Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28753807-20161113204906/@comment-28333578-20161121030610

So, I've not actualy been playing RR3 when a new track was released. And when I started working through the series, I ran with high assists, then slowly turned them off. So, it's difficult to say personally. However, here's something I heard about some actual race drivers on a new track:

In 2001, Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. both ran in the 24 Hours of Daytona. The Corvettes they were driving were completely unfamiliar to them as was the infield road course at Daytona. They had two different ideas for how to drive the car. Big E decided that he'd start off ultra conservative and work up from there. Brake really early, get off the gas, easy with shifts, etc. Then, he'd push the car a little more each lap until he found the spot that worked for him. Junior pushed the car to the limts and beyond from the first lap. Hitting the brakes late, smoking the tires, the whole deal. Then, he started to work backwards to find the braking points and so forth. Basically, I think those are the two methods that we can use to run a new track in the game. Go full out, run it off the track, and so forth, then dial it back; or start it really early and work it forward.