I love racing this car in the rain and this week has been a blast. When doing these type of races you need to really tone down your expectations of being as competetive as you are in the dry. That doesn't mean that it isn't fun (because who doesn't like running at the top of the field in the dry every week?) but it is a different kind of fun which is trying to find the best lines in a changing track. These types of races are more of a mental battle because you can't drive like on a dry track and just keep hitting the same brake markers, apexes and lines the same lap after lap. It is so much more dynamic and that is what I love about this car in the wet.
Great clean race Ed. I tried one early in the week and had a blast, came out with a decent finish. Congrats on a great season! Look forward to watching your future guides and hoping to finally get up to your pace. cheers!
hehe yes rain is a different beast, imagine this i trained the whole week in full rain and my first race startet then in full dry condition, everyone was surprised, a hilarious situation and race 😅 lets see i still have 3 races left tomorrow!
I quite enjoy tsukuba in the rain. Looking at your race i can't help but notice you're very conservative with your steering inputs in the rain, kinda like you're trying to be as smooth or more with it as in the dry. Im the complete opposite, im working that thing like there's no tomorrow, fishing for grip like mad and correcting / catching just about every corner.
@@edwardbuchanan871 knife edge for sure, but imho it's much easier to catch it in the rain after losing it if the reaction time is quick enough, like it's much more forgiving than in the dry where if you start spinning the momentum just pushes you into a full spin, doesn't really do that in the rain. Edit: might be an iracing thing, or the fact it's the same tires in the dry and the wet, cause irl ik on wet tires camber is usually lower in the wet, but in iracing it almost feels like you want camber so you can "slice" through wet patch and get contact with the tarmac instead of aquaplaning, kinda how irl if you have 235 tires in the summer you'll want 195 in winter to reduce the contact patch allowing to cut through the snow. Edit edit xD : something to do with how much the weight is distributed across the tire, smaller tires means more weight per inch of contact patch.
Nice, I'm looking forward to watch this one ------> Damn it looked like there was even less grip than in my race 😵. Btw what's up with the missing laps?
I love racing this car in the rain and this week has been a blast. When doing these type of races you need to really tone down your expectations of being as competetive as you are in the dry. That doesn't mean that it isn't fun (because who doesn't like running at the top of the field in the dry every week?) but it is a different kind of fun which is trying to find the best lines in a changing track. These types of races are more of a mental battle because you can't drive like on a dry track and just keep hitting the same brake markers, apexes and lines the same lap after lap. It is so much more dynamic and that is what I love about this car in the wet.
@kevinadrian9366 it seems to be a love it or hate it. I put in some real practice but just can't get into the wet
Great clean race Ed. I tried one early in the week and had a blast, came out with a decent finish. Congrats on a great season! Look forward to watching your future guides and hoping to finally get up to your pace. cheers!
@@GB-zh3vz thanks for the support. Just catch me in the rain 🌧 and you got me
hehe yes rain is a different beast, imagine this i trained the whole week in full rain and my first race startet then in full dry condition, everyone was surprised, a hilarious situation and race 😅 lets see i still have 3 races left tomorrow!
@@nedo68 99% rain, worst luck or best luck ever depending on your view
I quite enjoy tsukuba in the rain. Looking at your race i can't help but notice you're very conservative with your steering inputs in the rain, kinda like you're trying to be as smooth or more with it as in the dry. Im the complete opposite, im working that thing like there's no tomorrow, fishing for grip like mad and correcting / catching just about every corner.
@rekt4guud134 the wet needs confidence and I am lacking. The limit is a knife edge and I obviously seem to not want to get cut 🙃
@@edwardbuchanan871 knife edge for sure, but imho it's much easier to catch it in the rain after losing it if the reaction time is quick enough, like it's much more forgiving than in the dry where if you start spinning the momentum just pushes you into a full spin, doesn't really do that in the rain.
Edit: might be an iracing thing, or the fact it's the same tires in the dry and the wet, cause irl ik on wet tires camber is usually lower in the wet, but in iracing it almost feels like you want camber so you can "slice" through wet patch and get contact with the tarmac instead of aquaplaning, kinda how irl if you have 235 tires in the summer you'll want 195 in winter to reduce the contact patch allowing to cut through the snow.
Edit edit xD : something to do with how much the weight is distributed across the tire, smaller tires means more weight per inch of contact patch.
@rekt4guud134 that race was with higher cambers, I think it did work better than lower, but I am definitely a rain rookie
Nice, I'm looking forward to watch this one ------> Damn it looked like there was even less grip than in my race 😵. Btw what's up with the missing laps?
the missing laps were just me slowly losing time to the cars in front. Frustrating and not much to see, just me getting soaked