My first track day, I didn’t really believe these tires would get sticky at the track. I was wrong. Quite sticky to the touch.

I’ll edit GoPro footage down to a single lap next week sometime and post it. My son and I had an amazing time and met some fantastic people.

  • @BallShapedMan@lemmy.worldOPM
    2•5 months ago

    Thank you! I love knowing that’s a badge of honor. My lateral g force maxed out at 0.96, the specs says on these wheels it’ll go to 1.05 so I definitely left some time on the track. But my for first time ever I feel really good about it.

    To be fair I put 150 laps on this track in this car in the simulator first so I knew my breaking and turning points pretty well. I don’t think I had a perfect lap but I had a few near perfect turns.

    I pushed the car to its limits for the first time, and now I’m thinking about getting a more capable car. I don’t need faster down the straights but more communication in steering, more planted with better rotation.

    • @DudeDudenson
      3•5 months ago

      I tried to do the same before my first track day but I couldn’t find my third world country economy car version of the golf 4 (a gol power) anywhere as a mod for asseto Corsa so I had to train with an alpha mito with a 50% restrictor lol

      Still didn’t feel the same but at least it helped me know the course

      Funnily enough driving a real car is a lot easier, the only thing harder is the manual vs the paddle shifter

      • @BallShapedMan@lemmy.worldOPM
        2•5 months ago

        Great solution! I also used AC and a mod for the course. Though it had my car.

        I’m still getting used to paddle shifting, so I found my M7 easier to shift.

        But I was gun shy, I got better times in the sim. I just couldn’t push my car that hard even though it was a pretty forgiving run off, only one wall you can hit and it’s on the inside of turn 1.