Talk:Marquis World Championship/@comment-25671290-20141112182801/@comment-31.151.81.238-20141113094625

I made it. However, I needed to develop a racing technique that I did not have to employ until now. I actually did some research. I will try to explain it best I can. I'm sure that the better players know of this technique, but for the inept like me, here goes:

- At the time of completion, I upgraded everything up to level 3 except Body wich was upgraded to level 4. PS was 58,9. I have braking assist set to low and traction control is turned off.

- I refer to this track layout in this explanation a lot: Catalunya track layout

- Catalunya is highly dependent on high speed turns: the S bend at the end of the straight (Elf), the 180 directly behind it (Renault), the turn with the wall on the left side of the exit (Campsa) and the turn going onto the straight (New Holland). If you succeed in exiting these corners at the maximum speed, you WILL be able to lap 2/3 cars at the end of round 4. However!

- You cannot make these turns flat out. It is just marginally, but somewhere in the first 3 turns you start to slide. It should be noted that you CAN make New Holland fully flat out. It will be scary and you'll probably drive on the kerbs, but you can make it. On the other turns I used to apply just ever so little bit of the brakes. With the result that you drop 20 KPH and your exit speed is ruined. While using this "technique", I come up short about 100 meters before overtaking my first car at the end of round 4. I was ahead about 2.500 meters on number 2. Pretty frustrating, huh?

- The better way to recover from the slides, especially when you have the room like on Catalunya, is to quickly flick the steering in the OPPOSITE direction of the turn. And then continuing the turn. This way you have lost a few KPH from when the slide started, you recovered from the slide, moved over a bit to the side and can continue the turn at optimal speed. This will take some practice, but it should for example enable you to exit Campsa at 220 KPH (it was 200 in the "old" style). You take this extra speed on the straight after this turn and it makes a LOHOT of difference. Using this, I was able to overtake my first car at the second hairpin before the chicanes (Banc Sabadell turn) and ended up overtaking 4 cars.

I really hope this helps other players that are also stuck here. I apologize for bothering you with my stupidity if you already knew this.

- Erik