Hehe, great to "be back", after missing quite a few races.
With such a long brake from GTL, I took a safe car to avoid trouble, the 906.
But boy did it feel like driving an Abarth at the start of every straight
The others just zooming away down the straight, no real possibility of forcing a pass on a track like this unless they made a mistake.
Of course, unlike the Abarth, the 906 corners really well, and has, I think, the shortest braking distance in the game. Maybe tied with Escort.
I tried a few setups, but took GH's Spa setup in the end. Very very easy to spin the car, both on the brakes and on the gas, but the benefit was it turned pretty good and stuck to a corner really well.
In the beginning there was always someone laying down a military grade smokescreen into that final tight righthander, making it hard to see where the track was
Was following a trio of cars the first few laps, but the others peeled away after a bit leaving Geoffers alone in my sights
I tried to put pressure on him when I could get near, but every time I had to slow down in a corner to avoid hitting him, he'd be far away at the end of the straight. I enjoyed our duel for a while, and finally Geoffers was a little late on the brakes into one of the faster corners, going wide and letting me pass on the inside. I was worried it wouldn't stick, but fortunately it did.
EDIT: Replace Pribeiro with Assasino below, I was a bit confused when writing.
After some mostly solo laps I came upon Pribeiro who was sliding around in his Vette. and I think I found the source of the earlier smokescreens
He let me pass once in much the same manner as Geoffers, but this time it didn't stick for very long. The Vette is just too fast on the straights. We caught up to 2nd place in a BMW (didn't catch the name), and I was hoping they'd cause each other to slow down enough and just maybe I could take advantage of that. It did happen eventually but only partly, as I got ahead of Prib but not the BMW. In retrospect, I should have backed down as to not slow Prib down here, their battle was my best chance of getting past both
We finished in the same order, all very close to one another. I was of course thinking, noo, just a few more laps, just a little more tire wear for them. Especially the Vette looked to be pretty tough on the tires.
All in all a very enjoyable race, even if I didn't have the most exciting car for this race. I would so have wanted a turbo boost button, or something to get a little more oomp down the straight.
