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[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bullit

Hey guys quick little survey here. Since F1 now has an extended career mode, would you all like a stickied career mode thread where we could post stats, thoughts and our individual results of our careers? If so just post a "like" on this post and I will get one up if enough people are interested.

Great idea. Always fun to read how people are getting on.

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[Fraser G.]

I've been spending a lot of today preparing and racing the Bahrain GP.

I was determined to recover from my lack of management skills which left me in 21st position in the first GP.

Practice starts off rocky. I destroy my tires once again as I fail to perfect the delicate nature of handling. But, I finish with an excellent qualifying pace, which I replicate in actual qualifying, finishing on pole position!

Race management suggests I make 4(!) pit stops during the race. Forget that. I head off in 1st and try and make my supersofts last as long as possible. I try and push it for one more lap, but I get a puncture right in front of the pits. Lucky.

Everything's going smoothly until they recommend I stay on the supersofts for my third stop. At the rate I'm destroying them, I'm going to end up making five stops if I'm not careful! I tell them 'no', and switch to softs instead. This keeps me going until lap 19, where I make a final switch to mediums with the hope of holding out.

I'm back in 4th, and the leaders want to make a final stop. Oh wow - I'm in 1st! The last few laps arrive, and my tires are getting destroyed. I do everything I can to try and finish with a delicate approach, and it works. I win the race!

I'm starting to get the hang of this management thing. I was impressed with myself that I actually came up with a good strategy that wasn't dictated to me by the CPU! I'll have to up the difficulty soon enough. Oh - and learn how to protect my tires!

[Lieutenant Dan]

Nice work, Fraser! That Tyre Management feature available during practice sessions is great for assessing your style and wear.

[Fraser G.]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lieutenant Dan

Nice work, Fraser! That Tyre Management feature available during practice sessions is great for assessing your style and wear.

Yeah, it's really helping in terms of assessing my needs before a race. The big downside is that I'm constantly in the red when I do it! I just need to get better at being more delicate.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fraser G.

Yeah, it's really helping in terms of assessing my needs before a race. The big downside is that I'm constantly in the red when I do it! I just need to get better at being more delicate.

Yep...off the gas and roll through your turns.

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[Bullit]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lieutenant Dan

Great idea. Always fun to read how people are getting on. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk

I will get one up in just a bit. Thanks guys

My update. I actually got the pole at Bahrain by .103 over Vettel. I am not ready for that pressure! Well I will see after the next race if I need to modify my difficulty. But I'm almost 100% sure it's just the track suits my style I'm sure I will go back to sucking fumes at the back next race.

[Lukin4]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bullit

I will get one up in just a bit. Thanks guys My update. I actually got the pole at Bahrain by .103 over Vettel. I am not ready for that pressure! Well I will see after the next race if I need to modify my difficulty. But I'm almost 100% sure it's just the track suits my style I'm sure I will go back to sucking fumes at the back next race.

I've always loved that track and had good pace there. Didn't even mind the little extended section they added on that one year either

[Lieutenant Dan]

Well Canada was a hoot. Qualified 14th and out-dueled a Mercedes car (can't remember which driver) coming off the final chicane and in the final straight, about 100ft from the finish line for 2nd place. Wow.

The more I play, the more this game cements itself in to my All Time list. At this point, I'd have to say for RACING games (as opposed to car games in general), this is among the top 2 or 3 I have ever played, and it is gunning for the best.

I specified 'racing' game because games like Gran Turismo, Forza, PGR, etc all scratch a different itch compared to pure racers like an F1 game, NASCAR game, Moto GP, etc.