Yeup - and see the basics like that I generally already understand, but it's actually being able to FOLLOW those same guidelines when you're actually on the track. It's one thing to KNOW it - it's another to DO it! THAT'S the way I want to learn - through practice.
Jeff
**EDIT**
You know, on that topic I'll share a funny story. You won't believe this, but it's how I think video games can actually HELP you...
I downloaded a program years ago called "Nitto 1320" - it was a free game built using Shockwave Flash that was nothing but drag racing. Very basic graphics, very limited interface, but you'd be put on a track, you'd use the mouse to slide a throttle lever (allowing you to feather or roll your throttle, instead of just on/off) and would use the arrow keys to shift and use nitrous injection, if purchased.
I played that thing for HOURS and hours and hours. I had a LOT of cars, a lot of cash, even won a few online races, one for pink-slips on an R34 Skyline.
More than 2 years later I'm sitting on a REAL drag strip in my 2001 Stratus, pulling up to the staging lane at a strip East of Pittsburgh. I knew exactly what to do - how to watch the lights, how to TIME off the lights... and on my VERY FIRST LAUNCH on a REAL DRAG STRIP ran a .508 reaction time.
It was one of those rare instances where everything just clicked and I knew exactly what to do. I think my lowest reaction that night was .503, but I can't recall. My best time was a 15.1 at 98.9 or something like that.
