But it did mean that when I finally got on track for the first time after 1pm, I did one slow, oil-dodging-and-sliding session, pulled into the garage and packed up and left immediately.
The track was simply unridable. Combined with continuing to insist on running the full circuit - and the 3 major rivers on the new section only (the rest was bone dry, except for oil on every corner) - it was never gonna get better.

It was also the worst-run day I've experienced so far from ECRD.