How to control the red mist?
I'm just trying to keep this damn Solstice on the road consistently and quickly. In practise I can turn increasingly quicker laps around Laguna Seca, and never drop a wheel.
Then I do a few a time trials, slowly crawling back my safety rating, but if you drop one wheel, you need to start your whole run again, usually 4 or 8 perfect laps, but not necessarily quickly. Just safely. Quickly comes later. When I do screw up, it's me, and there is little point in getting
mad. Is there ever a point?
In a race, it's different. You know entering the race that any incidents in the race are recorded, and go more harshly against your record, keeping you from getting promoted at promotion time.
To get rear ended by a yahoo in the corkscrew after legitimately avoiding first lap baloney is
infuriating.
Sliding towards the wall, at the bottom of the corkscrew, I got my car stopped and rejoined the track about 10 car lengths behind. After a couple of laps, I was near him, and realized I was visualizing the old pit maneuver. Next thing I know, my rhythm is gone, and I'm off, into the wall, Pontiac kablooey.
Is controlling the
red mist a natural personality thing, or is it something every
green race driver has to learn? When racing on my console I was in usually short sprint races, banging out a few reactionary quali-style laps to win, but that is near impossible to do for a 25 lap race.
