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Old 02-25-2017, 07:52 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by mjk3888 View Post
I understand and even agree with the premise that a slower car could be easier to learn to drive on. However, I think the approach ability of the SS 1LE is so great that it almost gives you the same feel of control that a slower car does.
The scary part here is that a car with less progressive behavior (more linear up to higher limits) is the car that will be more likely to catch a less experienced driver out as he approaches its limits (either intentionally or otherwise). Linear behavior encourages faster/harder driving because it continues to feel like there's plenty of grip remaining, that you're still "completely stuck down" . . . until (all of a sudden) there isn't and you aren't.

Too much emphasis was read into the numbers in Jack's 65/63/64 cornering speed illustration. For less track-experienced drivers, he could just as well have used 70/60/65.


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