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Originally Posted by renfield90
Grippy tires will mask your mistakes, and even encourage bad habits to form because it "feels" fast. Ask me about the time my automatic Celica GT on all seasons beat a G35 on R comps by a second - he switched too early and developed bad habits. It set his driving progress back over a year.
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Been there, done that. Beat a GTR while I was still on the OE Michelins on my FRS
I'll second the notion about sticking to crappy tires until you get better. Learn to find the limit, go past it, and bring it back. When you're consistently driving at "the limit" of the tires... then go to some RS3s or Dunlop Z2s or Rivals or whatever.
I'll also second qoncept's notion of not chasing setup. I had a discussion with someone at VAC this weekend about why I like "Street" class cars. My first year, I had a Mini Cooper S in DS. It was 100% bone stock. When I was slow, it was my fault... not the car. I didn't worry about adjusting swaybars or shocks or whatever, I just kept my tires in a range where they wouldn't destroy themselves... and I drove the crap out of it. I just blamed myself, told myself I needed to improve... and worked on getting better. The problem to THAT is that I still don't really know how to adjust a car. I can give feedback on what it's doing.... pushy, loose, etc... but I don't know how to fix it. I just sort of drive around whatever the problem is.
One other thing that helped me.... drive ANYTHING you can get your hands on. Doesn't matter if it's your FRS/BRZ, a friend's Miata, a friend's WRX, or even a Ford Focus rental car. When you drive different things, you stop focusing on how to drive the car and learn to drive the course. You stop worrying about how the car is going to respond to any given situation, and you think first and foremost about just driving the racing line.