Standing starts

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Hi all,

I got difficulties with standing starts when TC is off.
How do you guys do it? The rest of the field always flies away, I always lose about 5 positions.
Should I immediatly go in second gear? Or do I need to get a better feeling with the gas pedal?
 
RealJaySee
Hi all,

I got difficulties with standing starts when TC is off.
How do you guys do it? The rest of the field always flies away, I always lose about 5 positions.
Should I immediatly go in second gear? Or do I need to get a better feeling with the gas pedal?
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You should be more gentle with the gas pedal, however is not totally on you, meaning that with TCS 0 is almost impossible to fairly compete with TCS1/2 cars on a standing start.
No matter how gentle you are, your wheels will spin more than theirs.
This is especially evident with some cars (M4 for example).
 
RealJaySee
Thanks for the reaction, but i am talking about races where everyone is on TC 0 :)
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For TC 0, I usually don't rev to the limiter before the start. It's usually at arpund 4-5k rpm. When the lights go out it's just a balacing act between your tires slipping up and bogging down. It takes a few tried to get used to it (Too deep on the throttle and your tires spin; too late on the throttle when the lights go out and/or too light on the throttle and you bog down)
Or, if your race permits it, use 4WD.
 
Rev it so you're just under the revlimiter.
When the lights go green and the clutch engages, give it a little more throttle.
And then gradually increase throttle input.
 
It's technique. It takes time to learn and if you can tune the transmission, there's tricks to learn there too. Or just blame PD...

Often, there's an exact spot on the revs that works best for you and the car. That will take time to learn. And that falls under the, practice practice practice umbrella.
 
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For TC 0, I usually don't rev to the limiter before the start. It's usually at arpund 4-5k rpm. When the lights go out it's just a balacing act between your tires slipping up and bogging down. It takes a few tried to get used to it (Too deep on the throttle and your tires spin; too late on the throttle when the lights go out and/or too light on the throttle and you bog down)
Or, if your race permits it, use 4WD.
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^^this

Sit around 4-6k rpm,
when the car starts gradually apply more throttle.
depending on the car the application of throttle should feel VERY slow
Practice
 
I just look at the throttle bar and keep it at half imput, as soon as we take off I put it on the second gear.

Also, consider driving a 4WD.
 

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