Driver Training

[cheezoto(OU-FSAE)]

Are there any good books, websites, or videos on the fundementals of competition driving you would reccomend.

University of Oklahoma
FSAE Vice President
FSAE Engine Systems Leader

[cheezoto(OU-FSAE)]

Are there any good books, websites, or videos on the fundementals of competition driving you would reccomend.

University of Oklahoma
FSAE Vice President
FSAE Engine Systems Leader

[jack]

"drive to win" --carroll smith.
i have only read a couple parts of it, but it seemed pretty informative.

JACK
www.etec.wwu.edu (http://www.etec.wwu.edu)

[Schumi_Jr]

Try "Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving" It was put out by some instructors from Skip Barber and has a ton of input from different professional drivers.

Aaron Johnston
University of Waterloo FSAE

www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~fsae (http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~fsae)

[tommy]

Principles of Race Driving by Ayrton Senna is a goone , but its out of print

[Denny Trimble]

Believe it or not, I picked up a skill or two from GT http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

University of Washington Formula SAE ('98, '99, '03)

[Moeye]

Secret of Solo Racing - Henry A. Watts

Basic stuff.

I have a hard time finding Senna's book.

[cheezoto(OU-FSAE)]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jack:
"drive to win" --carroll smith.
i have only read a couple parts of it, but it seemed pretty informative.

JACK
http://www.etec.wwu.edu<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, weve got that one, actually we bought the whole Carrol Smith set. Pretty good book

University of Oklahoma
FSAE Vice President
FSAE Engine Systems Leader

[dr47watson]

"A Twist of the Wrist" I and II by Keith Code. These books were originally written about motorcycles, but contain invaulable information about the mental aspect of going fast.

I agree that "Drive to Win" and "Secrets to Solo Racing" are also good books.


Rich

[Didier Beaudoin]

Is a good training in Grand Prix Legends (Best racing simulator http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif) of any help?

If Gran turismo learnt you something, I guess GPL is better, then... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Didier Beaudoin
Team Leader -
École Nationale d'Aérotechnique

[dr47watson]

Grand Prix Legends is probably better than reading any book. Of course if you read a book and then apply that to GPL you will get even better results.

Rich

[Bavarian Motorsport]

Spend the money on a day at the kart track. It'll most likely be much better then playing those simulators.

But if we are talking video games, you cant beat SCGT http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[James Waltman]

Since we live in the Pacific Northwest the weather often interferes with our driving day attempts. In an effort to compensate for this we have been using a very sophisticated driving simulator. We are confident that our drivers will be ready for competition after extensive time with this simulator. If you are interested please check it out
Here (http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/spyhunter)

James Waltman
waltmaj@cc.wwu.edu
http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/
Formula SAE
Vehicle Research Institute at
Western Washington University

[MercerFSAE C. Burch]

I've found that GT II and GT III are both very accurate vehicle simulators, but they don't really help prepare us for autocross-style driving. F1 Championship Season 2000 is also very good for the PC, but again, it isn't very good Auto-X preparation.
Both can help you learn about vehicle setup. F1CS 2000 for the PC is great in that you can change nearly every aspect of the suspension and then see how the changes affect the time on the track and the vehicle's driveability. The little booklet that comes with GT II that teaches about the right way to take corners and drive a course is also very good, as are the licence tests that come with both GT II and III.

-Chris

[Richard Lewis]

GPL is the best I've seen...

There is also a new similator called "live for speed" which is going to be an amazing one. Its in the beta stage right now, but is a free download. It has a ton of features that engineers will eat up. (ie: you can view your wheel loads in real time as you drive, adjust more on the car than any other sim I've seen, etc) However, I still like the down low, crazy fast feel of Grand Prix Legends...

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[Marc Jaxa-Rozen]

LFS is nice but Racer (www.racer.nl (http://www.racer.nl)) is more enjoyable if you like to tinker around and is open-source. It includes a Pacjeka tire model and an awesome multi-DOF physics model which can numerically output everything from tire slip to roll centers and aerodynamic loads...five more years of this and we won't need ADAMS anymore http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

I've modeled our car in Racer for promo purposes, BTW.

[Ben Beacock]

I'd have to agree.. GPL is still top 5 despite being ancient. I like liveforspeed as well, its got great potential (especially with the new beta out).
For total immersion, the GT mod version 3 for F12002 is tops in my book. Vipers, Ferraris, Porches and Lister Storms.. lots of raw horsepower.

Ben Beacock
Chassis Design and Technical Coordinator
Gryphon Racing - University of Guelph