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Zycle · 10-03-2018, 10:44 PM

Thanks for the advice! Sounds like I will be slow (rain + crap tires + new car + 2nd track event) but that will give me plenty of opportunity to figure out the car, while learning how to drive correctly and at slow less intimidating speeds. I'm registered in a beginner group so I (hopefully) won't be holding up people. Each group has a max size of 14 people.

I have a report of things to work on from my first track session so I'll continue on where I left off. I have a bad habit of early apexing (maybe from doing so much autocross? It is my go to excuse

). I've loaded up an exact stock configuration of the FRS in Forza 7 (not that racing games can be trusted to be accurate) with a Logitech G27 (I think low end decent wheel for simulation? Atleast it has clutch + shifter) to try to break this habit. The game seems to actually recognize this and gives me a "perfect corner" feedback and a "good corner" feedback when I early apex (I think anything short of going off track gives you a "good corner" feedback. I have probably driven more hours in my simulated FR-S then my actual car! I'll be searching for some good (non-game oriented) simulation such as IRACING that have FR-S to practice with. Unless simulation doesn't help, maybe you are learning the simulator and not actual skills.

I think my reason for early apexing is not looking far enough ahead. I get fixated on the apex so of course I steer too much and get there too early. I like this gif:

http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving...ng_visualfield

10-03-2018, 10:44 PM	#5
Zycle Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Drives: 13 FR-S Location: Ontario Posts: 12 Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the advice! Sounds like I will be slow (rain + crap tires + new car + 2nd track event) but that will give me plenty of opportunity to figure out the car, while learning how to drive correctly and at slow less intimidating speeds. I'm registered in a beginner group so I (hopefully) won't be holding up people. Each group has a max size of 14 people. I have a report of things to work on from my first track session so I'll continue on where I left off. I have a bad habit of early apexing (maybe from doing so much autocross? It is my go to excuse ). I've loaded up an exact stock configuration of the FRS in Forza 7 (not that racing games can be trusted to be accurate) with a Logitech G27 (I think low end decent wheel for simulation? Atleast it has clutch + shifter) to try to break this habit. The game seems to actually recognize this and gives me a "perfect corner" feedback and a "good corner" feedback when I early apex (I think anything short of going off track gives you a "good corner" feedback. I have probably driven more hours in my simulated FR-S then my actual car! I'll be searching for some good (non-game oriented) simulation such as IRACING that have FR-S to practice with. Unless simulation doesn't help, maybe you are learning the simulator and not actual skills. I think my reason for early apexing is not looking far enough ahead. I get fixated on the apex so of course I steer too much and get there too early. I like this gif: http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving...ng_visualfield Last edited by Zycle; 10-03-2018 at 10:57 PM.