Half of this race was boring and half was annoying.
I did okay in qually, think I was 12th.
In race, was quite easy to lap for a long time, then someone made a mistake in front of me and I gained a position. I had clean air for once, so I could drive away from the pack behind me and I caught the guy in front, who made a mistake, rejoined, and we were driving up to 130R and he just hit me in the side, so I had suspension damage and lost a lot of pace for the next couple of laps. Because I've never had damage before in rFactor, I was looking for damage settings to see how much I had, and whether I should fix it or not, while I was preparing for my in lap. I came in, and... it repaired my damage automatically as well as replaced all 4 tyres when I was running comfortably in 8th or 9th with 82% tyre wear. So, I'm confused... is there two pit menus or just one? The one I had up didn't seem to have as many details as most (like some said they had damage settings as well as stop/go but I didn't have any of these settings).
Came out of the pits and caught a slow driver who must have been double stinting, because he was making mistakes all over the place and rejoining in front of me. It got a bit ridiculous, but didn't help that i locked up a couple of times. First time I saved it, second time I couldn't and I bumped him, so I had to redress that position and we continued, only for him to make a mistake with like 15 minutes to go so I went through to 12th. Then I chased 11th, but despite getting the gap from 22 to 6 seconds in a matter of laps I couldn't catch him. Shame. Think I finished 12th, but I should have been much higher.
At least it was fun to drive Suzuka again.
Thanks again to everyone who participated, broadcasters and staff.