Anterrabae
Banned
- Location
- Tampa, FL
NOTICE!!: Im speaking about road courses, NOT public roads. If you decide to practice this shit on a public road STAY IN YOUR LANE...ALWAYS, doesnt matter if its 2am, STAY IN YOUR LANE
So we all know that the fastest way to point B from point A is a straight line driven fast as all get out...but what happens when there are more than a few turns on said line? Granny drive it? Hardly, but you knew that, amirite? The simple concept of "hitting the apex" is held as being the fastest way through the turn. An apex is the inner-most point of the turn and is usually the acceleration point of novice drivers in preparation of 100% throttle on the pending straight away. The "correct" way to approach the apex is being as close to the OUTSIDE of the turn as possible, although there are a few other techniques that yield the same results with different means, one of which i went over in my trail braking thread. Once you reach the turn in point, which is the point (obviously) that you begin turning the steering wheel into the turn, aiming at the apex. The turn in point is different on all turns and is up to the discretion/skill of the driver to find. After hitting the apex, the momentum of the car will take you to the outside of the turn where you can continue on your merry way to point B.
Here is an example of two turns link together as the exit of the first becomes the entrance of the second.
Thats fine and all, but you really didnt use the throttle/brake at all, so lets add that to the equation, shall we?
First off, ANY AND ALL braking/down shifting is to be done BEFORE the turn!!! once you commit to the turn in, never EVER touch the brake. Doing so could cause your wheels to lock up, and you are pretty much a sliding duck after that, so if you are coming in too hot(fast) and start to oversteer, just blip (the action of going on and off the throttle quickly) and adjust the angle of your turn accordingly.
So you brake and/or down shift coming into the turn before the turn in as I said. If you are just picking this sport up your next action would be to get back on the throttle maybe 50-60% through the aped until you get the hang of everything that youre doing or until you learn your car, at which point you can go 100% throttle after braking and adjust it as needed through the turn.
Okay, so you have that somewhat down and you get through that turn so you have time enough to glance in your rearview mirror and marvel and that turn you just blew through, right? Wrong. You are at Laguna Seca and you just went airborn with your MKV on the corkscrew turn. In order to avoid this you want to always be looking at the next turn, allowing you to set up for it upon exit of the turn you are currently on. A good way to make sure that you are doing this is to only use the top half of your windshield. This allows you to overlook the turn you are on and have already correctly set yourself up for and see where you need to put the car to prepare for the next turn.
Be careful and have fun, thats what this sport is about. If i have left something out/got something wrong let me know.
This post is in part to Alf. His knowledge helped me make this post. Without him, nothing is possible. I love him.
So we all know that the fastest way to point B from point A is a straight line driven fast as all get out...but what happens when there are more than a few turns on said line? Granny drive it? Hardly, but you knew that, amirite? The simple concept of "hitting the apex" is held as being the fastest way through the turn. An apex is the inner-most point of the turn and is usually the acceleration point of novice drivers in preparation of 100% throttle on the pending straight away. The "correct" way to approach the apex is being as close to the OUTSIDE of the turn as possible, although there are a few other techniques that yield the same results with different means, one of which i went over in my trail braking thread. Once you reach the turn in point, which is the point (obviously) that you begin turning the steering wheel into the turn, aiming at the apex. The turn in point is different on all turns and is up to the discretion/skill of the driver to find. After hitting the apex, the momentum of the car will take you to the outside of the turn where you can continue on your merry way to point B.
Here is an example of two turns link together as the exit of the first becomes the entrance of the second.
Thats fine and all, but you really didnt use the throttle/brake at all, so lets add that to the equation, shall we?
First off, ANY AND ALL braking/down shifting is to be done BEFORE the turn!!! once you commit to the turn in, never EVER touch the brake. Doing so could cause your wheels to lock up, and you are pretty much a sliding duck after that, so if you are coming in too hot(fast) and start to oversteer, just blip (the action of going on and off the throttle quickly) and adjust the angle of your turn accordingly.
So you brake and/or down shift coming into the turn before the turn in as I said. If you are just picking this sport up your next action would be to get back on the throttle maybe 50-60% through the aped until you get the hang of everything that youre doing or until you learn your car, at which point you can go 100% throttle after braking and adjust it as needed through the turn.
Okay, so you have that somewhat down and you get through that turn so you have time enough to glance in your rearview mirror and marvel and that turn you just blew through, right? Wrong. You are at Laguna Seca and you just went airborn with your MKV on the corkscrew turn. In order to avoid this you want to always be looking at the next turn, allowing you to set up for it upon exit of the turn you are currently on. A good way to make sure that you are doing this is to only use the top half of your windshield. This allows you to overlook the turn you are on and have already correctly set yourself up for and see where you need to put the car to prepare for the next turn.
Be careful and have fun, thats what this sport is about. If i have left something out/got something wrong let me know.
This post is in part to Alf. His knowledge helped me make this post. Without him, nothing is possible. I love him.
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