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I know this is not an answer to your question, but I’ve found everything to be immensely easier with a second drive. I’ve screwed my pooch before!
Not my favourite map. The vortex transitions were a bit janky, and would spit out out a weird angle or not work at all on occasion. The drifts are the start were also very awkward, likely because they were inspired by the real circuit. Cool idea in theory, but it didn’t end up being super fun to drive.
Would Red Bull buy out his contract for next year?
He’s in a situation where he’s clearly under performing, but it doesn’t get as much attention as it would if the championship was even remotely close.
It’s definitely a hard map.
The one saving grace is that once you “get it”, the AT time is not as brutal as it could be. In my AT run, my dirt uphill was only “okay”. I had a couple no-reset times that were a few tenths quicker than my PB.
I found one of the keys for me was nailing the first corner (red booster, setup as far left as you can, minimize drift time) as you can carry that speed through almost the whole map.