Had the pleasure of watching the Talladega NASCAR race on Eurosport last
night, the one where Dale is taken out one lap from the finish by
Morgan Shepherd.
Whenever I drive at T. if I go into the tri-oval alongside another car
on tires older than 2-3 laps, I am in the wall or on the grass. I've
always felt there is only one line through the tri-oval but having
seen the tv coverage I'm wondering about NASCAR's accuracy in this.
Several times I noticed cars two and three a*** through there this
year and drivers seemed to have a lot more control in general than I
can find in the game.
Any comments? Has anybody managed to go through there as the filling in
a sandwich and stayed out of the wall? I should confess I have not
driven there much since v1.2, so does that have any effect?
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>Whenever I drive at T. if I go into the tri-oval alongside another car >on tires older than 2-3 laps, I am in the wall or on the grass. I've >always felt there is only one line through the tri-oval but having >seen the tv coverage I'm wondering about NASCAR's accuracy in this. >Several times I noticed cars two and three a*** through there this >year and drivers seemed to have a lot more control in general than I >can find in the game.It can be done. With a r-plate on, I can dig for about 40 laps before
things get tricky.
If you stay in it, there's only one line to begin with. Your position
going past the flagstand depends on how you lift going into the dogleg.
It's much like throwing a horseshoe.
Seat time my good man. Seat time. Pull off the restrictor plate and run
until you can control the car. When you put the plate back on and run,
you'll find that you can 'dice with the boys' much better. I've been in
the middle of a 3wide past the flagstand. It can be done, but it does
tend to put more natural curl in your hair!
Try driving the Glen. _That_ track will teach you what for!
The more you drive, the better you'll get. I think the hardest thing to
get down is that you HAVE to learn to lift and when. You'll lift the
least at Tally and that's why Tally is mostly car and leastly driver
skill. Go run at Atlanta or Michigan to learn the basics of lift and
braking. It's a dance. It'll help you rock at Tally. Glen will make
you want to take a bite outta your keyboard. I personally can't wait to
get to The Point. I'll need Lithium after I drive there! :)
