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Old 09-09-2013, 01:22 AM   #425 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sheepdog 44 View Post
Changed my mind again. The outside curve preserves more momentum then the inside "racing line."
The inside isnt' the 'racing line', it's just the inside of the curve.

If you want to preserve the most momentum, you take the shortest distance through the curve, not the shortest arc.

This involves turning the curve into a wider arc than it actually is. Typically for a simple right curve, you start on the yellow line, turn in toward the white line, and then move back out toward the white line. It's as straight as you can go through a curve.

Complex curves get a little more... complicated.
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