Talk:Path of Defiance/@comment-29898480-20170622193315/@comment-84.24.8.99-20170623013152

Same here, bots were fast enough at 5.1, very fast throughout stage 7, and now again at 8.1.

I've ran 8.1 about 20 times I think (partially for most of them since I knew I wasn't going to win soon enough, after one or two laps). Sometimes Michael was on my tail, sometimes Ahmed, and sometimes Zoe.

I reckon it was easiest with Zoe in 2nd place. She's in a Mazda too so not a lot faster at top speed like the other two are, and I guess she blocks the others somewhat. She doesn't always succeed at that though, Ahmed overtook her in the second lap one time, ran up to me very fast, I couldn't block him for long, he overtook me and I lost.

For my successful run I got in the lead quickly, then Ahmed was right behind me at the beginning of the first long straight. I let him pass me and tapped him gently, enough to make him spin around. From that point on, Zoe was in 2nd place for the rest of the race. My lead was 50-100 metres for most of the race, until the last part of the final lap. I had to block Zoe (and the others right behind her) carefully, while I had to release the throttle a lot because I was on the very last drops of fuel.

If I had gotten in trouble before the last two chicanes I could've cut them since I had not been off track at all, but it wasn't necessary for me.

This is the first event where the fuel restriction is very hard, quite the challenge.

Anyway, on to 8.2 and beyond now!