Special Events - ring with 4c and p1...

[GTAQV]

I've run the 4c on the ring a few times in order to beat 8:04 time, but so far i haven't succeeded.
I find it hard, theoretically i can make it, but it's very hard not making multiple little mistakes on such a long track.

On the other day while I've been progressing a bit, getting used to the car and knowing how to tackle the track a bit better with the 4c, i decided to decompress a bit from the hard work, so i decided to try the special event of the p1 on the same track.

On my first try, i spun and crashed but managed to end the lap just one second beyond the "gold" (6:51 i think), then gave it another shot and at my second try i had beat the gold by more than 10 seconds...

These was very surprising since i wasn't used to the car and was driving almost half concentrated...

Have you guys noticed this discrepancy in the difficulty of these special events?

 

[research]

I may try this out over the weekend. Interesting that there may exist such a discrepancy in the difficulty level..

 

[Kurei]

Something to note about the P1 event (6:45 is my PB on road tires, recently 'verified' with a repeat 6:46), the track grip is set at 'Optimum', which is waaay more forgiving than a realistic 'Green' setting, which is more befitting of the Nordschleife, given it is a 'public road' & therefore hardly ever 'rubbered-in'.

Also it's in Germany - where it's usually cold & more 'damp'. (At least according to one of the devs over at the official support forums), and I want to say the event's track-temp is raised a bit too, to be more 'grippy' or forgiving, depending how you look at it.

I have had similar difficulty with the 4c though, and I think the track settings are different too (I want to say darker/colder/stormy) - but haven't put anywhere near the same amount of time or effort as I did the P1, and I left it on the Semi-slick tires even.