Yeah I know practice counts for alot I usually come much closer than that of people considered being the best in my country. I'm doing something very wrong that I usually don't is all I'm saying :confused2:. Just can't figure out what it can be.
It doesn't relate to above but are all same class cars considered to have potential to reach the best times in WTCC and STCC? I become unsure of these things after I drove the same alfa with same settings in Race 06 and Race 07 on the same 06 Monza track and suddenly cut over 2 seconds of my best lap in Race 07 version.
The thing is on Monza where I pushed and pushed and then went to qulifying with the same settings I cut a second from seemingly nowhere. And then the same thing happened on Knutstorp Ring. And then I see the AI doing the same thing. But they might always just be running race simulation settings for the both practice sessions, what do I know? What I do know is that I run qualifying simulation practice in P2. I chase tenths during these practices and suddenly in qualifying I cut a whole second. Twice. Is that a freak event that happened to me or is there others that have experienced the same thing? I mean, every person that has been playing racing games for a while (let alone for years and years) can feel when a lap is fast. When the lap feels ordinarily fast and you get a stunning time, I just get a fishy feeling. And on top of that run different times in Race 06 and 07 (same car, same track, kinda the same game by the same developer) and hear from a great racer that he will swap the Alfa for Volvo C30 next race to be more competitive (could be a matter of preference that makes him faster, could be).
It makes me uncertain about, shall we call it: "stuff". Does anyone else recognise any of this or is it just me?
Finally I want to restate that I agree fully that practice makes perfect and keep plugging laps will keep improving laptimes even after hundreds of laps.