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Originally Posted by Slick
Don't discount the value of autocross.
Myself and many others got their start there and I can tell you that most that have done autoX have much better skills at performance driving than those that have not.
Many of the basic skills learned at autox (even by just watching others), give you a much better base of skills for HPDE including how to use weight transfer for grip and car rotation.
Slow is fast is just one of those things you learn from Day1 in AutoX.
Think of it as compressed learning. You get to do alot of car input and feedback in that 4-5 minutes.
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That is also true, it is much easier to turn off traction and learn what the throttle does and car does sliding in a parking lot than driving around 4th gear corners on a track. In fact the last track day I did they didn't even allow the beginner and intermediate group to turn off traction so I didn't get any experience with that. I was actually thinking to go to some auto-x to get some learning done.
To add, anyone know a good site to find some local auto-x? Motorsportsreg seems to be more track day oriented? or maybe I'm using it wrong