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French Car Show 2013
- Thread starter The Boosh!
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I know some of the locals will disagree with me like mad - but after watching chips videos again *yaaawn*. It's such a boring track
I think you need to go and try quarry and camp to see why a couple of simple looking right hand bends are so rewarding to get just right. But you are of course entitled to your opinion.
Also to me its more about how much you can gain on the person in front, because the layout is quite simple and it flows quite quickly the difference between someone nailing the right lines and not seems to show up a lot, I have more fun there chasing slightly quicker cars than I have on any other circuit I think, again you need to try it to see.
Like here, me in a mk1 valver taking the entire lap to finally reel in a civic just by taking little chunks out of him on each bend, its just slightly more "race" feeling than a lot of trackdays (although you arent meant to be racing, lol)
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By the way for anyone not used to Combe, if you drive hard there you will go through passenger side tyres about 3 times as quickly as drivers side, even the pass rear will wear more than the drivers front.
So if you have two tyres better tread left than the other two, instead of the natural thing most people would do of putting the best two on the front, put them both on the pass side!
So if you have two tyres better tread left than the other two, instead of the natural thing most people would do of putting the best two on the front, put them both on the pass side!
Tim.
ClioSport Club Member
I think that would go down very well indeed. Shotgun!
We will sort some thing closer to the time. Hopefully the Clio Cup car will be there.
It may be a first come first serve but not sure yet.
What power is the race car?
Good guess lol! Yeah between 1.15-1.16. Depending on the usual.
Your wrong about the talent bit though... I just close my eyes and keep it flat!
I'm hoping to nail a 1:19.9999 eventually on road legal tyres there in my clio turbo, but its only on basic suspension upgrades and still has a radio and all sound deadening and back seats etc, ie its genuinely a road car not a race car with number plates like some people trackday, so Im not sure if I will ever manage it or not.
If not, I'll do it in the mk1 when thats built which should be a lot quicker but thats more a track car thats road legal not a road car thats ok on track.
No grown up reason for that, its all very childish and is just cause one of my best mates got 1:20 in his Astra that I mapped for him and I want to beat it, lol.
If not, I'll do it in the mk1 when thats built which should be a lot quicker but thats more a track car thats road legal not a road car thats ok on track.
No grown up reason for that, its all very childish and is just cause one of my best mates got 1:20 in his Astra that I mapped for him and I want to beat it, lol.
Im sure that will go well then, they are capable cars anyway and some decent suspension takes loads of seconds off the laptime, epsecially round camp as an extra 15mph there means more pace for the whole straight.
Hopefully if I can get a traffic free lap.
Maybe at RS Combe, the standard of other cars is higher there so less likely to hold me up.
(RS as in ford I mean, we always do that day too)
Hopefully I will bring them both up! We will have some other cars on the stand too
Chatting to Mark I think they are having 20 cars max on the track at once (don't quote me on that though), if so, there will be plenty of space!
Yep noise restrictions means 20 cars maximum - will be pretty sparse
Yeah ive definately been out there with that sort of number of cars on action days, if not more.
It said 20 on the facebook pages too, so it does seem to be the number.
Maybe its for noise reasons like mentioned, good for lap times if there are less people on track but also less interesting as less to overtake etc
Yeah do mate, have to come out in some race cars
Well Im hoping to book up both the open pitlane sessions and a few other sessions so no sure how much time I will have for passenger rides, but I'll try and grab you at llandow for one first anyway
Suzuki Jimny
I agree its not the best track ever, there are worse in the UK though!
It's a very fast circuit and there isn't much run off, which makes it a bit more exciting
SharkyUK
ClioSport Club Member
I'm very tempted to go along to this as I've not been to FCS before.
I agree its not the best track ever, there are worse in the UK though!
It's a very fast circuit and there isn't much run off, which makes it a bit more exciting
LOL In my previous experience there for "car show" days like FCS - more exciting = lots of people going home on recovery trucks
It's not a very forgiving track for people who misjudge it
Unlucky Alf
ClioSport Club Member
Astra GTC
Just like last year, i said I might not go, and now I'm wanting to go. Still plenty of time to sort it yet anyway
clio sport 172
where and when can we look at buying tickets
+1 mate lol.Just like last year, i said I might not go, and now I'm wanting to go. Still plenty of time to sort it yet anyway
Who's that? I've spoke to a few people from pfc mag but not heard that name before?
