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Yes, well said Pat. And I'd say the best way to learn GPL is to start
at the Ring. It's a whole sim in itself and every lap is an adventure
even after you get to know it fairly well. By the time you break the
8.30 or even 8.20 marks at the Ring, your ready to learn any track! :)

Pat Dotson wrote:
> 
> SARTONO wrote:
> >
> > I've been practicing a particular track (watkins) for over 30 laps with
> > no (very little) improvements.
> >
> > I'm quite a persistent sim racer (i've raced in F1rs/Viper/nascar/etc.
> > quiet extensively) and was wondering how many laps you gpl pros spend
> > before you can really nail the track.
> 
> I've done literally thousands of laps in GPL.
> In fact, I've probably done over 1000 laps
> at some of the individual tracks.
> 
> Thirty laps is barely enough to learn which
> way the next turn goes.  If you are new to
> GPL, figure on 100 laps at Watkins Glen just
> to figure out what the car is doing.  After
> a few hundred laps, you should be pretty
> consistent there.
> 
> Stick to one track when you are starting,
> and really learn to drive the car consistently
> there.  Once you know how to drive the car
> well at one track, learning another track
> is a lot easier.
> 
> --
> Pat Dotson
> IMPACT Motorsports
> http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html
