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ExecuDork posted:Given you didn't set out the video for coaching and driving technique critique, I enjoyed the third shot, especially the water spray. I thought it would work well for a more sophisticated video - those you posted had a definite "experimenting with camera work" feel to them - as a short segment, running for maybe a second or two, in a video otherwise mainly composed of a high-and-behind shot as was suggested by Muffinpox. That requires multiple cameras, of course, as well as figuring out where to mount the camera for a shot like that such that you can still place the front wheel right on cones without the camera knocking them over - the concern isn't for the safety of the camera, it's for your driving line! I've got plenty of fun ideas, i'd love to cut in a shot on the hood as close to the driver as possible, facing right at me, which would block my view nicely but, whatever. I'll split my shots between 2/3rds "fun artsy" shot and 1/3rd "Can see the driver and track" shots and try to make a long compliation video at the end of the season. As far as i was from the cones, and i noticed myself being more jerky with the weight transfer than i remember, do you think i left 5-6 seconds on the course? I mean the guy in front of me wasnt even close, and i'll be bumped to SSM soon. edit: Video link since its a new page. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrAsaPf23rY Flesh Croissant fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Oct 16, 2012 |
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Ziploc posted:Your car seems quite a bit oversteer-y. Isn't it destracting? There were moments where the slide was definitely not helping either of you. I don't get distracted by the little wiggles but if the car comes out far enough I need to concentrate on where it is presently vs. where I want it to be which can throw me out of a rhythm. The car is super sensitive to throttle input and will oversteer if you aren't very smooth with the inputs, Saturday being really cold made it so too much throttle whatsoever would send the rear out pretty hard which made driving a bit of a bear.
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Ziploc posted:Your car seems quite a bit oversteer-y. Isn't it destracting? There were moments where the slide was definitely not helping either of you. Remember when I beat a bunch of other Miatas and Mazdaspeeds with this run  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LS1dahcPVY
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Sockington posted:Remember when I beat a bunch of other Miatas and Mazdaspeeds with this run I will be forever amused by the computer voice announcing the times mattdizzleZ28 posted:I've got plenty of fun ideas, i'd love to cut in a shot on the hood as close to the driver as possible, facing right at me, which would block my view nicely but, whatever. The artsy stuff is cool, but I'd say put more emphasis on track shots. If I feel like loving with gopro mounts I usually try someting fun for my first 2 (of 4) runs, then switch it over to the view I've had in my last couple videos. Almost every time my fastest run is the last so it's good to see what I did right. I'd love to be consistent but I almost always trim off a huge chunk of time on the last run IF I don't waste it on cones. Crustashio fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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Oct 17, 2012 03:02
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Cameras are cheap. Multi-angle dat poo poo. Also, if you put a camera IN the car. Make sure it can see as much as YOU as possible. A lot can be learned from things like hand placement, where your head is turned, etc. This is my go to setup for analyzing my own runs. You can achieve this easily with a two point&shoots (for interior and pedal camera) and a GoPro. And a tiny bit of editing after. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-hgJ35ipg
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I just put my parking lot cone dodging skills to the test in real life when an elderly driver almost backed into me 2 times in a 10 second period in a parking lot. Jesus loving christ.Ziploc posted:Cameras are cheap. Multi-angle dat poo poo. Yea, seeing what you are doing and then one outside for seeing how far the car is from cones is super helpful. I only run interior shots since I don't want my iPhone to go flying but normally the first thing I do after a run is review and see where I obviously need to go faster/slower/I am late. Muffinpox fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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Oct 17, 2012 21:54
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Ziploc posted:Cameras are cheap. Multi-angle dat poo poo. Just curious, what are you using to sync the multiple videos? A loud clap?
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I recommend the Best Motoring style of camera angles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VstzlUWZnOI&t=1628s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx_TecmQHoM&t=142s The closest I could get to it with a couple canon point-n-shoots was this, and the main view is just not wide enough, making everything look slower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gby9fg38BHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBAXpyWWrk0
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Oct 17, 2012 22:56
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Brigdh posted:Just curious, what are you using to sync the multiple videos? A loud clap? That is exactly how to do it.
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Oct 18, 2012 04:52
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Is that why they clap that board in front of the camera on movie sets? To sync cameras?
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Oct 18, 2012 05:08
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mattdizzleZ28 posted:Is that why they clap that board in front of the camera on movie sets? To sync cameras? The things AI teaches you (that aren't about the extreme ability of humans to withstand endless projects).
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mattdizzleZ28 posted:Is that why they clap that board in front of the camera on movie sets? To sync cameras?
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Ziploc posted:That is exactly how to do it. I was wondering if you happened to have a novel different way to do it.
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Oct 18, 2012 20:34
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Hey all, attending my first actual autocross tomorrow (attended a novice autox class earlier this year) and was wondering if my tires will be an issue: No chunking, just worn down. That's fine, right?
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Oct 19, 2012 15:58
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They won't care as long as you aren't corded and the sidewalls aren't bubbling. ...I hope those aren't your street tires though.
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Oct 19, 2012 17:04
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Yea, theyll only reject tires that are cording, cracked, or have bulges.
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Oct 19, 2012 17:06
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No, definitely not my street tires. Thanks!
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My clubs last autocross of the season is this weekend and then after that is rally-x season until the ice forms. Our rally-x's are usually done with $300 beater cars, but sadly craigslist has been pretty barren of those lately.
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G-Mach posted:My clubs last autocross of the season is this weekend and then after that is rally-x season until the ice forms. Our rally-x's are usually done with $300 beater cars, but sadly craigslist has been pretty barren of those lately. Windows.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Buy a $1000 car and sell off expensive parts that normal people want. Like headliners. Interior. Dome lights. I'll probably do it, but I usually like keeping the car if it survives to do ice racing during this upcoming winter.  I bought this sentra for $300 rallied it and then ice raced it. It sadly died after I accidently hit a large ice jump at 40mph.
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G-Mach posted:My clubs last autocross of the season is this weekend and then after that is rally-x season until the ice forms. Our rally-x's are usually done with $300 beater cars, but sadly craigslist has been pretty barren of those lately. Ever consider getting people to pitch in? About the cheapest subaru you can get with a valid inspection sticker here is 1500 so I'm trying to convince friends to go in on it. Share the parts/labour then when summer comes try to resell it. It'd be so much easier if someone had a trailer though, our RallyX club pretty much couldn't give a poo poo what you drive as long as the frame is in decent shape.
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Brigdh posted:I was wondering if you happened to have a novel different way to do it. I should have worded it differently. That's how I do it. I think I picked up the idea after syncing video manually for a while. Then noticing how easy it was when there was an audio hit somewhere. Then I remembered the clap board things. Then my mind exploded.
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Ziploc posted:I should have worded it differently. That's how I do it. Yeah, typically it works really well, I've just had some issue with it depending on camera location, and ambient sound in grid, so I was wondering if you happened to be doing something different.
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Crustashio posted:Ever consider getting people to pitch in? About the cheapest subaru you can get with a valid inspection sticker here is 1500 so I'm trying to convince friends to go in on it. Share the parts/labour then when summer comes try to resell it. That's pretty much the plan. Here in central Wisconsin we don't have inspection of any kind so most cars get run into the ground/rust into nothing. It's hard to find anything in decent shape for under even 2,000. We do have a lead on a Crown Vic however.
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'sup guys?
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Hey 'dere. (from the badly shot coaching video earlier)
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Oh, are we posting pictures of Mazdas autocrossing?
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MiniFoo posted:Oh, are we posting pictures of Mazdas autocrossing? Pictures of Mazdas with (what looks like) positive front camber? 
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Ziploc posted:Pictures of Mazdas with (what looks like) positive front camber? Yeah yeah, I know. (To be fair, I am in the middle of a sweeping left turn in that photo.)
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Mazdas autocrossing you say?
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MiniFoo posted:Oh, are we posting pictures of Mazdas autocrossing? Ah, DCTC, the autocross course that is nothing like an autocross course. I miss it.
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I went to a Boston BMWCCA event that bsamu told me about and met up with him there. I let another instructor drive my car to see what it could do, I had managed to get a 72.914 with some mistakes and thought the car could probably get into the 70s. Then this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Ww_XgorZQ And he said he probably made about a second worth of mistakes in there. 
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Muffinpox posted:I went to a Boston BMWCCA event that bsamu told me about and met up with him there. I let another instructor drive my car to see what it could do, I had managed to get a 72.914 with some mistakes and thought the car could probably get into the 70s. That looked like some good driving, but what was the time?
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Crustashio posted:That looked like some good driving, but what was the time? 68.5, he said 67 flat was probably doable. It is kinda interesting to watch my fastest 71.606 run vs his, again it's super similar lines he is just so much better at handling the car on the limit. I start off slightly ahead in a few sections and I'm trailing a few tenths, then blow it all with that big slide which kills the run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhMrO7WL8bA Bang Me Please posted:rear suspension status: still in one piece Ego status: shattered. Also I love autox in the rain, its so much fun. It sucks when it happens during the last runs when you're trying to go for a best time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sngC3KuEY4 Muffinpox fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Oct 29, 2012 |
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My brother used our gopro for the dry morning, so I didn't record my best time (a blazing 77.488) but I managed to get my 4 afternoon runs as the course started to get wet. Here's the first run as the rain was barely starting (81.143): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaO4w1HbVVM and here's the last run (83.781): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufdBwLWqhhc As muffinpox said, the rain was fun to drive in but it was a bit frustrating because I was trying to beat my time from the morning session. I'll try a camera angle from inside the car next time, it'll be nice to have a wider view of the course and less wind noise.
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S2000s look like a beast to drive on the limit. One of the guys in our region is amazing to watch. Jadruce, he's won B-Stock nationals for the past two years (last 2012 by 3 0.3 seconds). Its like he has a telepathic link to that car. Super good guy, awesome as a an instructor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuK2qcb-odQ
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Jadrice is a good guy, stupid fast. I think he came out to one of my first autocrosses with like 100 miles on the odometer of his CR.
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I followed Brigdh's advice, and... promptly hit cones on every run except my last. I also worked on slaloms, because Picton tends to be just about entirely slaloms. The whole smooth, turn earlier bit helped a lot - I was definitely carrying more speed. I also need to get more confident with shifting; there were at least 2 spots where I could have used third. http://youtu.be/_zqLNa_gjUE Run will be done uploading in about 20 minutes.
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TrueChaos posted:I followed Brigdh's advice, and... promptly hit cones on every run except my last. I also worked on slaloms, because Picton tends to be just about entirely slaloms. The whole smooth, turn earlier bit helped a lot - I was definitely carrying more speed. I also need to get more confident with shifting; there were at least 2 spots where I could have used third. Looking good 
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