iRacing.com Driving Tips - “Legends Ford ‘34 Coupe”
The Rookie Legends car is a very good educational vehicle for the Advanced Legends because both cars will break traction at the same speed and often in the same place. The Rookie car is obviously less powerful and this means the problems you might experience in the more powerful car, you have already felt - albeit in a more subtle fashion - with the less powerful one.
The Advanced Legends car is a tough oval car that requires you to spend almost as much time turning right as left. This nimble car can really chew you up and spit you out on the tight ovals it normally races on. It is very easy to clip the wall when exiting the turn because you simply run out of racetrack while trying to keep the car pointed the right direction.
On most of the ovals, you will only need to use 4th gear, but on Lanier and Oxford (currently - this may change when the sim changes as I would probably damage the engine eventually), you will find that using 3rd gear may allow you to hold a better line in the turns. Of course using 4th does make the car easier to control, so if you have just graduated to the Advanced car from the Rookie, I would suggest using 4th gear. I have a habit of taking a shallow entry into most ovals with this car and taking a wider exit along the wall, I haven’t noticed myself being terribly slower than those of similar ranking in races. The suggested line of course is for a late entry, lower line in the center of the turn and a smooth, fast, exit.
The exception to the rule, is Lowe’s. The fastest way to go around this track seems to be 2nd gear in the turns and 3rd gear down the straights. Also, you will find that trying to make yourself a little ‘out of control’ into the turns can often give you a wonderful power-driven slide that takes you the full length of the turn. Lowe’s is also the only track of the four that I use any of the brake pedal.
Below you can see a video of the ‘Legends Ford ‘34 Coupe’ car on the two oval tracks that form part of the ‘Summer 2008 B’ series. Those tracks are: South Boston, Virginia and Lanier National Speedway, Georgia.
Click here then click “watch in high quality” if required.
Below you can see a video of the ‘Legends Ford ‘34 Coupe’ car on the remaining two oval tracks that form part of the ‘Summer 2008 B’ series. Those tracks are: Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine and Lowe’s Motor Speedway, North Carolina.
Click here then click “watch in high quality” if required.
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