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Originally Posted by Iron Chef
I think auto cross is a good place to start before jumping into full on track days.
I find that with auto cross you really learn the technical side of car control at 10/10ths driving. Even thought the time on track is short , you are driving on the limit all the time. You train yourself mentally to look ahead , plan your lines and anticipate at a much faster rate.
This makes your transition into track days much easier because everything on a track goes at a much slower pace. I find when I'm on the limit at the track and things start to go a little sideways it's a natural reaction to correct it. The way my car is set up , it over steers a lot and it's just muscle memory to recover , I feel that's is in a large part due to auto x experience.
I have seen more people struggle with track days > auto x then vice versa. I always recommend getting a season of auto x in first before jumping into track days
Even though auto x is a great tool for learning your skill set , it gets old quick. I like putting my car through her paces, running through the gears shifting at redline with you windows open and your engine just howling off the concrete walls , heel toe downshifting from 5-2nd ,
Trail braking into a corner at 120km, reeling in the guy in front of you that you've been working on for the last couple of laps till finally he gives up and waves you by, you can't get those things
At auto x.
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thanks for this post. reinforced my plan to get at least a season or 2 of autos in before even trying a track day.
besides at 50$ a pop i can go to a lot more autox day than track days :hot baby:
and autox has me focus more on improving myself rather than my car. as is my bone stock car is pretty competitive, the only thing holding it back is myself. spending my money on mods will actually slow my learning and put me in a harder class.the way i see it its a win win situation for my wallet