Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27991067-20160531111319/@comment-27798333-20160605201315

Sirebel wrote: I assume that the lead car is crossing the start finish line at the beginning of the rolling start. I'm about a third of a lap back so that's about 4.5km (about what Mr_Procrastinator suggested). So you need to close on the lead car by at least 0.5km per lap to catch him before the end. If you slow the bots down then you can easily catch the leader by more than 2km per lap and be in front before the start of the third lap. I do this so that I can race with all three cars and even unserviced ones if required.

In a standing start, he's about 100m ahead of you and acceleration / cornering is more important than speed. The bots tend to accelerate and corner slower than you and so you can usully pass them in the first few corners.

If I had my time again, RR3xyz, I probably wouldn't bother upgrading the 2015 LMP's so early as the reward isn't that much more than the 2014 cars. I'd stick with the easier race and save the gold until they were the only ones left but oddly, I won the 2015 cars before upgrading any of the 2014 and assumed they would be a better bet. You mentioned only braking before the bridge "if you have to", but are you talking about staying on pavement, or just jumping the chicane? I can't get through the chicane at any more than about 130 mph without sliding off track, even in my fully upgraded 919. Also, is this just at the start of the race, or every lap? I'm usually braking in the beginning to keep from bashing bots, and every other lap because by the time I hit that area I'm doing about 215 mph. I have found that going over the sand at the start doesn't help me due to the slower speed, then slowing more off road, and even the later laps, the car slows so much, I don't gain anything by doing it.