Chapter 4 Racing(1/2)
Of course, you can't feel the excitement of Ferrari in the city, and the journey is slow. Luka asked Yang Jingxing if he had ever driven a car. Yang Jingxing was not afraid of embarrassment and said that he had driven his father's Audi and had some experience in driving karts.
Ruka didn't show off his money, but he mentioned several of his racing-related names. He looked very proud and wanted to go to Asia to become famous.
In less than an hour, we arrived at our destination in the suburbs. Ruka was indeed familiar with the people at the track, and it seemed that the staff respected him.
When changing clothes in the locker room, Luka praised Yang Jingxing for his good figure and asked: "Ruka said you are a genius who knows kung fu?"
Yang Jingxing shook his head in embarrassment: "No."
Luka was also disdainful: "I don't believe in those things."
The size of the one-piece racing suit was just right, and the helmet and boots were of very high specifications. Ruoka praised her father and Yang Jingxing for their handsomeness in the red and white driver's uniforms, took a group photo of them, and also asked her father to take pictures of her and Yang Jingxing.
The track staff checked Yang Jingxing's clothes and helped him put on his helmet. The car was also checked. Luka called Yang Jingxing to get on the car. His eyes were full of youthful vitality. He stared at Yang Jingxing and warned: "Get ready to feel it.
…If you’re going to throw up, let me know!”
Yang Jingxing checked the seat belt and said confidently: "Don't worry, Mr. Luka."
Ruoka stood aside and clapped and cheered, excitedly happy for Yang Jingxing.
Sliding the car onto the track, Ruka showed off his engine first, and the sound really excited the man.
"Let's go!" Luka shouted, and the sports car rushed out like an arrow. He was indeed a master. This start was very beautiful. In only five or six seconds, the indicator crossed 100. The pressure from the seat was particularly special.
Full and full, but no discomfort.
This track is about four or five kilometers long. It is shaped like a sports track. There are no difficult curves. It is purely a place for people to enjoy speed.
On the long straight road, Luka raised the maximum speed to about 250. Yang Jingxing was not surprised to find that his field of vision was not limited.
Generally speaking, at such high speeds, a person's effective field of view will become very narrow and very far forward, which is the so-called tunnel vision. In the case of tunnel vision, except for that small area, the poor human eyes can't see anything else.
I can't see the place clearly at all.
But Yang Jingxing, he could still see everything clearly. When the car was speeding by, he could even see the roadside signs clearly with his peripheral vision.
Because he had never experienced it before, Yang Jingxing didn't know if the excitement he was feeling now was discounted. But his heartbeat still accelerated. Maybe the speed accentuated by the sexy sound of the engine catered to a man's nature.
When cornering, Luka reduced his speed to less than 100 and chatted playfully with Yang Jingxing: "Do you like it?"
Yang Jingxing sighed: "It's great... Mr. Luka, you are too."
Luka was a little disappointed that Yang Jingxing could still speak, so he accelerated again.
After running eight laps in total, Ruoka hurriedly came over to check Yang Jingxing's condition after the car stopped. But Yang Jingxing got out of the car steadily, stood upright, took off his helmet, and smiled at Ruoka: "Thank you so much." Again.
Turning back to Luka: "Thank you too, sir."
Luka praised Yang Jingxing to his daughter: "He performed very well, very well."
Afterwards, Luka took Yang Jingxing to change his clothes again, and went to Gandu again to play simulated driving. The simulated driving here is different from the game console. The cockpit is exactly the same as F1, with full controller operation, and all tracks
It is also copied from reality and is a professional toy.
It was just for fun, and there was no need to take it too seriously. After lying in the cockpit and studying for more than a quarter of an hour, Yang Jingxing started on the Monza track.
The first time is always so bad, the first time to drive while lying down, the first time to hold the joystick steering wheel, the first time to use the button brake to shift gears... Yang Jingxing's first and second laps were simply miserable, stumbling left and right.
Wrong, the results were three minutes and forty-five seconds and three minutes and twenty-eight seconds respectively.
However, several spectators were fully tolerant. The driving instructor even said that Yang Jingxing performed quite well, which surprised him. However, there are no more than twenty such F1 simulation cars in the world, most of which are in Europe. Yang Jingxing, an Asian, should not be able to
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On the third lap, Yang Jingxing started to get familiar with it. He held the steering wheel relatively steadily and grasped the amplitude well. He didn't feel like a pure beginner when he slowed down when entering corners and accelerated when exiting corners. At least, he didn't stall again and again like in the first lap.
The third lap time was three minutes and fourteen seconds. The coach asked Yang Jingxing to continue, and said to Luka: "Did you see it? He is a steady type." Indeed, although Yang Jingxing is not good at it, at least he can advance slowly in corners quickly.
He finally grasped it. This was due to his previous love and karting experience which laid a lot of theoretical foundation.
On the fourth lap, the coach and Luka were no longer so careless, and both looked at Yang Jingxing's hands. Looking at his direction when entering the corner, he was no longer so frivolous and hasty, and began to become smooth and steady.
"Beautiful!" The coach saw Yang Jingxing's shifting action, which was accurate and timely for a beginner.
Ruoka quickly looked away from Yang Jingxing's face.
The time of this lap was three minutes and one second, which can be considered a rapid improvement. The coach said to Yang Jingxing: "Believe in yourself, you can do it, surprise me!"
Next, Yang Jingxing summarized his hard work, the characteristics of each corner, the required gear, the angle and speed of the cut... There are new gains in every lap.
On the 13th lap, the coach shouted when Yang Jingxing passed turns 8 and 9: "Very good, beautiful." From his perspective, Yang Jingxing showed calm braking and shifting in this combination of turns.
It can be said that it already has a professional feel. Of course, it may be just a coincidence. The exit speed of 200 kilometers is impossible for novices at least.
The score of this lap was two minutes and five seconds. The coach did not allow Yang Jingxing to continue driving. He asked him to get out of the car and brought him to the big teaching screen. He began to teach further, pointing and drawing very involved and excitedly: "
...Look here, there is a very long right-hand curve. You can increase the speed to 300 kilometers. As long as you are confident in your braking, what should you do when exiting the corner? Prepare for Turn 6 and stick to the left. You have just noticed it.
At this point...the top! You must see the top clearly...here, increase the speed, don't let anyone pass you...feel it, feel your instinct, one hundred and twenty is the best speed here, be perfect
The gear shift accelerates..."
Unfortunately, communication was difficult due to the language barrier. Fortunately, Joca and Luca were eager to help and tried their best to explain the terms and Italian to Yang Jingxing.
After teaching for more than half an hour, the coach himself lay down in the cockpit and asked Yang Jingxing to take a good look at his skills. After all, he is a coach. His skills are first-rate. He is so familiar with the track that he can drive with his eyes closed. His time is one minute and twenty seconds.
.It’s a simulation, with perfect weather, track and car conditions, so the results are higher than the real thing.
The coach drove a few laps, and the results were almost the same. Then Yang Jingxing lay down again, and the coach patted his shoulder hard: "Believe in yourself, you can do it."
Yang Jingxing pondered for half a minute before starting. Under the watchful eyes of several people, his latest score was one minute and forty-one seconds. He won applause and encouragement at several corners.
Some people also saw through Yang Jingxing: "Forget it, he can't be a novice, look at his shifting, don't insult my intelligence..."
In addition to the Luka father, daughter and coach, several other track staff were also shocked by Yang Jingxing's incredible performance. Luka was a little jealous: "It's great, maybe you are really a genius."
Ruoka said proudly: "I said it." Then he looked at Yang Jingxing and praised: "You are awesome!"
Yang Jingxing was not modest either: "It's not because you and I don't know it yet."
Ruoka smiled and went to hold his father's arm again.
Of course the coach wanted to ask about Yang Jingxing's driving career, but Yang Jingxing could only drive and didn't even have a driver's license. The coach loved talents and knew that Yang Jingxing didn't have a driver's license because he was under the legal age, so he took him out of the room and to the parking lot next to him.
, took out the key and pointed at his black R34, and asked: "Want to try it?"
Yang Jingxing shook his head politely. The coach was impatient: "Don't be shy, my Asian boy, come on, this is our territory!" He put his arms around Yang Jingxing's shoulders and pulled him in that direction.
The coach first introduced his car to Yang Jingxing, which has been modified, mainly the front end, spoiler and displacement. The coach said: "Although it is not a Ferrari, you will also like it."
So under the instigation of a group of people, Yang Jingxing and the coach went to change clothes and get helmets. Of course, the coach was not 100% assured. He took Yang Jingxing for a few laps and introduced his car in detail. While teaching the skills, he also said
How to take care of your car, and of course the most important safety issue.
This and simulated F1 are two different concepts, but it should be simpler for Yang Jingxing. When he secretly drove his father's old Santana, didn't he also run at a speed of over 90 per hour on the Jiuchun National Highway?
The coach himself drove at a speed of 200 per hour, but after Yang Jingxing got into the driver's seat, he pointed at the dashboard and warned again and again: "Don't go over 90, definitely, never! Keep your mind fresh and listen carefully to what I'm telling you.
every word and execute it!”
The first time I wore a professional car suit, helmet and gloves and held the steering wheel of a racing car, the feeling was completely different from the old cow-like Santana. The back feeling of the seat, the distance of the brake accelerator, the height of the hand gear... Fortunately, the two of them are tall.
almost.
Yang Jingxing took a while to adapt, stepped on the brake and accelerator, shifted gears, and felt the strength of the steering wheel...
The coach also felt that it was almost done. He said with a mixture of worry and anticipation: "Let's get started."
Yang Jingxing tried the car for three laps first, and the speed never exceeded 60, and the skills he showed did not make the coach more worried. Every time he passed the finish line, Ruoka waved to Yang Jingxing from the small stand.
The coach began to encourage: "Don't be too timid, I'm not here to accompany you for a ride."
So Yang Jingxing accelerated, and the pressure generated in an instant made the coach excited: "That's right, that's it."
Cutting into a 90-degree turn at a speed of 60 kilometers, Yang Jingxing's braking force was a little stronger, but he made corrections in time. His right hand shifted gears very quickly and cooperated closely with the accelerator under his feet.
The coach praised: "Yes, feel it and know what you want to do!"
In the next identical corner, Yang Jingxing performed well, decelerating and accelerating in one go, with smooth and graceful lines.
After three more laps, the coach became more confident and taught Yang Jingxing: "Combine your butt and brain to conquer him!"
Yang Jingxing stared straight ahead without blinking. His right hand quickly moved back and forth between the hand gear and the steering wheel, and he passed a U-shaped bend very smoothly.
"Oh my god, genius, good job!" the coach praised in a low voice, unable to shout because of the acceleration.
On the eighth lap, the speedometer needle had already pointed to 150. The coach stopped talking and kept looking back and forth between the front and Yang Jingxing's hands. Yang Jingxing's meager resume worried him, but the car showed stability under his butt.
It was a contradiction to reassure him. Especially Yang Jingxing's braking skills were becoming more and more precise, and it was impossible for him to be someone who was exposed to racing for the first time.
On the tenth lap, the monitor notified the coach via radio that the latest score was two minutes and one second. The coach shouted reluctantly: "Okay, that's enough, stop!"
After the car stopped smoothly, the coach looked at Yang Jingxing for a while and said, "You are good, very good! Do you want to be a test driver or something first?" If Yang Jingxing were ten years younger, he might still have time to start systematic training and start training.
On the road to racing. But this is obviously a talent. If you can enter this industry first, maybe miracles will happen in the future.
Yang Jingxing returned to his previous smiling expression: "Thank you, sir."
The two got out of the car and the coach asked Ruoka to help express his intention to Yang Jingxing. He said that he knew many professional drivers, A1, F1, F3. Seeing that Yang Jingxing also liked racing and had extraordinary potential, he could help him.
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Yang Jingxing was grateful for the kindness, but refused. After trying it all morning, it seemed that his wish had been fulfilled.
To be continued...