Golden Cornering
Before going in deep, let me introduce the basic principles in cornering. The following rules apply to ALL racing game, as well as REAL racing. So, learn them by heart and practise!
Get the smallest
turning angle
Refer to the car position on the diagram showing cornering path. The car cornering
with this path is having the smallest turning angle. Speaking in
another way, the car is running with the most straight line. This can keep the car
with a high speed during cornering, and with the best speed when out of
the corner.
Steer in advance
This is another important step for newbies jump to expert class. Let me explain in
this way. When your car is going at a north direction, and you want to change it to
east. You start to steer to the right, but you will find that the car does not go
east instantly. Instead it will gradually change the direction. This is
because the car has an inertia of going north. To kill this inertia
and go east, you have to apply a counter force on it. While you are turning, only a portion
of the turning force is used to stop the northward inertia (unless you kick into reverse
gear and step on the gas). As a result, your car will go north for a couple of
seconds before it go straight to the east. If you take this couple of seconds to
steer before cornering , you will have an excellent angle when you actually go in, thus
making better cornering.
Drifting
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You may never see car drifting on the street. Usually, people turn cars
by steering only. It is safe, but in racing, what we need is speed. In the diagram, green arrow indicates forward force of the car, blue indicates centripetal force when cornering, and orange is the resultant - the actual direction which the car goes. As you see, with drifting, the orange arrow is nearer to the direction that the car should go. As a result, when compared with normal cornering you can accelearate more when your car is turning. This will give you a better speed when out of the corner. Precise control of steering and gasing is needed. If in excess, the car will overturn towards inner edge. It will be out of control and start to spin. |
Below is the actual scene series of a player perform drifitng in the
L-shaped corner in Medium course.
Take this as a guide and you will know what to do when you need to do drift cornering.
OK. I assume you get these golden rules. Now, let's get into details of Daytona USA 2 cornering.
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Easy Cornering Easy cornering does not mean those can be passed just need steer the wheel.
Theses corners need reducing speed or a little drifting in order to pass through.
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Medium Cornering
It is obviously a harder try. When compared with easy cornering, you have
to steer earlier. Sometimes you need to reduce some speed before
steering. Then, go on with brake and steer, and control the car from spinning. |
Hard Cornering Finally, it comes to the ultimate challenge. Hard cornering includes the hairpin curve in medium course, and the 360 degree curve in expert course. They are sharp, long, and deadly.
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One point to mention is that, as you see in the diagram, your car will not be
facing straight forward, but facing the inner edge when out of the corner. This is
called "oversteering". To prevent from crashing, you have
to steer to the other side when you are nearly out of the corner.
If you find that you will crash on the outer wall with this action, reduce your speed when
entering the corner. Normally you can have a minimum speed of 245kph with these
corners.
First
of all, keep entering from the outer side, brake and steer in advance. After the car
slides in, the core part comes. You have to control the force stepping on
the gas precisely. When in excess, your car fly out to the outer edge.
In reverse, you hit the inner edge. Use your steering wheel to control the
car slide with an angle of about 75 degree from the moving direction. When near the
corner outlet, gradually step the gas to bottom and steer back to prevent
oversteering.
For
the hairpin in medium course, the corner is banked up on the outer side. As a
result, you should keep on the outer edge to make use of this advantage. While in
expert course, you should keep near the inner edge in order to "draw the smallest
circle" and gain advantage.