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Originally Posted by ff
That's impressive looking. It has to be easier from the driver's seat, but as I watch the videos it's always difficult to pick out where the course route is. i.e. knowing where to point the car next, as you're dealing with the current apex. You must get have an opportunity to walk or drive the course beforehand? But also have trained yourself to look far enough ahead to see where you need to go?
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Walking the course beforehand is important, but mostly it comes down to learning to read the cones. Do it enough and you can pretty much drive it cold. Visualization makes *some* difference if you’re serious enough (and good enough), although being able to read the course live and look ahead far enough is the big key. (The value of a course walk ranges from near zero when I do it, because I can’t be bothered to even attempt to memorize, to very valuable when someone intellectually dedicated to the exercise does it.)
One conepacking school at least used to cover up the bottom half of driver’s windshields to force student’s eyes up.