Talk:Perseverance/@comment-29992746-20180525121706/@comment-33787703-20180525132052

Some additional comments from me (+ some curious observations). I started the day at 1131313 (I believe 65 PR) and completed upto 6.3 without much issue. 6.4 was har predictably but I was not close when Victoria got the lead by the kemmel straight and even when I was able to pass both Maya and VIctoria when Maya was blocking her I could not maintain enough pace most of the time or skid off at Blanchimont.

Looking at other day 7 report I decided to add few upgrades and decided on adding drivetrain and brake so my config changed to 1331333 (PR 67.7). I initially spent some time and aborted the runs where Victoria would pass maya quickly before Kemmel straight but I never got a single occurence of the same. I noticed that Victoria was not as fast as earlier and decided to try more. I was able to pass even when Victoria got the lead on my 5th ot 6th attempt by overtaking her at Les Combes on lap 2. My winning time was around 3:58.8 (Victoria did 3:59.1). Looks like tomorrow I will also need engine at level 3 for 7.4 but I hope to clear others upto 7.3 at same upgrade levels now.

- Looks like at higher PR probablity of Maya taking a lead is very less

- I wasted lot of attempts in trying to pass the Sesto around La Source on the outside and that put me behind the lead group by quite some distance. When I started to overtake him on the inside I was much closer to lead group and that helped me navigate Eau Rouge much better

- At PR65.0 I saw too many crashes (at least 2 out of each 4 or 5 attempts) which stopped happening at PR 67.7. Due to some luck crashes I was in position to pass this level at PR 65 only to throw in around later