Formula D
On a straight, must the move use the fewest spaces between its start and end?
The straights section of the rulebook states the rule, and posters quoting it agree.
- Formula D rulebook · Rulebook · Driving Code on the Straights
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- jutuomin · Community · 2023-04-25disagrees
- GNAOW · Community · 2019-07-04disagrees
Yes. The rulebook requires a manoeuvre on a straight to be completed in the smallest number of spaces possible, so the route must be the shortest from where the straight part began to where it ends. The rule limits the route, not the distance: you need not move as far forward as possible.