Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-30967537-20190219000412/@comment-30967537-20190224051904

Ok, so after going back to the PORSCHE 962C and having MANY more tries I finally managed to complete a lap (I completed only 3 laps during the whole session!) and improve my time but the first chicane remains a complete mystery to me. Phew! Big sigh of relief. Frustrating that I gave away 0.25s at the start of the lap so could/should be faster ... coincidentally, last Tuesday I said I was looking for 1:14.7-8, which is what I would have got if I hadn’t lost that time! But I think that should now be good enough, so probably won’t try again ... though sub-1:15 would be nice!
 * First chicane. Most laps were ruined there. If I tried to straight-line it (as per Jan’s post) I ALWAYS got a cutting penalty. If I made a slight right-left I avoided the penalty but then on the exit I usually understeered off the track or (if I steered slightly more) I oversteered off the track. Only once did I get through slightly ahead of my ghost but I have no idea how ... which is a recurring theme with this game! Every other try I lost between 0.2s and 0.4s by the next chicane. This time I lost about 0.25s.
 * Second chicane. I think I’ve just about worked this out though every so often I still get it wrong. But I’m now faster there and gained (more than) what I lost in the first chicane. Slightly ahead!
 * First Lesmo. I’m generally ok here but (as with most corners) still get it wrong. Gained a bit more, up by 0.1s, ooooh!
 * Second Lesmo. This looks like an easy corner but it’s not. The cut makes it awkward and I have a tendency to run wide on the exit. Cautious and lost what I’d gained. Just about level with my ghost.
 * Esses. Better entry and (even though I wasn’t flat) I managed to carry slightly more speed and got a better exit onto the long straight and slowly gained 0.25s on my ghost.
 * Parabolica. I hate this corner! So many times I think I’ve got my braking, turn-in and acceleration points right just to find myself flying off the track. So I was rather nervous that I was going to blow it, I braked slightly earlier and was cautious getting back on the throttle (so many previous laps had ended with a slide when I touched the throttle) and lost a bit but then an easy run to the line.