Well, there's nothing wrong with shifting on sound, just wait till the sound
is a little higher :) I don't know which Ferrari you've got installed, but
with the one I have, the red-line stops on the figure "11" if you rev the
engine in neutral. In the Ferrari I shift just before this, on about 10.8,
whereas you shift about on the "10". It's not a big deal, but it will mean
you don't quite have optimum acceleration.
Actually, just on sound, what i've done with my copy of GPL is found an
engine sound I liked and copied it for all the cars, so they all sound the
same. I then edited each individual engine sound to change the pitch for
each car so that when they were all at max revs they all produce the same
pitch (or note). Now, whatever car I'm in, I always shift on the same
pitch. This makes switching between cars extremely easy, plus I think it's
helped my driving in general.
On braking, a few months ago, I used to leave a massive trail of black smoke
into every braking zone :) particularly in long braking zones, like before
lesmo 1 and parabolica at Monza. Now I use less brake pedal, brake later
and spin way less. Obviously my Monza time is only 0.01 better than yours
so I'm not claiming to be a Monza expert, but I think most drivers would
advise you to work on this. You'd probably be amazed at how deep into
parabolica a real top driver (Huttu etc) can brake, plus they brake in a
curve and not a straight line, and it's impossible to do these things if the
brakes are locked.
15 laps in a weekend is a lot, you're right. You probably don't have the
free time to bo doing that same amount per day over a whole week, especially
when there's no guarantee it'd help. You need to convince your brain that
you should be going quicker.
Before Christmas I was stuck on 8:48. I also couldn't see how it was
possible to go faster, since it was a really nice clean lap in the Lotus. I
did loads of laps trying to beat it, to the point of total frustration. I
had just about given up and decided to do one last flying lap. I screwed up
my last lap on the first turn!! I was so totally pi**ed off that I drove
the rest of the lap in a minor rage, attacking every corner, not giving a
damn whether I crashed or not. Half way through the lap I noticed how much
faster than usual I was driving, and when I finished the lap it was about
8:50 (IIRC) with about 15 seconds of time lost in spins.
The next day I was able to drive in the same agressive manner, do a clean
lap and got to 8:35, and then 8:32 a few days after that.
Since you seem to be stuck, I think you should try something like this. Do
some laps but not going for a PB, just forget the time, don't worry if you
crash 50 times, just try to take every single corner a lot more agressively
(and quicker) than you usually do. Just go into every corner 15-20% faster
and see if the cars comes out the other end. I've seen from your 8:38 that
you know how to avoid spins and when to correct the car, so I'm convinved
you have the skill to control the car at higher speeds.
:)
> It's supposed to be threshold braking. If the tires don't lock when I
brake,
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> We'll see. I've run 15 laps over a weekend before, with no improvement.
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