Ok a very
quick recap to keep with the tradition
Race 1 - Survival of the Slowest - I won! But that's because: a)
@Madbigdog disconnected in front of me; b) then
@Napalm_LT spun in front of me; c) then
@richroo overtook us both and 3 seconds later he spun ... in front of me. I don't think I had any kind of secret weapon glued to the front bumper (laser beam, or something ...) but if I had ... well I used it
Race 2 - A Bridge Too Far - Best of the maxi-rest was my fate. Well, that is if you don't count Duarte's exploits with that same car, keeping close to the Audis until ... another disconnect. Was pretty happy with that 3rd place, pity I got a litle distracted in the first lap and an off-track aventure put me dead last and quite a distance from everyone else. It was a good recovery though, not enough for the mighty duo in the Audis (
@half_sourly and raeggee), doing a great battle to the end. I needed maybe 5 more laps to get in contention but even though I tried to get a race extension with a couple of in-race PMs to
@Zolon32 he decided to be a spoilsport and didn't give them
Moving on to next week's races
Thanks for clearing it all up Zolon. I needed it because again I am traveling tomorrow and will only return home next Sunday. So today was my first and last chance to check the cars/track.
Found the Lotus very surprisingly nice to drive, very forgiving and well balanced. Going from that to the Porsche 936 was a very difficult transition. The Porsche is NOT a forgiving car, when that Turbo kicks in it's anyone's guess where the front of the car will be pointing to one nanosecond later.
In any case, I want to share with you the most amazing experience I had with battling an AI with these cars. I think I found a correct setting for them, at least concerning my own skill, because that setting is 79% skill (so they don't setup their cars) and 100% aggression. The result is fantastic. I don't want to bore you all but take a look at this replay video I captured from just 3 laps (in a 20 minutes race that was 90% spent locked a battle that I couldn't shake no matter how hard I tried)
In the first lap you will see a full Les Combes (chicane at the top of the straight) side-by-side. In the second lap you will see me lose the lead at that same spot. In the third lap you will see a full-on-enraged battle. But always amazingly realistic, just Fast forward whatever you don't want to see and mind the overtakings or attempts at it. Hard to tell that was an AI I was racing with.
That's all from me, see you next monday!