07-01-2020, 09:54 AM
DJC, you were just maxed out on gearing. I can hear it in the replay. Having 4th gear longer hurt the rest of the lap but overall was better for the speed gained on the front straight. I was expecting the 1979 race to be that day, did some laps, then noticed people on the Cortina server. I had painted a car already but not driven the race car configuration before. Managed some good runs. Most people were chewing up their tyres. I was setting my fastest laps of the race at the end (first race I nearly had fastest lap of the race on the final lap until I went wide in the last corner). It's more fun to throw the cars around but ultimately was faster to be smooth (unfortunately, 'cause I like to throw 'em around!).