So happy with my performance in this one. I guess it's only the first or second time I finish a race in Bremgarten. It's rather difficult to survive such a tough track!
Dropped down to 4th after the start and tried to be extremely cautious in the first laps. I had a scary moment in the 1st lap when my game froze for about 2 seconds. Luckily, I had just entered a short straight section, which allowed me not to crash.
I was able to get past Clive and Jonny at the same place in different laps, but my first laps after getting the lead were not so easy. It was difficult to get some concentration and I almost lost everything whenI hit the bales in the last hairpin. Then I could finally set a good pace and bring the car home. I was in doubt whether I would race the Maserati or get some tokens with the Connaught. But in the end I think I made the right choice. Choosing the latter one would make me push so much harder trying to be competitive and I would probably crash.
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About the keyboard thing...
I think every driving method can have its advantages and drawbacks. When it comes to keyboarding, it depends
A LOT on the track you are racing.
For example, on track with such fast corners like Tripoli and Bremgarten I can be rather competitive, because there's no extreme braking or accelerations. And it also depends a lot on the mod we are racing. It's a fact that with the slower cars (55 or 65) I can have a better performance because there's less wheelspin. You can watch any race with the 67s and you'll see that I have no chance against many top drivers in most of the tracks. Doing a 1:26 in Monaco, for example, is something impossible with a keyboard. And I see many drivers who can do 25 or even 24.
One thing that I truly believe is that it's impossible to be faster with a keyboard than with a wheel in, let's say, 90% of the times, or more. Take the GPL rank, for instance. I currently have the best keyboard rank (as far as I know) with -46 in the 1967 cars. It's a quite "normal" level when you see that, with a wheel, there's a bunch of drivers who have better numbers, some even breaking the -80/-90 barrier.
It all comes to how I develop my driving style with the years. Knowing the limitations of a keyboard, I learned how to be the smoothest possible. Any unnecessary movement on the "steering wheel" on a keyboard means precious tenths of second lost. I have some replays of hotlaps on Youtube, but those are outdated. You can see me doing it better watching some current replays. You can also see how I use the throttle as a way to help me make corners and avoid working too much on the steering.
"So why don't you buy a wheel?", many people ask me. I haven't done that yet because I learned to enjoy the challenge of keyboard. In Buenos Aires, for example, last race of the season, I will have a hard time to get on the podium in normal conditions because of the characteristics of the circuit. But it's still a lot of fun to battle against yourself to improve your laptimes and finish in such conditions.
There is no doubt that Raoni is a young and very good driver!
Yes! I'm only 32. Quite young, taking into account that most GPL fans are 50 or more
Test it by driving Curva Grande, how few/many steering impulses you need if you try...
Actually, you need almost no steering there
It all comes to how well you enter the corner and control your sliding. I just use the steering to get into and some fast 'clicks' to keep the car going during the corner.
By the way, I should film my driving one day to show how weird it is. Some will think I'm a lunatic
