Lol....Not sure I'm going to be in the mood to attempt 2:09's anytime soon!
Lightning? Easily my favorite track that I have driven. I get to race my Spec Miata there next month but would love to slide the FL5 around that first twisty section.Frist track day with FL5 at NJMP was amazing. The car is so good out of the box, super capable and confidence inspiring! Can not wait till the next track day! Previously tracked AMG GTS, FL5 is definitely a better car to learn how to track faster and safer.
This is exactly my experience with the FK8 calculated oil temps:
Now this is a surprise. No overheating at all?
My experience with LogR is a deviation of ~0.1s compared to the transponder or AIM SOLO 2. I can decode LogR data and I use them to add data overlays on racerender videos.
No overheating but with a pretty big caveat that I very rarely run a full HPDE session. The time trial sessions were only 15 minutes and no issues at all there. I did take a few people for rides later in the day and the highest oil temp I saw was 270* and coolant was 222* I think? That was when I would cool it down. Tires were already cooked at that point so they need a cool down lap on their own.
I definitely cannot hear the coaching from the catalyst when I'm driving, but I will look at it after the fact to try to figure out where I can be faster. I believe it has a headphone port, but I feel like the wire would just get in the way. It likely has bluetooth, for airpods or something similar, but I've never explored that.Did my first track day with the FL5 yesterday and Palmer Motorsport Park. It was gloomy and damp all day. Forecasted to rain all day but luckily had 2 dry sessions with some drops here and there before the steady rain came in after lunch break.
I only got to track my FK8 once last year at Watkins Glen before I traded it in for this FL5. Stock to stock comparison, the FL5 rides lower, is stiffer and rotates better when TC is on. I find it that with both, I’m just doing gymnastics in the car, trying to stay in the seat. The seat is great on a daily basis but at the track, it becomes cavernous. It would be nice to have a harness but it’s not possible with the car being a family car. I actually tracked it yesterday without taking out the car seat in the back.
I tried my Garmin Catalyst for the first time yesterday. It was interesting as I tried not to pay much attention to the lap times but I was hoping for more in car coaching. All I heard yesterday was “good job carrying speed” or ”good apex”. I thought I was going to hear more. The opportunities definitely supported what I felt as I thought I left out a lot on the straight away because I didn’t feel confident about going faster and having enough time to break for the turn. I need to play with this gadget more to learn how to read the data and upload/share video.
The stock tires are really bad for the track. My intentions were to murder these tires and before getting new max summer tires (thinking about trying the Nankang CRS) but now I’m thinking I should just get a set of new wheels and new tires and swap as needed/possible.
I tried using LogR but Palmer Motorsport was not listed. Once I tried adding, I failed to set the start line multiple times so I gave up.
Overall, I had a good day, considering it wasn’t a complete washout. I set a good time for now at 1:56 for myself till my next visit. Representing PBP.
Looking forward to seeing you enjoy the car more! Glad the tune worked for you also, will review the logs in a few hours.Did my first track day with the FL5 yesterday and Palmer Motorsport Park. It was gloomy and damp all day. Forecasted to rain all day but luckily had 2 dry sessions with some drops here and there before the steady rain came in after lunch break.
I only got to track my FK8 once last year at Watkins Glen before I traded it in for this FL5. Stock to stock comparison, the FL5 rides lower, is stiffer and rotates better when TC is on. I find it that with both, I’m just doing gymnastics in the car, trying to stay in the seat. The seat is great on a daily basis but at the track, it becomes cavernous. It would be nice to have a harness but it’s not possible with the car being a family car. I actually tracked it yesterday without taking out the car seat in the back.
I tried my Garmin Catalyst for the first time yesterday. It was interesting as I tried not to pay much attention to the lap times but I was hoping for more in car coaching. All I heard yesterday was “good job carrying speed” or ”good apex”. I thought I was going to hear more. The opportunities definitely supported what I felt as I thought I left out a lot on the straight away because I didn’t feel confident about going faster and having enough time to break for the turn. I need to play with this gadget more to learn how to read the data and upload/share video.
The stock tires are really bad for the track. My intentions were to murder these tires and before getting new max summer tires (thinking about trying the Nankang CRS) but now I’m thinking I should just get a set of new wheels and new tires and swap as needed/possible.
I tried using LogR but Palmer Motorsport was not listed. Once I tried adding, I failed to set the start line multiple times so I gave up.
Overall, I had a good day, considering it wasn’t a complete washout. I set a good time for now at 1:56 for myself till my next visit. Representing PBP.
My track friends don’t use the catalyst. They either use Aim solo or some mobile app like Harry’s track timer. I guess I gotta make new friends. I do have the app downloaded on my phone. Should I downloaded on my iPad for video editing?
The catalyst stores the files that you select and adds the overlays to them. You then pull the file off of the catalyst with a computer. For Mac I have to take the micro sd out of the catalyst and transfer the file. For Windows I connect the USB cable that comes with the catalyst and find it that way. When you pull it off it will have the overlays mapped to the video.
