It was a fun weekend. I didn't get to run as much as I had hoped. I'm not notoriously hard on tires...but this track had me killing my left side tires. I went through a set yesterday...rotated side to side...and still killed them. This morning I put on a fresh set in hopes of setting a fast lap. I went down another 2psi on the left side in order to keep them in operating range for an extra lap or so, well I ended up slipping the bead after a lap and a half of warming up... maybe 1psi would've been a better start.
Well, on to the track. The track is perfect. the garage area is excellent. Clean bathrooms, showers, plenty of room. Each garage has a garage spot and a flat next to it available for use. There was plenty of room for my truck and trailer, as their parking lot is set up for semis. Being brand new, everything is in impeccable condition.
The corner worker stations all have excellent vantage positions before/after the hill they're on. The electronic flag panels are easy to see and spot immediately. I can't say enough about how it's all set up.
There are so many blind corners and crests, it would definitely be taunting for someone the first time out wanting to go fast. I was very pleased with how the simulator prepared me for that aspect of it. The off camber turns are wild. Turn 1 is off camber, downhill and stays off camber until you hit the valley. Turn 5 is the same way, down a larger hill then feels like you're blasting off towards the moon, but in reality you're about to go through the essess. I was too eager for them and oftentimes found myself turning in too early for the first one. The trick is to wait until you see the very last corner of the right side curbing then turn in and it'll keep you pretty straight through the rest.
In to the roller coaster section. Definitely took me a few times through to want to be flat, the elevation change is incredible and you just feel weightless. The corner worker said my suspension was completely unloaded but all tires stayed on the ground. In the video you can hear my foot back and forth on the gas, my belt wasn't tight enough to hold me down in my seat so my whole body was moving a little.
Turn 7 I just took super slow. 8 was better on laps I didn't hit traffic. 10 is a super fast corner, that I never got comfortable with. 11-14 I did decent, but could carry a lot more speed.
The main 'straight' is terrifying. The wall is soooo close to you, and I wasn't near close enough haha I was about a car too far to the left. Definitely looking forward to going again.
This was my fastest lap. I think with another time or two on it, I can churn out a 2:26-2:28. Overall I was super happy with a 2:33 as it's the fastest lap I've seen posted with the exception of open wheel cars.
Well, on to the track. The track is perfect. the garage area is excellent. Clean bathrooms, showers, plenty of room. Each garage has a garage spot and a flat next to it available for use. There was plenty of room for my truck and trailer, as their parking lot is set up for semis. Being brand new, everything is in impeccable condition.
The corner worker stations all have excellent vantage positions before/after the hill they're on. The electronic flag panels are easy to see and spot immediately. I can't say enough about how it's all set up.
There are so many blind corners and crests, it would definitely be taunting for someone the first time out wanting to go fast. I was very pleased with how the simulator prepared me for that aspect of it. The off camber turns are wild. Turn 1 is off camber, downhill and stays off camber until you hit the valley. Turn 5 is the same way, down a larger hill then feels like you're blasting off towards the moon, but in reality you're about to go through the essess. I was too eager for them and oftentimes found myself turning in too early for the first one. The trick is to wait until you see the very last corner of the right side curbing then turn in and it'll keep you pretty straight through the rest.
In to the roller coaster section. Definitely took me a few times through to want to be flat, the elevation change is incredible and you just feel weightless. The corner worker said my suspension was completely unloaded but all tires stayed on the ground. In the video you can hear my foot back and forth on the gas, my belt wasn't tight enough to hold me down in my seat so my whole body was moving a little.
Turn 7 I just took super slow. 8 was better on laps I didn't hit traffic. 10 is a super fast corner, that I never got comfortable with. 11-14 I did decent, but could carry a lot more speed.
The main 'straight' is terrifying. The wall is soooo close to you, and I wasn't near close enough haha I was about a car too far to the left. Definitely looking forward to going again.
This was my fastest lap. I think with another time or two on it, I can churn out a 2:26-2:28. Overall I was super happy with a 2:33 as it's the fastest lap I've seen posted with the exception of open wheel cars.
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