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Just completed the C8 COS at Spring Mountain on the 13th & 14th. Our class got to experience something not many classes there get a chance to...............driving in the rain! It rained on our second day! It doesn't rain often in the desert so it was special. Personally I liked the opportunity to drive in those conditions. I feel it forced you to concentrate on your line on the track even more than you might on dry pavement in order to maintain car control. While the laps were not as fast the experience was valuable, in my opinion. Just like the C7 course I took in 2016 I enjoyed this course just as much, if not more.
Tracking someone else’s car in the rain is always fun.
rain makes you better…. You were very lucky to get a chance to do that.
I bet some guys were pissed it rained, … But I think you have the right perspective.
good-on you!!!
Just completed the C8 COS at Spring Mountain on the 13th & 14th. Our class got to experience something not many classes there get a chance to...............driving in the rain! It rained on our second day! It doesn't rain often in the desert so it was special. Personally I liked the opportunity to drive in those conditions. I feel it forced you to concentrate on your line on the track even more than you might on dry pavement in order to maintain car control. While the laps were not as fast the experience was valuable, in my opinion. Just like the C7 course I took in 2016 I enjoyed this course just as much, if not more.
I had a similar experience when I was there in late February. It started raining pretty good during lunch on our 2nd day, so our last 2 sessions were in the wet. I found it to be a more technical experience that tested driving skill to the max. On the West track coming out of Turn 4 over the hill (new configuration, post-flood) into a stream with standing water at speed was quite an experience. I wouldn't want the whole 2 days to be rainy because you do lose some of the pure acceleration and speed thrills in the wet, but a small period of rain during your sessions is an overall enhancement, not a drawback in my opinion.
You do get some wet experience at Spring Mountain. It's a low speed autocross-like circuit on flooded pavement. Students are invited to spin the car out on turns. This phase is done with driver's assist turned off; particularly traction control. This is done with an instructor in the car. After the student has done a few whop-dee-doos, the instructor turns on weather driving control and asks the student to once again spin out the car. I was just a visitor, from what I saw and from drivers' comments it's not possible to spin out the car, at least not possible at the relatively slow speeds being driven.
You do get some wet experience at Spring Mountain. It's a low speed autocross-like circuit on flooded pavement. Students are invited to spin the car out on turns. This phase is done with driver's assist turned off; particularly traction control. This is done with an instructor in the car. After the student has done a few whop-dee-doos, the instructor turns on weather driving control and asks the student to once again spin out the car. I was just a visitor, from what I saw and from drivers' comments it's not possible to spin out the car, at least not possible at the relatively slow speeds being driven.
indeed, that was a cool demonstration. i was amazed at how stable the car became when kicking into weather mode....you could tell the driveline was seriously being constrained....
I was there as well Monday and Tuesday but for the Level 1 class. It was fun driving in the rain, I ran a 1.44 on day 1 which was dry and then ran a 2.07 on day 2 in the rain. these times were on the east track opened up to 2.1 miles instead of the 1.5.
Awesome pic!
Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for coming back!
Driving in the rain is a very educational experience for sure, as it forces you to be smoother, and concentrate that much more.
cheers!
03-16-2023, 04:15 PM
Just attend C8 COS at Spring Mountain
