Ruf yellow bird

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Do you use a wheel? If you do, just be sensitive with the wheel and use the throttle very carefully around corners, gradually pressing harder until the end of a corner. Basically, be as smooth as possible.

And yes, it probably is that scary to drive in real life :)
 
RUstAuSi
Do you use a wheel? If you do, just be sensitive with the wheel and use the throttle very carefully around corners, gradually pressing harder until the end of a corner. Basically, be as smooth as possible.

And yes, it probably is that scary to drive in real life :)
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Thanks yes I use a wheel it just scares the life out of you . Could be my right foot being a bit eager to ;)
 
loftylyons46
Could be my right foot being a bit eager to ;)
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Yeah, I used to be heavy on the right foot too, but I learnt to be smooth with it, and eventually, I had better control with the car and I put out faster lap times as well ;)
 
Used to work with a woman who raced cars, usually a Porsche, and is a racing instructor. She was doing a race at Hallet and there was a Yellowbird on the track. She told me is was frightening just watching it. Other cars definitely moved out of it's way. Said it's speed on the straight was unbelievable.
 
As the other guys have said, it's all about the smooth acceleration. A lot of patience required on corner exit.

You want to keep it within your control all the time... if it starts to drift sideways you'll want to get it back in line quickly before it kicks out completely! To that end you'll also want to ensure you brake well in time for every corner so you aren't struggling for grip before you even start to accelerate.

It's not at all easy, but it's mighty fun when you can pull it off :)
 
There was a bit of an adjustment period when I got my wheel. Made cars I loved hard to drive. Take some time with a more friendly car, then come back to the yellow bird. Praiano63 tunes are for a wheel and helped me a lot.
 
RUstAuSi
Yeah, I used to be heavy on the right foot too, but I learnt to be smooth with it, and eventually, I had better control with the car and I put out faster lap times as well ;)
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Pushing full throttle with that car really scares us and can do nothing once it gets out of control at the exit of every corner... Handling with the RUF requires us to be enough courageous and cautious if you want to be a good driver of old RUFs.
 
YellowBird23
Pushing full throttle with that car really scares us and can do nothing once it gets out of control at the exit of every corner... Handling with the RUF requires us to be enough courageous and cautious if you want to be a good driver of old RUFs.
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Do you drive one in real life? just wondering. i think that would be sweet
 
salikriaz
Do you drive one in real life? just wondering. i think that would be sweet
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No I don't man, I don't even have a driver's license yet, however I have watched a DVD in which a brave driver is manipulating a RUF yellowbird on the Nurburgring for about 30 mins. He made some drifts at several sections of corners even if the track is so narrow, that was insane to watch all over! :crazy: :lol:
 
As others have said throttle control is everything in this car. You gotta be really gentle with your right foot, but eventually you'll get the hang of it. The car might feel savage, but atleast it obeys the front wheels really well so if you lose the rear, a quick correction will usually bring it back.

As Paul Frère said: "People always ask me how can a 911 be so fast and stay on the road? But it really was no problem at all to keep the car on the road. You only had to adjust a bit with the steering wheel." He was the test driver when the Yellowbird was developed.

Here's a video of stock yellowbird battle we had. Tyres were sports hard.



I love this car. Whenever there's a room with more than 500pp limit I always try it. With turbo upgrade (more than 550pp) the car gets even more lively, feels like you've started an earthquake when you step on it.
 
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This guy doesn't seem scared...

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Please correct me if I'm off base here, but, is he purposefully inducing that oversteer? Watch how he works the wheel on the corner entry.

He does a quick flick on the wheel at entry, unsettling the car and causing exaggerated oversteer?

So is he just having fun in the video or really racing the clock?
 
This car doesn't like to be off throttle, and most drivers loose control of this thing when braking.
Brake early, and in a straight line.

Slow in fast out.
You need to get on the gas to make the car squat and hook up (read: rip sideways).
In the video you can see it going sideways everywhere and you need to drive it with angles to get good lap times.

I would recommend you practice drifting it with comfort tires, just to get the hang of balancing it with constant throttle and steering adjustments.

Other than that: Good luck
 
salikriaz


I want to see that drift video... it looks frightening piloting that car
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It looked literally "frightening" to shake its tail every corner end of the track, but it can't be that cool without nerve of doing that risky thing which can lead to death once he loses the leash of the machine. :crazy:
 
It doesn't even seem like he's putting much effort into... just kind of going with the car. And yeah... one little mistake is all it takes
 

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