Slaloms in Switzerland are awesome ! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Sylvain44 · 08-29-2014, 02:16 AM

I live in Switzerland, and we don't have racetracks (sadly), but we've got some great autocross-like races called "slalom".

Some of you may have seen my videos in other topics, but as someone asked me, I've done this topic to discuss about them.

A video is worth a thousand words, so here you go, this one was last saturday in Geneva:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N84GulpdtVI"]Slalom de Genève 2014 - Subaru BRZ - 2:33.69 - YouTube[/ame]

And this one was back in april:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghpy-oPxz4"]Slalom de Bière 2014 - Subaru BRZ - 3:19.460 - YouTube[/ame]

Let me know what you think of them or if you've got some settings or driving advices

My car:
Subaru BRZ '12 stock with Yokohama AD08R 225/45R17 on OZ Alleggerita 8x17 wheels.

Video recording:
GoPro HD Hero 1 with a RAM Mount fixed like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kdxnhttyb5x2kva/IMAG0333.jpg

Data logging:
Torque or RaceChrono on an Android device and a 10$ Bluetooth OBD-II adapter

Video overlay:
RaceRender 3 with a template made by myself to match the european BRZ dash, that can be downloaded here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26033135/BRZ.rrt

midnight23 · 08-29-2014, 02:45 AM

wow that is very cool!

mla163 · 08-29-2014, 08:26 AM

My SCCA safety steward just shit his pants. That's a lot of immovable obstacles.

BRZZZZZZZZZZ · 08-29-2014, 09:09 AM

Holy balls I want to do that, looks so like much fun. You guys actually have spectators too...

xwd · 08-29-2014, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mla163

My SCCA safety steward just shit his pants. That's a lot of immovable obstacles.

Yeah I've seen auto slalom and auto test videos from all over Europe and they are similar everywhere. I have run a non-SCCA autocross here in the US which had some very close objects as well.

Usually the issue is space/venues but in the first video it looked like there was actually a decent sized parking lot at the end of the video. Can't imagine how long it took people to set all that up.

Certainly looks like a lot of fun, but definitely need to have some balls to go fast.

Scenic Driver · 08-29-2014, 02:21 PM

That looks awesome

Sylvain44 · 08-29-2014, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwx

Yeah I've seen auto slalom and auto test videos from all over Europe and they are similar everywhere. I have run a non-SCCA autocross here in the US which had some very close objects as well.

Usually the issue is space/venues but in the first video it looked like there was actually a decent sized parking lot at the end of the video. Can't imagine how long it took people to set all that up.

Certainly looks like a lot of fun, but definitely need to have some balls to go fast.

There aren't any US-size parking lot in Switzerland, so yes, there are some corners where you must be careful, but it's still less dangerous than the Nordschleife ;-)

jjaisli · 08-30-2014, 06:10 AM

Was this near the airport?

Sylvain44 · 08-30-2014, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjaisli

Was this near the airport?

Yes it's just next to the airport!

BRZ21 · 08-30-2014, 08:59 AM

I want to do this so bad

Takumi788 · 08-30-2014, 09:39 AM

That is sick! I need to show this to my local SCCA personnel. Our AutoX venues are not that great.

Does the first video take place on concrete? If so that would be pretty challenging to keep from sliding. Also a lot of fun.

Sylvain44 · 08-30-2014, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takumi788

Does the first video take place on concrete?

Yes, it was quite slippery inside, but not as bad as we can think !

Sirsimon · 08-30-2014, 06:07 PM

Love the placement for your RAM mount. Very creative and clever! :-)

YodrOne · 09-21-2014, 02:30 PM

Love that outdoor one. If I ever go to europe I'm going to switzerland for one of these in my rental!

08-29-2014, 02:16 AM	#1
Sylvain44 Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Yamaha R6 '07 Location: Switzerland Posts: 95 Thanks: 44 Thanked 59 Times in 29 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Slaloms in Switzerland are awesome ! I live in Switzerland, and we don't have racetracks (sadly), but we've got some great autocross-like races called "slalom". Some of you may have seen my videos in other topics, but as someone asked me, I've done this topic to discuss about them. A video is worth a thousand words, so here you go, this one was last saturday in Geneva: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N84GulpdtVI"]Slalom de Genève 2014 - Subaru BRZ - 2:33.69 - YouTube[/ame] And this one was back in april: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghpy-oPxz4"]Slalom de Bière 2014 - Subaru BRZ - 3:19.460 - YouTube[/ame] Let me know what you think of them or if you've got some settings or driving advices My car: Subaru BRZ '12 stock with Yokohama AD08R 225/45R17 on OZ Alleggerita 8x17 wheels. Video recording: GoPro HD Hero 1 with a RAM Mount fixed like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kdxnhttyb5x2kva/IMAG0333.jpg Data logging: Torque or RaceChrono on an Android device and a 10$ Bluetooth OBD-II adapter Video overlay: RaceRender 3 with a template made by myself to match the european BRZ dash, that can be downloaded here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26033135/BRZ.rrt

08-29-2014, 02:45 AM	#2
midnight23 dying bird under the hood Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 SWP Limited BRZ Location: Disneyland, California Posts: 1,331 Thanks: 546 Thanked 451 Times in 295 Posts Mentioned: 34 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	wow that is very cool! __________________ GReddy Turbo BRZ tuned by Evasive Motorsports Build Thread Instagram

08-29-2014, 02:21 PM	#6
Scenic Driver Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 13 Subaru BRZ, 02 Audi TTQ Location: Orange County, NY Posts: 456 Thanks: 61 Thanked 321 Times in 168 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	That looks awesome __________________

09-21-2014, 02:30 PM	#14
YodrOne Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Germany Posts: 57 Thanks: 11 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Love that outdoor one. If I ever go to europe I'm going to switzerland for one of these in my rental! __________________ The speed was correct, it was the corner that was too tight.

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