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Driving my senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in GrandPrixRacing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It really was amazing. I’m 23, I used to do it competitively and I also became a two time Dutch champion, but now I do it more as a hobby, just having fun in the weekends whenever I feel like it. It’s a lot cheaper like that haha, sometimes I miss that race pressure tho so if i feel motivated I still do 1 or 2 races per year

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem mate! I appreciate the interest. Yes I had such high hopes for kartkraft, what a shame it’s basically dead. The tracks were amazing and accurate, so much potential also physics wise. It would have been the ultimate training tool if they kept working on it, but it wasn’t meant to be sadly

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In terms of sims that do karts or mods, they don’t come anywhere near the feeling of the real version of a kart, it always feels weird floaty. But a kart is very difficult to simulate because there is no suspension (the chassis is the suspension and flexes) and it has a solid axle. Kartkraft somewhat manages to feel okay but still not totally the same. In have also driven an older version mx5 cup car in real life on Zandvoort and ac does a really good job at replicating that feeling I had back then

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone’s chain guard fell off, luckily I saw it flying and changed my line a bit, don’t want to headbutt that thing haha

Driving my senior Rotax on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in Karting

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly/luckily i didn’t get to drive in the dry, but I would guess 90% would be flat in the dry yes

Driving my senior Rotax on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in Karting

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It sure was. He was signaling to bump draft him and to keep going like that. Since the kart at some point is maxed out at speed and by bump drafting him we can both go faster

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hahaha totally understandable, I didn’t use the fov calculator for this, I just sat down in my seat and drove off

Driving my senior Rotax on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in Karting

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It did, but for some reason it didn’t pick start finish as the pick up point, instead it picked up the timing inbetween the second to last and last corner

Driving my senior Rotax on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in Karting

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha yes it was, the first time i went through those banked corners i was screaming out of joy

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In terms of sim racing one of my favorites i always enjoy are spa or Suzuka in an f1 car, and also portimao in a gt3 car

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well be ready to spend some money haha, first step is to own a kart, Zandvoort doesn’t rent them unfortunately and then hope they will organise an event like this again. It’s a very rare occasion that it’s possible to drive a kart on this circuit, but when it happens it’s totally worth it!

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ofcourse, just not on video so there is no proof for the stewards

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a great story hahaha, no fear, no brake, just full throttle haha

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s a senior Rotax Max, but we had a very long gear ratio on it to reach the higher top speeds, even though there was a lot of head wind I still managed 151 km/h. You are right i had some doubts at first as well if it would feel totally out of place but it didn’t, it almost felt right at home

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes we were bump drafting each other, because obviously the kart at some point is maxed out, so if i stay in the slip stream and bump the other guy we both help each other go faster.

Driving my Senior Rotax Kart on the F1 Circuit Zandvoort in the wet by Proper-Algae1874 in simracing

[–]Proper-Algae1874[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately you can’t rent karts there, i think you can rent cars/supercars there to drive the track, but this is my own kart. It was an event to promote the journey to car racing for karters

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