: What do you think is the toughest turn to learn in CART Racing?
: Turn 7-8 at Portland
: I find it difficult to determine how fast to go into this turn
: lap after lap. If you go in too fast, your into the wall! To
: do it consistently takes practice. But I usually find myself
: in 4th gear for 7.
The faster you go in, the more stable the car is. I usually hit it flat
in 5th, lift between 7 and 8 and brake/downshift to 4th for 8. Power out
of 8 to keep the back end behind me and then slam on the brakes and down
to 1st for 9 which I take wide and fast slipping out to the wall.
I used to lift on this corner and take it in 4th. Always got it wrong.
Then I just took it flat one day and it held. I can do 56.9s at Portland
and I find that this complex is the most important if you want to get a
good lap. Well, ok, it's all important, but this one helps a lot.
PS - I only use a 5 speed here so flat in 5th is fast!!
: Turn 11 at Toronto
: I just can not do this turn!!
It's flat out. Set up for it early by "short-cutting" ten. Turn early
and push past the pit wall will put you on the outside for 11 which is
flat out. Toronto needs more wing than you would think. Don't try to
turn late in 10 and then "get back over" for 11. You will have to lift in
11 then. Turn earlier in ten and hug the wall and 11 is flat out.
: Turn 4 at Nazareth
: It's hard to do this turn *consistently*
: Turn 1 Phoenix
: I never liked this turn!! Except in ICR1
Think of these as the same corner. Both have slight banking and are
entered with a high speed factor. Also think trail-braking. It will help
you turn in, then jump on the gas hard to keep it lined up or you may lose
it coming out if you lift too soon and too hard.
I always downshift one gear for both of these corners. That also helps
scrub some speed so it won't push on the way in/mid corner. Heavy on the
rear brake bias is the key (ie ALL the way to the rear).
My most disliked corners are:
Detroit - 1 and 12. Always go too deep here. It usually kills the lap.
Laguna - 3. Again, too deep. It's not as fast as it looks. ;)
Long Beach - 8. Even though my best is 50.7s here, this corner is the
absolute most crucial for that good lap time. I'm very
inconsistent in this corner.
Mid-Ohio - 1. Hate it because it is so much slower in the game than in
real life. I think this is the most "incorrect" track of
all tracks included. It's bad.
Australia - the whole track. HATE IT!!!!! Can only do 1m29's. :(
Best corners:
Road America - Carousel. Enter it flat in 4th, push out to the grass,
come full off the acclerator and the car turns itself (diamonding the
corner), jump back on the gas and feather it until the front end sticks
and exit at 145mph!! It rules, but I can't do it as consistent as I'd
like. ;) Mostly exit at 130-135mph.
Milwaukee - 3 and 4. The car is on rails!! Can't get it wrong!!
Ok, so these are my "home" tracks, but it's true.
