7 Secrets to RC Corner Speed! 

Great question man. I think a lot of the time in RC racing you can't be as aggressive with your line choice because you're not sitting in the car. One place I might start is basically the farther away from the stand the less you may want to gamble, or depending on how well you can see a corner can dictate that as well. Personally I'm a big promoter of using as much of the track as you can if there's is speed and time to be gained... with that in mind RC tracks are super wide compared to the car so it may be a long way to the outside of the track, so you have to look at it in a case by case basis. Another factor if you're running Offroad is looking at where the surface is swept off you may not want to go out in the marbles and lose traction... on the flip side if the inside is the preferred line but develops some character it might be time to go the long way and carry your speed because the car isn't getting upset by the rough stuff. Hope that answered your question... another thing you might do to study it is watch the pros. Go look at the dirt nitro challenge broadcast last year. See if you can find really early heats in the week and look at the lines, then go watch Ryan Maifield in the Nitro buggy main. You'll see some way different lines

Hey Ron! Where will you be racing? Most of the time I'm lifting to let the car slow at the right time, maybe use understeer or a little brake to rotate the car to get to the right speed. On high speed straights into tight 180's you definitely have to use the brake and slow the car and if you and the car to rotate you can keep a little brake to keep the weight transfer up on the front tires. I avoid drake brake because it makes the car dive in the air. Some people like it and of course it's dependent on the car, in a 2wd car it might not make it nose dive nearly as much because only 2 tires are slowing. What did you race before?

Definitely! Find some sort of small hill to land on too

Definitley... the big difference is going to be you don't have control or the front tires so you can't use brakes as effectively to create weight transfer. And hand in hand with that is you don't have the front tires pulling so when you're trying to stop the rotation the gas input isn't as helpful, and can actually spin the car out if you don't have a bunch of traction. I typically only run 2wd indoor on high bite stuff so if you have tons of traction that's gonna help catch that rotation. You will typically drive a 2wd more like a road car, smoother lines, not sliding into corners or rotating too aggressively.

@@TheRacinJason Thank you for the quick reply.

Any time!

Welcome! Dirt is the best, but you gotta learn how to drive without crazy traction. Taking advantage of straight lines can be really helpful, that's where all 4 tires are working for you to accelerate and slow down if needed.

beachrc.com/hats/ but it appears to be out of stock. Maybe I should make a racin Jason version!

No problem! Where are you racing

Lot of times the car is better than the driver... and the other way around sometimes

@@TheRacinJason oh for sure but before you master the driving you gotta master the set up

@asproductions6400 good setup will definitely make driving easier. Gotta have a good baseline and a good consistent car for sure, but gotta be able to make the best of it if your setup is off too... sometimes I'll practice on worn out tires so I've gotta finesse the car a bit more. Good practice.

@@TheRacinJason you should make a video discussing how to set up cars it would be very helpful for the rc community such as things like camber and suspension and weight distribution because those are the variables to make a car corner properly

I was faster with a broken piston. Than finding the issue and running with too much pack and high cst Driving is skill, I've been sandbaged from lack of help since I started.