Valuable info for new racers

[xxxsTeve]

What's up. I am a new racer and I know there are many others out there so I thought I'd start this thread up so we can learn from the vets.

My question is: How do you tell if a track is LOW, MED, or HIGH traction. I know peopple say ask the fastest guys at the local track. Most of them will tell you but I wanna know how they found out, and that is something most of them won't share.





The only way to do it, is do it fast. Unless your at home.

[thunderbt3]

i would say low would be, dirty, dusty, bashing parking lot type of track
Medium - track blown off/swept, some sugar water, sealed asphalt
High - unsealed asphalt, specifically for RC racing, traction compounds sprayed on track that kind of stuff

This is for onroad, u never mentioned on/offroad :p

[-=ADA$=-]

i would say difference between high grip and low grip would be when cornering fast (really fast) on high grip track the car will traction roll, and on low grip it will slide, but i may be wrong

[rccardude04]

They found out by driving on that track as well as some others. It's very relative. High grip offroad tracks here still have dirt on them most of the time. This would make for a low-medium traction track somewhere where the offroad tracks are mostly concrete (like swededn for the 2004 IFMAR Offroad gas worlds).
Basically, if your car has the ability to hold grip through a corner better and can accelerate harder without spinning the tires on track A than on track B, then track A is a relatively high traction track, and track B is low traction.
Another way to tell is to look at the surface. If your track has dust on the surface or a thick coating of dirt like a baseball diamond, then it's typically low traction. If the track is nice and packed but you can't see a blue tint to the dirt, then it's probably medium. If the track is packed in really tight and there is a blue tint to the dirt from rubber being laid down, then it's going to probably be a high traction surface.
Hope that helps.
-Eric

[Jetskiboy77]

Just drive and practice on it and you will find out, and also if its very dusty looking, its low, and if theres traction compounds added it will probably be high traction. The best way is to get out there and drive on it.

[WheelNut]

Check out this site, its got lots of good racing info. http://www.rc10gthobby.com/~mystracing/index.htm

[xxxsTeve]

Thanks for all of the good info. - Steve