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So you just registered and all you’ve got is a stock Integra or TC, now what?

First things first, you need to learn how to race.  Go to the practice track and follow each tutorial.  These should give you a pretty good understanding of how racing works, but now you need to learn how to execute properly.

Your car is still slow, so you’re going to use bracket racing.  You already learned from the tutorials that this is a handicapped race type where the object is to run close to, but not faster than, your dial-in time.  The key to becoming a good bracket racer is being consistent.  It doesn’t matter how fast you run, as long as you can run consistent times.  A good bracket racers will generally run between .000 and .050 from their dial-in time.  This is no harder in a stock Integra or TC than it is in Premium RX-7, it’s all about consistency.

Let’s start with your reaction time.  To be consistent, you need to always stage in the same spot.  For speed purposes, this should be as far back as possible.  This way, when the elapsed timer starts running, you will already be moving as fast as possible.  You want your  RT to be close to, but not under .500.  You should be able to hit reaction times between .500 and .550 on each of your runs.  In a stock car, you will need to take off before the green light; usually between the second and third yellow lights.  Remember that when you take off is just as important as how you take off.  If you pre-rev, make sure you always rev to the same RPMs.  When shift into first, make sure you drag the gas up at the same speed.  Every small details can mean the difference between winning or losing.  Go to the practice track and work on your reaction time.  Don’t finish the race yet, just reset the track after you see your RT.  Keep practicing until you hit 3 RTs between .500 and .550 in a row.

Now let’s start working on your elapsed time.  Again, you want to run between .000 and .050 over your dial-in.  A good dial-in to start with is 15.900.  Go to the practice track and start some full runs.  Don’t concentrate too much on your RT here, just concentrate on your shift points.  It’s important that you shift at the same RPMs in each gear.  If you’re in the TC try shifting at 6000 RPMs, if you’re in the Integra try 7500 RPMs.  Remember, in bracket racing there’s no need to run fast so there’s no need to shift at redline.  I like shifting before redline because if I make a bad shift I can always compensate on the next shift.  Say I’m in an Integra and I shift late into second gear, I’ll be running a little fast.  To compensate, I can shift a little early into third gear to slow myself down.  The more races you do, the more you’ll get the hang of this.

When you’re working on your ET, don’t change the way you race, change your dial-in.  Always take off and shift consistently.  Eventually, you’ll start to see a trend in your ETs.  Set your dial-in about .030 below your average time.  You may breakout every once in a while, but thats ok.   If you notice you’re breaking out more than once every 10 runs, lower your dial-in a little.  This should get you started off pretty well, feel free to go to Newbie Rivals Strips if you need additional help.  There are many users willing to help you out.

Remember to keep each of these consistent when running:

• Pre-Rev RPM
• Launch Timing
• Gas Pedal Dragging
• Shift Points

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