I have a question about F1C driving style.
I did about 50 laps at Melbourne last night in various cars using
various setups (RH Season 2003), trying to better my best laptime of
1m30.7xx something. So far I have put in about 200 laps at Melbourne
total, not counting those done in F1 2001 and F1 2002.
The setups I have tried claim best laps of 1m26 or even better in the
comment section, and I wonder how these laptimes are at all possible?
Using my trusty non-ff TSW2, I'm hard put to even break the 1m31
barrier, and I simply cannot see where I'm supposed to find yet even
another second on the track!
Checking the telemetry tells me I am using a good amount of the "outer
rim" of the friction circle, pulling max lateral accelerations of +/-
3.5g, accelerations of -1.x and decelerations of up to -3.5, in other
words I am on the throttle, apply full brakes and corner on the car's
physical limit as should be. I usually brake going past the 100m
marker at most corners (no steering aids, just TC set to low).
My GPL handicap is -27, so I'm not exactly a newbie when it comes to
simracing. I try not to slide around, get good exit speeds, have read
the F1C driving guide front to back, but simply cannot find even
another second to go below 1m30 after hundreds of laps in F1C.
Question: What's the key to these times of sub 27s? Taking 3 laps of
fuel instead of ten? applying full wheel lock on turn-ins (tried that,
too!) Braking late? Braking early? Carry speed? Not touching the game
if you're a day over 30?
I'd be most grateful for any advice that even gets me a sub 1m30 at
Melbourne. Not that it's important, but I'd like to know what it takes
to go fast.
Cheers & thanks in advance,
uwe
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