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Originally Posted by JC
I'm going to venture into this forum to disagree with this statement. Yes in general grip driving is faster on tarmac and definitely in a track enviroment. However, in rally they aren't really driving on pure tarmac, they are driving on a road that is mostly likely covered in dirt and debris if from other rally cars if nothing else. Sliding is occasionally faster in a rally situation and definitely safer (crashing is ALWAYS slower, haha). There is a thread by a WRC driver on NASIOC that talks about this, it's pretty insteresting.
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Okay, since JC disagrees with me, I'm changing my statement. A1337STI, you will absolutely be much faster if you e-brake slide the corners. JC says so, therefore it must be true.
JC, my point wasn't really to comment on rally... it was intended to keep a new autocrosser form going out on his 1st run w/ images of Petter Solberg in his head trying to dorifto all over the place. I understand that in rally, slip angles are *very* high, and on low traction surfaces (uncluding dirty/wet tarmac) that hanging the back end out is sometimes the fast line. But I still contend that on a good patch of tarmac, like we run on at Stead, even an experienced rally driver will have a hard time improving on their lap times by using the e-brake.