Use your apex speeds as a reference to know if you are going faster or not. Your main objective is to carry as much speed through the corner as possible. You want a good fuel consumption/lap predictor. Get a decent HUD plug in, simple and uncluttered but effective. It might ultimately not be as precise, but it gives you more awareness, which matters most. With Km/h the numbers go up and down very fast and it is more difficult to be aware of the speed you are doing at a given moment. Still there: The car he warned you about is still running on your sideĬlear: You have nobody around and can change lanes if needed Three-wide in the middle: means you have a car at each side That will give you these very important reports when driving in traffic that allow you to be more aware of what is going around you:Ĭar outside: means a car is on your right sideĬar inside: means a car is on your left side You must activate the spotter and also set it to maximum detail/content. It is very important that you configure your sound options correctly. You can see very far in ovals, and it is important to plan what you will be doing in the nex hunderds of metres because you will be getting there REALLY fast. Reduce the details of the cars if needed, but allow as many visible ones as possible. Reduce the special effects detail to see better. Cars spinning at high speeds cause lots of smoke, which is dangerous. The penalty for errors here is usually not simply losing positions but slamming the wall and retiring. That means that an oval can, and in fact usually is, a very unforgiving enviroment, especially with open wheel cars. You also must learn to live with the aero effects the cars around you will produce.Ĥ) Finally, you must be aware that you are racing on a track enclosed by walls. This means having to know and trust the other guy racing near you, and being able to place your car accurately on the track. The importance of smoothness is extreme.ģ) Third, the nature of the ovals makes the cars race closer together, and therefore you will be mostly in heavy traffic with cars around you.
A great driver on a road track can make up for the deficits in his car, on ovals this is simply not possible.Ģ) Second, because the speeds are generally high (The turns at a short track like Milwaukee are faster than the fastest turns on most road tracks) you don't have a problem with throttle control but instead your main objetive is to keep your speed and not scrubbing it off. Because you have few turns and all are to the left, you can come closer to perfection on the setup for any given corner, which means that a small difference in your car will be a deciding factor.
Whatever part of racing you consider (set-up, racing line, smoothness, errors), it's effects are exaggerated on an oval, but there are four things that stand out:ġ) In road races you have to make compromises for the variety of turns. Think of an oval track as a magnifying glass. Have fun and if you have any questions just ask I will upload a setup for each race to the web, for those who need one. Since many people here are new to oval racing, I have compiled this text about it where you can find the most relevant info you need to speed up the process of learning it.īelieve me, it's great racing -just different from road raicng- and once you are hooked you will always love to race again on circles.įor our HSO community, knowing how to race on ovals and enjoy it also expands the possible races and championships we can do, which is always a good thing.