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      04-18-2012, 10:03 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by bigjae1976 View Post
One thing I would add is it that slides are easier to catch by thinking ahead.
Indeed. I heard more than a few very experienced track people say "you almost have to anticipate it."


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Originally Posted by bigjae1976 View Post
Not sure I understand. I think I would want the clutch to disengage so I don't spin the motor backwards...how would downshifting help?
Oh, I'm not saying I the driver downshifted. The car/DCT does it by itself.

In several spins I was in, I'd be in S3 at the beginning of the spin and, when the car came to a stop, it's in S1.

I even have a helmet-mounted video showing the dashboard in one of those spins where, somewhere during mid-spin, it changes from S3 to S2, then once the car came to a full stop, it changed to S1. I was too busy w/ the steering and throttle to be doing anything w/ the gear, including trying to put the DCT into N.
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