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by **frederickso** » Thu, 04 Jul 2002 12:58:11

What is the best line at Daytona for qualifying? Is it the "preferred racing
line" in the game or sticking to the bottom or something else?

by **Biz** » Thu, 04 Jul 2002 13:08:57

Keeping the car as free as possible in and out of the turns and driving the shortest way around
while doing so. You never want to have to pinch the wheel to turn it, as it will scrub speed.
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by **Pete** » Thu, 04 Jul 2002 13:06:59

At 70 degrees at 183.5 will get you the pole 99.9% of the time. The
prefered line is very close. Smoothness is the key on your transitions.

Pete

by **Bob** » Thu, 04 Jul 2002 13:21:00

You have two laps. Think about burning fuel to lighten load, and getting as
much heat as you can in the tires on the first lap. Hint....it is not the
preferred line :-)

by **The Other Larr** » Thu, 04 Jul 2002 22:04:40

I've found that "Tossing the first Lap" isn't _nearly_ as effective in
N4/N2002 as it was in N3.

In N3, you could _really_ eat the field alive if you mastered this.

It just doesn't seem to be worth much any more.

-Larry

> You have two laps. Think about burning fuel to lighten load, and getting
as
> much heat as you can in the tires on the first lap. Hint....it is not the
> preferred line :-)

> > What is the best line at Daytona for qualifying? Is it the "preferred
> racing
> > line" in the game or sticking to the bottom or something else?

by **SimRace** » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 00:56:01

> You have two laps. Think about burning fuel to lighten load, and getting
as
> much heat as you can in the tires on the first lap. Hint....it is not the
> preferred line :-)

> > What is the best line at Daytona for qualifying? Is it the "preferred
> racing
> > line" in the game or sticking to the bottom or something else?

I agree, take the long way around on the warmup lap and lap one, then
'finding' the preferred line on the last lap is the way to go. Driving the
long way around does 2 things, burns more fuel and lengthens the track to
give you more time to 'wind up' the motor and get all the mo going that you
can.

by **The Other Larr** » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 01:19:01

Heavens knows we need all the wind-up time we can get with this rules
package. Jeez, these cars are slow!

-Larry

> > You have two laps. Think about burning fuel to lighten load, and
getting
> as
> > much heat as you can in the tires on the first lap. Hint....it is not
the
> > preferred line :-)

> > > What is the best line at Daytona for qualifying? Is it the "preferred
> > racing
> > > line" in the game or sticking to the bottom or something else?

> I agree, take the long way around on the warmup lap and lap one, then
> 'finding' the preferred line on the last lap is the way to go. Driving the
> long way around does 2 things, burns more fuel and lengthens the track to
> give you more time to 'wind up' the motor and get all the mo going that
you
> can.

by **Rob** » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 04:28:00

One problem though--the qualifying setups can often blow the engine before
your 2nd lap is complete.

--
---------------------
Rob Berryhill

> > You have two laps. Think about burning fuel to lighten load, and
getting
> as
> > much heat as you can in the tires on the first lap. Hint....it is not
the
> > preferred line :-)

> > > What is the best line at Daytona for qualifying? Is it the "preferred
> > racing
> > > line" in the game or sticking to the bottom or something else?

> I agree, take the long way around on the warmup lap and lap one, then
> 'finding' the preferred line on the last lap is the way to go. Driving the
> long way around does 2 things, burns more fuel and lengthens the track to
> give you more time to 'wind up' the motor and get all the mo going that
you
> can.

by **The Other Larr** » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 04:45:01

We run fixed FAST setups, so this should not be an issue...

-Larry

> One problem though--the qualifying setups can often blow the engine before
> your 2nd lap is complete.

> --
> ---------------------
> Rob Berryhill

> > > You have two laps. Think about burning fuel to lighten load, and
> getting
> > as
> > > much heat as you can in the tires on the first lap. Hint....it is not
> the
> > > preferred line :-)

> > > > What is the best line at Daytona for qualifying? Is it the
"preferred
> > > racing
> > > > line" in the game or sticking to the bottom or something else?

> > I agree, take the long way around on the warmup lap and lap one, then
> > 'finding' the preferred line on the last lap is the way to go. Driving
the
> > long way around does 2 things, burns more fuel and lengthens the track
to
> > give you more time to 'wind up' the motor and get all the mo going that
> you
> > can.

by **Eldre** » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 05:14:01

>I agree, take the long way around on the warmup lap and lap one, then
>'finding' the preferred line on the last lap is the way to go. Driving the
>long way around does 2 things, burns more fuel and lengthens the track to
>give you more time to 'wind up' the motor and get all the mo going that you
>can.

I thought winding up the motor means you'll blow the engine on the second qual
lap? That's what happens to me every time I use the fixed qual setup. It
happened in the RASCAR race, too... :(

Eldred

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by **The Other Larr** » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 05:20:18

That's interesting. I'll have to try that out!

They must have the front end all taped over or something...

-Larry

> >I agree, take the long way around on the warmup lap and lap one, then
> >'finding' the preferred line on the last lap is the way to go. Driving
the
> >long way around does 2 things, burns more fuel and lengthens the track to
> >give you more time to 'wind up' the motor and get all the mo going that
you
> >can.

> I thought winding up the motor means you'll blow the engine on the second
qual
> lap? That's what happens to me every time I use the fixed qual setup. It
> happened in the RASCAR race, too... :(

> Eldred

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by **B.Farme** » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 13:01:31

> >I agree, take the long way around on the warmup lap and lap one, then
> >'finding' the preferred line on the last lap is the way to go. Driving the
> >long way around does 2 things, burns more fuel and lengthens the track to
> >give you more time to 'wind up' the motor and get all the mo going that you
> >can.

> I thought winding up the motor means you'll blow the engine on the second qual
> lap? That's what happens to me every time I use the fixed qual setup. It
> happened in the RASCAR race, too... :(

> Eldred

Hmmmmmm... , I've always assumed(!) that the RASCAR races used the same "fast"
setup for qual & race?

Eldred?

Brian

by **Eldre** » Sat, 06 Jul 2002 06:27:27

>Hmmmmmm... , I've always assumed(!) that the RASCAR races used the same
>"fast"
>setup for qual & race?

>Eldred?

>Brian

Maybe I was thinking about another league race I ran a couple weeks ago. I
think I used the standard qual setting there...

Eldred
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by **Tim** » Thu, 18 Jul 2002 05:13:57

You still want to run the longest line with the least amount of wheel turn
until the last lap so find a feathuring point that won't abuse the engine so
much. Even if you feather say at 95% throttle, it will still heat your
tires just that little bit more.

Of course, smokin'em in neutral for about 20 seconds in the pits doesn't
hurt either. Just makes your pit crew***for air but who needs them at
'tona anyway.
<vbg>

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