Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28568987-20160707184748/@comment-26249703-20160708003658

They take roughly the same amount of time, in ym experience. Yes, the EC one has a rolling start therefore a longer race distance, but my Nismo is about 5 seconds a lap quicker than my 2014 919. It usually takes me between a 60 and 65 seconds to reach the start/finish line for the first time, so you could say I lose 10/15 seconds when running EC. However, EK 10-lappers have a standing start requiring the user to navigate around the grid, so the Nismo is a lot quicker around there. Since my first lap in the 919 is usually around 2:45.xxx to 2:50.xxx (10 to 15 seconds slower than a flying lap), a perfect race in either series is about the same amount of time.

There's a slight rewards advantage for EC, which when farming constantly in a situation like what ME7 described, can make a big difference, but I used to favour EC 10-lappers as they are very low risk, as you're not catching up to someone else (you can be in the lead before the Dunlop Bridge on the first lap) so it makes more sense when you're trying to watch a program/video at the same time, a mistake won't be as costly.

However, at the moment, I'm running EC as I'm trying to improve on the leaderboard. I have gone as fast as I think I can on the EK 10-lappers' EK 10-lappers', without either upgrading my 919 or either of the two other cars (TOYOTA seems a beast, just quite costly for no in-game rewards).