So I was on track with a ferrari f12 and here is

[Xps911]

Some sideways action chasing it http://youtu.be/_7C8OaD5lnk

First time I've seen one on track

[graeme4130]

I love that you get full fireproof race suit and gloves, and your wife gets jeans and sandals
Great vid through, and nice driving

[Xps911]

Lol. Actually just gloves and boots
Thanks was a great day

[ZeroH]

Very cool vid and some nice car control !!

Is your GT2 mapped ? Intersting to see the difference with F12 on the straight

[Bluebottle911]

Very impressive performance.

[flemke]

Very nice car control in the oversteer moments.

Is there any reason why you seem to prefer to turn in quite early? Normally in a 911, and especially in one whose strength is straight-line speed, one would expect to trail-brake late, get the car turned in as little time as possible, and then straight back on the power. It looked like you had to spend a lot of time waiting for the car to turn before you could exploit the power again.

[larrylamb11]

What is that noise coming from your car? the rythmic thumping particularly on right handers? sounds almost like a loose wheel or a CV joint or something... sure sounds like something need looking at...

[Xps911]

flemke said:

Very nice car control in the oversteer moments.

Is there any reason why you seem to prefer to turn in quite early? Normally in a 911, and especially in one whose strength is straight-line speed, one would expect to trail-brake late, get the car turned in as little time as possible, and then straight back on the power. It looked like you had to spend a lot of time waiting for the car to turn before you could exploit the power again.

thanks. I'm still learning her, but thats my current driving style I guess

[Xps911]

larrylamb11 said:

What is that noise coming from your car? the rythmic thumping particularly on right handers? sounds almost like a loose wheel or a CV joint or something... sure sounds like something need looking at...

good ear, that was the front left wheel bearing

[Anjum]

Great Video!

Some good saves - all looking very controlled!

[flemke]

Xps911 said:

flemke said:

Very nice car control in the oversteer moments.

Is there any reason why you seem to prefer to turn in quite early? Normally in a 911, and especially in one whose strength is straight-line speed, one would expect to trail-brake late, get the car turned in as little time as possible, and then straight back on the power. It looked like you had to spend a lot of time waiting for the car to turn before you could exploit the power again.

thanks. I'm still learning her, but thats my current driving style I guess

I'm not trying to be a smart-ass here, but the lines followed by the F12 seemed to make more sense to me. You had a tendency to turn in really early. When you are well within the car's grip capacity, it's not a problem. When you are approaching the limit of grip, however, the car is going to want to go off at the exits of bends. I suspect that you frequently went into (controlled) oversteer because the front end was pushing a lot, then you lifted which transferred loads of grip to the front, hence the back wanted to step out. It's a technique, but it's not the quickest way around and, as I say, after a certain point your line will be such that you simply run out of room at the exit.

Fwiw.

Eta: when you enter a bend, if not before, you should already be thinking about and looking at the exit of the bend and beyond. Doing that will intuitively shift your apex farther back. Don't look at the apex - it is only something in between you and the exit.

Edited by flemke on Wednesday 23 September 21:08