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Maxx, Thanks for you guide. I've had it for a long time now and have read through it a couple of times. Only a few days ago I read through it and started doing what you recommended. I've been driving GPL for a very long time (almost exclusively '67 F2). I've always been a very inconsistent driver. I can turn out some pretty fast laps, but in races I do horribly because every third or fourth lap I go off. It's been frustrating. My GPLRank Handicap for F2 has been around +175 since '03. In the few days (4) since doing the excercises you suggested in GPLEGS, I brought it down to under +150. Most of that was at the Ring because I've been driving more smooth. What I have noticed was that in my practice sessions, I'm staying on the track almost every lap. I was working at The Glen where my best lap in the past was 1:10.368. I was driving 1:12's pretty consistently. Then all of a sudden, I started driving 1:11's consistently. I got stuck at 1:11s - 1:12s, and although not that fast, I was pretty happy that almost every lap was within a second of each other. Today I started working on looking further ahead through the turn (I've known that for a long time, but have gotten out of the habit). I started driving less consistently again for a while, but then I got used to it again, and suddenly I started getting laps in the 1:10s. It didn't take long before I broke my PB with a 1:10.34 on an "easy" lap. I was fighting the car and struggling to stay on. I think it will take a lot of laps to beat that time, but after practicing your techniques for 3 sessions, I'm driving faster and many times more consistently. I have very no doubt that I will be able to lower my times at the rest of the tracks (except maybe Spa) and be able to place well in future races. Thanks again. -- Yippee38

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:19:22 -0600, Yippee38 wrote: > What I have noticed was that in my practice sessions, I'm staying on the > track almost every lap. I was working at The Glen where my best lap in I read somewhere a long time ago that simracers should aim for the same amounts of spins / session as real racing drivers: zilch, zero, or maybe one spin / month at most. Spinning doesn't tell you much except that you've gone too fast and overdriven the car, which is already quite obvious from its current physical state ;) Another good thing is to be determined to *finish* every race you compete in. Might seem pointless and frustrating at times (esp. if you spin, see other paragraph), but it helps build the willpower and determination to hang in there and make the best of your abilities and resources at your disposal. Not that I'm a highly successful racer, but those two concepts have improved my driving and race performance significantly. HTH, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Yippee38 <[email hidden]> writes: > I think it will take a lot of laps to beat that time, but after > practicing your techniques for 3 sessions, I'm driving faster and many > times more consistently. I have very no doubt that I will be able to > lower my times at the rest of the tracks (except maybe Spa) and be able > to place well in future races. Curious minds (and slow drivers) wants to know, what kind of practice technique is that? /andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

Uwe Sch�rkamp <[email hidden]> writes:

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> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:19:22 -0600, Yippee38 wrote: > > What I have noticed was that in my practice sessions, I'm staying on the > > track almost every lap. I was working at The Glen where my best lap in > > I read somewhere a long time ago that simracers should aim for the same > amounts of spins / session as real racing drivers: zilch, zero, or maybe > one spin / month at most. Spinning doesn't tell you much except that > you've gone too fast and overdriven the car, which is already quite > obvious from its current physical state ;) > > Another good thing is to be determined to *finish* every race you > compete in. Might seem pointless and frustrating at times (esp. if you > spin, see other paragraph), but it helps build the willpower and > determination to hang in there and make the best of your abilities and > resources at your disposal.

Definitely! I often finish last in my league races, but I try to keep driving. The more laps you drive at racing distance makes you learn a lot about long time consistency and how to exploit the mistakes of faster drivers. They do some, you know. ;) /andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

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> > Curious minds (and slow drivers) wants to know, what kind of practice > technique is that? > > /andreas > >

Here's his link: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/medeson/GPLEGS.zip -- Yippee38

says... Here's his link: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/medeson/GPLEGS.zip -- Yippee38

I'm not sure in Maxx still reads this but if he does let's all wish him a happy holiday and a happy new year for all the help he's given us with GPLEGS. And personally I can tell you he's about one of he nicest people you'll ever meet who can drive and drive well. Leftyx (Jordan) "Yippee38" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] > says... >> >> Curious minds (and slow drivers) wants to know, what kind of practice >> technique is that? >> >> /andreas >> >> > Here's his link: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/medeson/GPLEGS.zip > -- > Yippee38

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> I read somewhere a long time ago that simracers should aim for the same > amounts of spins / session as real racing drivers: zilch, zero, or maybe > one spin / month at most. Spinning doesn't tell you much except that > you've gone too fast > > Another good thing is to be determined to *finish* every race you > compete in. Might seem pointless and frustrating at times (esp. if you > spin, see other paragraph), but it helps build the willpower and > determination to hang in there > Not that I'm a highly successful racer, but those two concepts have > improved my driving and race performance significantly.

Absolutely. I always try to finish a race without ever spinning or leaving the track as well. Doesn't make you faster or better per se, but it does help make you a better *racer*. Not just for yourself - it did work for finishing and winning some dozens of Vroc/iGor races in my case - but your fellow racers will like you a lot more on the track, too, not having to avoid your car sliding on or off the grass. Besides, if you get into this habit and ever do get into a real racing car, it should help make the transition a lot less fearful for everyone on the track that day ;) I just can't dare to imagine what could happen if one of these typical spineasy GPL "hotlappers" would try and do a race for real... Regards, Rudy (GPLRank: -24)