share your driving tips Version 3.0
#17
Bump For a good Thread!!!!
#18
Besides tires- what order of changes are made (prioritized) when the track changes from good traction to low traction from qualifier 2 to the mains?
#19
Tech Master
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Tip: run stock class and start at the back. Go into the first corner full speed and blast the car in front of you. This should cause a nice pile up and gain you several spots. Seems to work for people at my local track. LOL
Last edited by BRSracing; 11-23-2017 at 06:32 PM.
#21
Tech Elite
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There's not really much you can do, especially an order. If you follow the one change at a time theory, then your tires would be it. The setup should be for the overall track and obstacles, which did not change from Q2 to main. So your tires, and your mentality.. slower is faster. Don't ruin the start, the racing line will have an even better % of traction than before, so your speed into, through, and out of the corners is now more important. But that goes back to your mentality, remain calm and know that the main is still you driving against yourself. If you don't crash, then you will be faster than if you did crash. Anybody can drive well with traction, but your ability to drive shines or dulls when the traction goes down, and that is often determined by how well you keep your composure on the drivers stand both inward and outward.
#22
Tech Rookie
nice thread, thanks for sharing
Last edited by ambil21; 11-24-2017 at 09:57 AM.
#23
Good tips, anyone have anything else to add?
#24
Tech Elite
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Haven't raced or been to rctech in some time.. Thanks for bumping this and somehow it getting to my inbox My last reply I had to read a couple times, took me a couple times to "re-understand" it...
My thoughts are this since loving this hobby since roughly the mid-1980's, racing in the early 2000's, trying to get my twins into it ~2014ish, etc. -
Understand that this is for fun. It is a hobby. If you don't practice, you don't deserve to win. Even if you do practice, some will simply be more gifted enough to beat you anyway. Equipment can limit you, but generally lack of practice (equates to lack of skills) limits us more. Lack of maintenance will bite you sometimes, but the stuff is so good now it is difficult to DNF due to equipment..
The marshals are there to flip you over after your mistake or misfortune, they are not there to ruin your race, they did not ruin your race. Embrace the marshalls, practice and understand their roll and your roll in the race. You crash, they help you.
Laptimes. Do you look at them? Do you record them? Have you ever sat down and figured out how close EVERY lap was to your average lap? How close every lap was to your FAST lap? How close (far apart) was your average lap to your fast lap (efficiency)? How many times after a crash have you thought you need to make that time up, and promptly crash again? You can't make up lost time. Remember that. You can't undo a mistake, you learn from it and do your best not to repeat it. That in itself is a life lesson, not just a racing lesson.
My thoughts are this since loving this hobby since roughly the mid-1980's, racing in the early 2000's, trying to get my twins into it ~2014ish, etc. -
Understand that this is for fun. It is a hobby. If you don't practice, you don't deserve to win. Even if you do practice, some will simply be more gifted enough to beat you anyway. Equipment can limit you, but generally lack of practice (equates to lack of skills) limits us more. Lack of maintenance will bite you sometimes, but the stuff is so good now it is difficult to DNF due to equipment..
The marshals are there to flip you over after your mistake or misfortune, they are not there to ruin your race, they did not ruin your race. Embrace the marshalls, practice and understand their roll and your roll in the race. You crash, they help you.
Laptimes. Do you look at them? Do you record them? Have you ever sat down and figured out how close EVERY lap was to your average lap? How close every lap was to your FAST lap? How close (far apart) was your average lap to your fast lap (efficiency)? How many times after a crash have you thought you need to make that time up, and promptly crash again? You can't make up lost time. Remember that. You can't undo a mistake, you learn from it and do your best not to repeat it. That in itself is a life lesson, not just a racing lesson.
#25
Laptimes. Do you look at them? Do you record them? Have you ever sat down and figured out how close EVERY lap was to your average lap? How close every lap was to your FAST lap? How close (far apart) was your average lap to your fast lap (efficiency)? How many times after a crash have you thought you need to make that time up, and promptly crash again? You can't make up lost time. Remember that. You can't undo a mistake, you learn from it and do your best not to repeat it. That in itself is a life lesson, not just a racing lesson.
#26
One of the best pieces of advise I ever got-
At the end of the day - you are driving a toy car in the hopes of earning a bowling trophy.
Unless you are a paid professional with a paycheck contingent on your results and finishing, Its still just a toy car,....
MOmo
At the end of the day - you are driving a toy car in the hopes of earning a bowling trophy.
Unless you are a paid professional with a paycheck contingent on your results and finishing, Its still just a toy car,....
MOmo