Rfactor 2 daytona road course3/28/2023 Hold on, hold out, and get ready for the riskiest section on the track…. SMOOTH! Turns 7 and 8 are far more used to hosting stock car racing as part of the traditional Daytona oval configuration, and here you will find you finally have a moment to relax and take in your surroundings as you firmly plant your foot on the throttle and begin the run into the world-famous Bus Stop chicane.īegin by running up near the top of the banking on the corner exit from turn 6, then slowly and smoothly start the process of rolling the car down onto the lower line of the oval banking, keeping a firm eye out in the mirror for any faster traffic trying to find a way past in multiclass events. Be careful on the corner exit, as cars certainly like to dance on the power as you jump back onto the banking and into the backstretch of this exceptional venue. Quicker than might appear at first glance, Turn 6 again requires a driver to dive into the heavy braking zone with full commitment in order to achieve the maximum performance, starting with pulling the car as far right as possible on corner entry, before committing to turning in and quickly transitioning to the brake pedal and back onto throttle for the run onto the oval. The reason for this is the considerable amount of time drivers will speed at full throttle in the following section of track – lose time in this corner and delay getting back on the gas, and you will pay a heavy price all the way down turns 7 and 8 and onto the backstretch. The final corner of the infield road course section put simply Turn 6 is vital to a fast lap time here at Daytona. Turn 5īumpy on entry and requiring a downshift of three gears, Turn 5 is similar in nature to the earlier encounter we experience at the Rodriguez International Horseshoe, in that despite being a hairpin in nature, the corner benefits from a long radius and requires drivers to fully commit late into the braking zone, with trail braking and a late apex optimal in order to achieve the highest possible minimum corner speed and maintain strong momentum and early acceleration onto the short straight that follows. Unlike a lot of the Daytona circuit, thanks to plenty of run-off space a mistake here doesn’t have to be race-ending, but run wide onto the grass at these speeds, and expect to lose a lot of time and make yourself vulnerable to attack the run into Turn 5. Turn 4, or ‘The Kink’ is one of those corners that can be as easy as they come 99.9% of the time, flat chat with margin to spare, but catch this turn slightly offline, or approach too confident with tyres that are anything other than in optimal condition, and very quickly you will find out why this corner has a much bigger bite than first appears. Encouraging the driver to dive deep into the corner and maximize the use of trail braking techniques as they look to achieve a late apex and strong launch off the turn, this is both a great place to set up a pass, and a critical corner to get right in order to carry speed all the way down into the next significant braking event of the lap, to be found on the entry into Turn 5. Approached from speed following a flat blast all the way from the acceleration zone of the opening corner, braking here can be left deceptively late. Rodriguez International HorseshoeĪnother exceptionally popular overtaking opportunity on the Daytona International Raceway Road Course is the Rodriguez International Horseshoe, otherwise known as Turn 3. Flat to the boards in a GT3 car, here drivers are often seen taking a mix of lines between using judicious amounts of curbs or keeping it on the grey stuff, depending on the stage of the race and of course the individual characteristics of the car in question. Once drivers successfully navigate their way through the opening corner, the right / left of Turn 2 is a relatively straightforward affair. Reasonably straightforward on paper, in reality, it is incredibly difficult to spot your braking point and hustle the car into the apex for the opening turn, made especially difficult as drivers have to contend with the transition from 18 degrees of banking in the oval, to the uneven road surface that leads up to, and beyond this opening portion of the Road Course configuration here at Daytona. Hard braking from the lightning-fast run off the NASCAR oval and onto the “front stretch”, Turn 1 is a vital overtaking opportunity and the type of corner that was seemingly invented to lull drivers into a false sense of security.
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