How To Overtake On A Race Track

[R32gts-t]

may or may not be worthy of it's own thread,

perhaps we could post links to outstanding pieces of driving in here?

How to over take, By Dean Evans:

[evil_weevil]

that was pretty cool!!!!!

had some close moments...and he just makes gaps appear and sqeezes into them!

[zebra]

geez it was tight through some of that

[Swiper the Fox]

  evil_weevil said:

he just makes gaps appear and sqeezes into them!

one of my favorite activities

[Duncan]

yeah dean did a great job in that clip. he was starting rear of grid, he was in the faster of the 2 classes, he had done plenty of race laps there before, and most importantly it wasn't his car but it is top driving.

as to how to overtake in a race, you would be amazed how hard that actually is, especially in fairly well matched cars. I spent my first year's racing qualifying OK but never being able to get past, you really need to be patient, turn your brain on, and plan many corners or even laps, in advance.

[Duncan]

for actual overtaking moves/battle check this video. The quality is rubbish but keep an eye on the skyline and commodore and what happens where and how.

I overtook the corolla twice, he took me back twice....gtr vs 2l corolla sports sedan

And then skyline vs 6l commodore....my car was down on power and handling like a pogo stick at the rear, but you will see 9 changes in position in 7 laps including including in the dog leg on lap 3, turn 1 in lap 4, dogleg lap 5, side by side from the dogleg right through to the flip flop on lap6 (don't let anyone tell you that you can't overtake in the flip flop) and side by side again on lap 7. This was Oran Park short so it is super difficult to get past (no long drag strip straight)

all until the fuel pump failed on lap 8 limped home the last 3 corners way back

I checked the car after - we had some scratches on the right rear quarter panel but no dents on either car - great race!

[Rekin]

that was awesome and that was only one lap haha!

Need moar!

[evil_weevil]

LOL @ Paul!!!

I overtook an Alfa at the flip flip on a supersprint 2 months ago...he gave me a frown as we came back into pits

Gee's Duncan, the gtr sure was a pogo stick!!!!!

[23 GTR]

  R32gts-t said:

may or may not be worthy of it's own thread,

perhaps we could post links to outstanding pieces of driving in here?

How to over take, By Dean Evans:

Did the other cars have power or weight penalty?

Edited June 24, 2009 by mitric88

[Tektrader69]

How anyone could get through those cars without a hefty panel repair bill is AWESOME !!

[e240]

That video's been floating around for sometime now and it never fails to impress me everytime I view it...Surely there must have been some contact...*Poor Elise*

[fatz]

id rate druncans driving over evans

one is equal cars, duncan driving a pogo stick

the other is a good driver overtaking shit drivers