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Originally Posted by CSG Mike
Turn on spot metering, and position the camera slightly higher, and you'll be good!
If you want to capture footwork and shifting/steering, get a second dedicated camera for in-car only
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Originally Posted by pgranberg11
connect the gopro and use the app on your phone. Set it to manual exposure and set to -2. It remembers the setting so it's a set it and forget it. You can start the recording from your phone too...  |
I adjusted the position of the camera and went with setting the exposure to -2. On Saturday I attempted to move the camera back which didn't work well at all. Sunday I moved the camera forward and up a bit. Here is the result:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vk6CQoJdWs[/ame]
Some notes from the weekend:
During Saturday qualifying/practice I missed a shift at the end of the back straight. When I released the clutch into 2nd gear at 80mph the car immediately spun and I went off track. Fortunately I managed to avoid the wall and didn't shoot back across the track so other cars were able to avoid me. This was the first of three events that nearly wrecked the car. After this event I drove through the hot pits and got back on track for a flyer. This happened to be the fastest time we've been able to achieve in a T4 FRS at 1:30.49 on the original set of Hoosier R7s I started the season on.
Unfortunately, I could not replicate this lap for the rest of the weekend which was really frustrating. My fastest times have typically been set during races. I think there are two issues that caused this (1) I haven't had enough practice time to figure out how to drive this car and (2) my brakes don't feel so great which makes it difficult to drive in a precise manner. I still don't have brake cooling and my pad setup is a mashup of Reybestos ST47 front and Cobalt XR2 in the rear with no brake ducting. I will probably try to run all of next season and XR1 front and rear. I'm hesitant to try the ST45s that Rice_Classic uses because I could not get them to work at all on my Integra.
The 2nd incident where the car almost got wrecked was towards the end of the video where I drive off track in the chicane chasing a pesky BMW. This is due to fatigue and because I couldn't see the track through the BMW so I missed my marks.
Third incident is when my wife was driving. A bunch of cars got piled up in the Chicane. She made the right reaction and moved to the side though it would be preferred if she went in there more prepared because the initial wreck can be seen in the video. It all happened very quickly and the car behind her smashed into the others so she did quite well. Applying brakes will never work in this situation because the cars behind will smash into you. Very sad to see all those cars wrecked. Video of that race start is here:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNosppmM4U[/ame]
Happily, despite my antics the car is still dent free and hopefully it will stay this week at our final race of the season this weekend.
Looking forward to trying the stiff front bar with the Eibach rear bar set to soft this weekend. Even more exciting is the prospect of better tires and brakes next season.