Calm or frantic?

[Doorman]

I've been wondering how you other chaps are behaving when driving your sim car. Are you all calm and collected, minimal violent maneuvers, smooth and unruffled? Or is it 'edge of the seat' stuff lightning like reactions to catch the slightest slide?
Me? I'm on the 'unruffled' side of things and that could well be my downfall. I tend to, don't laugh, 'plan' my line and then get a tad surprised when it goes tits up! I don't get anywhere near 'the edge' unless it's by accident, which I must say I find very exciting. I just couldn't do 3-4 consecutive corners likev that.

[Zootoxin]

I have been wondering about that too.
I think the really fast drivers must have superfast set-ups and high tail it around the track like mad men.
There is also alot of experience, personally when I try to push it I feel completely out of control and can not believe how late some drivers brake.

If that was me I would surely just slide into the sand

[Romus]

When I've learned the track well and know how the car setup works and when I'm relatively fast, my controls are smooth and I don't think I would look fast if someone was looking my driving. It can be different when just learning the combo, but to be fast it must be smooth. It's like that because tires will slide instead of grip if the acceleration or deceleration is too quick.

When I'm learning the combo I'm mostly thinking about the driving line, braking zone (start and end of the braking) and also feeling how the car balance works. When I know the track and car behaviour and can start pushing, then I'm mostly thinking about the balance and the four small rubber patches that connect me to the road. If I make any quick movement then the small rubber patch in some corner of the car gets too much weight and stress and will not grip anymore and will heat up too much.

[Jamin]

Calm

I'm not that competetive, after a days hard graft I'm not that keen to wrestle a tank slapper, especially after a few smokes if I catch someone I'll wait for them to make a mistake before trying an overtaking attempt, if someones caught up with me then I tend to let them past without much of a fight rather than hold them up unless it's rallycross where I pwn everyone twice over :cool2:

I go on to hang out with you guys whilst the missus watches how clean is your wife swaps fashion tips.

[delankster]

same as romus really .
When learning the combo i try and find the limits to the set and drive by the seat of me pants but as the wk goes by i settle with the set i feel most comfortable with (not always the fastest)
Then my focus changes and i try to relax and let the car do the work . Doesn't always work and on occasions the red mist will descend

[OldBloke]

I learn the line dictated by the setup. I learn how to drive as fast as possible on that line. I learn that I crash if I'm forced to go off it.

What impresses me about the quickies is how they can go off the line to overtake and still be quicker and still keep it on the island. :worship:

[Aquilifer]

Pretty much same here what others have said.

First I try to find the exact braking and maybe also turn in points (although many times I do the turning by hunch). This is might be bit tricky on dMr server sometimes, because of the changing wind conditions. Anyway I know the correct brake points quite well after 2 years of S2.

I always think only the next corner. Like the next corner is right -> need to move left side before it, when to brake, when to turn into the corner, where the apex is, when to open throttle. With more experience this has become more automatic. In racing I might also think when to try to attack next - where I am faster than the person ahead of me and is the time working for me or against me (tyres).

I used to be nervous before long races and got mad for myself when messing up. Nowadays I'm pretty calm or should I say do not care so much. Last time I got BSOD middle of 1h race, I was like...hey, look it's the good old blue screen! How wonderful, I haven't seen that error code before.

[Doorman]

I used to be nervous before long races and got mad for myself when messing up. Nowadays I'm pretty calm or should I say do not care so much. Last time I got BSOD middle of 1h race, I was like...hey, look it's the good old blue screen! How wonderful, I haven't seen that error code before.

We obviously have a calming influence on you. Now get on Ventrilo so we can mess you up again! :norty:

[Seany]

Hmm good question.   Mentally, I am pretty calm and only end up getting myself flusterd when I can't match a PB I could previously or just cant seem to take a corner the way I could before, which obviously makes me drive even worse, so I have to watch for that.  :taz:

My biggest problem is trying to make myself relax physically.   A lot of the time I am driving along doing a good pace feeling relaxed and then I notice I am applying the "death grip", very tense shoulders/muscles in my arms and gripping the wheel too tightly.  I find it very hard to stop myself doing this and im sure its not good for my muscels or my pace.  

I have noticed before that some of my quickest laps have been when some one on vent is having a conversation with some one else and Im just listening or when I start daydreaming, not really concentrating 100% on driving.

[delankster]

I have noticed before that some of my quickest laps have been when some one on vent is having a conversation with some one else and Im just listening or when I start daydreaming, not really concentrating 100% on driving.

Lol yeah have done this too.
Must be ron's dulcet tones

[Aquilifer]

Lol yeah have done this too.
Must be ron's dulcet tones

Interesting. Maybe Ron could do some Gregorian chanting for the whole evening :norty:

[Romus]

Interesting. Maybe Ron could do some Gregorian chanting for the whole evening :norty:

Good idea! I'd give him 10 iRacing dollars for that.

[Lameduck]

It depends on the stage of the race. During the start and the first few laps I could only be described as manic. :taz2:The wheel is gripped as if its my last hold on life itself, so much so that I have developed a pad of hardened skin on the inside of my right thumb. This feeling is exacerbated if I'm suffering from a low frame rate and the attentions of a few idjits.
Once we are spread out the frame rate goes up and the heart beat comes down and like Seany I usually manage a quick (relatively)time when on auto. I TRY to find the braking and turn-in points during the week but I'm very inconsistent. Ner mind ey?

[BigFatCat]

Erratic at best, but I'm always up for a lunge from a long way back.

[Doorman]

...During the start and the first few laps I could only be described as manic. :taz2:The wheel is gripped as if its my last hold on life itself, so much so that I have developed a pad of hardened skin on the inside of my right thumb...

:roflmao::roflmao: