Friday, April 26, 2013

Doomsday Fanatics

[TT] F1 Liga heads to Japan this week for Round 14 at Suzuka. Thanks to a generous points system, I'm in 6th place in the Drivers Championship with a mathematical chance to win it all despite being a backmarker all season. Of course, the top 5 guys ahead of me in the standings are all faster and regular attendees so really I have no chance to improve my position. These guys are quick and much more aggressive because of the sprint format (only 20 laps per race) and on top of that I don't have the KERS/DRS plugin. The enthusiasm and optimism I had when I first signed up for this league and this series are all but gone.

Meanwhile, over at FiHS, the run of flyaway races to open the season ends and the European leg begins. I've had a string of good finishes, running in the midfield, and being very comfortable with the car. We ran the same mod last year, so I guess all that experience with the car is paying off. I think I'm about a second per lap faster compared to last season (a huge improvement) and I feel confident coming into each event.

It's all quite weird overall, to feel so negative about one series and so positive about the other. That's online racing for you; every league, every grid, every mod, can be very different from each other, particularly for a driver like me. What I mean is, I am certain that if I were a fast guy or a so-called alien, I would been in it with a chance to win any race against any grid. This prevailing ambivalence proves I am just a hack.