Extreme Driving

A Visual Aid For Cornering Right!

Approaching a corner

Maximize the potential radius by approaching the corner on the edge of the track. You can see that the turn in point for this corner is about one full car length pass the brake marker in front of the car.  At this point, you should almost complete the braking and should be easing smoothly off the brakes.

Midway of cornering

Midway between the turn in and the apex. at this point the driver needs to maintain a constant speed. Using a late apex line, the driver will begin to accelerate in about another two car lengths into the turn from this image.

Apex of a corner

Like most simple corners on the track, the apex of this corner is slightly late. The apex is said to be the point at which the car reaches the inside most position of the turn. At this point, the driver is almost full on the gas. (Make a note that the second car is very wide, and is not likely to touch the curb marker without slowing down significantly).

Coming off the apex

Coming off the apex, the car is now headed to the opposite side of the track. At this point the driver should be at full throttle.

Exiting a corner

The corner exit should be taken as wide as possible. The driver can use the corner markers as part of the track, if the corner markers are flat enough, and not excessively slippery. However, the driver needs to be careful with tall curbs as they can suck the car up very quickly.