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Nords · 18-11-2009, 11:44 PM

It is at the end of the fastest part of the circuit, if you make it over Avon Rise and the slight left hander there, this corner then catches you out!

mattCSLnut · 18-11-2009, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by $w!ft

This video is hilarious, check the understeer on that golf! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7tfkerF2Y4

Never mind the Golf... the White Evo has no steering at all...

thegingerninja · 19-11-2009, 09:28 AM

Novice drivers turn in too early - then run out of road at the exit. Nearly all of them do it to begin with, but some need to learn the hard way.

englebert · 19-11-2009, 02:30 PM

Depends in what car you're in really... the instructors will say aim for the middle where the marshalls post is. The natural line is to go as wide as possible, but then you have to set yourself up to brake diagonally in a straightline.

In my Elise i never made the corner no matter what line, so generally just headed straight for the apex.

As said, the crashes are down to mis-timing of braking, normally on the rise just when the car has no grip...

I personally never saw the problem, but then i don't need to brake until after the rise is done, being a fucking legend.

mattCSLnut · 19-11-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Nords

It is at the end of the fastest part of the circuit, if you make it over Avon Rise and the slight left hander there, this corner then catches you out!

Sounds like QUARRY corner

. I have to say I find braking from 135 mph trough Avon Rise (before Quarry) more dangerous, as the surface is bumpy and causes the car to undulate

while braking and turning left slightly, upsetting the ABS and the dynamics of the chassis. Maybe it's just me

northernjim · 22-11-2009, 07:27 PM

how that guy in the Z3 m coupe missed that driver.......... jesus he was lucky!!!!!

19-11-2009, 02:30 PM	#14
englebert S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kent Posts: 397 Casino cash: $705	Depends in what car you're in really... the instructors will say aim for the middle where the marshalls post is. The natural line is to go as wide as possible, but then you have to set yourself up to brake diagonally in a straightline. In my Elise i never made the corner no matter what line, so generally just headed straight for the apex. As said, the crashes are down to mis-timing of braking, normally on the rise just when the car has no grip... I personally never saw the problem, but then i don't need to brake until after the rise is done, being a fucking legend. __________________ '03 SG CSL - SOLD Making do with a CSL replica, 1M and E90 M3.

18-11-2009, 11:44 PM	#11
Nords S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 527 Casino cash: $1272	It is at the end of the fastest part of the circuit, if you make it over Avon Rise and the slight left hander there, this corner then catches you out!

19-11-2009, 09:28 AM	#13
thegingerninja S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 370 Casino cash: $4367	Novice drivers turn in too early - then run out of road at the exit. Nearly all of them do it to begin with, but some need to learn the hard way.

22-11-2009, 07:27 PM	#16
northernjim Driving it like I nicked it Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: lancashire Posts: 2,082 Casino cash: $20572	how that guy in the Z3 m coupe missed that driver.......... jesus he was lucky!!!!!