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Originally Posted by SSm1LEn
You are welcome. Not that my opinion matters but FWIW - I don't think there is anything chicken about it. There is inherent risk in driving a car on track and the behavior of other drivers is a difficult variable to account for. I think your concerns are warranted/healthy. I will say that, in my experience, the event organizer made an obvious effort to mitigate the risks as much as possible. Safety was a big emphasis item.
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A big part of it is indeed me, for example, despite being a software engineer and a computer enthusiast, I never enjoyed multiplayer online games either, always wanted to play either by myself or against computer/AI enemies. However, there is hardly any way I'll ever be able to justify the cost of renting a racetrack for myself, or maybe me plus a buddy or two. But let's not deviate from the topic on my account, heh.
One other thing that resonated with me is your description of how much farther the actual limits of the 1LE are than what you had imagined based on "pushing" the car a bit on public roads, because it's so very true.
A few months ago fellow forum member Jim (
L78toLT1) allowed me to ride shotgun with him at AMP in his built 2SS that is close to a mechanical twin of mine
(we're both in the 700-750 rwhp range, though he has an M6 with a few more suspension mods and a 3rd party driveshaft against my A8 with the BMR cradle lockout kit), and man, was that an eye opener as to what the car is
actually capable of.
We both have 1LE wheels and tires, he has ZL1 brakes (vs my 1LE setup), and he is also a pretty good driver, which matters the most, I think. He runs in the "upper intermediate" class, and both the sheer straight line performance as well as cornering speeds and agility his car displayed was f**king unbelievable, I thought I was ready to puke a few times, seriously
