Virginia International Raceway Crashes

spearfish25

This is an important one. It was very helpful a number of times when I was getting used to a wet but drying track. Parts were super slick, others had great grip...and knowing which was which was challenging. By the end of the day we were joking about the 'little Japanese guys who kept us on the track' every time we saw the VDC light come on.

I do think I won't truly get the feeling of what the car is like or fully appreciate handling a corner with drift etcetera unless the VDC is off. However, there are better times to play with VDC off such as Auto-X.

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SmoothZ

Seems to be a lot of small ups and downs which can make you lose control quickly. Watching the vids makes me think I'd be pretty nervous on some of those turns where you can go up, then turn, and lose it.

I think what happens with some people driving a course is that they get comfortable and go faster and faster as they learn the course. Eventually, it might get the better of them. Happens to the best.

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hazzazi

thanks spearfish for that write out... if i end up going, those videos will always be playing in the back of my head, so i don't think i'll over do anything, but again thanks for this, it makes me feel better, and hopefully in the spring i'll go try it out if i ever had the chance.

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hazzazi

wow, thanks everyone for their insight on this.. i agree with all of you, and hopefully i will get some training this spring, and go to one of tracks around here (i think the closest to me is summit point, i'm not sure didn't do much research on that yet).. and if anyone would like to join, they are more than welcome, actually it should be fun (thats the whole point of going anyways ).. again, thanks everyone, it kinda gave me confidence again to go ... i'm excited now and can't wait for the weather to get better (spring time, should be good hopefully)

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