Talk:McLaren MP4-X (Exclusive Series)/@comment-29898480-20161121042119

Finally reached FU on the MP4-X and started into this. Spent a day dispensing with all the gimmick events (anything not a Cup), before going back to work the Cups from the first tier forward. So far I'm three in. I've been racing the offline bots, they're giving Rattlesnack & darknezz as the top ones.

Laguna seemed pretty easy but Suzuka West and Catalunya National both took a bunch of work for me to win (thank goodness cloud restore can be used to 'service' the car). Some observations:


 * As everyone knows, the performance level is other-worldly high


 * It is so easy to over-control this thing, I may have to turn down steering sensitivity.


 * The car is so quick it's hard not to get behind the car in combinations and turns separated by short straights.


 * At these speeds bot contact is more likely to completely turn you around.  There's no bashing through the pack in this series! And the bots are as indifferent to your presence as ever, pass with care!

I know the price of entry for the MP4-X and the general issues with this update have angered a lot of drivers and caused some to quit, but I'm feeling quite the opposite. This car both rewards and challenges the skills I've developed over hundreds of hours with RR3 from the original Silvia to the F14 T. Working up these races is what it's all about for me, and at this performance level it's the best yet.