General Knowledge

Question 1

Where does your friend Katie live?

Answer 1

Nebraska

Question 2

A high (stiffer) differential value of 60 percent or more…

Answer 2

reduces oversteer.

Question 3

A low (looser) differential value of 50 or less…

Answer 3

fixes understeer.

Question 4

A forward brake bias reduces () and increases ().

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oversteer understeer

Question 5

Low downforce setups require a () front brake bias.

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Higher

Question 6

A rearward brake bias fixes…

Answer 6

Understeer on braking

Question 7

High downforce setups require a () front brake bias (typically).

Answer 7

Lower.

Question 8

How does brake bias affect stopping distance?

Answer 8

Higher brake bias increases stopping distance (negatively) while lower brake bias improves (reduces) stopping distance.

Question 9

How can brake bias be used in straight line braking before hairpin turns?

Answer 9

A slight reduction can improve straight line braking distance (if straight line braking alone is the concern as opposed to steering characteristics)

Question 10

Lap 1 typically benefits from an () front brake bias due to the increased need for control due to tricky navigation.

Answer 10

Increased

Question 11

What is the additional utility of brake bias on non abs cars like formula?

Answer 11

Biasing brakes away from wheels can reduce their lockup under deceleration.

Question 12

Brake Bias should typically be adjusted no more than () percent in either direction from stock.

Answer 12

2

Question 13

When you are oversteering on braking, you need to … your front brake bias.

Answer 13

Increase

Question 14

When you are understeering on braking, you need to

Answer 14

reduce your front brake bias fixes

Question 15

Why does lower forward brake bias reduce understeer and increase oversteer?

Answer 15

Less weight on the front tires means the vehicle can turn more easily.

Question 16

Why is understeer considered more stable in racing and civilian cars?

Answer 16

Understeer is easier to correct than oversteer.

Question 17

How does braking help rotate the car in rally gravel?

Answer 17

The transfer of weight and grip to the front tires helps rotate the vehicle

Question 18

Why does applying throttle sometimes reduce understeer?

Answer 18

It transfers some weight away from the front wheels allowing them to regain grip from an excessive amount of weight on the front tires.

Question 19

On a perfect racing line, one () at maximum speed into a corner but no more than necessary and () at maximum speed the instant you hit the apex.

Answer 19

Decelerates, accelerates

Question 20

To travel in the minimum time possible around an obstacle, you want to generate as much force as possible pushing your backwards as you () and then after you pass, you want to generate () pushing you towards your final goal.

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decelerate, as much force as possible

Question 21

In racing, the direction of the force needing to be generated simply follows ().

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the angle of the corner.

Question 22

While driving a racecar, it’s very important to have a constant awareness of where the ideal direction is that you are trying to ()

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maximize acceleration

Question 23

For any given radius, there is a () we can achieve.

Answer 23

maximum speed

Question 24

It’s important to understand that there is no such thing as a late apex or an early apex. There is only a …

Answer 24

correct apex

Question 25

The speed at the apex will always be ... with a later (smaller) apex.

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slower

Question 26

Why does a later apex cause a slower apex speed?

Answer 26

A later apex represents a smaller diameter circle.

Question 27

A later apex represents a () diameter circle, while an earlier apex represents a () diameter circle

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smaller, larger

Question 28

The smaller, (), circles will always create an apex further in the corner. Conversely, a larger, () circle will always hit it earlier.

Answer 28

slower, faster

Question 29

The goal the instant you reach the apex of a corner is always the same - maximum acceleration, which is either full throttle if you are at the edge of () or the maximum throttle possible that keeps you from going into excessive ().

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understeer, wheelspin.

Question 30

In off-road conditions, maximum acceleration is achieved with () amounts of wheelspin.

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high

Question 31

The ideal acceleration point, every single time, is at ().

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the apex.

Question 32

On every standard corner, on every track in the entire world your goal is to achieve maximum acceleration as quickly as possible at ().

Answer 32

the apex.

Question 33

You actually use your ability to achieve maximum acceleration from the apex to .... the apex should be.

Answer 33

find where

Question 34

If maximum acceleration from the "apex" out does not allow you to just barely stay on track at corner exit, it simply means you made a mistake and need to ... until you find one that lets you do that.

Answer 34

adjust your apex.

Question 35

How does one troubleshoot the apex location with proper apex acceleration techniques?

Answer 35

The answer is not different acceleration or braking patterns, but moving apex location to see which gets the intended results.

Question 36

The faster a car can accelerate in a corner, the () the apex needs to be.

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later.

Question 37

As you pass the apex, the only reason you should not be at full throttle is to ().

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avoid excessive wheelspin.

Question 38

Why should one avoid excessive wheelspin when not offroad?

Answer 38

This reduces the forces the tires can generate.

Question 39

Typically excessive wheelspin is detected because it will cause ().

Answer 39

oversteer.

Question 40

When wheelspin causes oversteer in a car on a road track, your throttle use shouldn't be limited until you reach (), where a steering correction cannot compensate and only a reduction in throttle keeps the rear in check.

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true power oversteer

Question 41

If you experience understeer and run off track on corner exit you don't need less throttle, you need ().

Answer 41

a later apex.

Question 42

If you are ever understeering during corner exit, you should also be ....

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at full throttle.

Question 43

Less throttle should almost never be used out of corner exit (except in specific scenarios) because less throttle will ().

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reduce the maximum tire force generated.

Question 44

Remember that if you ever find yourself going wide or not using the whole track, this doesn't change how much throttle you use, it only changes your ().

Answer 44

ideal apex.

Question 45

The greater acceleration potential a car has for a given corner, the () to the ideal direction its tire forces can push it during corner exit and the () of an apex it will need to do that.

Answer 45

closer, later

Question 46

You always want to () the acceleration of the car using as much track as possible during corner exit because that will always give you the best net result of ().

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maximize, tire forces.

Question 47

Just clipping the edge of a track after corner exit means ...

Answer 47

we (likely) found a perfect apex (for now).

Question 48

It's important to understand that it's not really a certain point in the corner that signifies the apex. It's actually the ().

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angle that the car is facing.

Question 49

When using Line Theory principles on track to identify your apex on shorter corners, it's normally more important to pay attention to not so much to (), but () as you reach the apex.

Answer 49

where an apex is in a corner, what direction the car is traveling as you reach the apex.

Question 50

On big long corners, it might be easier to remember the apex as a () rather than ().

Answer 50

a point on the track you hit, the angle.

Question 51

A slower car will always have a () circle resulting in a () apex, and a faster car will always have a () circle resulting in a () apex.

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larger, earlier, smaller, later

Question 52

The apex is the () that most compromises your ability to go faster through that corner.

Answer 52

point on the inside of the corner

Question 53

A greater apex speed will result in ....

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an overall greater elapsed time.

Question 54

From the point that you hit the brakes to enter the corner, you want to minimize the () before you are able to get back to maximum acceleration.

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time

Question 55

A super super delayed apex is sometimes useful for () that can be used on the last corner of a lap to maximize speed for qualifying.

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straightaway speed

Question 56

A super super delayed apex is ALWAYS slower than optimal because ()

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you are taking longer than necessary to turn the car and begin accelerating.

Question 57

The apex should be the point of () speed and turn () achieved during the corner.

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minimum, radius.

Question 58

The ideal apex will require the car to use the () of the track at corner exit.

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entire width

Question 59

In racing, the () follows the same angle as the track does at corner exit.

Answer 59

ideal direction

Question 60

The overriding goal for corner entry is to ().

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get the car turned as quickly as possible.

Question 61

What is the shape of the curve that represents the absolute fastest way you can change direction by combining deceleration with steering?

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An Euler spiral.

Question 62

Describe the shape of an Euler spiral

Answer 62

The radius decreases as the length of the line increases.

Question 63

An () shaped path is the absolute fastest way they can get the car to change its () of travel.

Answer 63

Euler spiral, direction

Question 64

Trail Braking - Starting with (), a driver progressively () as they ().

Answer 64

maximum braking, releases the brakes, turn the steering wheel.

Question 65

Driven optimally, spiral entry speed will affect the size of the spiral, but not its ().

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shape.

Question 66

When comparing two apexes, the faster one is...

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the one with an angle that is sharper / later but doesn't send you off course.

Question 67

Is a racing line a path or a set of rules?

Answer 67

A set of rules.

Question 68

What is the goal of corner entry?

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Decreasing the radius of the path they are on as quickly as possible.

Question 69

The more acceleration potential a car has for a given corner, the () and () you are going to initiate your spiral as that way you will hit the apex at the () angle and the () speed that you need for a proper corner exit.

Answer 69

later, slower, higher, lower

Question 70

Missed braking point = missed ()

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apex

Question 71

Trail braking reduces () allowing for a shaper corner entry

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understeer

Question 72

In trail braking, the brakes should be fully released () the apex.

Answer 72

slightly before

Question 73

What does a traction circle represent?

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You can have maximum longitudinal or lateral force, but any combination of the two movements can only go so far before reaching a point outside the traction circle which will result in a loss of control

Question 74

What are the four parts of corner entry and exit in Line Theory?

Answer 74

Full Braking Turn In while full braking Trail brake until Apex Instant full throttle

Question 75

Changing direction by () and turning is actually faster than () and turning.

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decelerating, flooring it

Question 76

Everything you do to control a car should ultimately be in service of moving you in the () by () the force pushing you that way.

Answer 76

ideal direction, maximizing.

Question 77

What is the universal cue in racing?

Answer 77

Detecting whether braking, turning, or throttle would be the best action for maximizing the force currently applied in getting the vehicle or object moving in the correct direction.

Question 78

How would one use the universal cue during tire lockup in straight line braking?

Answer 78

A driver paying attention to the universal cue would notice that the rearward force was not being maximized by the present action of braking, and therefore braking needs to be released to restore rearward acceleration.

Question 79

How would one use the universal cue deal with spinout after passing the apex?

Answer 79

The universal cue would notify the driver that the current inputs are failing to maximize force in the ideal direction of travel, so the current set of inputs need to be changed.

Question 80

It is the () of the car you are trying to move, not the ().

Answer 80

center of gravity, front tires

Question 81

What's an easy way to apply the idea of moving the center of gravity of the car for improved lap times, as opposed to the front wheels?

Answer 81

Imagine getting the driver to go in the direction the ideal forces should be pushing you.

Question 82

To use the universal cue on a racetrack around a corner, one must be able to visualize the entire () and which direction your () is moving at any instant.

Answer 82

corner, center of gravity

Question 83

When visualizing a corner from above for line theory, you have to be able to use () to push your racecar around as if it's a game piece.

Answer 83

tire forces

Question 84

The final takeaway of the book, "The Perfect Corner", was when doubting what to do, you just have to remember to always ask yourself...

Answer 84

"What would the astronaut do [in a life or death situation]?"

Question 85

Typical approach to completing a rally corner: Brake, () UNTIL APEX, then floor it.

Answer 85

trail brake oversteer

Question 86

Why does trail braking help induce oversteer in rally?

Answer 86

Moving weight onto the nose of the car lets the rear of the car lighten and fly out.

Question 87

What is the usual braking bias employed in rally to help increase oversteer?

Answer 87

A very very forward brake bias.

Question 88

Throttle transfers weight to the () and tilts the car ().

Answer 88

rear, back.

Question 89

Brake transfers weight to the ().

Answer 89

front

Question 90

To Scandinavian flick into a corner, one brakes () brakes slightly into flick opposite of turn direction oversteers in ()

Answer 90

trail, accelerates on hitting apex angle.

Question 91

Scandanavian flicks depend upon the weight being on the () of the vehicle transfered by the process of ().

Answer 91

front, braking.

Question 92

What is faster: a Scandinavian flick or a handbrake turn?

Answer 92

A Scandinavian flick, much faster.

Question 93

How does one handbrake turn? Straight line brake Pull handbrake AND () to induce oversteer. Accelerate at apex angle

Answer 93

Turn in

Question 94

To tilt a car forward during a jump, one presses the ...

Answer 94

brakes

Question 95

To tilt a car backwards during a jump, one presses the ...

Answer 95

gas.