Dai yoshihara
In a completely new ride this season, JDM pilot Dai Yoshihara, is getting used to his USDM GTO. With less seat time than he's used to, the '08 season is quite literally, do or dai.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to drive the GTO since Formula D Round 1. At the practice session, the GTO ran pretty good and I was really comfortable driving it, but every time I went tandem with somebody, I had a really hard time keeping up with them. So we tried a different suspension setup to get more traction, which made it better, but still not too good. Luckily, the GTO has good angle and I drove pretty well during qualifying, ending up in Third Place.
In the Top 16 Round, I went against Robbie Nishida. It was my first time going against him in competition. We had practiced together in the beginning of the day and he was really fast, so I knew it wasn't going to be easy keeping up with him. Lucky for me, I had good angle and line, and Robbie went off the track a few times, so I moved onto the next round.
In the Top 8 Round, I was against Bill Sherman. His speed was similar to mine and he had good angle too. We both drove really well, but I think my line was a little better than his and that made me move on.
In the Top 4 Round, unfortunately I went against Rhys! I really wanted to beat him, more than any other time, because now he is my boss! LOL. Right before the battle, Rhys said over the team radio, "I would be happy if Dai beat me, cause that means I picked the right driver." I knew he's really fast and there's no way I can beat him in the speed game. The Solstice can go faster than the GTO, but the GTO can make more angle than the Solstice, so I focused on angle and line more than speed. It was a really close battle: Rhys was faster, but I had more angle, so it went to one more time. I lost! WTF! Almost! I guess he picked the wrong driver. Well, I will kick his ass next time!
For Third Place match I went against another Solstice with Ryan Tuerck. It's the same car as Rhys', but their driving styles are different. Ryan was a little slower than Rhys, but he had good angle. It was also a close battle and we did one more time. And I lost again...I lost twice in a day. WTF! Hopefully, we will modify to make more traction by next round. Then I will win!
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