he has to bounce the rev limiter several times because this Viper ACR has tall gears. 2nd gear can go up to 140-160km/h. we can see at the longest straight before several last turns, he only use up to 4th gear. yes this is not a very good combination of gear ratios and track. but the driver did a good job though by compromising the needs of upshifting with the distance before the next corner.
They need to work on the gear ratios so he doesn't red line it as much. I can understand bouncing it off the limiter with a fully manual tranny on a track like this though.
@Aerosmithrockr1 cars with high-downforce shine. He was merely more concerned with watching where he was going down a narrow road at triple digit speeds in a vehicle nearing 1000 lbs of downforce than keeping a moment to moment watch on the tachometer. This type of shifting is *very* common in actual racing in which the drivers lack brightly light digital gauge clusters, shiney RGB LEDs, and shift lights. If youre not force to watch the road at all times, youre not going fast enough ;)
@Aerosmithrockr1 (pt3) While im not saying his driving was perfect, it wasnt- The room for improvement in his laptims comes a lot less from his shifting than most people think. This is real life, not forza/gran turismo where shifting is just the tap of a button away. Its largely just a result of bad power/gearing combination for the track. The few *other* redlines often (always from my notes, but i mightve missed some) occured during high-speed sweepers, which are where
@Aerosmithrockr1 (pt2) This is because while all that down force helps keep the car to the ground and achieve amazing cornering speeds, it also induces a lot of aerodynamic drag. If you watch carefully youll notice many times the cars speed drops a smidge between gear changes- This is the result of a car with massive drag losing power to its wheels. Its like tapping on the brakes. This is what would have happened every time if hed upshift before the corner, only to downshift/brake just after
@Aerosmithrockr1 Almost every redline occurred while approaching a braking zone. There are numerous problems compounding problems associated with upshifting at these areas. Basically he was "so close" to the braking zone that by the time hed have grabbed the next gear- hed have to downshift again and brake. Another key factor to consider is the amount of downforce this vehicle makes. The ACRs top speed is -massively- lower than the non-acrs. (pt1)
Shift damn you shift! He red lined it so many times! I don't clams to be a racing expert (though I'd like to be) but I do believe even with the completely stock ACR he coulda done better. As my favorite car I'd like to see the viper at the top of the nurburgrings lap board.
If the gearing is more matched for the track, it should shave off a few seconds easily, i heard the gearing is pretty long so he probably used 1st in some places.
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