Sweet. I'm also looking forward to trying this if it's more pad sensitive cos with traction on even 1 it really limits the revs coming out of a corner.

So the rental car feature works nicely and the rear wheel drive Radical certainly feels less wheel spinny than I think it would've had done. It has lots of grip as you'd expect from a track car and I was able to dial the TCS right off. I think Laguna Seca is a really nice circuit. You really have to drive it though. Brake early and  power through the corners to get the best out of it and the Radical is great for that and I could feel my confidence increase. Annoyingly though qualifying laps didn't count towards my daily mileage total?? Anyway Qualified 3rd for my first time and I was pretty pleased with that.

Dreadful start (maybe due to the TCS being off.. might dial it back in for the start and then off before the first corner going forward). Dropped too 11th and had to start carefully working my way back through the pack (No penalties all race) and was going well but punted straight off at the corkscrew.. I guess someone miss timed their braking point. So the task of working my way back through the pack began again.. it's a good circuit for over taking as a lot of people leave the braking too late and then understeer wide or then can't get on the power early and that means you can get a good run on them. Relatively incident free and that left me 5th over all.

Tried Race B next and selected the Peugeot RCZ as the guy in last weeks video said it's good on the brakes. No one else chose it and it's a very technical course with a lot of heavy braking and fast sweepers.. anyway qualified 12th (by some way my worst qualifying result ever) anyway made 6 places by the end. Another penalty free race for me. It's really satisfying when someone hits you and then get's a massive 5 second penalty and you just sail past them when it's applied. I'm sure there's more time in the Altezza which is the most popular car being used.

Looking forward to trying Race C later.

Bob wrote:

Annoyingly though qualifying laps didn't count towards my daily mileage total??

This is annoying, but intentional. Only race miles count.

Back half of that race was clean as fuck, kudos. Also lol Senna was fucking filthy.

Did it constantly try to show you a video about racing clean drum?

drumbeg wrote:

Yeah, got that video first time I went into Sport mode yesterday. Watched the full thing. It hasn't played it again.

Ah so until I watch the whole thing it's going to keep trying to make me watch it?

What times do you play online?

Yeah usually after 11. Day time possible in Wednesday. Totally understand I'm only available when the wifes asleep

Knew this clown was not going to give up the podium place, so had to bluff him with the left/right shimmy.  Feigned the left side overtake and then went right.

Yoss has a PS5 now? Crikey.

First German Senna, now Spanish Francis. When I was racing online, the absolute worst were the French, guaranteed to be dirty bastards. Thought we left Europe so we didn't have to deal with people like that anymore.

He did hit the barrier. Alas, it didn't cost him another place.

I've had this happen on the home straight before, but it cost me a place and it went unpunished. Seems to be a blind spot in the penalty system for sure.

French are 100% the worst in terms of Sportsmanship so far. I did drop down to a B SR though, so trying to fight my way back out into the good books.

There’s a radar view you can select between your f
Dials?

Got my rating up to a !

Tee hee hee

So I've gotten my SR rating up to A which I'm pleased with and managed to get a 2nd place after starting sixth on Race B in the Subaru. My in race lap times smashed my qualifying time..don't know whether that's just because i'm getting better at the track or that the pressure to qualify was off or just I was following the lines of the guy in front. Anyway I'm sure my maiden win can't be far off.

My DR stubbonly sticks at D though. I'm working on that. I'm really really enjoying the Sport mode. it's by far the best online experience I've had with randoms.. mostly people race cleanly and it feels like proper racing. Love it when you pressure someone into a mistake. Less so when you're competing so hard you miss your braking point.

Has that guy done a video this week drum? also have you tried Race C? I'm thinking a good qualifying time would put your near the front as I'm guessing a lot of people aren't going to commit that kind of time to it.

So, having switched to MT and done a few laps on the Radical, I've improved my QT in Race A, despite feeling I've got room to improve. I'm following the advice from the Tidgney vid RE short-shifting and turbo. Really adds another dimension to things and hoping it starts to be muscle memory pretty soon.