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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • Noxy@yiffit.net
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    6 months ago

    Yup!

    Two track days in my Taycan - one at Portland International Raceway, and one at Pacific Raceways.

    One rallycross event at Dirtfish in a Fiesta ST

    Two day AWD rally racing instruction at Dirtfish (their owm WRX STI sedans)

    Several track days in a Cayman at Pacific Raceways and one at The Ridge

    And awhile back, track days and autocross in RX-8 and Genesis Coupe. Even a winter autocross in the RX-8 once, which was interesting and challenging.

    I totally agree that driving cars for enjoyment which have engaging qualities like three pedals can be that much more enjoyable. And I agree that the Ioniq 5 N offers a really compelling feature for folks like us in their simulated gears - I REALLY wanna try that and I hope the concept spreads to other sporty EVs!

    Edit: to answer the start of your post, I can hear which tires are losing grip, which can mean a whole bunch of things, like if the fronts are squealing in a corner I could lift off a tiny bit to shift weight forward and give them more grip, or remember to brake earlier before I hit that same turn on the next lap. Nothing I don’t already intuit from steering wheel feedback and the “butt feel” of inertia, but it’s another dimension of that awareness