Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27109924-20161017012501/@comment-27109924-20161018125835

Sirebel is absolutely right in following a ghost of someone better than you.. A year ago i started to do that with Zimfrank.. He was long gone two corners in, so i went back to the drawing board and picked someone like half a sec faster than me.. Then i saw where im faster, slower, and learned by repetition.. Once i got better i started ghosting those in top 100, to learn the lines.. Around that time i also switched into bonnet view.. In my opinion it just allows greatest vision, especially of things i use as "braking point" markers.. Be it a tree disappearing out of the corner of my screen, the curb as it approaches the bonnet line etc.. The racing lines stay the same, but braking points will varry car to car..

Its not a must to use bonnet view, but i think it helps.. I sometimes drive in cockpit view around LeMans (when i have a big lead), and i can see how harder it would be to pick easy braking markers..

Go no assists, will take you many days of hard learning to unlearn the bad and lazy habbits.. Took me many days of extreme bewilderment of the sudden slipperiness.. Although at least on many tracks steering on high makes a difference.. (Indy, Daytona, Dynamic, Richond) That fine art you can learn when you cross that bridge tho..

RR3 evolved when they changed the braking distance if your tire even brushes grass as you brake.. But still same principle applies, "use all of the road" if possible.. Now you just have to be "all on track", but as close as possible to off track:) When braking, accelerating grass is fine.. Hit the brake early as the green goes on at Daytona last week while ghosting me, and you should see how my car moves to the right a tad straight away, right close to the wall, to get the biggest possible entry into the slippery lefty.. Note that, master that, and repeat with all cars..

I didnt spend huge time on the Dubai track (hate Dubai and Nurburgring), so i am not sure if im right, but i start my run on the brakes with device tilted to the left a tad!! And mini split second after light turns green i go for the hard right turn.. Might be only psychological, but i think i got a much faster exit out of it as i can gas it earlier..

Do not be afraid to use cloud restore and fully up the car.. Most likely the ghost you race will be fully upped.. Never heard anyone being banned for that.. But make sure you cloud save before you start your learning sessions, as the automatic cloud save can pop up.. Best to use a second device anyways.. And take it corner by corner.. I often quit and repat right after 1st corner, till i match or come close to matching a ghost.. Once im sure i know the line, i race a ghost that is slower than me a bit, that way i have clear track and i monitor how well im doing by how far ahead i am.. If not far enough, i quit and restart..

Understand your limitations.. I just cant get the last two corners of Monza and Silverstone.. Just dont have it in me, cant figure it out.. Or the bus stop at Daytona.. I just check the lottery ticket in my pocket as i dive into it, and hope my lucky numbers come up:) 19/20 results in off track.. Im also now an elderly gentleman, my reactions and coordination simply cant be what it was 25 or 30 year ago, reality.. But as i know all that, i accept the limitation and do what i can, albeit deeply frustrated:)

Learn LeMans.. Being by far the longest and most complicated track, it offers a great jump in time advantage if you can nail it.. We all hate LeMans due to farming, but it's a necessary evil you can use to your benefit:) I was Team B before it came up few weeks ago, and worked hard at it.. It catapulted me into Team A as many just cant master it.. And it set up comfortable next 3 weeks also.. So next time LeMans comes up, and you're in Team C, you will drive home that advantage and nail comfortable Team B etc..

And finally, my brief moment of glory this week is just an aberration, i know most of them guys in top 50 are more talented.. Just few lucky stars and tracks lined up for me.. Dont think Elp has lost his touch when i start slidding out:) Just being honest.. I know my place:) But it also means you can do what i did and improve lots, i was a basket case when i started out in wttt, now entrenched in Team B with minimal effort (but cloud assisted full upgrades)