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What's the trick to getting a good start? I seem to spin or bog down and it kills me when I start up toward the front. I did just get a 5th place at Monza!!! I ran consistent 131's in an Eagle, can't seem to break that barrier yet. Oh well had to tell someone besides the wife...look baby!! I made the newspaper! lol I see what people mean when they say it can take over your weekend's in a hurry. Thanks J. Janasov

Don Scurlock wrote... > <snip> > I've never tried using a clutch button. Does it engage more gradually > than just banging it into gear? I don't know Don, I just find taking my thumb off the wheelmounted button easier to coordinate with the throttle than clicking the paddle. Jan. =---

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Where did my post go? lol J. Janasov Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Good pointers given in the other two replies so far, but IMO you need to > increase the throttle to nearly maximum as you let go of the clutch / bang > it into gear (I prefer using the clutch BTW) just to break that initial > traction. Mind you, it is a bit of a juggling act as if you don't time it > right you'll run into the rev limiter and bog down for sure. > > It's one of those "you know it when you do it" things. > > Jan. > =--- > J. Janasov wrote... > > <snip> > >

Press clutch button in. Put car in first gear. Get the revs up to, say, 75%. When the flag goes down take your finger off the clutch button. Aim to feed the power on smoothly for max traction. Some cars are better than others at getting away. Lotus>good, Honda>bad. Steve J. Janasov wrote in message <8m2r8u$b0h$[email hidden]>... >What's the trick to getting a good start? I seem to spin or bog down andit

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>kills me when I start up toward the front. > >I did just get a 5th place at Monza!!! I ran consistent 131's in an Eagle, >can't seem to break that barrier yet. Oh well had to tell someone besides >the wife...look baby!! I made the newspaper! lol > >I see what people mean when they say it can take over your weekend's in a >hurry. > >Thanks >J. Janasov > > >

Good pointers given in the other two replies so far, but IMO you need to increase the throttle to nearly maximum as you let go of the clutch / bang it into gear (I prefer using the clutch BTW) just to break that initial traction. Mind you, it is a bit of a juggling act as if you don't time it right you'll run into the rev limiter and bog down for sure. It's one of those "you know it when you do it" things. Jan. =--- J. Janasov wrote... > <snip>

[email hidden] (J. Janasov) wrote in <8m2r8u$b0h$[email hidden]>: >What's the trick to getting a good start? I seem to spin or bog down and it >kills me when I start up toward the front. Leave the car in neutral, have your tach at about 11 oclock, the moment the flag even starts to move punch it into gear . Modulate the throttle to keep your wheels *just* spinning and keep your revs up. Unless you need it set for a particular turn, pick you first gear to get a good launch with the amount of fuel you'll be starting the race with. Very important: go to a track by your self and, practice your starts.

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> >I did just get a 5th place at Monza!!! I ran consistent 131's in an Eagle, >can't seem to break that barrier yet. Oh well had to tell someone besides >the wife...look baby!! I made the newspaper! lol > >I see what people mean when they say it can take over your weekend's in a >hurry. > >Thanks >J. Janasov

You mean your not doing it all week long? Say J.J., have you been to GPLRank? Go to the url in my sig, read the FAQ, and join in. Don -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/

Where did my post go? lol J. Janasov

The Scissors of Doom. ;-) Jan =---

You know the biggest problem I have with starts is the noise! I can not tell when to shift because I can not hear my engine, so I have to look a the tack, at the worst time to have to look as there is always some carnage that is going to happen at the start. :-) So my starts are not always that great. I did manage to get a great start from spot #2 at Spa yesterday and leave the carnage at T1 behind me! Then I screwed up . . . but I digress. SLG "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Good pointers given in the other two replies so far, but IMO you need to >increase the throttle to nearly maximum as you let go of the clutch / bang >it into gear (I prefer using the clutch BTW) just to break that initial >traction. Mind you, it is a bit of a juggling act as if you don't time it >right you'll run into the rev limiter and bog down for sure. > >It's one of those "you know it when you do it" things. > >Jan. >=--- >J. Janasov wrote... >> <snip> > >

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

[email hidden] (Jan Verschueren) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >Good pointers given in the other two replies so far, but IMO you >need to increase the throttle to nearly maximum as you let go of the >clutch / bang it into gear I do increase the throttle just a bit when I engage first to keep from bogging then back off to keep from spinning up the tires to much. You want to be careful and not get into the habit of hitting redline. When racing in pro damage mode, which many leagues do, the engine has a limited amount of time it can spend at redline before it blows and you don't want to waste any of it. To experiment, with pro damage on, take a fresh car and hold the throttle wide open in neutral and see how long they last, sometimes it not more than a few seconds. I've never tried using a clutch button. Does it engage more gradually than just banging it into gear? >(I prefer using the clutch BTW) I've never tried using a clutch button. Does it engage more gradually than just banging it into gear? -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/

In article <8m2r8u$b0h$[email hidden]>, J. Janasov <[email hidden]> writes

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>What's the trick to getting a good start? I seem to spin or bog down and it >kills me when I start up toward the front. > >I did just get a 5th place at Monza!!! I ran consistent 131's in an Eagle, >can't seem to break that barrier yet. Oh well had to tell someone besides >the wife...look baby!! I made the newspaper! lol > >I see what people mean when they say it can take over your weekend's in a >hurry. >

As Don said, as soon as you see that flag twitch it's time to move. Now, I personally find that it's more brute force than fancy driving that'll get you away to a good start. Before flag twitch: Car in neutral, revs at about 2/3rds Flag twitch: Floor it whilst at same time shifting to 1st gear. Keep it floored, don't worry about wheelspin, just make sure car is going dead straight. After about 3 or 4 seconds, as revs start to level off and you 'feel' that there is less wheelspin and now revs are climing as normal, then it is probably time to change to 2nd. Don't change too early to 2nd though. You don't want the revs dropping too low. Bob's your uncle. Decent start. Go try it. Guaranteed, once you've got a handle on it, if there's a car in front of you on the grid, that you'll have to back off to avoid running into the back of them. :) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) Remove ALL_STRESS before replying No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

I'm definatley not one of the fastest guys aruond... but I do seem to get much better starts than most people.. (it seems that way anyways..). I prefer to hold the revs around half way with the clutch in. When you sense flag movement, let go of clutch and push in gas (you don't want to raise the revs, but you have to push in the gas to keep them at that spot). The slowly let off gas as car speed catches up to wheel speed until you can safely pin it. (all this time keeping the revs constant at that spot you started at) It helps to use a tall first gear (you should be anyways - unless you use first on that particular track and want it short for some reason). Oh yeah, while all this is going on you gotta keep the car straight. speedracer Peter Ives <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <8m2r8u$b0h$[email hidden]>, J. Janasov > <[email hidden]> writes > >What's the trick to getting a good start? I seem to spin or bog down andit > >kills me when I start up toward the front. > > > >I did just get a 5th place at Monza!!! I ran consistent 131's in anEagle, > >can't seem to break that barrier yet. Oh well had to tell someonebesides

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> >the wife...look baby!! I made the newspaper! lol > > > >I see what people mean when they say it can take over your weekend's in a > >hurry. > > > > As Don said, as soon as you see that flag twitch it's time to move. > Now, I personally find that it's more brute force than fancy driving > that'll get you away to a good start. > > Before flag twitch: > > Car in neutral, revs at about 2/3rds > > Flag twitch: > > Floor it whilst at same time shifting to 1st gear. Keep it floored, > don't worry about wheelspin, just make sure car is going dead straight. > After about 3 or 4 seconds, as revs start to level off and you 'feel' > that there is less wheelspin and now revs are climing as normal, then it > is probably time to change to 2nd. Don't change too early to 2nd > though. You don't want the revs dropping too low. > > Bob's your uncle. Decent start. Go try it. Guaranteed, once you've > got a handle on it, if there's a car in front of you on the grid, that > you'll have to back off to avoid running into the back of them. :) > -- > Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) > Remove ALL_STRESS before replying > > No person's opinions can be said to be > more correct than another's, because each is > the sole judge of his or her own experience.