[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout

Thanks for taking the time to clear all that up Matra

But then again....how fast ARE you going to be on that sort of rough terrain??

Even on the Scottish forests you'll get up to over 100mph.
Approaching a blind corner over a crest with the nav screaming flat out takes balls
On clear straights in the 100 Lakes they got up to 130mph - on unmade forest tracks !!!!
Cornering speeds vary according to the zeverity of the corner obviosuly but going round a corner over 70mph with no visbility beyond the apex is common

And, even if you understand the importance of a nav, which I do now, what difference does it make if you're a driver? Going on and handling the wheel has got to be on the other side when compared with reading notes abd mapes.

2 things, it enables the driver and co-driver to work together to produce the best pace notes and to undestand the problems if things aren't goign smoothly. The same is true for every good nav, they HAVE to have tried driving at some time to grasp the other side.

Adn one last thing, isn't it better if navs call out the next corner instead of the one after? Drivers have to look at the scene infront and get through the terrain while making sure that they tyre stays in place while having the time and all sorts of other things to worry about. I can imagine it would be muddlesome to give in advance and put extra burden on them?

If the driver can't set the car up for the corner FOLLOWING this one then they're nto going fast enough
Equally if the second corner is close to and tighter than the first corner than it's actually quicker to enter the first corner SLOWER.
Some drivers have the nav call 3-4 corners ahead.
A good driver then builds a "nap" in their mind of what the road "looks like" and drive through them to the quickest.
Yep, rallying is a much harder car driving competition than every other