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06-04-2012, 01:15 AM
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Once you stop playing with that left pedal you'll go faster. Get the braking done before the turn in and DRIVE THROUGH the turn on throttle. Trail braking is for DE "late braking kings"and cone dodgers. Can't get out of a corner if you're on the brakes!
06-04-2012, 01:18 AM
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06-04-2012, 03:42 AM
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06-04-2012, 04:12 AM
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Liberal use of the left pedal doesn't make you fast. If that were the case we could just grid up and stand on the brake. Most DE guys don't know how to let the car roll, when they are unsure of themselves the default is to slow down immediately.
06-04-2012, 09:32 AM
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06-04-2012, 09:43 AM
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Nick, with all due respect I don't know how much experience you have in Sebring, and if you watch closely he's always on throttle very close to the apex, or at some points part it, the same way some of us drive. You can clearly see that in turn 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 A early on the throttle and flat thru the session.
I don't know how you can turn in and be on the throttle, maybe you can post a video so I can try to understand better what do you mean.
I don't know how you can turn in and be on the throttle, maybe you can post a video so I can try to understand better what do you mean.
next best thing besides driving it.
06-04-2012, 10:41 AM
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Peter, I am just getting to this thrtead after a full week at Watkins Glen. Very sorry for your difficulties finding a car.
My experience is that too. And it's just as Eddie says: if you have lag, you're in the wrong gear...
Disagree. The real time to be made up on track is under braking...and trail braking on well set up cars makes the car work so much better in the corners. GT2RS trail brakes beautifully. In addition, a really good driver will carry insane speed into the corner, start to set the car under trail braking, and be off throttle for a short window as the car settles (presuming they are rolling the car into the corner with early, shallow steering) before rolling to power. The big low-hanging fruit laptime is on corner entry...and Sean Edwards' video shows this.
Exactly.
Nope, he is aggressively trail braking. You always want to downshift before turning. He waits a split second between brakes and power if he gets it right, to set the car with the insane entry speeds he has. Every time he pushes it is due to too much throttle too soon, which (especially on a rear engined car) unweights the already-light nose too suddenly & shrinks the front contact patches, which induces understeer.
Liberal use of the left pedal does make you faster unless "liberal" means "sudden" and "a lot of pressure"...
Exactly.
He is barely trail braking. Hence the downshifting BEFORE the turn in. He is still trying to accelerate THROUGH THE TURN, balancing the car between maintenance and acceleration. I bet he had far more front bite than you think. Every time he pushes it is due to a mistake.
Liberal use of the left pedal doesn't make you fast. If that were the case we could just grid up and stand on the brake. Most DE guys don't know how to let the car roll, when they are unsure of themselves the default is to slow down immediately.
Liberal use of the left pedal doesn't make you fast. If that were the case we could just grid up and stand on the brake. Most DE guys don't know how to let the car roll, when they are unsure of themselves the default is to slow down immediately.
Liberal use of the left pedal does make you faster unless "liberal" means "sudden" and "a lot of pressure"...