Talk:Formula Future/@comment-27850755-20161114115305

Finished with PR139.0 (3323311), but had to skip 8.4 due to time constraints. I had less than an hour left and had to make the decision between upgrades and a skip.

For any still struggling on day 8. 8.2 - cut the last corner. As soon as you have a clear path to the finish line, take it. 8.3 - Someone posted "No brake from 'Luffield' corner to 'Becketts' curve" with a pic of the track about two more pages down (check the Wikipedia page for Silverstone, there's a map there as well). If you keep all four wheeels on the track to that point, you should still have enough traction to do this. It looked to me like skidding and touching the grass increases tire wear, why risk it. It does take some good intestinal fortitude to go through it Copse without touching the brakes and very minimal lifting (if any). It took me about 3-4 tries after seeing that tip. You have to hit that Copse apex just right or you go off track. I topped Magnus' speed coming out of Maggots and going into Becketts.

8.4 - couldn't tell ya, I had to skip. Lots of tries on this one, I was always able to get to second in the first 3-4 turns, but never able to catch back up without making a stupid mistake and going off track on the second lap. As I said before, when faced with less than an hour, I had to decide between upgrading tires or skip. I skipped.

8.5 - gave Magnus the 10 second start, still beat him by 5+ seconds without touching the grass. This one is cake.