Finally returned to Fuji Speedway. I hadn't had any time to re-learn the track on the playstation since I was last there but its a pretty memorable track so shouldn't be a problem. Out on the track for the first couple of laps, it really surprised me how tight some of its corners where. The first corner for example, it would be all to easy to misjudge your speed and head off on that one.
There were 90 cars split over 2 groups each with 2 x 30 minute sessions. A fair amount of cars but then again Fuji is fairly big so 45 cars shouldn't really be that big a deal. That is until you bring in fast/slow cars/drivers. A red flag distroyed 10 good minutes of the final session but you can't feel too bad about that as some guy lost his car.
Last time I was at Fuji I strung off quite a few empty laps to myself. This time, it was too hard to find space unfortunately. I did manage to get one decent enough lap though and got a 2'14.81. That was nice as its a new lap record for me. Most of the other laps were 2'17s and 2'19s depending on the traffic.
Lap times aside, it was great fun out there. I got to pass lots of cars which is good experience and also got passed by much faster cars. The GT3's were amazing to watch as they took off like I was stopped. Fuji is a completely differennt course to Tsukuba. Tsukuba is small and easy to get many laps in practicing the same thing. Speeds are also lower so there are less variables. Tsukuba is also fairly flat where as Fuji throws hills into the equation which affects the balance of the car in the corners. Fuji also has some amazing corners. I think I'll have to do Fuji more next year to continue to push my skills higher. I feel there is so much to learn there.
I'm also tempted to get a speed limit cutter so that I can go above 180 and finally get out of 4th. I hit the limiter pretty way before the finish line and also on the back before the chicane as it is so there are seconds to be gained there. Still as is, I think there are at least 5 seconds still hiding on this track, perhaps more if I could drive it as aggressively as I do Tsukuba these days and get a clear run.
Anyway, I'll see if I can upload some video later.
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