Chapter 36: Test Drive (I)
At 7:45 a.m., Lao Wang took a broom and began to sweep around the stands. Opposite the small grandstand is a track shrouded in winter morning mist, with a row of protective fences lined with discarded tires......
This is Lao Wang's third year at the go-kart club, and he can earn 500 yuan a month by simply sweeping the track in the morning before everyone goes to work. Lao Wang has always been very satisfied with this job, and it is time to thank the government for people of his age and stable income this year! Lao Wang always thinks of this when he cleans his head every day......
At this moment, the roar of engines was heard from far and near. Wang straightened up and turned his head to look at the track where the fog had basically cleared, and a silver sedan was turning a corner and driving in the direction where he was standing, and it was swaying sharply from side to side for some reason as it drove back. Watching the strange car pass by him, Lao Wang smiled and shook his head, which couldn't help but remind him of his boss who liked to twist the big Yangge every morning......
Speaking of this car, it is a rare thing that Lao Wang has encountered recently. Just last week, the director of the track led a young man to the concierge and told Wang that from 8 o'clock every morning for the next month, the young man and his car would be let in, and he would run on the track for an hour a day. Because this young man is said to have paid 6,000 yuan to the company for a month's time slot. 6,000 yuan! Lao Wang said in his heart at the time that young people in this year know that it is not good to do something with this money.
But distressed to distressed, strange to strange, every morning after that day, at half past seven in the morning, Lao Wang can always see this young man on time. In the first few days, he always waited until 8 o'clock to open the door. Later, seeing that this guy waited outside for half an hour every day, Lao Wang Xin said that no one else knew anyway, so he let the man in at half past seven in the following day. And this young man is also quite good at things, at that time, they forced Lao Wang to give 500 yuan, which is a month's salary for Lao Wang......
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Ye Feng is now controlling the steering wheel and shaking the body from side to side. The reason why he wants to do this is that Lao Ye always has to do this every time he watches the F1 car start. Later, I realized that it was to keep the temperature of the tires and brakes for the race. Now that he is practicing on the track, although it is only a go-kart track, Ye Feng still has the same kind of "warm-up" before every start, and Senna did not comment on this......
But now Ye Feng is not easy at all when he turns the steering wheel! At that time, in order to reduce the weight of the car, Senna removed the air conditioning compressor and power steering system accessories. At that time, Ye Feng didn't feel anything, but now it was not only cold in the carriage. Even when making this turn, the steering wheel is like a big iron top, and it takes a lot of effort to control it well, which makes Ye Feng can't help but think of those shabby 212s in the driving school......
However, this is only a little dissatisfied with Ye Feng's current VTS, and everything else makes Lao Ye Shuang crooked. Ye Feng still remembers the scene when he first drove the modified VTS. Lao Ye tried to kick the throttle to the end, and then directly hung on the 2nd gear to start......
Okay! It doesn't matter, the power has increased by more than one-third, and the torque of the medium and low speeds has also increased correspondingly, and the VTS is fast, not to mention the huge push back feeling, and I almost didn't let the unprepared Ye Feng hit the tree at that time.
It was also from that time that Ye Feng no longer chatted with Senna about the booster system, and every time he ran on the road, Ye Feng drove it very gently. At the same time, it also made Ye Feng temporarily dispel the plan to find a road like that Tuohai to practice, and honestly spend his wallet to practice. Although it cost more than 6,000 yuan at once, Ye Feng's flesh hurt for a long time, but 200 yuan/1.5 hours is much cheaper than the rent of 300 yuan/25 minutes for that kind of professional track......
"It's been hot for 3 minutes! It's time to get started! No matter how hot it is, it is estimated that the tread has been polished by you! Senna's voice, still unemotional, rang out, and then fell silent again. Ever since Ye Feng started running real cars, Senna has not been as nagging as Ye Feng when he was practicing extreme flying. On the contrary, I just quietly watched from the side every time. At first, Ye Feng, who was used to being scolded, was a little uncomfortable, but Senna said that it was all for Ye Feng's good, on the one hand, he had said enough, on the other hand, driving a real car is different from a game, and the driver needs to pay full attention......
“OK! Plug Boss! And voila! ”
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At 8:20, Lao Wang, who had finished his work, was now sitting in the stands, watching the car running in circles. That's what he's been looking at for the past few days. Although Wang didn't know what motorsports was, he thought the young man drove much better than the customers who came here to play go-karts. As for why the old man thinks so, his criterion for judging is simple. The sedan was much bigger than the go-kart, faster than the guys, and sharp in corners, unlike the customers who didn't usually run a full lap without hitting the tire wall next to them a few times......
Ye Feng didn't know what others thought at this time. After a few laps, he felt like he was getting faster with each lap and was getting pretty good at cornering. The reason why I was able to get started so quickly was still somewhat related to Ye Feng's experience of practicing extreme flying. Need for Speed practice is very different from real-life racing, with tire friction, wind resistance, and real road conditions all different from reality.
But one thing is the same, and that is the use of gear shifts and deceleration when cornering and the use of heel toe coordination! It was also after he mastered this thing in the game that he was able to get started quickly when he practiced real cars. Of course, how to control the real car before each corner still needs Ye Feng to slowly experience.
This is also a reason for Senna's silence. On the one hand, he hopes that Ye Feng can slowly cultivate his sense of the road and the car in actual driving, and he also hopes to see what kind of driving style this kid has in his most natural state......
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Ye Feng, who had been running for more than 20 laps in a row, began to completely enter that state of excitement and calmness, just like in XAG. Now Ye Feng can gradually feel some of the racing cars and the situation on the road, this feeling is very wonderful, and it can only be experienced after trying to overcome one corner after another. As the tire temperature increased and the body became lighter due to the reduction in fuel, Ye Feng felt that he could ...... faster every time
Passing by the front stands again, Ye Feng drove the car faster than just now. Now any corner of this track is already extremely familiar. Looking at the tachometer and speedometer that had been modified to the left side of the car body and the same height as his head, Ye Feng wanted to try how fast he could run this time.
A small obtuse angle bend followed by a small straight back bend, Ye Feng completed it very beautifully. He didn't know the exact time, but he knew he must be faster than he had just been. Thinking that Senna was looking at him, Ye Feng wanted to be faster, and the next turn was the most difficult right-angle turn on this track that was not very difficult......
Glancing at the meter, Ye Feng took a deep breath. His hands and feet were not idle, accurately reflecting his own driving intentions. With the end of the straight, Ye Feng knew that the time had come to test himself. He pressed the car as much as he could to the outside of the track, and the hands in gear and the feet on the accelerator and brakes were all ready. VTS is galloping at high speed, Ye Feng has to wait, he has to wait a little later, unlike every turn just now, this time he has to do a difficult late cutting corner......
Time flies, and the silver VTS is now like a roaring steel monster with a huge wind noise and tire noise whistling forward, and the straight road in front of him flashes by, and Ye Feng has even seen the black tire wall in front of him. Ye Feng's gaze was constantly changing between the front and the instrument, and his mind was already red and white at this time, and the adrenaline had been rapidly secreted, making Ye Feng feel that all the efforts in the previous period seemed to be reflected in this bend......
"Ka!" Ye Feng finally downshifted and stepped on the brakes in the center of this bend, and then steered. VTS accurately executed Ye Feng's instructions. The huge centrifugal force made Ye Feng can't help but deviate to the outside, but his body was firmly fixed in the driver's seat by the sturdy six-point seat belt at this time......
Ye Feng can even feel the slightest struggle of the tires under his own "torture", relying on the front and rear wheels on the outside of the bend to walk a longer distance, while the inside tires on the other side of the same axle against the center of the bend express their protest and are on the verge of skidding. And just when Ye Feng just felt that the tires on both sides began to entangle with each other, the legendary differential intervened at the right time and played a role. VTS was still driving out of the bend according to Ye Feng's control......