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Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger
Posted by 'jeffgray' on 20 Dec 2011 @ 09:25

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2 points I would make is that over the time the clutches have phased in, a lot of drivers who have moved from DD to clutch have told me that they like the fact that they can take more risks as they know they can re-start if they spin or come to a halt, i.e. you can knowingly drive more dangerously, safe in the knowledge that you can keep going if you don't pull a manouvre off properly (or as Chris Compton states in his TKM guide, drive with more courage into a contested corner). It seems that when you make things safer, drivers just drive worse accordingly (the same applies to bodywork on karts - the better it is, the more drivers crash into each other!). Also, one direct example I can use is that the biggest crash I have had is where a clutched driver spun head, then (looking over his shoulder at the oncoming traffic)let his foot off the brake at the last minute and just rolled backwards into me.

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Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'DevilInside' (19 Dec 2011 @ 9:11)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'richydehav' (19 Dec 2011 @ 11:14)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'Traxtar' (19 Dec 2011 @ 11:55)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'ChristianWood' (19 Dec 2011 @ 11:57)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'ChristianWood' (19 Dec 2011 @ 11:59)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'PaulMRotax' (19 Dec 2011 @ 12:10)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'BanzaiBoy' (19 Dec 2011 @ 12:47)

Clutches - A Legacy of Danger by 'faster' (19 Dec 2011 @ 13:17)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'richpudd2003' (20 Dec 2011 @ 13:28)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'BilandRacer9' (19 Dec 2011 @ 13:03)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'SammyB' (19 Dec 2011 @ 13:17)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'DevilInside' (19 Dec 2011 @ 13:20)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'deangwigan' (19 Dec 2011 @ 14:16)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'PaulGarnerTKM' (19 Dec 2011 @ 16:48)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'mickypea' (19 Dec 2011 @ 22:36)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'PaulMRotax' (19 Dec 2011 @ 23:56)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'SammyB' (20 Dec 2011 @ 8:38)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'jeffgray' << You are here!

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'Sparkie' (20 Dec 2011 @ 19:24)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'michaelg36' (21 Dec 2011 @ 8:47)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'WiLdKaRtHaZzA' (19 Dec 2011 @ 23:15)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'mickypea' (21 Dec 2011 @ 9:59)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'John' (21 Dec 2011 @ 12:38)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'drewdt3' (22 Dec 2011 @ 23:34)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'DevilInside' (24 Dec 2011 @ 15:49)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'drewdt3' (24 Dec 2011 @ 16:05)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'Traxtar' (24 Dec 2011 @ 17:09)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'PaulMRotax' (24 Dec 2011 @ 20:29)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'DevilInside' (24 Dec 2011 @ 21:52)

Re: Direct Drive - A Legacy of Danger by 'richardmcculloch69' (24 Dec 2011 @ 22:33)

Re: Direct Drive - The purest Legacy of karting by 'RSBW' (24 Dec 2011 @ 23:03)

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