Raceway 34 is definitely a "rhythm" track -- you have to fall into a
good rhythm to run consistent, quick laps, and if you lose your rhythm,
you can go right to the back of the pack very quickly. A good lap
there goes something like this:
Accelerate down the straight; snap the wheel left to get your car set
up for the turn-in; stay on the throttle long enough to get yourself
rotated into the turn; lift of the throttle momentarily to let the car
get stable as the tail swings around; get back on the throttle and
power-slide on thru, then accelerate out toward the late apex; repeat
down the back straight.
Throttle is very important on these "rhythm" tracks. At Raceway 34, if
you stay on the throttle too long going into the turn and you'll find
yourself heading into the infield; if you don't get back into the
throttle soon enough and you either won't get your powerslide/drift set
up properly, or you'll go into terminal understeer and slowly drift up
into the wall. Either way, you're probably going to lose a couple of
positions along the way.
Great fun, all in all. The 1/4-mile tracks in particular all require a
lot of off-throttle, on-throttle coordination, along with a LOT of
steering corrections.
I find that the Mexico track in GPL also requires similar "rhythm" to
successfully get through all the esses and such -- challenging yet
rewarding when you get it right (especially for more than one
consecutive lap!).
And to think that some of the testers bowed out during the DTR alpha
testing stage because they felt it wasn't going to be enough of a
"sim." Oh, ye of little faith! <G>
;-)
-- JB
> > >Throttle control is the key
> > as in, keep it all the way down? That's what I've been doing.
> > I need more practice.
> It depends on the track. Some tracks you can keep the throttle all
> the way down and get away with it, but on other tracks that's very
> difficult. Raceway 34 for example with the Late Models.
> Marko;
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