Talk:Light-Rider/@comment-74.193.68.15-20160722225242/@comment-26942592-20160723015555

Cutting the Club chicane  sounds like excellent advice... especially right at the start of the race!

I tried it several times. It puts me in the lead in no time (~125m ahead of Santos right after the Club chicane, 1st lap). But with my car at PR 102, I could not defend the 1st position no matter how hard I tried. Bots are a tad too fast! Santos' best lap is 1:31, mine was 1:36... a huge gap in performance! :D). I have nearly 3 days to go, so I will see whether I choose to upgrade or skip.

P.S. cutting the Club chicane would cost 2.7-3.5 seconds of off-track, depending on how well it's done.