Sentences with phrase «slow corners which»

The straight is one of the longest in the country and the rest is a good variety of fast and slow corners which need to be learnt, including the challenge of The Bomb Hole and Coram Curve.

Not exact matches

Our best corners — you kept reading how they may be able to convert to S — which is football speak for you are too slow for CB.

You arrive at the second slowest corner, which is taken at 80 to 90.

Coulthard revealed that the car felt like it was understeering in slow corners and this was because Newey had designed a car in which aerodynamic grip superceded mechanical grip.

He was terribly slow in picking up his man, the eventual scorer, at the corner from which the home side took the lead.

The award - winning British novelist became the first literary Bad Mother for her memoir A Life's Work, which chronicled the «abasements» of pregnancy and «the sacking and slow rebuilding of every corner of my private world that motherhood has entailed.»

It requires neither insanity nor divine intervention; the trick, if there is one, is to work hard and strategically — to know which corners to cut and which corners to slow down for.

I'm still cold,» Miguel Sano said a half - hour after a game in which, heavily garbed with winter wear, he provided the go - ahead run by slowing down, speeding up and rumbling home from first base on Logan Morrison's first hit as a Twin, a double into the right field corner.

We got a taste of the car on Bedford Autodrome's long, flowing south west layout, which packs a mix of slow, medium and fast corners, virtually no elevation, and a smooth surface - all ideal for exploiting an unfamiliar car.

Of course it can be made to understeer if you don't listen to the howling tyres (it comes as standard with Hankooks, which are brilliant in the wet but lack response and mid corner grip in the dry), but if you turn the car in slightly slower and then commit to the throttle you feel the sport diff sending power to the outside rear tyre.

Frankly, we didn't notice anything exceptional about the cornering in comparison to, say, an Audi A7 or Fisker Karma; instead, the most evident characteristic is the aggressively calibrated energy recapture system, which chewed back at the road, rapidly slowing the car as soon as our right foot lifted.

When the dampers experience a slower input, common during cornering and heavy braking, a bypass valve is closed for more aggressive damping, which provides additional stability.

Where the Sport uses its brakes to slow the inside wheel and tighten its line while cornering (which works well enough on the road), the Cup has a mechanical limited - slip differential.

We put the SST in its Sport automatic mode, which keeps the rpms around 4,000, so as we slowed down for each of these very tough corners, the car had plenty of power ready as we pushed the gas pedal on the way out.

The diff - equipped car is able to put down its power more readily out of slow corners as it susses out which front wheel is struggling and sends more drive to the one with greater purchase.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

First up was a minor descent, which the baby SUV passed with ease, then came up a sharp corner where the X1 maneuvered easily at dead slow speed with its chunky and light steering wheel giving a sense of its compact dimensions, which is a big advantage while driving in congested areas.

We even tried — without any improvement — slower corner entry speeds to see if the transmission had an over-rev lockout which might have thought we were going too fast for our desired downshift.

Regardless of engine and other drivetrain options, the Escape comes standard with AdvanceTrac with Roll Stability Control, which helps to keep the shiny side up when grip gets dicey, and a system called Curve Control, which automatically slows the vehicle down when you go into a corner too fast.

At its heart though the RS3 follows tradition with massive, trustworthy traction levels and a tendency for the front end to push wide in slow corners - it makes nearly 400bhp on a short wheelbase feel quite benign and usable, which is remarkable when you think about it.

And between Klong Son and White Sand beach, you have the «Big Hill» so called because it's a big hill which comes complete with hairpin bends; trucks belching smoke; slow moving traffic and people trying to overtake slow moving traffic around blind corners.

There are so many sight lines, routes, vantage points and hidey - holes that it's impossible to keep track of it all, and thus the vestiges of skill which the slower pace felt like it was trying to bring back are brutally murdered on the smaller maps where you around a corner, shoot someone in the back and then are shot in the back yourself.

Disguises can be found on occasion, too, which shield you completely from being spotted by whomever is sitting in the security room watching the camera feeds, but won't save you from other guards who will grow suspicious, although at a slower rate than normal, giving you a chance to quickly round a corner.

These bananas provide power ups such as double points, slow motion and fruit frenzy, which cause an increased amount of fruit to fly from all corners.

What also helps is that you can slow down the movement speed of your craft to perform finesse moves, which can be very helpful in certain situations like when you're in a corner and are trying to pick your way through the myriad of bullets that are heading your way.

You can easily bump into a corner which slows you down.

The Flaunt e-bikes are also said to have a couple of other features that help them rise above their competitors, including the geared hub, which could make for more optimal operation on hills, a «walk mode» which is a pedal - free 5 mph assist for pushing the bike, a brake sensor that cuts off the electric motor when slowing for corners, and a sine wave controller that is said to offer a smoother motor cut - in than square wave models (which can be abrupt).

This intersection has two different conditions; one which forces cars to slow down to actually turn, and another with large radii that let the cars just swoosh around, and removes the corner where the pedestrian actually has some control.

What's more, the fixes to resolve, which have come in bunches from every corner of the tech world in recent weeks, could cause some significant computer processing slow - downs.

You'll also get four environments to race through, four racing modes (including free ride which is just you driving around), leaderboards, various upgrades, and a slow motion mode that lets you take tricky corners more easily.