>Can someone explain to me the fascination with Talledega? To me it's the
>least interesting track. Not a realistic sim of Talledega? No pedal work?
>No real competition from the AI cars? Maybe it's just too subtle for me.
I'm with you on this, but I think the attraction is speed and close racing.
95% of the speed comes from the setup, which makes it an easy track for
rookies, just d/l a setup of the net and your pretty competitive.
Unfortunately, most of them try to run 3 and 4 wide into the turns and it
doesn't work unless everybody holds their line perfectly. I think most guys
think the lanes in the turns are just eye candy, but they are there for a
reason.
To get your rating up. As I've noted in r.a.s before, the skill system is
biased towards large races and Talladega attracts the largest crowds. I
avoided Dega like the plague after the first couple of nights, but could
never find more than 4 or 5 other guys who wanted to race the other tracks.
Meanwhile, I'm watching guys who can barely keep the car pointed nose-first
pass me up in skill level. So I ran a few Degas and my skill level went
from 5 to 7 in 2 days.
The problem with this strategy is that they are just as likely to take you
out when they try to go under you. I am convinced that the best strategy is
to enter a closed race series with people that you trust to race
door-to-door. Unfortunately, this probably won't satisfy my lust for speed
completely, and I'll continue to run pick-up races, but I'm learning who to
avoid.
Hey, me too! I think I'm finally getting a handle on the Glen, Sears Point
is next. BTW, the best qual times at SP in multi-player are 92's, and I
heard somebody got a 93 the other day.
Dave "davids" Sparks
Sequoia Motorsports
