Overtaking at Ovals & NASCAR - a visual guide

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Overtaking at Ovals & NASCAR - a visual guide

The overtaking maneuvers shown below have been used successfully through most of the NASCAR Series now. Aggressive bots rarely appear in my races if these maneuvers are executed.

All images until reply were taken in a single 14-lapper race at Richmond; all numbered, multi-picture maneuvers occurred in the spam of one to, say, five seconds.
The story told here unfolds in the exact order of the facts.
(It was a pretty perfect race! cheeky)

Note: these maneuvers can be (and were) performed at all levels of car upgrade, either with TSM bots or slower flagbots. Yet, the bots are used to ch... have fun, and since there's plenty of bots during  the race, allien racing skills are not required!

#1 - Bump and go

At full throttle and with the wheels straight, bump on the right-hand side of the slower bot's rear bumper. Then, correct the sliding if necessary (turning INTO the skid) and go

Note the Mobil white car at the extreme right. 

In a matter of seconds, you change lanes and go besides him, getting the imaginary side-drafting and hopefully having a bot or two behind you. This will guarantee your position.

Note the bump'd car is sliding and actually bumping into the bots ahead of it, slowing them down; hold you gas (blip the gas or the brakes) immediately IF one of them slows down quickly, and even the bot behind you will brake.
The most important measure is never lose the proximity w/ at least one bot.

This maneuver is great for starting a race:
Plenty of cars ahead to provide draft
Slower (and lighter?) bots to bump onto
It results in bots getting behind you, therefore proving drafting from behind in case you slide in the tens and lose speed. Don't lose the pack ahead!! 

Any comments?

PS. There's still a number of maneuvers from this race to show. I'll add them soon! smiley

 
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