Dang - got my first laps in the skippy at Mid-Ohio , first laps at +1:50, but now in the 1:42 - and it's starting to get real difficult!
On a flying lap, I stroggle a lot with the first left turn after the bridge. Either I hit the yellow curb from the pit exit hard, and loose speed recovering, or I understeer out into the grass. I guess I need to practice sliding the skippy, working throttle, through such turns... but very fun!
Mid Ohio is an interesting track. Time can be gained almost everywhere and I got hung up at the 1:42 mark as well. I can try and go corner by corner but Kazaa is clearly the better cartoon driver if he's got 1-2 full seconds on me.
On the first left-hander, I stab the brakes for just a moment, downshift to 3rd, turn-in at the front of the bridge and hold high RPM through the turn - hopefully hitting the outside curbing around 85-86MPH and then into fourth. Touching the pit lane curbing is a sure way to loose your footing.
The Keyhole is important because is leads onto the longest straight. A late apex here is essential. Some treat it as two corners but I've not had found any benefit to this.
After the kink, I brake just after the 3rd marker post and allow a hint of trail braking into #4, lining up on the left side. This turn causes me the most trouble for some reason.
#5 is a late brake, slow, 2nd gear left hander. The elevation change can be tricky.
Corner out right, then come back, stand on the brakes and turn in for #6.
Keep your foot down through 6, 7 and 8, brake hard for #9 and ride the crest over in 3rd gear.
#10 is flat out; #11 is a quick stab of the brake, an early turn-in and quick downshift from 4th to 3rd.
#12 can be taken in a variety of manners... if you want maximum speed down the front straight, it is beneficial to go in slow, rotate with a lift and get all the way to the right before cutting across through #13... while if you are finishing a qualifying lap, for example, I often find that sacrificing speed for position to get left through #13 in a more direct fashion will result in a quicker current lap (at the expense of the next lap).
I see. So 30 minute session gives +.06. I need .39 more. That's a lot of time
If you can stay on track, I find that racing gives substantially more bang for the buck in terms of license points. Just make safety your goal - not winning - and drive appropriately. I have no idea how everything comes together and is calculated, but I've bagged over 50 pts finishing mid-pack in a single MX5 race while, by contrast, Ive not netted over 10 pts in a TT.
Given the objective, I typically lose points in qualifying sessions...
