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It looks to me like the middle lane is near to a 'proper' racing line, which is one of the joys of running digital - whether with others or own your own. It should be the quickest way round and makes a lap a different driving experience from standard-spaced analogue lanes. Squeezing for the sake of squeezing doesn't interest me - but a racing line does.

When racing that lane against others, there will be the disadvantage of having to negotiate cars on both sides. But having raced a lot of 6-car digital races on two lanes, if you're up against good drivers, interactions with the other five cars are fairly infrequent. On a decent-size three lane analogue track (which this is), they'll be a few exciting moments to size up, plan for and execute (or not) - but most of the time will require the usual focus on driving a quick lap.

Another lesson learned from digital is that using 'slower' types of cars gives drivers more time for the race craft - and they are often more forgiving if a manoeuvre goes wrong. It's also important to have rules about contact - and penalties for drivers that cause an incident.

Looking forward to seeing how the idea develops.