Pocono Speeds with <Fast> setup

My best speed in a race with the AI was 160.5 mph. The setup is kinda slippery in that it could be hard to judge your entry speed. My advice is to lift and start braking as soon as the pavement darkens as you approach a turn. Don't over-do it on the brakes or you'll burn the right front up WAY before it should be. As you exit a turn, don't get excited and just mash the gas. Accelerate smooth into the throttle. If you feel yourself going to fast into a turn, by all means downshift to 3rd and let the transmission help you point the car in the right dircetion. Sudden movements of the week, or braking too hard in a turn that result in a spin/slide will be hard/difficult/near impoosible to recover from. I shift in the last turn because it's flat and the car needs help decelerating. Remember the lessons you learned in GPL - smooth on, smooth off. The more control you have as you enter a turn is rewarded by a faster (and more controlled) exit from that turn. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

One thing that may help(does me anyway), is do as the big boys do; downshift into third going into T1. Keep it in third until the exit of T3, onto the frontstretch. And you shouldn't need to brake for the tunnel turn with this setup, fwiw, just lift. -John "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My best speed in a race with the AI was 160.5 mph. > > The setup is kinda slippery in that it could be hard to judge your entry > speed. My advice is to lift and start braking as soon as the pavement > darkens as you approach a turn. Don't over-do it on the brakes or > you'll burn the right front up WAY before it should be. > > As you exit a turn, don't get excited and just mash the gas. Accelerate > smooth into the throttle. > > If you feel yourself going to fast into a turn, by all means downshift > to 3rd and let the transmission help you point the car in the right > dircetion. > > Sudden movements of the week, or braking too hard in a turn that result > in a spin/slide will be hard/difficult/near impoosible to recover from. > > I shift in the last turn because it's flat and the car needs help > decelerating. > > Remember the lessons you learned in GPL - smooth on, smooth off. The > more control you have as you enter a turn is rewarded by a faster (and > more controlled) exit from that turn. > > > -- > ========================================================= > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > =========================================================

What lap times are you doing with that setup without the help of drafting? David G Fisher "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My best speed in a race with the AI was 160.5 mph. > > The setup is kinda slippery in that it could be hard to judge your entry > speed. My advice is to lift and start braking as soon as the pavement > darkens as you approach a turn. Don't over-do it on the brakes or > you'll burn the right front up WAY before it should be. > > As you exit a turn, don't get excited and just mash the gas. Accelerate > smooth into the throttle. > > If you feel yourself going to fast into a turn, by all means downshift > to 3rd and let the transmission help you point the car in the right > dircetion. > > Sudden movements of the week, or braking too hard in a turn that result > in a spin/slide will be hard/difficult/near impoosible to recover from. > > I shift in the last turn because it's flat and the car needs help > decelerating. > > Remember the lessons you learned in GPL - smooth on, smooth off. The > more control you have as you enter a turn is rewarded by a faster (and > more controlled) exit from that turn. > > > -- > ========================================================= > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > ========================================================= >

In article <[email hidden]>, "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> writes: > And you shouldn't need to brake for the tunnel turn with this setup, fwiw, >just lift. Really? Uh oh... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Can the Detroit Tigers match the Detroit Lions' blazing 2001 start of 0-12??? Currently at 0-8...stay tuned... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> In article <[email hidden]>, "John Pancoast" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > And you shouldn't need to brake for the tunnel turn with this setup, fwiw, > >just lift. > > Really? Uh oh... > > Eldred >

I am pingin' the redline if I stay in 3rd with the fast setup at 70 degrees. I guess I'm getting too much speed coming out of the turns. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

What's the tunnel turn?? In a test session I have a best of 55.55. Is that any good? I can do 55's until the tires start to go off and then 56's. David G Fisher "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "John Pancoast" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > And you shouldn't need to brake for the tunnel turn with this setup,fwiw,

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> >just lift. > > Really? Uh oh... > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Can the Detroit Tigers match the Detroit Lions' blazing 2001 start of

0-12??? > Currently at 0-8...stay tuned... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. >

Tunnel turn is T2 if you will. Your times aren't bad at all. Re redlining, yep, you will, just let off around then. -John "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sUNt8.5728$[email hidden]...

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> What's the tunnel turn?? In a test session I have a best of 55.55. Is that > any good? I can do 55's until the tires start to go off and then 56's. > > David G Fisher > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <[email hidden]>, "John Pancoast" > > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > And you shouldn't need to brake for the tunnel turn with this setup, > fwiw, > > >just lift. > > > > Really? Uh oh... > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > GPLRank - under construction... > > > > Can the Detroit Tigers match the Detroit Lions' blazing 2001 start of > 0-12??? > > Currently at 0-8...stay tuned... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > > > >