A great race for me. New pb in qual landed 3rd on the grid, only just! Outstarted by Matt and surprised by his pace on L1; I frankly couldn't keep up. Geoffers close behind, but midway through the lap, Dan got past him, which had me worried. He went off (the edge of the world..) before he could become a threat, unfortunately. Later passed an overturned Dimitar, putting me in 3rd again. Early on L2, I found Matt stranded in a ditch, elevating me to 2nd.
Geoffers vanished around Flugplatz I believe, leaving me all alone and in my own thoughts. Thus unprepared for Dimitar suddenly catching up. His driving had me worried he would try a kamikaze overtake in a place where it really wasn't possible. Completely threw my lines, making me bump over curbs, slowing him even more than I already did. Should have let him pass, but then we are racing...
I thought his eventual overtake at the end of the lap was rather elegant, so no apologies needed for that (and yes, I did have higher tyre pressure, if you used the setup you uploaded
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Matt had inched closer under my shenanigans with Dimitar, and despite pushing as hard as I dared, he was a shadow I couldn't shake - in fact his car was growing in my mirrors. Saw him go off and thought it would buy me a breather, but seemingly worked as a shortcut, since he got even closer! Passed a stranded Dimitar early on the final lap, and later Matt went off & retired. Great shame that a great chase should end that way
In Dimitar's video, you can see the strange phenomenon I reported earlier: While he's stationary, with engine off, his left front tyre keeps getting hotter, and tyre wear continues to grow. Seems a lot of the retirements were due to cars getting stuck in the ground - a glitch of the track, or perhaps in combo with this car?
Dimitar, if you make the change I suggested last week, you won't have to exit to save the replay - the new one will just get a new timestamp in the name and the old one is kept. You do get a lot of replays with it, as every session produces one with a unique timestamp in the name, including the hotlap, if you make one. They don't take up much space though, and you can always delete those you don't want to keep.