How I spent Fathers day

Originally Posted by Shamu

You're doing great! I'm very impressed with your use of full track as a newbie! You cut a few turns too tight but for most part your selecting good turn in points and using lots of realestate which not all new drivers get.


My unsolicited advice. Lol!


Couple of hints. Try to stay still in the seat. You are shifting around a lot and when you get faster that can bite you. Remember steer out of turns if you start to have rear end coming out. You leave your hand on shifter too long. Make quick shift and get balance of two hands on that wheel. You're coasting a lot. Either you should be 100% on power or 100% braking when your traveling in straight line. You can carry a lot more speed through turns than you do now and as you get more comfortable you can roll on power much earlier. Your car should be doing 4 wheel drifts on full power out of 4 , 5, 6 , 9 and 10. when you develop comfort level with the car. Listen to my video in my little 200 hp 914. I'm on power mid turn. I need to get a vid of the 370z because I'm a little cockier than I was back in 2007 I'm not afraid to blaze out of turns with full throttle now. Working on your corner exit speed and waiting longer until your on brakes will help your times by huge amount. As your experimenting if you come into a turn too hot just go deeper into turn and use mor track, don't tighten your turning radius, that's where newer drivers get into trouble, dont be afraid to open the turn up to scrub off speed. Remember your physic lessons too, stay on power and don't lift. Rare to see car spin that's staying on power. Even if it's moderate power. It's not intuitive but if you start to spin its likely because you have lifted, get back on power.

YouTube - 2.5 Liter Porsche 914-6 on Laguna Seca

Keep up the great work! You'll be killing more Loti before you know it!