rec.autos.simulators

> The biggest part of qualifying at Dega is your warmup lap and carrying the
> speed into the final lap

> Warm up your tires on the very first lap.. then as you go into your first
> qaul lap, run the high line while coming down off the the turns and carrying
> alot of speed

> as you end your first timed lap, you should be up high in turn 3/4, just as
> you reach the writing on the wall, start to turn down into the turn so that
> you gain speed coming off of the turn and down the frontstretch.

> This will give you a little more speed going into your final lap

> I usually qual in the top 3

> make sure your setup has the car set for pure speed.  Max tape, min spoiler,
> etc..

> > Hello all
> > For quite some time now I have been racing online in N3.I stick to
> > Talladega for the most part as I am not quit up to speed at the shorter
> > tracks. Usually I will qualify around anywhere from say 15th to 25th. I
> was
> > doing qual times of low 49 on the first lap and mid 48's on the
> > second.After experimenting with a few setups of my own and others  that I
> > got off the net my qual times have dropped to more like a 48.7 on the
> first
> > lap and like a 48.3 or 48.4 on the second.Usually during a race I can
> drive
> > smart and avoid trouble and consistantly finish in the top 5 or 10. BUT
> > what I am trying to figure out is how all the guys that qualify better
> than
> > I am are doing sub 48 second laps(in cooler weather).
> >  It seems that no matter what I do I am at least 1/2 to 7/8ths of a second
> > off of the pole qualifier.I have tried different setups and different
> lines
> > and I still end up mid pack when I qualify. I dont know maybe I am missing
> > something somewhere, and I have compared many replays to try to pick up
> som
> > e speed somewhere.
> > So If any one has a few suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

> > Thanks
> > see you on the track

> > Jeff