Thread: Launching tips?

dont manually shift the car, its a waste of time and will net you zero gain on letting the car do its thing.

here's what i always did. put the brake the the floor and revved the car up until i couldnt keep it still anymore, then let off just a hair. from there i would let off the brake and slowly ease into it and chirped the tires just a little bit. that is what you want to do. dont spin them, but make the tires yell for forgiveness.

Manually shifting an automatic car for a launch is dumber than ****. It's going to go into second no matter if you hold it in first and its another distraction if anything. Maybe if you were roll racing and let off so you could downshift. Basically do what bio said, just play with it and get a rythm for the launch.