Week 37 Daily C: Dragon Trail GR.3

I wouldn't say so. Maybe it depends on the lobbies are you in. I had three races today with the Vette, and in the B lobbies you can find other cars as well, but not many. Last race I was in there were 13 Genesiseseses out of 16 cars. First race I started almost from the back (P13) without qualifying, finished on P3, then I set a qualy lap, started from P6 and P7, finished on P5 (after I got turned around and resumed the race on P11) and P4. Racing around me was clean, apart from that one incident. Many people made mistakes, such as clipping a wall at Death Chicane, slipping to Narnia via cerbs, or rushing optimistically past the very last braking point, etc.

Later in the week it might get more difficult to land in the DR gaining region...

I was also driving A/A+ lobbies for daily C, and I'm normally midfield in A/A+ sport mode lobbies.

from my past experience, the genesis is better through corners, slightly worse in top end, but monstrous in slipstream, but if you can get far enough ahead of them, they simply can't catch you, especially if you start on softs.

my first race I started on softs by accident, but I think it might actually be the best strategy, the mediums are too slippery for some reason, the genesis on mediums can't touch you if you start on softs, just build a gap, switch to the mediums and hang on as long as you can. 

again, I seem to be disproportionately fast around dragon trail seaside, and I have driven exclusively the Lexus for over a year just because I like it, but I feel like if the genesis was truly as meta as people said it was I should at least be having a good fight, the last two races I was arguably just NOT racing people because I was just ahead of everyone.

and again, I'm normally a midfielder, it's not like I'm Max Verstappen quite yet.

You seem to have mastered the Lexus, and esp. on this track you get good results. It's what I always say, get used to the car you like, and you will be able to be competitive on many tracks. I'm racing in B-rated lobbies, and I had, clean races provided, always good results with the Vette, being it in Gr.4 or Gr.3, at least before the physics update. Now after it, I do not feel experiencing something different. I'm not saying that I'm driving circles around the Genesis, but most races I had where good, and I finished in the DR gaining positions. This may have a lot of reasons, maybe I managed to stay out of trouble, and many times drivers made unforced errors from which I could benefit, or started battling with the cars around too early. When it comes to raw race pace, I can't catch the Genesis. I saw Beamers and the Suzuki being competitive, and Mustangs, and at least one YT'er said the Beamer is over a lap between two and four tenth slower than the Genesis, and at least in my lower lobbies, this is nothing. I guess, in A/A+ lobbies four tenth are an eternity... (but still in slipstream, so I reckon that you can be competitive with a non-meta, but ALL the big streamers or content creators don't show it, they ALL pick the meta...)

Are you sure it's that much slower? Because I did another race against even faster drivers, and started in 3rd place, and I still completely demolished them on pace and strategy, finishing ahead by 5.9 seconds, which was a bigger gap than last race I did.

maybe I'm just disproportionately good around this track idk, I do also have like over 20,000 miles on the Lexus.

Yes I won one second split race with RCF as well, but it's still much slower

In my first race in a lobby that was all A rated drivers except for one driver, I got pole position and decimated everyone else and ran away with the win.

the entire grid was genesis' and one Lexus RC F, I was also driving another Lexus, I will never drive another car willingly.

the genesis is quick in slip, but you can beat them.

I confidently say that the skill gap is still there. I'm (Corvette) three seconds behind the current No.1 (Genesis). B lobbies...