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Setting up the Pass
Most passing happens under braking or coming off of a corner on to
a straightaway. To pass under braking, first get as close as possible
to the car in front of you. As you both approach a corner, move your
car to the inside of your opponent and bring it alongside—try to
have the nose of your car at least past the door of your opponent.
Brake later than the other car; with your nose ahead, your opponent
will not be able to make the turn. You now have “taken” the corner
and are halfway through the pass. Drive through the corner (without
hitting your opponent). Your opponent should fall in behind you; when
that happens, you’ve “made the pass.” Be aware that your opponent
might try to re-pass you coming onto the straightaway (by late
apexing), because the line you took through the corner was severely
compromised to make the pass.
If you have a faster car (or an evenly matched one), the safest place to
pass is on the straightaway. If the cars are closely matched, you should
be able to get close enough that your opponent has to start driving a
protective (inside) racing line to keep you from passing in a braking
zone. As the other driver brakes deeply on the inside of the track, swing
to the outside of the track and prepare to hit a late apex. You should be
able to drive to the inside of your opponent as you both exit the corner.
Because you’re on a late apexing line, you should have more speed
onto the straightaway than your opponent, who’s recovering from a
very early apexing (protective) line.
Blocking the Pass
Passing often occurs in the braking zone. If a vehicle is close behind
yours, you should protect the inside line while braking into corners.
This isn’t the fastest way around the track (and why a “qualifying
line”—without opponents—is different from a “racing line”), but it
will prevent the other driver from muscling in to the inside line. (If
that happens, you’ll be forced to drop behind or to take the outside
edge of the track.) Even though you’re driving more slowly using the
inside line, it’s far more difficult for the driver behind you to pass on
the outside.
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