Drive Limits vs Track Day

[mightymolecule]

I have a birthday coming up and would like to treat myself to some kind of track experience. I drive a stock 2.0 MX5 NC that I haven’t yet taken on the track. I’d like to explore its limits and get comfortable with oversteer. This is my first RWD car, although I’ve been driving for 20yrs and have done track days before in FWD and a Lotus driving academy day in an Elise, which was great.

I’m wondering if I’d get more from a Drive Limits airfield training day or just taking it to a track day? I think I might find the track day more fun but not sure if I’d naturally be able to play around with oversteer on my own or whether I’d benefit from some specific tuition. My local track is Snetterton but I also noticed the Mx5 club does track days just for Mx5s, which I’m tempted to do because I would be out with similar powered cars.

I know this sounds a bit daft but one thing that makes me hesitant about Drive Limits is the thought of intentionally spinning a car at 70mph. Maybe this is a reason in itself to do it!

[mightymolecule]

Thank you everyone for the advice. I’ve decided to go for the driver limits airfield experience before booking a track day - this sounds like it will perfectly suit my needs and I’m sure I’ll get loads out of it!