R/C Tips & Tricks
Driving Tips
- Staying Smooth
Staying Smooth - Your overall finish will greatly depend on how much you crash. If you drive slowly
without crashing, you will probably be faster than if you had driven at full speed, but crashed a few
times.
- Starts
Starts - When you race take notice of the starts in your class. If you’re noticing a big pileup in the first
turn quite often, wait a second after the start to go. You can then let everyone else crash while you
navigate through the pileup and take the lead.
- Look Ahead
Look ahead - It is a good idea to look ahead on the track when you are racing. You can then see if
any bumps or crashes are coming up. This takes practice, but can be very effective
- Patience
Have patience during a race, and try not to do anything that will put you out of the race in a crash.
Backing off and letting someone by is better than both of you crashing. Besides, it’s easier to follow
another car than it is to lead the other car - chances are, if someone does pass you, if you follow
close enough and long enough, the other car will try to go even faster, and either mess up in a turn,
or crash.
- Starting the Race
Electric racers can ignore all the junk people tell you about how you have to walk your car over to the
starting line, leave it "off" until just before the race starts, then have a buddy turn it on. If you’ve made
it to the A-Main at a National, maybe that’s true, but for a club race, forget it. What I do, is to walk
over to the driver’s stand, put the car on the track, then go up to the stand, then drive the car over to
the starting line.
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