Had a terrible day’s racing. First race was disastrous. Avast caused some haemorrhage inducing sudden frame rate drops. First corner just froze for me. No idea how I didn’t collect about 5 people. Then it kept happening so I pitted, spent 10 minutes figuring out it was avast, and then finished somehow not last.
2nd race was better. No pc issues after I reverted back to basic windows protection. However, I was awful. Couldn’t get within 2 seconds of my practice pace (in the same conditions).
It was radicals at Okayama, at 5am. So tires and brakes were super cold for the first couple of laps. Thing is, I span the thing off the bloody start line. And then span another 4 times during the race. I didn’t collect anyone, thankfully, but it was super frustrating.
Started 13th, dropped to 18th. Somehow over 18 laps I pulled it back to 12th despite being terrible.
I don’t know what it was. I practiced a fair bit. Exactly the same conditions, and time of day. Was fairly comfortable with a good pace. I was about 1.5 seconds away from alien pace. Then today I couldn’t get close. 4 seconds off pace at my best and couldn’t keep it pointing forwards.
I think @GassyHaggis had it right in the acc thread. I was trying way too hard. I need to get my head round my crippling race nerves.
Weirdest of all. I still kind of enjoyed it? 😄