[quote=“TrackpadUser”]It helps a lot when you don’t get wheel issues 
But seriously, so many mechanical problems.
I think you, Maras and Evardsen all had to recalibrate their wheel or something at some point in the race, and from what I understand, K.Linardo might have had some controller issues, causing frequent brake locking.[/quote]
Haha, that’s true. Mechanical issues do happen, however, so I consider them a rough representation of their real life counterparts.
I can report what I’ve witnessed. Maras told me after the race that his setup (or driving style 
) shot the tires by lap 10 and he had to fight for grip in the corners, which is reflected by worsening laptimes. I started to gain on him and when when we were approaching the starting grid during lap 17, with bumpers literally centimetres apart, he encountered a sudden G27 reset. Very unlucky! He went into the left side barrier at an 30 deg. angle which messed up his front left suspension affecting laptimes and letting me take the lead. Up to this point I had no failures whatsoever, suspension in perfect nick and tyres worn evenly, but I had my five minutes of horror as well. Somewhere around lap 18 or 19 I was approaching KLinardo’s black XFG, preparing to overtake. He had a blue flag so he let me pass and I did so without any problem at the right corner concluding the long straight. However, he seemed unhappy with such turn of events and at the last left corner before the grid area at lap 20 he used the Force against me casting a spell ‘this is not the racing line you are looking for’ 
which knocked me out of focus. I took the corner a bit too early, hit the inside curb, launched in the air and performed a stunning corkscrew across the whole width of the track, landing on the green. Lucky enough, I drew a joker and landed proper side up so I could continue remaining ten laps, unfortunately with right side suspension completely collapsed. After two careful laps I kind of got used to new handling situation and decided not to pit as repairing such heavy damage would take a lot of time costing me falling into 3rd place. The car felt very wobbly and loose, I was losing 2-2,5 seconds each lap. Fortunately, most corners go right so the almost untouched left side suspension coped with them pretty well, just had to do it gently. During last few laps a fierce battle between two crippled cars took place. Maras managed to pass but eventually he lost his pace again (tyres?) and at the long straight of the final lap I regained the lead and took it to the finish.
All in all, it was hands down the most thrilling online racing experience I’ve had literally for years! Good steady pace, fair amount of rivalry, surprising mishaps, all I’m looking for in simracing. Plus, I’ve learned my lesson not to mess with the Dark Side (i.e. black cars ). The competition was tough and I was hoping for second or third depending how the others would do so the final result was really a pleasant surprise 
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[quote=“TrackpadUser”]As for the future of the Automation racing league, I was wondering if anyone wanted to switch games, considering the LFS demo has pretty much only 3 possible car/track combinations.
I know a lot of people have Asseto Corsa, which could definitively be interesting since it offers a decent variety of vehicles.
An other alternative might be Race07, especially since SimBin pack, which includes Race07 and many of its expansions, comes on sale semi-regularly for around 10$.[/quote]
As for me, I have S3 licence in LFS so I’m voting for that .
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