Thread: Two Men One Car!!! :D

Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas

Wow that last part was almost a straight drive. The guy talking about "4 left, titan, open" blah blah is that gear shifting?

Heheh yeah toward the end of the stage it got pretty quick, but as you saw, even on the last corner if you dont have the car really burried into the ice with grip, a slight lift in at the wrong moment and its off through the snow bank and into the trees!!

We also had Moose walking around, so there were times when you just didnt know if you would come over a crest and be faced with 2 tonnes of Antlers and hooves!!

The pace note system I use is 1-6. 1 Being tight like first gear and 6 being completely flat out (6th gear), you then add the direction, left and right and then fine tune the note with plus, minus, opens or tightens. For example:

"4 right-, tightens over crest into 3 left opens to 5 left 400."

I know from this I am looking at roughly a 4th gear type of corner (depending on surface condition) that is going to come toward me as I go over the crest, therefore I want to keep the car left on the entry to the corner for as long as possible before turning in as I know the corner is going to come toward me and tighten and thus the 4 right with a "minus" is off the gas, changing down to 3rd possibly 2nd as the next corner is a "3" left but it "opens" to a 5 left which means on the entry to the "3 left" I must be in exactly the right gear to excellerate HARD through the corner as it opens to a 400 yard long straight and I have to be coming off the corner as fast as possible.

Exit speed is king, which means it is always much better to be slighly slower into the corner, so that you and not your car defines the position and angle at which you come out of a corner in order to get as much speed down the next straight for however long that might be!

People who "think" they can drive fast, 9 times out of 10 are absolutely horrible in their driving technique into a corner and thus the car is never exiting as quick as it might ordinarilly do when positioned and balanced correctly on entry.

Snow and Ice really is completely different driving style to Tarmac, which is a lot faster and straight smooth lines are the fastest way. On snow and ice, heavy aggresion on the brakes and throttle are essential to keep the car planted.

Either way....tonnes of fun!

PS - Xmaster...you are so wrong on so many levels, from pink shirts to "cup" watching......dammit we need to tighten up the 22nd recruitment policy!