cornering help

[TLyttle]

Hm. I suppose the Playstation will show you the lines alright (never having tried it), but the stability aid required most is the ass of your pants: EVERY mistake makes itself felt there! Practice, guys, practice...

[Russelt3hPirate]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Hm. I suppose the Playstation will show you the lines alright (never having tried it), but the stability aid required most is the ass of your pants: EVERY mistake makes itself felt there! Practice, guys, practice...

:lol: learning to drive on a playstation.

if you're going to learn to drive it should be on a real simulator.

driving lines are alot harder to see when you're really out there.

the best thing to do is LOOK AHEAD!

[kngrsll]

Originally Posted by Russelt3hPirate

:lol: learning to drive on a playstation.

if you're going to learn to drive it should be on a real simulator.

driving lines are alot harder to see when you're really out there.

the best thing to do is LOOK AHEAD!

i learned to drive a racing line on gran turismo. i think its good for the fundamentals. when i started autox'ing when i got my first car, i think it reduced the learning curve some. then when i stepped up to track days, and it was a natural progression (all the while still playing massive amounts of GT :D )

but your right in the fact that it cant replace real life. good tires and some autox will do you alot of good. ride with people who are faster than you, talk to them, they will help! dont mess around with your car. my biggest mistake early on was having too many mods on the car. i actually got alot faster when i got rid of some of them :rofl:

good luck!

[thepoche]

Originally Posted by Russelt3hPirate

driving lines are alot harder to see when you're really out there.

For me it was the opposite. I play rFactor and played Laguna Seca a lot. When I went to the real track, I tried the line I was using in the sim and it didn't feel natural.

I improved my line in the real world much faster than in a sim and when I applied that line in the game, I was much faster.

And as PK said, sims will help you learn the track but not how to drive.

Just go to a track day and get an instructor with you, thats the best learning technique and it's cheaper than a PS3!