dropped to 14th or so, fought my way back upto behind DG and then had a cracking race long chase after him for the rest of the race, with us always between 0.3 and 2 secs lap after lap.
Yeah, that was a cracking fight with the gap ebbing and flowing; the 997 wasn't quite as quick down the straights as the Lambo but it looked to be a whole chunk more predictable in the braking zones. The Gallardo feels very much like the 360s did - great balance most of the time but prone to catch you out under braking and ready to throw you off with any momentary lapse of concentration.
Sorry to Ade during qually - I was first out of the pits and then stupidly threw away the advantage by losing the car under braking for the first chicane. I thought the full field had past and rejoined only to suddenly have you swerving round me.
We eventually found ourselves in 10th and 11th but then with just a few laps remaining DG and Toche had contact ahead and i scampered through to 10th place and seemingly with that in the bag.....
Not sure if Toche and I actually touched - with you right behind I knew I had to get past quickly and I thought I just pinched the corner off a bit too hard and lost control. Pity that because it spoiled yet another great battle between us.
Toche, have you seen the Start Here fourm? In particular this post?
Here at SRou, sportsmanship and consistency are valued more highly than outright pace.
As a rule of thumb, you should be able to turn consistent laps within about 10% of the SRou lap record in whatever class you're driving, so that (for instance) if the SRou lap record for a track is 1 minute 40 seconds, if you can consistently do 1:50s or better without falling off the track every few laps you should be fine.
When joining your first races here, remember the old adage: first, drive the car. We see a lot of new drivers who immediately start 'overdriving', trying to match the times of far more experienced members. You will learn very little if you keep going off and you will make yourself very unpopular among the regulars. Instead, stick to a pace you can sustain.
Expect to get lapped in your first few races, often multiple times, especially in Endurance events. Don't panic! Be predictable - stick to your normal racing line, don't lock your brakes, and allow the faster car to work its way past. Whatever you do, don't lift off or even brake on a straight with another car right behind you!
Welcome to SRou and good luck!
I was watching you in qually and to be perfectly honest you aren't quite ready to race online - your racing lines aren't, er, racing lines and as a result your speed through the corners is massively compromised and it makes you very unpredictable. Luckily this was only a test race but you really need to spend a few days or evenings just working through the in-game lessons and then just lapping steadily at a few tracks smoothing those lines out and using the full width of the track. It'll soon start to come together with a little practice.
Although the new cars were clearly faster, it won't actually take much to peg them back; I had a few laps scrapping with JPS and the fight wasn't massively different from some of the scraps we had in Season 8 between his GT3-RS and my 360 Modena.
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