Managed to get in a little practice last night.. felt good to be back on track after a week's hiatus.
Quickly back into the 1:49's and then slipped another second with 1:48's in a 20 minute qualifying session finishing with a best of 1:48.4. Frustratingly my final 2 laps were both significantly up on that (one by over a second!!) but I came across AI towards the end of the lap in the twisty section so couldn't get in the optimal lap.
I was only able to do part of the 32 lap race but the car felt pretty good although still so easy to make a mistake. Opening laps were in the 49's but then down to the 48's and actually on the heavier fuel load managed to set faster laps than in the qualifying session. Should have been into the 47's and probably 46's on a number of occasions but either traffic or little mistakes held me back. Good fun though. This car will catch plenty out on Sunday for sure. I reckon there are 45's possible with the right conditions and clear track.
Need to do some work on the gears as in the race I was red lining about three-quarters of the way down the start/finish straight which strangely was not the case in qualifying or practice
so that slowed me a bit and caused some engine damage. I'll get some laps down in an online practice session too with the our Sunday race settings to make sure there are no online surprises and check the tyre and fuel rate as accurately as possible.
The car is pretty fragile so any contact will be costly.. slightest touch with another car causes damage and effects the handling so don't think you can nudge cars without penalty in this one. It looks like a tank but appears made of tissue paper lol Not sure if that's accurate but certainly surprised me as I expected it to be one you could rub fenders without fear of costly damage.
