laguna seca partly reminds me of road america in WI, another world class track (to which i must return someday...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsF7urxpt5E
nov 5 2006, 1:52.250, stu 95 m3

faster but flickering (dying cam batt)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5958226847617835286
nov 4 2006, 1:51.850

white e30 m3: i followed one for a while; it's always fun to run w/ comparable cars/drivers

supercar sightings:
yellow carrera gt: got to follow it for a bit on both days before the (novice) driver pointed me by

orange carrera gt joined on Sun, dunno what group

ps. it was good to meet and talk shop w/ you zack

hey man, nice lines. must have been fuckin awesome.
I can't wait to go there.

How much was it like Gran Turismo? haha

thanks, yeah this track's fame is well deserved (tho i don't know what it was like before all the earth moving and repaving). i love banked, on camber fast turns w/ elevation! i didn't find the corkscrew as tough as thunderhill turn 9, where there isn't a good visual turn in cue for me.

laguna eats brakes and my hawk blue fronts had some fade going into 2 and 11.

i don't play racing games so can't comment on gt

How much was it like Gran Turismo? haha

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5616596&postcount=9

How much was it like Gran Turismo? haha
I was at Laguna with everbruin last Sunday. I had never driven the track before, but had borrowed a PS2 with GT4 a couple of days prior to see if it would make a difference.

For me, it did help. But not in the sense of turning fast laps, but really only in the sense of "there's a tight right, then an opening right, then a tight left, then an open left..." etc. Basically helps with the initial, very basic layout of the track, but definitely not in the subtleties of the changing camber (e.g. Turn 9) and elevation.

BTW, here's a video from my car. Less fast than everbruin, especially considering my HP and tire advantage, but fun nonetheless:
http://www.thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20061105-laguna_seca_speedventures-zs.mov

(That lap is a 1:54 ... I was turning 1:42's in GT4's "stock" E46 M3 :D)

have either of you driven on the surface before the repave it doesnt sound like you have but the new repave kinda ruined a lot of things about the track i think. lots of lil bumps now and certain dips etc. are gone that could be used as markers.

The track is planning on re-repaving due to the bumps that were "added". They were definitely noticable during the CR in Sept.

Jim

Nice videos! I really need to get a camera mounted in my car.

I had a blast Saturday, despite the oil leak. Laguna Seca was just as fun as I thought it would be, easily my new favorite track out here.

Rich, hope you can make the PDC day. I'll show you my setup if you do. -zs

Rich, hope you can make the PDC day. I'll show you my setup if you do. -zs

Thanks Zack, I'm definitely going to try. That'll make 3 (or 4 ) track days this weekend alone. :D

That'll make 3 (or 4 ) track days this weekend alone. :D

Technically, that's impossible ;).

Technically, that's impossible ;).

:lol It's a 4 day "weekend" for me.

hey man, nice lines. must have been fuckin awesome.
I can't wait to go there.

How much was it like Gran Turismo? haha
Pretty similar. Major difference is Turn 1 is a lot steeper than it looks/feels in the game. Some of the distances between some turns seem longer in the game. Like T4-T5 and T9-T10. Or maybe I'm confusing GT3 w/ GT4. They improved it a lot for GT4.
Are they repaving it again? I know the last repaving prior to MotoGP accentuated the bumps coming out of the corkscrew, and the GP bikes tore up the pavement going down 9. I hate what they did with the drive up to the Corkscrew.
Been there 4 times on the bike and 3 times in the car. Haven't been there since the recent changes though.

BTW, nice vid. Smooth nice lines.

The track is planning on re-repaving due to the bumps that were "added". They were definitely noticable during the CR in Sept.

Jim

i hope thats true cause the surface thats on their now sucks. its really slippery and was rushed for motogp.

laguna seca partly reminds me of road america in WI, another world class track (to which i must return someday...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsF7urxpt5E
nov 5 2006, 1:52.250, stu 95 m3

faster but flickering (dying cam batt)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5958226847617835286
nov 4 2006, 1:51.850

white e30 m3: i followed one for a while; it's always fun to run w/ comparable cars/drivers

supercar sightings:
yellow carrera gt: got to follow it for a bit on both days before the (novice) driver pointed me by

orange carrera gt joined on Sun, dunno what group

ps. it was good to meet and talk shop w/ you zack

nice video! what setup (engine, suspension, tires) are you running on your car?

thanks, my mods are autox STU class legal:
chip, intake,
gc 450/500, koni sa
sway barbarians
kumho mx 245/40/17 x4
camber -2.8/-1.8, toe 1/4" out, 1/8" in
hawk blue, axxis ultimate pads