In Lap thirty-two, the fog came back.
It wasn't the total whiteout of lap twenty. This was a partial fog, ground-level, thick and milky, hugging the surface of the track in the lower sections of the circuit.
The valley sections were the worst. The run down from the S-Curves toward Degner, the back straight, and the approach to the Hairpin were swallowed by the mist.
The high points, Turn 1 and the elevated sections of the first sector, were clear, bathed in that eerie, simulated purple twilight. The low points were obscured, hidden as if they didn't exist.
Leo used Auditory Mapping for the first time in reduced visibility. The fog removed his visual reference points; he couldn't see the white lines or the distance markers.
But the sound remained. He could hear the circuit's surface changes even through the mist. He heard the shift in spray frequency as the surface went from relatively clear to water-covered.
