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Originally Posted by jaymsu
Nice run! Never done Auto X myself - I don't think I'll remember where to go.  |
After the 1st few events, you'll start 'getting it'.
There are only 3-4 different types of things (we call them elements) to look for:
1) Gates. Two cones that you go through like an open gate.
2) Slaloms. You go around them in succession on alternating sides.
3) Pivots. (Or clam shells) A single cone that you turn around, usually are disguised as gates).
4) Walls. You stay to one side of a series of cones (usually a succession of 'gates')
Look at my avatar. There is a cone standing up, and one lying down. The one lying down is called a 'pointer'. It 'points' you in the direction you should be going around the cone.
When you get out on course, at speed, you look for the pointers and the different elements.
Yes, at first, it really does look like a sea of cones. But when you break it down from element to element, you start to see that it's just bits stringed together like standing dominoes, ready to be knocked down.
--kC