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I figured I'd put the old camera to use. It was starting to freeze on me while recording for some reason.

@@MrCurveball yeah I didn’t judge the closing speed well at T5 there

@@DanielKulas your the man!

Thanks! If you ignore the fact that it looks like you're about to drive off a cliff, the corkscrew isn't too bad haha

wishing your mirrors showed more of the battles with Scott S

@@MrCurveball Thanks! I had the rear camera going but the video froze halfway through the race unfortunately.

@@SifuMing thanks for the comments, and yeah the sealed engine puts me at a big disadvantage compared to the SMTs, but seeing how I can fight with them with less power, I bet I could be at the front of the field with a good car. I’ll finish out this season with SSM and weigh my options for next year.

Which car?

@@DanielKulas mine's the orange one with the orange bumper (not the black one)

In a Miata, apex speed is ~83mph if you hit it right. It certainly compresses the car hard. If you pause this video before the apex, you'll see all the cuts in the road from cars bottoming out here.

@@theohlinsguy4649 People tell me about the old track layout and the fast cars flying into this corner at 160+ before before getting on the brakes. I can believe it.

@@DanielKulas I raced there in 71. It was awesome. If you missed up on the hill you were in Salinas. Runoff was ditches and embankments. You got into the track through the main gate at Fort Ord.

@@theohlinsguy4649 I was going to comment that exact phrase! I remember an onboard video of some racing driver (which one I can't recall, it was in the VHS days) who essentially also said "if you mess up this corner bad enough, you end up in Salinas" 😆

As you flew into downtown Salinas!

Thanks, and yeah, Laguna Seca.

@@DanielKulas holy shit...........I can't believe I remembered something like that from 20 years ago!

I'm not near laguna so I never drove it in IRL but even in the sim t6 is indeed the scariest lol

Last turn before the corkscrew up top

Hopefully no one is out here shifting barriers around by a few inches ha

At 30 seconds, It's from their mobile app on my tablet, www.garmin.com/en-US/p/892305 There's a sync button on the the Catalyst's homepage. If you create an account with Garmin, it uploads it to their servers and with their app, you can download your sessions to your phone/tablet to view those graphs. They don't provide raw numbers you can export to a file or anything like that, which is why I made this tool. I don't know why they want to keep your raw data hidden from you. It's pretty dumb.

Thanks so much! I have the app but knew nothing of this ability! I find Garmin’s helpfulness to find information be very minimal.

ha Maybe they had bad experiences with people trying to drive fast but running out of talent. I never had a problem with them about it the two times I went. These cars feel like the Miata of Formula cars with the lack of power. I mainly like them for being a purpose-built racecar. The handling and feel are unmatched from the handful of road cars I raced.

@@DanielKulas They're a blast once you get moving. The talent side of things is definitely a concern, this is why its important to teach your students what they'll actually experience on the race track. Its a "racing school" not hpde school is the way i look at it. Anyone that got their cert there and then dove right into wheel to wheel racing would be totally unprepared.

@@TheTReed78 totally agree. I question how many people that attend these things actually go on to race though. It feels like most are there to scratch off a line on their bucket list. I don’t have a problem with that but it’d be nice if they’d have a run group for those driving like they’re out for a Sunday cruise and a group for those that want to learn the racing part. Passing exercises, practice starts, closely following another driver, which I found surprisingly difficult, defending, etc. I wonder how other schools do things.

@@DanielKulas yea i suppose that's fair to a degree, many two different levels like you're proposing is needed. There was a A and B group for faster and slower drivers, but if course the classroom is the same. Point being they could do it... I talked to a friend who's an instructor and he said a school like Skip Barber, or Level Up at Road America is completely different. They teach racecraft, proper drills etc...but you're driving miatas or those awful skippy cars with no aero.

I watched your video - nice laps. I did the 3 day in 2021 so it's a distant memory, but I recall it being a lot like any other sort of classroom session at an HDPE, or stuff my SCCA club puts on. It lacked of lot of nuance but I get the need to not overwhelm. They didn't really dwell into the "racing" part of the racing school, but I found when I did this 1 day, talking with the instructors 1-on-1 about race craft was really useful.

@@DanielKulas thanks! yea i felt the same. ZERO racecaft, zero useful drills in real racings situations, zero accident avoidance drills, etc, its was just the basics which as a sim racer for 10 years wasn't useful. The one on one with the coach was in fact useful especially for turn 2 and i found myself taking their advice and getting faster. To my shock the coach i had after one session hadn't even driven the car before! You'd think that would be a qualifier for the job, so bizarre... It was more of a series of glorified extremely expensive track days imo, but either way got the cert, and doing about 2-3 events this year in a Rush SR. Car comes in June, can't wait.

@@TheTReed78 I did a skip barber school back in 2016 and it was the same thing. A track day with a bunch of people who didn’t feel comfortable on a racetrack lol The instructors I had with this school were also a mix of actual drivers, one a current Mx-5 cup driver, a former Indy car driver, one LMP3 driver, but I remember there being a sim racer or two, which I didn’t care to hear their opinions or perspectives. I think the problem with running an actual race problem ultimately comes down to insurance. These are businesses that deals with liabilities and you know there’s going to be someone who doesn’t understand the risks and wants to sue for something dumb. There are always people completely off the pace at these things. For actual race craft you’re better off finding a competent coach for one on one help, though they can be expensive from what I hear. I haven’t found a need for one yet as each race teaches me more than before.

@@DanielKulas haha no kidding, i've heard its better but yea 2016 wasn't that long ago i'm sure its still the same. Yep i think we had the same coaches, there was Buno, Kyle, Jeff the indy/lmp main teacher/coach, can't remember the other names. Yea there might be something to the insurance side of it, maybe I'll call up there after my cert shows up and talk to Robin and possibly Jeff or Allen about that. They obviously know what they're teaching is not directly useful to actual wheel to wheel racing.

@@TheTReed78 ah! Jeff! He dropped some serious life knowledge on me when I asked him about some contact I got involved in during a race haha I won’t ever forget that. It certainly reframed my perspective on wheel to wheel racing

Brakes only slow me down

Less brakes, more throttle

Thanks! Does your Mac have an Intel CPU? I only have an Apple SIlicon Mac and I built the software for those types of Macs using my system. I have some short instructions for how to run the software from the source code if the version I provide does not work for you. You just need to install the software I used to develop this on your computer.: github.com/shaboinkin90/ApexSense?tab=readme-ov-file#running-from-the-source If I get my hands on an Intel Mac later on, I'll be sure to build the app for them too.

@@DanielKulas Thanks a lot! Yes , My mac is inter core i5 on-board, so , I think this is the problem.

I've tried, but I think it is too complicate to me...

@@driftdevil72I can make the process simpler. I'll put something together for you when I get some time.

@@driftdevil72 I streamlined the process for you. Downloaded the file ApexSense-Dev-Mode from here: github.com/shaboinkin90/ApexSense/releases/tag/v1.0.2 It'll contain an app that will download and set everything up for you. Hopefully this helps.

Haha that was 2 weeks after Laguna was repaved. Every corner on that track was understeer city