Race 1 of the Grand Prix of Long Beach was my best race yet. I know I only finished 7th, but I thought I drove my best race of the season. True, there was still too much contact and I made too many mistakes, but overall, I thought it was my best drive.
I’ve participated in a lot of races in real life, and I’ve attended several as a spectator, and I don’t remember traffic coming to a standstill at turn one on lap one as routinely as it does in Forza Motorsports 7. Every single race, traffic comes to a complete stop, sometimes even before turn one. I’ve come to expect it. I’ve even learned to take advantage of it. But I don’t understand it.
This race, I qualified 21st and finished P7. I’m getting better at rolling my speed through the corners and driving more smoothly. That’s especially important at Long Beach because the racing surface is hard on tires. By the end of the race, the tires were starting to go off.
Speaking of end of the race, the race was supposed to be twelve laps long. I screwed up and set it for eleven. I’ll fix that for the next race.
The top five in points after seven races are:
- Lou Mindar (104 pts)
- Don McGowan (57 pts)
- Peter Ward Jr. (42 pts)
- (tie) Callie Carr (39 pts)
- (tie) Gonzalo Perez (39 pts)
- Pierre Blasno (36 pts)
Next Race: Grand Prix of Long Beach – Race #2