Starts/Restarts N2002

Some driving advice needed. Whenever I start or restart in N2002 both against the AI and on-line I find that I'm losing loads of places. It can't be set-up related as I lose the places even in fixed set-up races. It is obviously my driving. Can anyone give some tips on how to make better starts? Cheers Lee

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> Some driving advice needed. > > Whenever I start or restart in N2002 both against the AI and on-line I find > that I'm losing loads of places. It can't be set-up related as I lose the > places even in fixed set-up races. > > It is obviously my driving. Can anyone give some tips on how to make better > starts? >

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Try starting in first, and quickly shifting to second upon taking the green. Using first keeps the rpm's up. John "lee.ward1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b%N79.1226$[email hidden]... > Some driving advice needed. > > Whenever I start or restart in N2002 both against the AI and on-line Ifind > that I'm losing loads of places. It can't be set-up related as I lose the > places even in fixed set-up races. > > It is obviously my driving. Can anyone give some tips on how to makebetter > starts? > > Cheers Lee > > >

I start in second, perhaps 1st at Marty or something. I am just the opposite. I could pass 3 rows of cars at most tracks on the start if I pushed it or passed before the start finish low. Perhaps your gearing though that wouldn't explain the fixed setups problem. How about recalibrating your wheel? When you do, don't quite depress your gas or brake all the way. Almost but not quite. "lee.ward1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b%N79.1226$[email hidden]... > Some driving advice needed. > > Whenever I start or restart in N2002 both against the AI and on-line Ifind > that I'm losing loads of places. It can't be set-up related as I lose the > places even in fixed set-up races. > > It is obviously my driving. Can anyone give some tips on how to makebetter > starts? > > Cheers Lee > > >

Make sure you are starting in 1st or 2nd gear. You must not be jumping the starts like 98% of the other idiots out there... :) -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash lee.ward1 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b%N79.1226$[email hidden]... > Some driving advice needed. > > Whenever I start or restart in N2002 both against the AI and on-line I find > that I'm losing loads of places. It can't be set-up related as I lose the > places even in fixed set-up races. > > It is obviously my driving. Can anyone give some tips on how to make better > starts? > > Cheers Lee > > >

Thanks very much to those that replied. To answer I usually start in 2nd gear as in 1st I find that I start to slide sideways when I put my foot down. Obviously something I'm going to have to work on. Lee "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kNQ79.18122$[email hidden]... > Make sure you are starting in 1st or 2nd gear. You must not be jumpingthe starts like 98% of the

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> other idiots out there... :) > > -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > lee.ward1 <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:b%N79.1226$[email hidden]... > > Some driving advice needed. > > > > Whenever I start or restart in N2002 both against the AI and on-line I

find > > that I'm losing loads of places. It can't be set-up related as I losethe > > places even in fixed set-up races. > > > > It is obviously my driving. Can anyone give some tips on how to makebetter

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> > starts? > > > > Cheers Lee > > > > > > > >

Lee.... Try to use a "starting gear" that has the revs at between 5,000 rpm and 6,000 rpm. That will be 2nd gear at most tracks. Then, make sure you don't get "wheel spin" when depressing the accelerator (easy to do in a WC cup car)........do it evenly and slowly, then rev up to 9,000 rpm before shifting....same with 3rd gear....then 4th. Make sure your shifts are clean and don't "speed shift".....it doesn't help you and it can hurt you if you miss a shift. I've found some of the default setups don't have an optimized "start/restart" gear......and that's silly since at most oval tracks you don't need to set critical gearing increments like you do on a road course (especially at ovals where no shifting is used during a lap). So, check that gearing at reset your "start/restart" gear to get better engine torque. Hope that's what your are looking for? TP "lee.ward1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b%N79.1226$[email hidden]... > Some driving advice needed. > > Whenever I start or restart in N2002 both against the AI and on-line Ifind > that I'm losing loads of places. It can't be set-up related as I lose the > places even in fixed set-up races. > > It is obviously my driving. Can anyone give some tips on how to makebetter > starts? > > Cheers Lee > > >