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buzznasa · 02-08-2014, 05:45 PM

Let's get to the fun video first...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIfkhY6DzdQ"]Thunderhill Track day in the rain - YouTube[/ame]

This was our (collectively, myself, @mkivsoopra, @BRZkitty, and Matt) first time on a track. And, it just happen to be cold, windy, and very, very wet. We were learning lines around the track, how to do point-by's, flags, and the whole lot. The instructors were very good and just the nicest bunch of folks you could ever want to meet.

Some of the things that I learned beyond the classroom... How the car reacts when hydroplaning. I also learned (well kinda figured out) that when you are four wheel drifting around a corner the Vehicle Stability Control won't kick in because it is based on Yaw rate. If your car doesn't rotate while it is sliding sideways at 50 mph then the nannies won't help you get it back under control. I first figured this out going around turn 5a. It was a little unnerving at first but after a couple of laps and started pushing it and carrying the slide around the corners. That was fun.

In the middle of the day, before we were let loose on our own, I was talking with the others about how things learned from some of the fully immersive driving sims that I have built in the past would translate to a real life experience. Well, I can say that driving/racing sims help you understand finding the fastest lines around a track. But, they just can't compare to the visceral feeling of the lateral g's and environment effects (wind, rain, etc.) that you get from the real thing.

And now, for a couple of pictures courtesy of Blue Milk Photography. The Blue BRZ with the taped up headlights is @BRZkitty and the white BRZ is @mkivsoopra

What? Is that a GT-R getting left behind by an FR-S and a BRZ? Yes... Yes it is.

I am so looking forward to doing that again, but hopefully next time with no rain. Maybe in July when the West section of track opens to create 5 miles of fun?

02-08-2014, 05:45 PM	#1
buzznasa LOL PWR Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Whiteout FR-S; Scion tC Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 279 Thanks: 284 Thanked 368 Times in 106 Posts Mentioned: 56 Post(s)	Learning to track in the rain Let's get to the fun video first... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIfkhY6DzdQ"]Thunderhill Track day in the rain - YouTube[/ame] This was our (collectively, myself, @mkivsoopra, @BRZkitty, and Matt) first time on a track. And, it just happen to be cold, windy, and very, very wet. We were learning lines around the track, how to do point-by's, flags, and the whole lot. The instructors were very good and just the nicest bunch of folks you could ever want to meet. Some of the things that I learned beyond the classroom... How the car reacts when hydroplaning. I also learned (well kinda figured out) that when you are four wheel drifting around a corner the Vehicle Stability Control won't kick in because it is based on Yaw rate. If your car doesn't rotate while it is sliding sideways at 50 mph then the nannies won't help you get it back under control. I first figured this out going around turn 5a. It was a little unnerving at first but after a couple of laps and started pushing it and carrying the slide around the corners. That was fun. In the middle of the day, before we were let loose on our own, I was talking with the others about how things learned from some of the fully immersive driving sims that I have built in the past would translate to a real life experience. Well, I can say that driving/racing sims help you understand finding the fastest lines around a track. But, they just can't compare to the visceral feeling of the lateral g's and environment effects (wind, rain, etc.) that you get from the real thing. And now, for a couple of pictures courtesy of Blue Milk Photography. The Blue BRZ with the taped up headlights is @BRZkitty and the white BRZ is @mkivsoopra What? Is that a GT-R getting left behind by an FR-S and a BRZ? Yes... Yes it is. I am so looking forward to doing that again, but hopefully next time with no rain. Maybe in July when the West section of track opens to create 5 miles of fun? __________________ It's not a midlife crisis if you never grow up.