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Old 10-04-2014, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by lagcisco
Is everyone with a 418 going to upgrade to the 419?

Curious what strategy's you guys use. One car per season/year?

Or so you wait a couple of generations?

Since these cars seem to be on a yearly cycle, I'm thinking to just do what I do with my phone, upgrade every 2 years.

I'm an average driver so upgrading to a better car won't really make me faster. I suppose that's the biggest motivator.
Depends. Many people here seem to think the driver is fast (or slow, as the case may be), not the car.

I keep some really old cars to check how good I am. If I can tune my old car to be faster, it probably means I learnt something. If I'm faster with a new car it may be that the car makes me look better but I'm the same slow driver with a new (faster) car. Every now and then a fast lap with the old car helps me think. It's like a benchmark for my skill measured against myself, not others.

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