This performance was truly abysmal, placing them almost at the very bottom.
Kevin's initial strength was actually quite good, ranking him in the middle to upper tier of the qualifying rounds. However, his failures over the past two years had made him increasingly impatient, and his desire to reach the Isle of Man had gradually diminished.
Now, he was only here to pick up girls.
Meanwhile, Gu Yueyan and Reba had also noticed the results on the big screen.
"Could this Kevin be the same Kevin from just now? Didn't she say he was a professional rider? How could his results be so..."
Reba refrained from saying the word "trash." She now completely believed what Gu Yueyan had said earlier – that he was indeed not a professional rider on the Isle of Man.
"It seems he's just a tail-end qualifier," Gu Yueyan remarked. She had never believed that Kevin was a professional rider from the start; what professional rider would be so idle and have the mood to wander around a memorial hall?
...
In the pit room, after resting, Lin Yan began sitting on the simulator for track simulation training.
A massive track simulator was placed on the floor of the pit room; it had been air-freighted along with the equipment.
The so-called simulator resembled those found in arcades, featuring a half-body motorcycle paired with a large screen.
However, the one Lin Yan was straddling was dismantled from a real superbike, making it incredibly expensive.
The mechanical chassis beneath the simulator's cockpit was connected to numerous data transmission cables, and in front of it was a huge, circular screen that provided a strong sense of immersion.
Track simulators were a powerful tool for racers to familiarize themselves with tracks and improve their performance. This was also true for all Isle of Man riders and...
An hour later,
The last rider crossed the finish line, and the final results were posted on the leaderboard.
Lin Yan was undoubtedly at the top, with the second-place rider being the same one who had been more than eight seconds slower than Lin Yan earlier.
As all the riders had crossed the finish line, the race committee released the results.
According to the committee's regulations, the top four riders, excluding Lin Yan, would have an additional race to select one more rider to participate in the main event.
News of Lin Yan's advancement to the main race spread like wildfire among the fans at the venue, causing a stir back home.
China's first Isle of Man rider?
The most talented rider in China's history?
Lin Yan's name immediately went viral on various short video platforms.
It almost made it onto the trending list.
With the Lin family's extensive marketing efforts, Lin Yan's name had spread across half of China.
However, Lin Yan was unaware of all this. He was currently in the pit room, practicing the "rolling" motion in continuous turns on the simulator, repeating the same action over and over.
The same braking points, the same cornering angles, and even the same body movements for each turn were identical.
After practicing for nearly three hours, Lin Yan's forehead was covered in sweat.
He continuously practiced the six sections of the Isle of Man on the simulator. The Ramsey hairpin was his focus, as it was also the most dangerous section of the entire Isle of Man.
In just three hours, his sweat had soaked through his training suit.
It wasn't until past 3 PM that, under such high-intensity training, Lin Yan's body began to feel sore. He had to stop and rest for a while.
Although it was unrealistic to reach peak performance in a short period, he had no more time. After participating in the Isle of Man, the next...
She knew Lin Yan's strength, but she hadn't expected him to be this strong, a full second faster than the fastest lap record on the Isle of Man.
Although there was still a gap between simulator results and actual performance, this gap was generally around one second.
Among some top racers, the difference between the simulator and actual racing could be negligible.
This was because the simulator's similarity to real race cars was as high as ninety-nine percent; the difference was more about the immersive experience.
Zhang Mingzhi was very surprised.
However, Lin Yan was not satisfied with his own performance. From the first lap, he slowed down by about one second each lap, and in the final lap, his lap time dropped by nearly five seconds. This was partly due to fatigue and partly due to tire wear.
The longer tires were used, the greater the wear, and the grip would gradually decrease, causing the riders' bikes to wobble. Before entering a corner, there would be a slight tremor, and as time passed, this tremor would become more intense.
The test personnel beside him were also shocked by Lin Yan's results.
Li Wei, on the other hand, stood by without any visible reaction, not understanding.
Soon, Zhang Mingzhi recovered from his shock. He felt he should get used to this feeling sooner.