Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20170403025710/@comment-26388545-20170406155604

In EK you can be in lead by the Dunlop bridge (first bridge) of lap 1. There is no need to ever bot slow there. Even when my 919 was 3 engine upgrades short of full, I was always in the lead by that bridge. Sometimes a fully loaded TS040 would catch me at the end of the 1st long straight, but the Porsches brakes & grip would let me lose him in that chicane. He'd creap up on my tail every straight until the last chicane. Cut that plus the start finish again and you are racing alone for a good 5 laps (until lapped cars)

The problem with bot slowing is that you are wasting time. That doesn't matter most of the year, but it does on double fame weekends! Finishing as fast as possible means more completed races over that important time frame.

I used to race all assists on (BA on low) and Tilt A. For the first section where you go off track, I would just pause and the turn off brakes and TC. As soon as I was through the section I would turn them back on again. Then I would often turn them off again for the last chicane (before start finish) and leave them off until I hit the dunlop bridge again. Now all this (pause, change settings, unpause) wastes time. Probably more time then what you gain for cutting. So eventually I only did it when I made a mistake and then had someone on my tail. Now I race Tilt B with no assists at Le Mans to make use of all the cuts. I usually race at EC with no bot slowing, I like the challenge :-)

As a side, In June of 2016 I did some major bot slowing in EK. I then raced full out to see how much of a lead I could get. This was still in my "toggle assists off/on" Tilt A days when I was 3 engine upgrades short of full. Check out the lead!