i got a good 6 seconds out of the car via the garage .
I would say that if you tried the original setup again you could get within a second of your PB. If you gained 6 seconds, it's more likely to be your driving, and getting to know the track, more than it is the setup.
The race was excellent as far as I was concerned - no 1FPS bug all evening, I haven't had it in GTR for a while now. I'm running in high priority mode now, and I suspect that might be making the difference, although I'm not sure.
Got onto the front row with a time fractionally slower than Shark's. Possibly if the lap was perfect I could've got another couple of tenths, but not too much more, certainly not half a second.
Race started, and I stuck with Shark for a while - those chicanes are scary when you're following someone! You just have no idea where it is, you simply have to trust that the car in front has got it right. I got past Shark about lap 5 after he made a small mistake at the end of the first complex - thanks for yielding there, going into the chicane 2 wide is never pretty, heh
Tried to settle into a rhythm after that, but sadly a misunderstanding meant I hit Don1 just after the 1st fast chicane. Sorry Don, I thought you would hold your line
just one of those things I think. Rejoined a few seconds behind the leaders in 3rd.
Managed to make it up slowly, until a couple of stutters coming out of the final chicane threw my car, and I lost a couple of seconds. This also dropped me behind Shark again.
We made our way up to the leaders - and running virtually line astern, Shark clouted the 1st chicane tyres, and Zacari must have spun off in surprise at the next corner, LOL. Which left me a few seconds in the lead.
Didn't really go at 100% from there on in - pitted lap 27 - it was going to be 25, but I had a clear track so thought I'd make the most of it - a great pitstop and I ended up 20 seconds in front of Shark. Cruising now, with 17 laps or so to go - the gap came down at a second or so a lap until a few laps later, Shark must have gone off again, because the gap jumped again, and I was safe. Cruised from there on home.
Shame about Shark's 1FPS, and Luis's engine. Hopefully someone can get the bugs sorted, because it's ruining what is a great online game.
Thanks guys