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Chapter 560 560. Two completely different people

"Uncle Xu, this helmet fits you very well."

At this time, Xu Jia smiled and teased, "Who is this old drunkard who used to pretend to be a master? He didn't even wear a helmet during track practice, but now he has given up even after crashing."

"Does this have anything to do with your driving?"

The old drunkard naturally heard the ridicule in Xu Jia's words, so he replied angrily.

I thought that with this kid's skills, it would be fine to try out the car on the track, but unexpectedly he crashed at the second corner.

"Remember, the friction coefficient of many sections of the rally track is much lower than that of paved roads. Racing tires cannot bite the ground. The speed of the vehicle must be controlled within a reasonable range, otherwise the situation just now will be completely out of control."

"And some sharp bends require a large tail-drift. The handbrake can make the car's butt swing at a wider angle without affecting the stability of the car's front and the steering of the front wheel. So in most cases, the handbrake is better than the foot brake."

"An even more important point is that during the drift sliding process, the accelerator controls the direction, route and position of the vehicle. The steering wheel only determines the left and right. If you use the foot brake to lock all four wheels, it will be difficult to use the accelerator again. Make adjustments, even if you keep tapping the brakes."

At this time, the old drunkard did not have the same cynical attitude as before, but told Xu Jia seriously about the important points about drifting in rally cars.

Based on the old drunkard's racing experience, he could easily tell that Xu Jia had completely integrated his own track running into the rally.

This kind of substitution can be used universally in certain scenarios, such as the control of cutting and bending lines. This is the foundation of a professional driver. But after all, rallying is a completely different type of racing from the venue. Facing manipulations such as sliding and drifting that are not easy to occur on the venue, drivers need completely different coping skills.

If Xu Jia wants to achieve good results in rally events in the future, he will have to change many of his control habits and even his racing instincts!

Hearing the old drunkard's words, the cheerful smile on Xu Jia's face suddenly faded away.

He actually knows that all his driving methods so far have been using formula technology to "hard run" the rally.

With Xu Jia's running style, as long as his tires can grip the ground, his cornering speed will be much higher than that of ordinary rally drivers.

Because no matter how perfect the drift is, it cannot compare to the alignment.

There was once a racing program that specifically asked drivers to do a test. Even if it is a sharp bend like a V-turn, the drifting time will reach 6.17 seconds, while the straight cornering only takes 5.59 seconds. The difference between the two driving methods is 0.58 seconds. .

You must know that for professional competitions, a half-second difference is likely to affect the final outcome, not to mention that this is just a difference in a corner, and it is the sharpest V-shaped turn.

If you switch to a less steep curve such as a C-shaped curve, the alignment will completely crush the drift!

Of course, there are prerequisites for such a huge gap to occur, because the test site is placed on the track, and the car running on the track uses full thermal melt tires with the best grip, ensuring the ultimate cornering speed. .

If the track is replaced by the current gravel road, or even worse mud and snow, the results may be completely opposite.

So the problem now facing Xu Jia is that no matter how powerful he is in track routing, it is impossible for him to conquer rally events with this kind of driving skills.

Because just like the barrel theory, the upper limit of racing performance is not based on your strengths, but on your shortcomings.

If Xu Jia wants to achieve a breakthrough, he must forget his identity as an F1 driver and learn and control the drifting and cornering skills of a rally car, or to put it more professionally, control the vehicle's center of gravity during cornering. Otherwise it would be difficult for him to even become a qualified rally driver, let alone a great one.

"I understand, Uncle Xu."

Xu Jia nodded. If he didn't even have this awareness, he wouldn't have been the only F1 test driver in China to obtain a super license in his previous life!

"Okay, get ready to start. Pay attention to using the handbrake lever."

The old drunkard pointed at the handbrake on the center console and reminded Xu Jia emphatically.

In fact, from the layout of the rally car, we can see the importance of handbrake use in rally racing.

You must know that most civilian cars have manual transmissions. There is only one gearbox lever standing in the center control position, and the handbrake is placed in the corner next to the seat, and it is horizontal.

However, the handbrake gear lever in rally racing is almost erected side by side with the shift lever, just to facilitate the driver to cut off between pulling the handbrake and shifting gears as quickly as possible.

With a slight nod of his head, Xu Jia stepped on the accelerator and started again. Compared with the previous start, this time the starting speed was much slower, but there was a kind of approval in the old drunkard's eyes.

The reason is very simple, that is, the car is still on a gravel road. If Xu Jia starts at full throttle, he will most likely skid on the spot, which is equivalent to making the same mistake again.

However, this situation did not occur, and Xujia's throttle control at the start was extremely precise. Even on gravel road conditions, it can be said to have achieved the ultimate balance of torque and grip.

Therefore, the skills Xu Jia is showing now make Xu Lang really confused. With such genius-level oil and gas cooperation, he may not be better than this kid.

But Xu Jia's shortcomings are a bit overwhelming, as if he doesn't know how to do it at all.

The Mitsubishi EVO started to fly again, and soon there was another corner. After the head-on collision experience of the last time it drifted and crashed, the old drunkard wisely chose to stick his body close to the seat this time, leaving no room for shaking and collision. space.

After all, there are some things that even if Xu Jia is willing to learn humbly, he cannot master them immediately. Even if Xu Lang agrees with the concept of a genius driver, he does not agree that someone can be so talented.

However, the scene that appeared next once again impacted the old drunkard's outlook on life. There are indeed people in this world who can be so genius that they doubt life!

Facing the S-curve ahead, Xu Jia simply turned the steering wheel, then quickly pulled the handbrake with his right hand, and during the drift process, he pushed the gear lever forward twice, and downshifted with the accelerator under his feet.

Many drivers who have driven a manual transmission should know that the lower the gear, the greater the torque and the faster the acceleration. When Xu Jia was drifting in the corner, he downshifted two gears abruptly. This was already a gear-rushing move. If the engine speed was not maintained appropriately, even the sequential gearbox might have a gear break.

But Xu Jia still did it because he wanted to use the fastest acceleration out of the corner to make up for the time lost during the drift.

During the drift process of just a few tenths of a second, Xu Jia completed handbrake intervention, upshifting and downshifting, additional heel and toe movements, and downshifting to replenish fuel. It can be said that he displayed all the control he could do in this S-curve, and there was no mess in the process. It was so smooth that it can be described as flowing.

If we put aside the flaws in Xu Jia's drift sliding route, Xu Lang almost suspected that he was sitting next to a top rally driver. Xu Jia, who was not even used to using the handbrake in the previous corner, was completely different from him.

Just take one more corner and this kid will know how to use the handbrake?

(End of this chapter)