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After a few days off, I went right into the deep end, practicing for the GTWS. While waiting for the 7 pm CST slot, I took my third 3-star marathon Wheel of Despair of 10 (and pending the Plus run, 7th of 19 - my last report on Saturday included the Weekly Challenge tickets), which puked out a racing muffler for a car where I can at least use it.
I wore door #9 in my all-D/S lobby, with 11 points going to the winner. I really dislike this track, enough that, even had I not given up on qualifying, I wouldn't have. My top practice time of sub-1:49 would have easily taken the pole, but instead, I started 15th, the first of 2 cars to not take a time. There is an issue with penalties - the eventual winner (the other car to not take a time) had a multi-second penalty on the first lap, and he decided to take his pit stop while serving that penalty, saving several seconds, though not enough to fully explain his 12.5-second win.
As for my race, that threw my strategy of stopping on lap 1 out the window, so I stopped on lap 4 instead, not taking tires. I worked my way up to 6th, then 5th decided to pull over on the straight on the last lap; I wouldn't have got by otherwise. Thanks to somebody forgetting to stop, I finished 4th, grabbing 9 points.
For cash, I hit Sardegna with the Lexus SC430 GT500. Ho-hum. I also made sure my time trial times were still silver.
On the Plus account, I went to the 2008 Nissan GT-R GT500 for the Sardegna grind. At least the marathon Wheel of Despair wasn't yet another 3-star, though the 4-star gave the lowest-possible 10,000 Cr.
I wore door #9 in my all-D/S lobby, with 11 points going to the winner. I really dislike this track, enough that, even had I not given up on qualifying, I wouldn't have. My top practice time of sub-1:49 would have easily taken the pole, but instead, I started 15th, the first of 2 cars to not take a time. There is an issue with penalties - the eventual winner (the other car to not take a time) had a multi-second penalty on the first lap, and he decided to take his pit stop while serving that penalty, saving several seconds, though not enough to fully explain his 12.5-second win.
As for my race, that threw my strategy of stopping on lap 1 out the window, so I stopped on lap 4 instead, not taking tires. I worked my way up to 6th, then 5th decided to pull over on the straight on the last lap; I wouldn't have got by otherwise. Thanks to somebody forgetting to stop, I finished 4th, grabbing 9 points.
For cash, I hit Sardegna with the Lexus SC430 GT500. Ho-hum. I also made sure my time trial times were still silver.
On the Plus account, I went to the 2008 Nissan GT-R GT500 for the Sardegna grind. At least the marathon Wheel of Despair wasn't yet another 3-star, though the 4-star gave the lowest-possible 10,000 Cr.
)... Sophy is much better than the original AI, but I did notice that it has a tendency to use the whole track - arguably correct strategy, but at Le Mans, that means going way over the white lines onto parts of the track that are not normally used i.e. the sides of the track down Hunaudieres, that back in GT Sport would have earned you a penalty or voided your lap time. Still, it is a marked improvement in terms of unpredictability, though I felt the original AI was a bit more realistic insomuch as there was less bunching up of cars, and less cars taking unusual lines or making unexpected moves - you could always trust the original AI to do what it did!
) and the 356A.
Will do my best to get back in the "Yellow" club as soon as possible.
