![]() ![]() The red dot that indicates where the weight is heading is left of centre. All day long I had been struggling with the 2nd to last corner and it was because I could never get the weight to centre up before smashing the brakes after the fast chicane that leads up to the corner, you can see this on my fastest lap video at 1:06. Weight BalanceI know if you search anywhere for real life or sim racing tips that this comes up a lot and there is a good reason it does – it's crucial. You can see this on my fastest lap video below around 1:08 When I entered the second to last turn too quickly the car stepped out just at the apex and could have easily gone round on me but everything seemed to happen in slow motion and my arms and legs just went in to autopilot as I wrestled to keep the car going the right way. Having the instinct to save a slide isn’t something you do without practice and the only real practice I’ve had is on sims and some karting. The only time I needed to steer quickly was when I’d enter a corner with too much speed then feel the back step out which leads me on to the other part of steering. If you were sawing away at the wheel you’d have a lot of trouble in turn in and accelerating out. This helped out massively in the G40 as it made the weight balance more consistent. I’m usually smooth with my steering inputs in a sim or karting so I don’t unsettle the car. SteeringBy now you are probably starting to spot a bit of a theme, everything I know can be applied to the real world but it needs a lot of refinement – steering inputs are the same. Lfs xrg race setup free#Coasting turned out to be more effective but I feared the back would brake free and didn’t put enough trust in the car to just grip. I tend to feather the throttle or keep a small application of it on to balance the car but in real life this resulted in the front pushing wide. Slicks and a dry setup may have helped more here but I’ll never know. I’m usually very smooth on throttle application in sims but this needed extra attention and refinement in real life. You needed to be very gradual with the throttle after the apex to balance speed vs understeer. I think with more time in the car and getting a better feel for the brakes I’d be back to heal and toeing but keeping the pressure just right.ĪcceleratingBeing rear wheel drive I was expecting to be able to get on the power quickly out of the corners but this would end in the front massively pushing wide. ![]() This instantly gave me more confidence on the brakes and improved my times but it did feel a bit alien to me to not rev match on the downshift and I was always waiting for the back to snap. For my 3rd session I tried out the technique Matt had been using, he was braking hard with no heal or toe and just dropped down the gears when the revs felt right. ![]() I had learnt this technique years ago when playing GT Legends but trying to apply this to a brake pedal that required A LOT of force just wasn’t working. When blipping the throttle with my heal I was releasing a bit of brake pressure which means the braking zones were longer than needed. This was great for matching the revs, keeping the weight balance stable and carrying speed BUT Katie said I needed to brake harder and more consistently. This could have been helped a bit with a dry setup and slicks I suppose but I think you would still need to make sure all the hard work was done in a straight line.įor the first 2 sessions I was using heal and toe in the braking zones that required a down shift. I’m a heavy trail braker in sims but really needed to refine my technique IRL. In most sims you can still brake hard if you aren’t completely square but in the little Ginetta any hint of steering lock would have the back end dancing around on you. So how does real life compare to sims? My only real comparison to go on was driving the G40 in AMS2 but that was using slick tyres so in general I was just looking to see what sim racing experience I could apply.īrakingNeeds to be done in a straight line, and I mean STRAIGHT, initially anyway. The only downside to the morning rain was the car was setup for the wet (so softer dampers, roll bars etc) and we would be running on the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres instead of slicks. Luckily the forecast was for light rain in the morning which was due to stop before we got to Blyton and for once the forecast was right - when we arrived the rain had stopped and the track had dried out. Our day started out with the typical British thing of opening the curtains to find it’s raining, windy and eat. ![]()
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