What class were you running in and what mods do you have? Regardless 59 is quite respectable for your first outing. As for keeping power down on sweepers your car is capable of doing a lot more than you think it can BUT there's a very fine line between keeping that power down and being out of control. Normally you want a nice smooth line through such a sweeper with minimal tire screeching. With the WRX I believe that it's a bit faster to lay down more power and steer for a false or early apex...

A false apex is when you steer to the inside of an apex but know that the car will end up somewhere else. In the case of the WRX the car will push a little and end up slightly behind where you're pointing the wheels. When the car starts to get away from me I correct my direction with left foot braking. If you're starting out I wouldn't worry about left foot braking though. It's too much to worry about this early on in the game. As a novice there's other places where you can pick up a lot of time that doesn't require a fraction of the practice that it takes to learn left foot braking.

Start chanting "slow in, fast out" (and would the peanut gallery please shut up already :-)

Cheers, Joe

 

Yeah, the cheapo lenses really aren't worth it. They get really fuzzy around the edges and have horrible problems with chromatic abberations (purple/blue fringing around high contrast areas).

Well, it was nice while it lasted. I'm still happy with the time although one of these days I'd like to have RM, PC, and CW stew!!! Oh well. Hey... someone give me a job so I can mod my car!!!!

Joe

 

Ahhh yessss.... we were having fun in the trailer.