I have decided to go down the brutal route, and complete this with a DS3 - or least try and complete it.
The first time I drove that car was like nothing else, the acceleration, the braking, the fact it cornered at a ridiculous speed and ferocity.
Scared, no, intimidated, most definitely.
Monza was first, it's the easiest track by a mile - i've driven it on so many games I know it inside out - i even dated it's sister, thats how well I knew it. The first few laps were just insane, i just could not get the timing right on the corners, it was either smack into the armco or off onto the gravel. But the confidence grew, the first lap time was hovering in the 1:15's and the second in the 1:12's, there was work to do.
Gradually i eaked a bit here and there before something clicked and the time tumbled.
Lap 1 turned into a late 1:09, the pressure grew, each corner came and went, I was getting closer, lap 2? 1:04, blew my mind. My total time was in the 2:14's, with a DS3 controller!!
Then came the amount of experience, 300k, level 31 thank you very much.
Just 2 to go, piece of cake then
The Nurburgring was next, Suzuka can wait just that little bit longer. Straight away, the first corner kicked my backside, bit of a difference at 200mph
trying to work out if it was wiser to let the car off the track after the 2nd easy corner or brake a little more to keep the line. No two laps were the same.
The next major challenge became the Schumacher S which I could take at 140/150 as i feathered the throttle, i just wasnt brave enough yet. Watching the replay and seeing it taken at 200+ got me thinking, i can do this. The time slowly came down, I'd need a 1:12 on the first lap to stand a chance, which I could do , which didnt leave me much leeway for lap 2. And the amount of times I tried to be too clever on the last corner, give it too much throttle and too much turning to hit the armco. I actually managed to clip the grass on the final straight, hit the wall with a 100yards to go. How frustrating.
But it happened, Lap 1, 1:11.6, game on, each corner came and went, the Schumacher S was now taken at 200+ but I still feathered the throttle a little, I got round it. An easy left/right left me with the tight chicane, no risks here, no time here for late breaking. Last corner, no stupid bravado here, I nailed it, lap 2 1:10.9. Bronze by half a second.
Suzuka, well, um, what can i say, i'm not even closer, i need a wheel!
blimey!
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The other two I had gold on months ago. Finally got that "gold standard" trophy. 
