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Holy crap, that was a close call!
glad you are ok!
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09-14-2012, 11:02 AM | #25 | |
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I tap and take T2 early which swings me wide for the entrance of T3. I apex the last bit of curbing of T3 and as I unwind from T3 I turn in for T4. If it works right, the only use of brakes is the turn in for T2. If needed you can throttle steer the arc from T2, exiting T3, and into T4. To me, its one of the best characteristics of Lightning. |
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09-14-2012, 01:48 PM | #26 |
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Very lucky not to hit the wall at that speed. It seems to me that you got on the power too soon and too hard. That corner is very tricky and things can get very hairy if not done right.
You had planty of run of area and instead of trying to save it and stay on the track, you should have gone straigt to the grass. I almost ran out of the road in that same spot first time, when i was learning the track. Twice, two cars spun right in front of me and i was able to avoid the contact both times. Anyway, glad you didnt damage the car or yourself. |
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09-15-2012, 05:54 AM | #27 | |
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Trying defensive lines can help you explore stuff I guess, but then you need to take it down a notch or you will run out of room like you did. That is a hard turn to pass people in a race in general although I've done it a few times. The main issues there are that usually there is a lot of crap that gets kicked onto the track downhill, and if you take an outer line down the hill, grip can be unpredictable and combine that with the off-camber "feel" of the drop, you can get in trouble. I've put two wheels off coming down several times, but the only time I spun there was due to my stupidity of trying a bit too much in my X-E92 M3 on old formula and cold BFGs on a damp track. I ran out of skill really fast on that one and ended up a few meters from the wall you drove past.
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Thanks. Even though I reacted to the initial slide, I still just felt like a passenger...
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That's the difference--I don't brake while sweeping into T3, I just modulate the throttle. But then I brake to set up for cutting left into T4. You're suggesting instead that I brake a bit to get me into T3 far to the right side, then get on the throttle from then all the way through that little chute and T4? I'll try that next time. Me too. Quote:
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Again, I've never been on that track but I would look closely at the 2 turns before it which put you at that particular turn in point which caused you to go off. I've always found that I usually did something different in the turn before...even if there's a straight in between. It throws me off my rhythm and don't adjust. You would have been fine if you didn't hit the front edge of the curbing. That upset the car and made the car pretty much uncontrollable.
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09-15-2012, 12:42 PM | #31 | |
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P.S. Actually, as bigjae1976 suggested, there is something not so right about the turn before that one. You seem to have over-braked into that one and came out too slow and did not really use the track there as a consequence coming out. That might have affected your car placement going into the uphill turn.
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09-17-2012, 11:52 AM | #32 |
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Wow that was a close call and great save. Similar thing happen to me when I was at Lightning, not to that extent, but man I know the feeling...
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Nice recovery! That was super close. I've gone off on turn 5 trying to pass on the outside, but there's a lot of run-off there.
Hope you don't mind if I critique the rest of your video. Good line entering turn 2, a few feet off the apex and then parallel to the sand patch on the left side before turn 3. Use more of the curb on turn 3 though, go right over it. Your turn into 4 was late, go right up on that too. There's a lot of track out on turn 4 since they extended the curbing, you should end up out there. Once there, bring the nose of the car and point it at the rightmost billboard (Coca cola last time I checked). That is turn 4 "A". Doing that will set you up so you're parallel to the next curbing on the left right before 5 (don't go on that period, but get right next to it close as possible). Turn in more on 5 - use that curb too. But overall, nice driving. I hope to see you at some events. Edit: There is a PCA event Nov 3-4 @ NJMP, one track each day.
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09-29-2012, 09:39 PM | #34 |
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same track, and my scariest moment here.
for those who dont want to wait for the suspense, forward to around 3min. i literally froze and prayed a straight line was my best choice, then said well they do it in races, why not. lol |
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