User blog comment:ME7/The Problem With Assists and Tilt A/@comment-25956839-20180312235051

Interesting insight into assists, from a top racer. However, I believe there is a time when running assists makes the game much easier. For example, for the team event today I ran 4 x 10 lappers: Tilt A, BA low, SA high, TC off, SS 0, whilst watching TV. My best time was 27:19 in my FU TS040. I would never have been able to run 4 consecutive Le Mans with no assists, I just wouldn't face the concentration required for 2 hours! My time is 30 seconds off my PB but was much easier, I wasn't aiming for a fast time, I was looking for distance, so didn't switch BA off for the chicanes and first turns.

BA low, SA high, can be used fine @ Le Mans, the only turns I need to tap the brakes are Porsche, all other turns are spot on. Possibly a few are early, so I run two wheels off track to lessen the braking. A couple is late, for them, I run into the braking zone from the wrong side of the track, to increase the braking zone and have a long sweeping ark into the corner. After years of running the 10 lapper, using assists makes it much more palatable, especially when farming.

Back to my best time, bearing in mind I wasn't aiming for a fast time, even with the worst assists (except TC on) put me 51st on the Endurance Kings, Tier 22, Fastest time Leaderboard. Are assists really that bad? Or has 4 1/2 years running with them made me an OK racer, especially whilst watching TV ;)