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When is it best to shift gear?
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0.248, but i could do better in the morning.
0.171

With a 0.150 in it
0.188
0.187
0.172
0.187
0.172
AVG 0.18119999999999997

Do I win the "longest number" prize?
well, u have to do all 5!
Quote from Zachary Zoomy :well, u have to do all 5!

Heh i did them. But they weren't close to that one lol.

Their generaly around 0.150
1. 0.469 lol i thought it´ll go RED - YELLOW - GREEN
2. 0.203
3. 0.187
4. 0.188
5. 0.204

it´s 5.30 a.m. here, and i just checked the forum for a second before going offline ... for whatever reason so during the day, with some coffee, i hope i´ll get better results ... goodnight!
Quote from Dik Dolan :0.188
0.187
0.172
0.187
0.172
AVG 0.18119999999999997

Do I win the "longest number" prize?

0.171
0.188
0.187
0.25
0.203
avg: 0.19980000000000003

we're even maybe you got the most 9's?

p.s. i beat you by .001 in one of them :P (then i got a .25 lmao)
I just got a zero in one try! :Eyecrazy: ofcourse I did it by clicking the fastest I could... but zero? I broke the game

On topic:
Yeah, shift just when the red light turns on
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You should go drag racing in RL man. My reaction time can't beat you.
He will do a LOT of jumpstarts, though.
Quote from Lateralus :There are a couple exceptions to this. For example, when coming out of the tight hairpin on SO Town Course, the acceleration zone is steeply uphill. In most cars you're going to want to wait a second or so after the red light comes on. If you shift right when it comes on, the engine will bog down a little bit and you'll be slow. Best to keep the revs as high as possible.

And the reverse, when driving downhill, change a little early. The red indicator is only good on perfectly flat roads which are very rare. Every corner on every track is different and as such, there is no single rule of when to shift that you can use.

Practice, practice and more practice. And when you think you've done enough, do some more.
Assuming the shift time remains about the same, and the speed loss also remains small (which it should - I don't think a slight uphill gradient will lose you more than a couple of mph compared to a level shift), then the red light remains the best time to change. It comes on when you have more wheel torque in the next gear than the current gear, and that's even more critical up hills. By the time you've reacted to the light you'll be shifting at the right time. Trying to play the difference by ear will almost certainly result in less wheel torque, less tractive effort, less acceleration, and slower laptimes. Slightly.
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When is it best to shift gear?
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