imagined, even with the times I have been driving by myself. If it was dry all the time I might not like it but with the weather and tire strategy you are always guessing as to what to do and if you get it wrong you can still hope that others have as well and that they have their own mishaps allowing you to catch up in the length of the race.
this happened to me; I would swear that I passed before the yellow banner, and of course the offending car is ghosted anyway, but no, 3 seconds for you....I was really enjoying staying on AFC's tail almost all the time until I got a yellow flag penalty because a driver in front of me got reset (likely due to cutting a corner) and I got ahead of him briefly as there was no yellow flag indicator. Turns out that it was still yellow flag condition.
Sounds like you gave the no stop a great shot. I raced this morning, just before heading off to work and I actually had a dry run, which allowed me to give the no stop a try. The guy in P2 was an A+ BMW driver, we've had a few close battles this week, so I knew this was going to be a tough race. I started the race in fuel map 6 in the procession period before the lights go green. This is vital to keeping the consumption down for the rest of the lap. The temptation is to try and gap the car behind, but you really need to run your own race, as it will pay off later. I think the M6 driver passed me before the end of lap 1 and I just sat behind him, saving fuel. I was going into fuel map 2-3 on down hill sections and on The Dottinger. I was hitting sub 8 minite laps from lap 2 to 5. I was about 2 seconds behind the M6 by the end of lap 5 and I got scared, thinking he was also going for a no stop. Turns out he pitted at the end of lap 5, which meant I could relax and bring it home with no pressure. I finished the race in 48:06 and 0 fuel left. My 30th win and a great start to the day!
