Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Race video from TC2000.
This may bore you to tears :-) The visibility was quite bad as you can see. I spun my wheels too much at the start. If you only watch a bit, fast forward to 16:20 and watch my first pass along with one hell of a spin coming out of the last corner.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Fuji SpeedwayVideo
Some random footage from Fuji Speedway. My 1'14 lap is in there if you can find it :) Can't wait to get back on this circuit. Oh wait. - I'm taking my A licence there this weekend but I'm not sure what kind of driving is involved in that. Wish me luck!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
More Mazda Speed Cup Trial Footage
I finally pulled my lap times out of my lap timer. No segment times unfortunately. Pretty happy with the times though. I got 5 x 1'09 times and 5 x 1'10 times with a mix of other laps in between. I'm pretty sure I should have got a 1'08 on the second lap in this video as I had to slow down going through Dunlop and just after it as another car was in my line. Oh well. that happens :-) Next time I'll try leave a little more space to play with. The lap times shown in this video are 1'09.425, 1'09.96 and 1'10.46.
Lucky Number 13!
This is footage from the 2nd session of the Mazda Speed Cup Circuit Trial at TC2000. I made a mistake by coming on the power too heavy too early into the first corner and ended up heading for the barrier. Lucky I stopped just in time and headed right back out into the action. If you don't spin - you're not trying!
Monday, October 29, 2007
TC1000 - video
This clip about 10 minutes into the 2nd session. I'm not driving very smoothly and the tires are suffering for it. I tend to always end up driving wildly like this on TC1000. Not sure why. It feels like a safe environment to do so in. Perhaps that is why. In the first session, I'd done a couple of 43 second laps but in this session I think I only managed one. Most of the others were 44 and some of these are worse.
Anyway, this video is interesting because when I mess up on the hairpin, Kanepee-san (Party Race champion) is behind me and I let him past so I can hop on his tail and have a look at his driving for the first time. Of course, my eagerness to follow and my tires being in the state they are in doesn't help much. Hence, madness follows. Sorry tires!
Anyway, this video is interesting because when I mess up on the hairpin, Kanepee-san (Party Race champion) is behind me and I let him past so I can hop on his tail and have a look at his driving for the first time. Of course, my eagerness to follow and my tires being in the state they are in doesn't help much. Hence, madness follows. Sorry tires!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
TC2000 07/09/11
The magic of TC3000 was coming straight from TC1000 over to TC2000 for the afternoon. What a feeling... We were up for 3 x 20 minute sessions from 3pm to 5pm. The rain was holding off so it was looking good to break under the 1'10 barrier.
The first decision was what to do with my suspension. I usually use 3F/5R for TC2000 which is a harder setting than TC1000. After playing with the suspension in the morning, I decided to try a setting of 4F/5R for the first session. The main aim for today was to concentrate on corner entry (braking softer and earlier and coming off easier) and I was thinking that by doing this I'd naturally get a 1'09 without working too hard. Not a chance. My car worked very nicely going into the corners but I had a lot of under-steer on the exit in particular on the 2nd hairpin and the last corner. I managed a 1'10.9 late in the session but it was hard fought. Hmmmm.
One of the pro-drivers brought me out next. I forget his name but the last time out he got a 1'09 in my car two up. I'd left the car with the same setting as I had used for the first session to see what he thought. Funnily enough he also had major under-steer issues in the same places and could only manage a 1'11 after just 3 laps before we had to go in. Still I did notice that he was turning the wheel a lot more than I was turning it so I thought maybe I'd try that.
Before my 2nd session I set my dampers to 4F/6R and headed back out hoping for better behaviour. The difference was immediately noticeable and it seems like a good ratio for my current driving style at TC2000. Half way through, I noticed the turning the wheel more really helped to get rid of some of the under-steer mid-corner and towards the end of the session, I was beginning to feel that I was braking too much into the corners and could take them harder. This is hard to do though because your brain is used to you slowing to a certain speed you previously thought was the limit. I ended the session on a series of 1'10 times the best being 1'10.456. One more session I thought, and I'd have my 1'09!
It started to rain. Oh well... I was actually happy in a way as driving in the rain is great for learning more about how smooth you are being. My objective was just to build up speed in the rain and feel for grip but not lose it. I even trail braked the corners in the wet ever so softly to keep practicing. I only really lost grip the once, although I didn't always turn where I wanted to... It would be good to have a whole day of just rain to practice on. I'm guessing that I should lose 2sec per km in the rain so my rain lap time should be 1'14. Best I got in the rain was a 1'17.885 but I guess the rain had stopped also at that point and it wasn't at its worst. The best rain lap in my session was a 1'15.303 so some people were obviously going for it :-)
Anyway, while I still didn't break into the 1'09s I feel its a certainty now if I can build up my entry speed. I think the first 2 sectors should be enough and I can probably improve on the last sector too.
Top 5 times for the record were:
1. 1'10.456 - 28.862 28.792 12.802 - 149.938 km/h
2. 1'10.535 - 28.562 29.113 12.860 - 150.943 km/h
3. 1'10.791 - 28.853 29.135 12.803 - 150.104 km/h
4. 1'10.809 - 28.901 29.155 12.753 - 150.523 km/h
5. 1'10.876 - 29.081 29.116 12.679 - 151.261 km/h
Wet for comparison was:
1. 1'17.885 - 31.651 31.723 14.511 - 146.045 km/h
Ok, now that all the boring details are out of the way, here is a video clip of 3 laps which include the 2 fast laps and one in the middle where I stuck her in 4th instead of 2nd! Opps.
I wonder if you notice any difference in driving styles between this video and the one from my previous run at TC2000! I certainly do.
The first decision was what to do with my suspension. I usually use 3F/5R for TC2000 which is a harder setting than TC1000. After playing with the suspension in the morning, I decided to try a setting of 4F/5R for the first session. The main aim for today was to concentrate on corner entry (braking softer and earlier and coming off easier) and I was thinking that by doing this I'd naturally get a 1'09 without working too hard. Not a chance. My car worked very nicely going into the corners but I had a lot of under-steer on the exit in particular on the 2nd hairpin and the last corner. I managed a 1'10.9 late in the session but it was hard fought. Hmmmm.
One of the pro-drivers brought me out next. I forget his name but the last time out he got a 1'09 in my car two up. I'd left the car with the same setting as I had used for the first session to see what he thought. Funnily enough he also had major under-steer issues in the same places and could only manage a 1'11 after just 3 laps before we had to go in. Still I did notice that he was turning the wheel a lot more than I was turning it so I thought maybe I'd try that.
Before my 2nd session I set my dampers to 4F/6R and headed back out hoping for better behaviour. The difference was immediately noticeable and it seems like a good ratio for my current driving style at TC2000. Half way through, I noticed the turning the wheel more really helped to get rid of some of the under-steer mid-corner and towards the end of the session, I was beginning to feel that I was braking too much into the corners and could take them harder. This is hard to do though because your brain is used to you slowing to a certain speed you previously thought was the limit. I ended the session on a series of 1'10 times the best being 1'10.456. One more session I thought, and I'd have my 1'09!
It started to rain. Oh well... I was actually happy in a way as driving in the rain is great for learning more about how smooth you are being. My objective was just to build up speed in the rain and feel for grip but not lose it. I even trail braked the corners in the wet ever so softly to keep practicing. I only really lost grip the once, although I didn't always turn where I wanted to... It would be good to have a whole day of just rain to practice on. I'm guessing that I should lose 2sec per km in the rain so my rain lap time should be 1'14. Best I got in the rain was a 1'17.885 but I guess the rain had stopped also at that point and it wasn't at its worst. The best rain lap in my session was a 1'15.303 so some people were obviously going for it :-)
Anyway, while I still didn't break into the 1'09s I feel its a certainty now if I can build up my entry speed. I think the first 2 sectors should be enough and I can probably improve on the last sector too.
Top 5 times for the record were:
1. 1'10.456 - 28.862 28.792 12.802 - 149.938 km/h
2. 1'10.535 - 28.562 29.113 12.860 - 150.943 km/h
3. 1'10.791 - 28.853 29.135 12.803 - 150.104 km/h
4. 1'10.809 - 28.901 29.155 12.753 - 150.523 km/h
5. 1'10.876 - 29.081 29.116 12.679 - 151.261 km/h
Wet for comparison was:
1. 1'17.885 - 31.651 31.723 14.511 - 146.045 km/h
Ok, now that all the boring details are out of the way, here is a video clip of 3 laps which include the 2 fast laps and one in the middle where I stuck her in 4th instead of 2nd! Opps.
I wonder if you notice any difference in driving styles between this video and the one from my previous run at TC2000! I certainly do.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
TC2000 07/08/28 - Video
The laps on this video are mostly 1'11 or 1'10 around TC2000. I was trying to practice some of the things I'd learned at SSPark. Mostly I was practicing Dunlop without braking and the various hairpins carrying in brakes to help turn the car quicker. I think once I get this in my head and through experience I can pick up more speed and get faster at TC2000. Wish my videos were better quality but at least I can see them so thats what counts right now.
Had a few hairy moments in this video, one where I nearly lost it on the first hairpin (the inner one) and the second where I was passing a car just before the last hairpin and touched the brakes while still turning left in preparation for the right hander.
Update: I since showed this video to my sensei and it turns out I mis-understood what was being thought at SSPark and hence also at Tsukuba. I need to turn earlier, brake earlier and fade the brakes out as I get lock on. I was basically braking into the corner and fading them out during the corner. Tricky language this Japanese! Perhaps I still don't understand but I think I do. The great thing is my next session at the track is with these guys so I'll get to experience it first hand again.
Had a few hairy moments in this video, one where I nearly lost it on the first hairpin (the inner one) and the second where I was passing a car just before the last hairpin and touched the brakes while still turning left in preparation for the right hander.
Update: I since showed this video to my sensei and it turns out I mis-understood what was being thought at SSPark and hence also at Tsukuba. I need to turn earlier, brake earlier and fade the brakes out as I get lock on. I was basically braking into the corner and fading them out during the corner. Tricky language this Japanese! Perhaps I still don't understand but I think I do. The great thing is my next session at the track is with these guys so I'll get to experience it first hand again.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Video - Fuji Speedway
Ok boys and girls. sit back and have a look at this. There are two laps. The first is my 2'15.06 lap and the second is a very slow lap which includes NOT one but TWO rather big slides. I remember seeing the 2'15 come up on the lap timer as I passed the finish line and thinking to myself that a bit more late braking could get me another second or two. You gotta be much smoother coming off the brakes when you brake later. You also gotta rev-match perfectly... Nobody said it would be easy. Would have been cool to catch the first slide. I actually stuck the clutch in although I think it needed a dab of revs instead.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
TC1000 07/07/03
Couldn't believe I was off to Tsukuba on Tuesday. I mean, I'd just driven 300km up to Fukushima at the weekend. Had 2 full days of Gymkhana madness. Drove back to Tokyo. Worked 1 day. Now 1 day later again, TC1000 awaited! How mad is that?!
This was another D-Technique day with the deadly duo Deki-sensei and Kato-sensei. Those guys have amazing energy. I wish my Japanese was better so I could soak in more of what they are trying to teach me. My Japanese is improving though and perhaps my driving is too :-)
John was in group B and I was in group A. This was nice as it meant that we could take some outside footage of each other around the track. My previous best time at TC1000 was 0'44.41 so that was one of the days targets. I remember it being quite hard to get under 45s the last time out although I did nip under it a few times. This time around it was quite easy. I think the gymkhana helped me improve quite a lot. Unfortunately I couldn't climb into the 43s range. I got an early best time in the first session 0'44.119 and couldn't top that although it was pretty easy to keep close on clear laps.
I actually span out quite a lot in a few different places, sometimes due to too much throttle on the exit, others too much brakes trailing on entry or the car not taking a set early enough for the corner. All self-inflicted anyway :-) Its healthy to spin though because it forces you to think. Its also important to know how to spin properly so practice helps! - or so I keep telling myself! Its also quite a lot of fun to see another car spin infront of you. You can see them go from really early on. You can tell from the noise and the pitch of the car.
I got some good practise in on the inner hairpin. I'm still not happy with that corner but I did manage to try a few different things. Its all too easy to go wrong there and I feel that's where I can gain more time next. After the 3 sessions were complete, all I could think about was how quickly it was all over. I wanted to go karting or anything to continue on the rush that driving gives you. Luckily I didn't though as I'm quite tired today, 1 day later :-) There will be another day.
Here's some in car footage from the second session. Taking the outlap nice and easy and then playing catchup. Quite a lot of cars sliding around out there including myself. I actually span out only once in this session. Those tires are making quite a lot of noise... I started them off at about 195 and didn't check them after that. Hope to get more time out of them as I only got them in February! Must post a photo when I get a chance.
This was another D-Technique day with the deadly duo Deki-sensei and Kato-sensei. Those guys have amazing energy. I wish my Japanese was better so I could soak in more of what they are trying to teach me. My Japanese is improving though and perhaps my driving is too :-)
John was in group B and I was in group A. This was nice as it meant that we could take some outside footage of each other around the track. My previous best time at TC1000 was 0'44.41 so that was one of the days targets. I remember it being quite hard to get under 45s the last time out although I did nip under it a few times. This time around it was quite easy. I think the gymkhana helped me improve quite a lot. Unfortunately I couldn't climb into the 43s range. I got an early best time in the first session 0'44.119 and couldn't top that although it was pretty easy to keep close on clear laps.
I actually span out quite a lot in a few different places, sometimes due to too much throttle on the exit, others too much brakes trailing on entry or the car not taking a set early enough for the corner. All self-inflicted anyway :-) Its healthy to spin though because it forces you to think. Its also important to know how to spin properly so practice helps! - or so I keep telling myself! Its also quite a lot of fun to see another car spin infront of you. You can see them go from really early on. You can tell from the noise and the pitch of the car.
I got some good practise in on the inner hairpin. I'm still not happy with that corner but I did manage to try a few different things. Its all too easy to go wrong there and I feel that's where I can gain more time next. After the 3 sessions were complete, all I could think about was how quickly it was all over. I wanted to go karting or anything to continue on the rush that driving gives you. Luckily I didn't though as I'm quite tired today, 1 day later :-) There will be another day.
Here's some in car footage from the second session. Taking the outlap nice and easy and then playing catchup. Quite a lot of cars sliding around out there including myself. I actually span out only once in this session. Those tires are making quite a lot of noise... I started them off at about 195 and didn't check them after that. Hope to get more time out of them as I only got them in February! Must post a photo when I get a chance.
Monday, July 2, 2007
SSPark Gymkhana Mazda RX-8
Great weekend practicing different things at SSPark Gymkhana with D-Technique. With 2 days you really learn a lot and get to practice a lot. I managed to get a 56.3 out of the little course which I'm quite pleased with. Probably could have got another second at least out of it, perhaps more, but this time was bascially a second faster than my previous best anyway so that's pretty huge. You can't see much of the gymkhana setup in this video, but it records what I did (when I turned the wheel, hit the brakes, gas etc). Still lots to learn! Must be possible to do a 53 in my car I reckon especially with a kami-sama driver ;-)
Saturday, April 28, 2007
TC2000 07/04/24 - The drift.
I go a bit carried away during this lap. My exit out of the last corner wasn't so good, understeering almost off the road and then having to flip the wheel instead of keeping things smooth. Guaranteed to slow you down! As such, I felt the need to brake that bit later into the last corner before hitting third gear and this sent the rear out of line. It was really good fun though to catch it. The Neova tires are so progressive compared to my older RE040s. A world of difference apart. I love feeling the car move around like this even thought its not the fastest way around the corner. So cool to capture these special moments on video.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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