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Originally Posted by GSS138
Did this track for the first time this weekend, lot of fun. Missed you by a week Clint and I had martin instructing me. He taught me the same lines, but he did teach me to ride a bit higher through turn 1(maybe because stock suspension?).
I was playing w 2 vs 3rd gear on turn 3, I like the idea of using it at the hairpin as well if necessary like you did a few times.
Why do you prefer to stay low on main straight and T1/2?
My best time was a 2:11 which I don't think is too shabby for a newbie that is mainly stock and the first time I did the track. I think I can probably get down around 2:05 but then I think suspension/brakes would limit me. I definitely learned the extent of my suspension on this track. The sweeper/U-turn is definitely a place I could pick up some speed, and I was staying below 130 per martin's advice on turn 1/2 but I could definitely have gone faster.
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yeah if your car has less over all grip (from either lack of suspension mods and/or tire grip) then a higher turn 1 entry is better/safer, since it widens the turn out and you use the down hill of the oval to your advantage. the disadvantage is you have a longer distance to travel. so its all strategy figuring out how low in the oval you can go without causing you to scrub speed and/or lose traction.
i used 3rd in turn 3-4, 2nd in the hair pin. 3rd had enough power band to pull me out of 4 fine.
i stay low on the oval straight cause its a shorter distance to travel. i was on the lower side of turn 1-2 oval because honestly, i hadnt been on ACS for 2.5 years, never been there with the Z ever, i was playing it safe and didnt wanna be that close to the wall lol.
for ACS specifically, i need a more aggresive front pad, i was losing alot of time in the brake zones