Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27109924-20161129030305/@comment-26388545-20170304174532

DocDocGoose wrote: Thanks a ton ME7. That's exactly what I needed to see to show me what I was dong wrong. I'm cutting too much of the first chicane because it was easier to keep the wheels straight, but I think that slows me down too much. It looks like 15 laps is the magic number. About there your driving kinda went to crap, but you were still making up time. My best is 11 laps, so it looks like I've got a little more practice to do. If you drive flat out from the start then yes, the magic point is 15 laps. If you take it really easy it pushes that point back. But you may never get there that way. It's a balance between pushing hard and wrecking your car. Your car will get wrecked, it's just a matter of making it past the 15 lap point. I got a little too pushy when my time got low and damaged my car earlier than I should have.

You can adjust how you cut that 1st chicane depending on time and estimated overtake of a bot. If I need to make time I cut just when the green and white strip appears on my right. When I do that I just have to lift my throttle for a tiny bit and I get a huge run on the next section. If my time is fine then I will cut later, which means applying the brakes and less of a run on the next section. BUT, more fame for my driving time.

Same with cutting on the top of the hill section. I do that when I NEED an overtake and my car is already wrecked. You can use the bots to actually maintain speed at times (only when your car is wrecked). I did that a few time in that section, used the bot as a wall. Of course, if you hit wrong you spin right out!