06-11-2013, 01:54 PM
Yes, agree... Very unforgiving. The grass just sucks the tire in if you cut the track, and the walls are so close. It doesn't help that the grass feels even more slippery than other tracks.
At Monaco we can't cut because the walls are there... But at Essington you can be temped to cut the grass sometimes but it's risky as it's so easy to loose control and hit the wall. So this track might be even more dangerous than Monaco. Especially the esses is hard for me... I downshift from 4th to 3rd there, and I'm using h-shift and heel and toe, and if I just miss blipping the throttle I loose control and crash into the walls
And the race pace from some guys is really worrying... low to mid 41's for several laps *cough* marcel and djc *cough*... need to keep my concentration on top. Yesterday I did a few 1.41.1's in race, so it's getting better. But I won both races at Monaco so I can relax a bit... That was better than expected haha.
At Monaco we can't cut because the walls are there... But at Essington you can be temped to cut the grass sometimes but it's risky as it's so easy to loose control and hit the wall. So this track might be even more dangerous than Monaco. Especially the esses is hard for me... I downshift from 4th to 3rd there, and I'm using h-shift and heel and toe, and if I just miss blipping the throttle I loose control and crash into the walls
And the race pace from some guys is really worrying... low to mid 41's for several laps *cough* marcel and djc *cough*... need to keep my concentration on top. Yesterday I did a few 1.41.1's in race, so it's getting better. But I won both races at Monaco so I can relax a bit... That was better than expected haha.