HOW DO I IMPROVE AS A DRIVER ???

[stegger]

After getting my ass kicked on more than one occasion at the schui indoor series it got me thinking how do i improve ? Is it just the amount of racing or in between racers do you do excersises to sharpen up your driving ?

[Mike Hudson]

expierience on different tracks and surfaces helped advance my driving alot i don't do anything inbetween racing

[Rich D]

I get my arse kicked at Worksop too Stegger but its easy to forget that you are racing against some of the best drivers not just in the UK, but in the world at that series.

My best advice for newer drivers is a slow car is a fast car. If you drive smooth and dont crash then the results will look after themselves. Sometimes its easier said than done when the addrenaline is pumping. Try to drive at a speed that you are comfortable with rather than pushing and crashing. At club level, i use the strategy to good effect

HTH

[Agt26]

Do Drive better at the start of the race or nearer the end?

As i find it easier in Qualifiying rounds to build up over 2-3 laps so you can see what he track conditions are like and how the cars handling. Finals are a different matter though

[Matt Alcock]

my main clas is rally cross, but i do some electric as practice to keep me racing alot.

raced alot of elec over the winter but race 3-4 times a week

[Kecky]

A lot of the time i find my first qualification round is my best.
I think i must take it easier on the first go then try to hard trying to go faster in my next rounds

[MChandler]

Originally Posted by Rich D

I get my arse kicked at Worksop too Stegger but its easy to forget that you are racing against some of the best drivers not just in the UK, but in the world at that series.

My best advice for newer drivers is a slow car is a fast car. If you drive smooth and dont crash then the results will look after themselves. Sometimes its easier said than done when the addrenaline is pumping. Try to drive at a speed that you are comfortable with rather than pushing and crashing. At club level, i use the strategy to good effect

HTH

Well rich you said this to me at local touring car club and the improvements were rapid.!

[Chrislong]

Some people are hindered by difficult to drive cars. There was a lad at Worksop who's Cat SX had a really bad throttle profile, it was like a switch, full throttle or nothing - so driving it well was impossible. He asked me for some help which I don't mind atall, so not knowing what settings are on it, step1 was reset the ESC to transmitter (which also restores the factory settings) and this completely cured his issues and he went on to do really well that day.

So if you are not sure if something is right or not, come ask someone who uses same equipment. Or don't be afraid of following the instructions and going back to basics.

Also, some cars are only good once built/setup properly. So don't be afraid of asking rather than struggling.

With this alone, you'll be half way to doing better. It'll just be down to your thumbs!

[mole2k]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Some people are hindered by difficult to drive cars....

...Also, some cars are only good once built/setup properly. So don't be afraid of asking rather than struggling.

With this alone, you'll be half way to doing better. It'll just be down to your thumbs!

I've found this true of a lot of the younger members of clubs i've been too you see somebody really struggling so you help them out by having a go on their car and it's just totally undrivable but they didnt know any different as they had never driven a properly setup car. I normally give them a few laps in my car then have a go at fixing up their car to get it going better.

[bondy]

Does it look like I excercise ??? well actually yes ! VRC is a great training tool . It ups the concentration factor a great deal ! This helps in those long 20-30 min nitro finals. and any driving or computer game where you can use a joypad set correctly will sharpen up the reflexes. and when VRC Offroad comes out that will be better !

My only problem when doing 1/10th is getting into the rythm on the first few laps !

[Chrislong]

I found when I played the Xbox360 loads (Forza2, PGR2, Testdrive, etc etc) I loast the ability to judge the proportions on my tranny for RC car racing.

VRC may conquor this if you calibrate your tranny to control it

[DCM]

I think, that sometimes, you reach a level, and it is so hard to move on from there, and the harder you try, the harder it seems to achieve. I find, my best racing is when I am most enjoying the track/car, and when I get into the frame of mind of... 'I should be in X place' it all goes Pete Tong.

Also, actually trying to deliberately think about what you are doing slows you down too, just relax, clear your mind and drive instinctively.

[bald eagle]

Originally Posted by stegger

After getting my ass kicked on more than one occasion at the schui indoor series it got me thinking how do i improve ? Is it just the amount of racing or in between racers do you do excersises to sharpen up your driving ?

Steve, you need to race more often mate, instead of going weeks between racing club nights or off road meetings, you need to race most weeks. You have a large knowledge base steve, you know alot of stuff about alot of cars etc, set ups, parts, hell you even know part numbers off by heart!!!... get out there and race, thats where you learn to use your thumbs fella.

[RogerM]

I have become slower over recent years as the amount of time that I have had to race has dropped off due to the pressures of life. I also have no good clubs in easy striking distance of me who run mid week so the chances of getting any practice there is zero.

I used to be able to drive a lot more smoothly than I do now and it's all down to lack of stick time ......... I'm looking at VRC as a practice tool but not too sure it will help as images on the screen aren't too much like you'd see from a rostrum. Not sure how much it would help (plus I don't think my PC would cope too well with it graphically).

For me it's all about stick time, practice, set-up days, testing, practice ................