god_thats_quick said:
I really struggle with this one, I've got an xbox 360 and I've played all the PC games (even with a wheel and pedals) and none of them prepared me for what the ring was like (cambers / inclines etc.). Yes now I've been for real I know what to expect at some points of any game, but to be honest I think this is really dodgy advise - DON'T BE *****. The first lap I was there I watched a modded EVO 8 (UK Reg) bin it and probably cost himself a world of trouble if he wasn't insured correctly.
Can't agree more, but it's only something that comes with driving there IMO.
ETA - I'd strongly advise taking your first laps as if it was a normal B road in GB with the benefit of no traffic coming the other way, there are just too many bits where you can't see which way the road goes!
I agree but the point I was making was not as extreme as you perhaps think, I was in no way advocating learning the track in order to go straight out there and drive as fast as possible, no no no, a recipe for disaster.
However, having prior knowledge and a little confidence about which way the track bends after the next corner etc helps massively in the enjoyment of the trip.
My first time out, I mullered my brakes because I literally didn't know which way the track went after each bend. I was so slow that it really wasn't an enjoyable experience at all. I was booting it down the straights and anchoring on to go round corners at ridiculously over-cautious speeds.
Again, because I had no knowledge of what was coming next, my lines were appalling and I was then having to stay offline for faster cars to pass which made the whole thing a bit of a nightmare.
At least with prior track knowledge he can go round and take the correct lines and start to feel where he can carry more speed. Offline he will never see the turn in markers and start to 'feel' the way the track can 'flow' in certain sections rather than feeling his way round.
I've not put that very well and like you say, NOTHING will prepare him for the road surfaces, the camber changes and the compression rebounds. However I still maintain that track knowledge however that is gained, is king.
Even after many many trips now, i still hate the double apex entry into Brunchen, it feels off camber but I'm sure it probably isn't however it still unnerves me every time.
The game version is totally different and doesn't prepare you for the unnerving off camber feeling but it DID help me get my line right so even at noob speeds I felt like I had at least got my line spot on...
