Dmytro - don't worry about it
Online versus offline is a big change, and a big learning experience.
You are obviously quick, so you'll be fine once you get into the pack racing mindset.
Real drivers behave very differently to AI - especially after we've driven these cars a few times recently and have got ourselves some experience in them - so combine that with 2 powerful vehicles, and a track that punishes errors very harshly, and it was always going to be a tricky first race - but you did well.
Race 1 was OK - Start was great, but a bit lonely after Lenno & Hutcho took off, and then after Carlos & Dmytro had issues.
Come the end I was just trying to gauge it so I could keep 3rd without overdriving on the rapidly disintegrating rubber.
Race 2 is a whole other story - Lenno did that whole tedious "driving off into the sunset" thing, but then the next pack battle was immense.
Nige, Hutch, Dmytro, Tudor, Carlos, Nils & me were battling it out in very close circumstances. In amongst us, a few passes, being passed, accidents and avoidances all meant that the race settled down to Nige in 2nd, Tudor 3rd, & me 4th. Real nose to tail stuff for a few laps, so good I can't actually recall the specifics. I got past Tudor (I want to say he went wide a dropped a wheel on the dirt, but can't remember, tbh) and closed up on Nige, for what felt like a thousand years. It was another of those races where the first look at the lapcounter said 10 laps gone.
Nige kept it nice and clean and difficult to pass, and again I managed to get past, but can't remember how or where, I know I set it up for a few corners before getting it done, and even then it wasn't certain until I got the approach to the next corner right to make sure it stuck. Even then, I never pulled much of a gap, and I could see some serious swarmage behind Nige in my mirror.
Last lap, last corner, I knew that I had enough gap in front of Nige (who at the time was the only person I could see clearly) to go in tight and get on the gas safely and keep P2, so brake, nose in, power on, check mirror, and I saw Nige & Tudor side by side on the final drag.
Great end to a great race. :good: