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GTR and curbs
In GTR, at least at Spa, some of the curbs can help a car
turn quicker if you drive the inside wheels over the curbing. This doesn't seem realisitic to me, but it helps reduce lap times, so I use it. Is it just my system, or do any others here experience the same thing? |
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GTR and curbs
I believe that's a fairly common practice among RL road racers (provided the
curbs are or the right height and angle). A few of the Nascar Cup guys picked that trick from Robby Gordon at Watkins Glen a couple of years ago (particularly in the Inner Loop) Timmy "Jeff Reid" > wrote in message news:n3saf.3392$bo.2779@fed1read01... > In GTR, at least at Spa, some of the curbs can help a car > turn quicker if you drive the inside wheels over the curbing. > This doesn't seem realisitic to me, but it helps reduce lap > times, so I use it. > > Is it just my system, or do any others here experience the > same thing? > > |
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GTR and curbs
> I believe that's a fairly common practice among RL road racers (provided the curbs are or the right height and angle).
> A few of the Nascar Cup guys picked that trick from Robby Gordon at Watkins Glen a couple of years ago (particularly > in the Inner Loop) Thanks, although at Spa I haven't seen any videos of someone doing this. I have a video of David Coulthard at Spa in 2002, with a qualifying setup, and although he touches the curbs, it's pretty clear tha the curbs aren't pulling the car towards them the way it does in GTR. http://jeffareid.net/cgi-bin/spaf1.wmv Here's a site with a quite a few videos of a Caterham in action, including Spa, with one showing why coolant (anti-freeze) isn't allowed for racing, as it's very slippery and led to two cars crashing, inluding the web site author's car. He had just got his engine problems sorted out at Spa only to end up with the car getting wrecked. http://www.jackals-forge.com/lotus/ |
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GTR and curbs
I just spin everytime I go over them, it's like the car loses aero d/f from under the car or something. |
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