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<blockquote data-quote="13COBRA" data-source="post: 16821722" data-attributes="member: 138337"><p>Further break down.</p><p></p><p>T1. I used a 7 brake pedal instead of a 5. Could carry another 9-11mph through it, allowing me to track out further. There's plenty of room to hustle the car back to the left to set up for T2.</p><p></p><p>T2. I used a 5 brake pedal instead of a 2. Same as T1. Could definitely carry more speed up the hill and let the banking and uphill help scrub some speed, again plenty of room to hustle right and set up for T3.</p><p></p><p>T3. Definitely could be faster, but my line was just where I had planned.</p><p></p><p>T4. I needed to be another half car to the left and hold it there longer. I early apexed which messed me up/slowed me down for T5.</p><p></p><p>T5. Downhill off camber, aka scary. Coming out of T4 too tightly didn't allow me a straight run at 5. If I would've held right longer, I could've straightened this out and made it faster.</p><p></p><p>T6. Entry was good, should've broke a little later. I turned in to the first of the esses early. I should have waited until I could glimpse the last corner of the curbing on the right and it would've been a straight shot through the rest and MUCH faster. The previous lap was overall slower, but I was .5 seconds faster through the esses.</p><p></p><p>T7. I came in too slow, coming out of T6, my rpms were down too low for 4th, but there wasn't a good spot to downshift to 3rd. Just slow.</p><p></p><p>T8. Down to the roller coaster. This is a straight line. Driving it, it looks anything but straight. But by curbing on the left then on the right, it's a straight shot from T8 to the turn in on T9. I needed to tighten the harness even more to hold me down, as the second hill I was weightless and my foot lifted.</p><p></p><p>T9. I could carry 5-7mph fairly comfortably, stay on the throttle to use the whole track and hang far left. Since I didn't get all the way left, I was setting myself up to pinch T10 and not carry enough speed.</p><p></p><p>T10. I pinched T10 and overslowed. Probably lost 8-12mph by doing so. I left A LOT of track out there that I didn't touch. Next time I plan on a slightly earlier apex, using all of the curbing and sticking the throttle hard. I should be at 145mph or so coming into T11.</p><p></p><p>T11. Overslowed with the lap traffic. Like a bitch I knew it would be a hard pass to get done before T12, so I slowed down, knowing I would pass coming out of T12. Cost me a lot of time.</p><p></p><p>T12. Early apexed. Wasn't sure if he was going to let me have the racer's line (right outside) or if he would stay wide and let me cut underneath. I had him by about 300hp so I knew I could make either one work.</p><p></p><p>T13. Really weird corner. It's a fast sweeper, but goes off camber at the top of the hill and feels like you're going to drive off into the trees. I early apexed like a bitch and was able to stay on a decent 'safe' line..but costing me lots of speed. It kinda looks like a double apex.</p><p></p><p>T14. Super tight turn. Should've stay further left and made it more rounded, I opted for the point and shoot method. Produced some understeer which snapped to oversteer. After watching it through a few times, another car width to the left and a turn in would've been faster.</p><p></p><p>T15. I think I can take this flat, or near flat. Just depends on when I can grow a pair.</p><p></p><p>T16. Quick guesstimate, if I took T15 near flat I'd be about 130-133 coming down to the braking zone. A 3/4 brake pedal tap and a turn in using the camber and uphill to scrub speed would've been a better bet and resulted in carrying more speed. Rather than bottoming out at 89mph, it would've been closer to 100mph and pushed me further left on the track which would've been perfect. I could've throttle steered my way to the cone over the hill and set up for T17 perfectly.</p><p></p><p>T17. I had a pretty good entry here. Held right a while. Turned in a couple feet early, but it was close enough for a decent angle. The release here is where I had issues. I wanted to release and stay center track. I don't want to run into the pit entry lane (super bumper), but I need to straddle the pavement seam between the outside and inner lane. I'm in the middle of the inner lane. The wall just feels so close right there.</p><p></p><p>T18. By not starting out wide enough, I pinched the apex and had to scrub too much speed before hitting T19.</p><p></p><p>T19. I missed the apex completely. Was too far wide and didn't have enough speed to carry me out track right so in order to set up for T1 I was about a car width and a half too far inside. Kinda moot as the next lap was a cool down, but still.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="13COBRA, post: 16821722, member: 138337"] Further break down. T1. I used a 7 brake pedal instead of a 5. Could carry another 9-11mph through it, allowing me to track out further. There's plenty of room to hustle the car back to the left to set up for T2. T2. I used a 5 brake pedal instead of a 2. Same as T1. Could definitely carry more speed up the hill and let the banking and uphill help scrub some speed, again plenty of room to hustle right and set up for T3. T3. Definitely could be faster, but my line was just where I had planned. T4. I needed to be another half car to the left and hold it there longer. I early apexed which messed me up/slowed me down for T5. T5. Downhill off camber, aka scary. Coming out of T4 too tightly didn't allow me a straight run at 5. If I would've held right longer, I could've straightened this out and made it faster. T6. Entry was good, should've broke a little later. I turned in to the first of the esses early. I should have waited until I could glimpse the last corner of the curbing on the right and it would've been a straight shot through the rest and MUCH faster. The previous lap was overall slower, but I was .5 seconds faster through the esses. T7. I came in too slow, coming out of T6, my rpms were down too low for 4th, but there wasn't a good spot to downshift to 3rd. Just slow. T8. Down to the roller coaster. This is a straight line. Driving it, it looks anything but straight. But by curbing on the left then on the right, it's a straight shot from T8 to the turn in on T9. I needed to tighten the harness even more to hold me down, as the second hill I was weightless and my foot lifted. T9. I could carry 5-7mph fairly comfortably, stay on the throttle to use the whole track and hang far left. Since I didn't get all the way left, I was setting myself up to pinch T10 and not carry enough speed. T10. I pinched T10 and overslowed. Probably lost 8-12mph by doing so. I left A LOT of track out there that I didn't touch. Next time I plan on a slightly earlier apex, using all of the curbing and sticking the throttle hard. I should be at 145mph or so coming into T11. T11. Overslowed with the lap traffic. Like a bitch I knew it would be a hard pass to get done before T12, so I slowed down, knowing I would pass coming out of T12. Cost me a lot of time. T12. Early apexed. Wasn't sure if he was going to let me have the racer's line (right outside) or if he would stay wide and let me cut underneath. I had him by about 300hp so I knew I could make either one work. T13. Really weird corner. It's a fast sweeper, but goes off camber at the top of the hill and feels like you're going to drive off into the trees. I early apexed like a bitch and was able to stay on a decent 'safe' line..but costing me lots of speed. It kinda looks like a double apex. T14. Super tight turn. Should've stay further left and made it more rounded, I opted for the point and shoot method. Produced some understeer which snapped to oversteer. After watching it through a few times, another car width to the left and a turn in would've been faster. T15. I think I can take this flat, or near flat. Just depends on when I can grow a pair. T16. Quick guesstimate, if I took T15 near flat I'd be about 130-133 coming down to the braking zone. A 3/4 brake pedal tap and a turn in using the camber and uphill to scrub speed would've been a better bet and resulted in carrying more speed. Rather than bottoming out at 89mph, it would've been closer to 100mph and pushed me further left on the track which would've been perfect. I could've throttle steered my way to the cone over the hill and set up for T17 perfectly. T17. I had a pretty good entry here. Held right a while. Turned in a couple feet early, but it was close enough for a decent angle. The release here is where I had issues. I wanted to release and stay center track. I don't want to run into the pit entry lane (super bumper), but I need to straddle the pavement seam between the outside and inner lane. I'm in the middle of the inner lane. The wall just feels so close right there. T18. By not starting out wide enough, I pinched the apex and had to scrub too much speed before hitting T19. T19. I missed the apex completely. Was too far wide and didn't have enough speed to carry me out track right so in order to set up for T1 I was about a car width and a half too far inside. Kinda moot as the next lap was a cool down, but still. [/QUOTE]
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