Driving
& Setups:
W hen Ragawolfe first approached me about giving
advice on driving and setups, I told him he was crazy. There are many more
drivers on our roster that have much more talent than I do at both. We talked
about it and decided to go at this from a first timer’s view to see if maybe we
can help. With that said, what I write works for me, it may be pure caca for
everyone else.
I like many-bought N4 thinking that it would be a flasher version of
the previous Nascar games. My first laps at The Rock told me that I was sadly mistaken.
I could hardly make a lap with out hitting the wall, people, cars, horses and
whatever else was in the state of North Carolina. I then went on a search for
the perfect setup. All that I tried were way to loose; my back end would whip
around every time I touched the brakes. So I tightened the car. Now I could
drive, but I was sooo slow. And worse my right front tire would blister 20 laps
into a race. So I did the only logical thing I could think of, became a Dega
Head. You know the type only races at SS nite after boring nite. Then I met you
guys. A true racing hero Ike Clanton invited Ragawolfe and myself to run a
friendly pick up race. We were forced to leave the driver friendly super speedways and drive the hated tracks
that give me grief. I was hooked. Great guys, great fun, terrible setups. I
will now try to share how I was able to get a little better at this time eating
game we call fun.
First go
to sascar.com. Read their driving guide and setup help. It will make a difference.
I found that by diving these tracks with the fast set loaded and using no
brakes you will become smoother. T he only track this wont work for is Marty.
This forces you to let off way early and be gentle on the gas. This will make
you faster in the long run by saving that all important right front tire. Now
after many laps start using the brakes, easy. I bet your lap times don’t get
much faster do they. I know that we have to brake in a race. If not we would
all get punted in the first turn. But now hopefully we can start to use a
looser setup that allows us to increase our speed
. Okay, now were smoother but the fast
setups still want to snap around at the entrance to every corner. This is a
problem. For me the best way to solve this was not to change the setup, but my
driving style. No longer do I charge into a corner and slam on the brakes,
praying that the car will stick. Now I ease on the pedal much sooner while the
car is pointed straight and I never really let the gas off all the way. This
seems to slow down the weight shift that makes a car snap loose. I try to give
a little throttle to help the car turn and ease back on the gas at the apex of
the corner.
I know
that I have a long way to go to get to the level of our fast racers, Gee, Johnny,
Ric, Bux and many others. But this approach at least keeps me on the same lap
(some times). Please accept this in the
sprit it was written. This helps me. It may make others worse. I am by no means
an expert. If you want I can share with you all some tips that help me setting
up my cars. Again only my humble
opinion.
Matt
Ps, I use a ms sidewinder wheel with the lin.
Set to 85%
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