Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-34158690-20180804235747/@comment-29898480-20180810153809

ME7 wrote: Heli4262 wrote: After a lot of hard racing I‘m down to 1:25:169. A sub 1:25 seems possible but would require a near-perfect lap, which I find very hard to do on this track.

Even if I don‘t make it into A, I now understand Silverstone GP much better (apart from the final chicane), which will benefit me in the long run. I‘m currently in the top 0.2% out of 300,000 racers, something I would not have thought possible before I tried. I also now understand the GP circuit much better. I now take some corners different.

The braking to and race line through that last chicane are really tough for me too. There's really no good reference point for braking there. I also find my nerves get the better of me there. I made it that far in the lap pushing the limits hard. If I push too hard I go off-track, yet if I don't push hard enough I lose 0.3 seconds. Either way it's a loss! I just need to shave another 0.1 seconds off my time to have a comfortable group A time and I'm having a very hard time.

I'm not doing it for the extra 50 gold, I wasted much more time than the gold it worth so far. I'm doing it to become a better driver. TT are the one area where I struggle. Most of that is because I just get so frustrated. I hate racing clocks. However it's a big part of this game and an area I want to improve on. I know just what you're going through! Except I was doing this in NY FE TT, and it was powering out of the chicane/hairpin at the end. Like you, getting A was less about the GC and more about learning the new track. It was time-consuming and stressful enough that I've basically sat this one out. I have the 720S FU'd, spent 20min on day 1 with it to set a solid mid-B time, and haven't touched it again. Seeing the difficulty in hitting A in this tourney, I'm not go for A this time.