Eldred,
Mmmmm, you're losing me a bit here, but I'll give a shot at an answer.
Not trying to get too metaphysical or anything, but knowing what you're
driving style is really means knowing yourself and how you like to drive.
Do you like to go really deep into the corners before braking? Like to
trail brake in there? Like to ride the next driver's bumper? Like to stay
back until you see an opening? Prefer to downshift in the corners or keep
it in one gear? Like the high line? Low line? Ride it right up to the wall
out of a corner? Prefer to leave some space? etc, etc, etc.
As far as testing someone else's setups for your own use, that in itself
won't tell you what your own driving style is. At best, it will tell you
whether someone else has a similar driving style. In my case, I've tried
setups from about 4 different sources. Out of those, I found one that from
track to track, seemed to be consistently close to what I felt was a stable
handling car. Thus, I use those setups as a base (though I'm moving more
and more to the point of working off the FAST setup as a base and creating
my own from scratch). From there it has been a matter of learning how to
read tire temps, how to make adjustments, and how to practice.
Jeff Causey
FrogDog Racing
> >The number one thing I would recommend is you spend a little bit of time
> >learning how to tweak a setup for your driving style. As good as Doug's
> >setups are, everyone drives a little bit differently and in N4, that is
> >enough to justify getting the setup configured for YOUR driving style.
> How do you KNOW what your driving style *is*...? By simply stating that
> so-and-so's setup is too loose for me, does that tell you?
> Because *I* sure don't know...
> Eldred
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