Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33869270-20180703224215/@comment-28169398-20180705152251

Max Richardson wrote: i did it yesterday, it is my favourite race in that series just because of its length (haven't done the 16 laps in new york yet) I stand corrected. but i think you're mad ;) I don't think he is. Longer races let you get into a rhythm with the car, and if you can get over being annoyed and actually think like a race driver, you can start to figure out where you can improve your time and your line.

Last week Timo Bernhard set the Nürburgring-Nordschleife lap record at 5:19.55. He had set a lap a little less than 5:25 before the 5:19 lap, which was already 45 seconds better than the prior record. Do you think he said, "Oh, man. It's hot... We took the air-conditioning out of the car to save weight. It's a 20.8km lap... that's sooooo long! I'm done..."?

No. He requested to do another lap because he felt he could do better. He said "I know where I can clean up the lap." And he found 6 more seconds. 6!!! And he wasn't getting paid any more for doing that lap. Everyone was already celebrating the record. Running at the speeds he was running is inviting the risk of death. But there was more out there, and he knew he could do better.

About the only thing true racers complain about is not getting enough time being on track. Not being on track too much... and if they are complaining about that, it is because they are Fernando Alonso, driving a McLaren and knowing he should be on the podium, but the car can barely get him into the points.

There are 8315 different races in the regular game. There is something for everyone. Suffer through a race, and then go back to running Drag Races so the rest of us can have something we can actually enjoy. Or try CSR2.