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You will use less fuel. I always do it when short on fuel or when the
engine is running hot.

Depends on your setup and your driving too...
But with very low boost, ie 6 or lower, it can be very hard
if not impossible if you have edited the AI strength to match
your level when you're using boost 9.

Usually if you don't miscalculate the fuel mileage you'll not use
anything but boost 9. There's no reason since there is no fuel mileage
limit.

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What is short-shifting?

I often wonder what boost is normally used by other racers? I stick to
7 most often, with 9 for that extra effort when required.

Here's another question that I've been wondering lately:

When braking hard for a sharp corner (eg several at Toronto) how late
do other folks leave their down shifting?

I have the ECC CDS wheel system, whose thumb shifters allow for very
quick downshifting. I noticed recently at work, when I was demo-ing
ICR2 with a cheap joystick, with auto-shifting on, that the shifting
was left quite late. I.e the revs were low before the computer shifted
down from 6th. Up til then I'd been shifting quite early when I
started braking. I tried this technique at home with the CDS and came
away with the impression that I was braking better; engine braking
perhaps?

Any thoughts anyone,

Stuart
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SB> I often wonder what boost is normally used by other racers? I stick
SB> to 7 most often, with 9 for that extra effort when required.

Me, I tend to use 9 the whole time.....but I'm a sort race and personal
best sort of player much of the time.

SB> When braking hard for a sharp corner (eg several at Toronto) how
SB> late do other folks leave their down shifting?

Too early I think.....with the number of engines I've
blown.....especially in Nascar......but I learnt to drive race-cars on
F1GP which is fitted with that Oh-so-high-tech piece of European
equipment (apparently not available in the US).....a rev-limiter!!!  B-)

Be interesting to know though.....especially when crap-braking on my
part has been making me wonder if, following a comment Mark Blundell
made in Autosport, whether left-foot braking is supported and/or useful
in Papyrus sims. Anyone?

Biggest problem with their sims (I think) when it comes to braking is
perhaps one of the presentation rather than the physics.....I get the
impression that it's possible for the car to be partially or fully
locked up and sliding, with no audible or other warning until you hit
the walls. This is my best explanation for rather wierd
behaviour.....Rick???

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Yes, you can left-foot brake.

SB>What is short-shifting?

That's when you hit the clutch up before the tachometer hits 3/4ths of
the way to the red line. like the 6 or 7 on NCAR

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: What is short-shifting?

This is shifting up early (before the optimum rpm is reached).  This is
done on the road courses to conserve fuel.  This also tends to reduce
you lap time.  At least I think this is what it means.  The reason I
asked the question is cuz the manual states, "Shifting up too early will
lead to decreased performance and wasted fuel."  Maybe the key word is
"too" early.  

Any experts want to shed some light on this?

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Generally speaking, short shifting is used to conserve fuel.  In other
words, lets say you come out of a corner in 2nd gear and normally you
reach 4th gear before going into the next corner, if you use short
shifting and increase your gears to 5th or 6th prior to entering the
corner, you will conserve fuel because you were able to keep your RPM
lower through that section of track (that was alot to say in one
sentence).  However, the downfall of using this tactic is that you will
probably have lowered your average speed and increased your lap time.

Obviously, this tactic may be employed to lengenthen the amount of laps
between pitting for fuel (maybe toward the end of the race when you are
leading by a good amount of time).  

Just remember HIGH RPM = HIGH SPEED = LOTS OF FUEL.

Hopes this helps.

John

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MC> This is shifting up early (before the optimum rpm is reached).  This
MC> is done on the road courses to conserve fuel.  This also tends to
MC> reduce you lap time.  At least I think this is what it means

Sometimes it also means keeping the revs down, and the tourque high
which will cut down on the chances of wheelspin......optimal for driving
in the wet, out of a gravel bed (my specialty), etc.

At least that's in the real world, as I've understood it.....what it
means in Papyrus-land (which as we know isn't quite the same) who knows.

Cheers!

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