Quazar87

From what I can tell, the new atmosphere is much less soupy. And it's the deltaV that you expend earlier in the flight that costs the most, where you fight inertia and the atmosphere the most. In the previous stock versions it was thick but it dropped off fast, meaning you would do a much more abrupt turn to reach orbit. Now we can use a much more ballistically efficient gravity turn.

I'd just like to point out that it'll only be Monday for another 2 and half hours over here.