The Pit Lane
Plain-English writing about sim racing: what the radio call over our door means, who actually turns up to drive, how the leaderboard works and how to get on it, what a session costs, and how to get the most from a first visit to our lounge in Guindy, Chennai.
The weekly board wipes every Monday, which means it is winnable. Here is exactly how to put your name on it.
READ →Not the people you would guess. Eight kinds walk through this door, and only one of them knows what a degree of camber is.
READ →Three words, shouted over a noisy radio, that mean one thing: come in now. Here is where they come from — and why they are on our door.
READ →The practical questions people ask at the desk in Guindy, answered before you set off.
READ →Four things separate a real sim rig from an expensive arcade cabinet. Check them before you pay, not after.
READ →The whole board, the per-minute rate nobody prints, and what you are actually paying for.
READ →The first hours in a real truck cab are the most expensive ones you will ever drive. Here is what a simulator can teach you before you get there, and what it cannot.
READ →An F1 car is the hardest thing on our game list to drive well. Here's how to make it fun on lap one and fast by lap twenty.
READ →Nobody is fast on their first lap. These eight things are what actually separate a first-timer from someone a session ahead.
READ →Marina Beach and the malls are great once. Here's what to do in Chennai when you want something different.
READ →When the sky opens up over Chennai, the outdoor plan is dead. Here's how to save the afternoon indoors.
READ →One of our rigs is gear-driven, the other direct-drive. Here's what that means for how the car feels in your hands.
READ →Both are brilliant. They're also good at different things. Here's an honest side-by-side to help you pick.
READ →Sim racing sits somewhere between a video game and a real race car. Here's what that means, and what a first session looks like.
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