Improved my PB in qually, so I'm pleased with that. I really hope Felix' time was with a tow, as I have no idea how I could squeeze half a second out of it
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I bogged down at the start, but so did Fabri infront of me, so I didn't lose too many places.
After the start I was right behind FMG and Porco and then I realised just how wide these cars are.
So. Had it not been for flinching at Jeffery appearing alongside me into T1 then I reckon Operation:Eco-Warrior might have pulled it off
Sorry if I went a bit too far from the curb, I actually lifted off twice. Once before the turn and once at entry as for some reason it just wouldn't turn in, eventhough it's an easy flat even on cold tyres
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In Lesmo 1 Porco had a moment and I could get in his draft at the back straight. Before the race I was hoping for a NASCAR-esqua type of race, with constant slipstreaming and overtaking, so I knew that making a mistake would be detrimental for the race. So ofcourse I ran wide at Parabolica in the first lap, dropping me to 10th or something
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After a few laps I was slowly catching Alexey and I was looking forward to the drafting battle...but he pitted when I got close...fun denied
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To my surprise, the mediums only lasted 10 minutes before the got yellow. What's the point of that compund then? I thought they would last atleast 20 minutes, as hards lasted the whole race at Mugello and this should be easy on the tyres. Decided to pit with 30 minutes to go and switch to hards and I immediatly improved my laptimes, eventhough I had more fuel and a harder compound. Are those medium tyres bugged, or was I just not able to get them to work? If I knew hards would be better from the start, I would have gone for hard/softs.
I think the pitcrew uses teacups to full the tank, as 16 litres of fuel took just as long as changing 4 tyres.
The laps after the pitstop were quite lonely, with Ceolmor in the distance. Lap by lap I was able to nibble a bit of time off and after a while I was finally able to get close, just as we came across Frex. We had an awesome looking 3 car draft heading into Parabolica and I was able to use Frex to hold off Ceolmor.
When others made their stop I was surprised to find myself in 4th with FMG infront of me. I realised by his pace and his position that he must have gone for the no stop strategy. Because he coasted very early I found it really hard to get close, as I didn't want to plow into him. With 2 laps to go I finally got him into Lesmo 1 and I thought I'd be safe from there on, but then saw we were in the final lap and I knew he'd probably saved enough fuel to give it a final push. He almost had me in the last corner, but there is so little grip on the outside at Parabolica, as I found out myself in lap 1.
Grats to Felix for another amazing pace. I have no idea what you've been eating lately, but you are uncatchable
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I really liked the natural strategies that were possible without forcing a stop or adding multipliers.
Regarding fuel at pit stops:- if you have 50L selected in the pit stop menu, does it literally add 50L or does it detect what you have left in the tank and top you up to 50L? ie you stop with 10L left and the pit crew throw in another 40? I ask as I stopped a couple of laps earlier than needed hoping the stop would be shorter.
I think you can change what it does in a config file, but default it's adding fuel. So for me I calculated 115 litres maximum for the race, so I started with 99L and added 16L (number 16 was in my pit window).
I prefer it when it says the amount beind added instead of the amount you'll have when you exit, as then you can enter the pitlane at any time without needing to recalculate.
