And the reason you brake too much? Because you are downshifting. The reason why is simple: you brake too much. Although it sounds impossible, you may find that you’re faster in the drill than when you drive with brakes and shifting. This is just what it sounds like: drive the entire track in one gear and don’t use your brakes. One of my favorite exercises is the “3rd gear, no brakes drill”.
#Secrets and lies surgeon simulator 2 full
You’re not at full throttle until the corner is basically done. While cornering, you spend some time trail-braking, some time coasting, and some time at partial throttle. But here’s the thing, nobody uses all of their engine in the corner. As a result, they make sure to downshift before every corner.
#Secrets and lies surgeon simulator 2 drivers
There are a lot of drivers who think that the most important part of high performance driving is the engine. Not only is loose slow, it’s also dangerous.įor those of you thinking “what about FWD?”, the same behavior applies to FWD: understeer is both safer and faster. While the car may rotate pretty well by itself, you’ll be fighting oversteer the entire way out of the corner.
Since you’re always at the risk of spinning, you end up entering the corner slower. There’s already no grip in the rear, and trail-braking makes the matter worse. On the other hand, if the car is tuned for oversteer, you can’t trail-brake at all. Even in this case, trail-braking is useful as it adds weight and grip to the front tires to help them steer. Sometimes the car will understeer so much that you can’t get it to rotate at all. If you have a car tuned for understeer, you can use trail-braking to restore balance. Also, corner entry oversteer is created from braking, not throttle. Oversteer should happen in the first part of the corner, when the speed is lower. You don’t add throttle until most of the turning is done.
Seriously, they believe that by breaking the rear tires loose under throttle they will get through the corner faster. People who believe oversteer is faster try to use their rear tires to help them turn. Alternatively, use Gran Turismo, where you can change compounds. Assetto Corsa doesn’t let you switch compounds, but you can pump up your tires absurdly high. So maybe do this experiment in simulation. Oh yeah, and you’ll probably get kicked off track for spinning every lap. With the slippery tires on the back, your best lap will be 2-3 seconds off pace. Your lap time will be 1-2 seconds off pace. With the slippery tires in the front you will experience a lot of understeer. Try the following experiment: put all season tires on the front of your car and time yourself. The phrase “loose is fast” isn’t actually true. Also, if you’re a Type I robot, you really need to explore the space of the track. By intentionally driving off line, you may find a different line. You may find that the shortest path is a lot faster. Make sure to time yourself and record data. Here are two suggestions to fix the Type I problem, which most low intermediate drivers don’t even recognize as a problem. And in a decreasing radius corner, it’s fast in, slow out. For example, when driving through esses, just take the shortest path. There are many corners where it’s better to take the shortest path. So they drive outside-inside-outside regardless of the shape of the corner. This lesson can be so impactful that they think every corner is a Type I corner. Largest radius, highest speed, blah blah blah. One of the first things novice drivers learn is the typical racing line through a Type I corner. They depend on their bad habits, which make them very hard to fix.
One of the great things about coaching intermediate drivers in general is that some of their problems are easily fixed because they simply have the wrong facts in their heads.Low-intermediate veterans represent an interesting challenge. This is in contrast to advanced drivers who use their time for training, testing, and tuning. Given a couple hours of track time, their focus is on passing the other cars on track and setting their personal best lap time. Some skills/knowledge may be at a surprisingly advanced level yet others are severely lacking.
The intermediate stage is sort of like teen years in driving development. How do I define low intermediate? Partly by lap time, but also by driving technique and knowledge. Today, I want to talk about veteran drivers who have plateaued at the low intermediate level.
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