Awesome, I hope you had fun!

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming I did. I went on combat cars downstairs

I use Final Cut Pro X and add them in the editing software :)

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming nice

My fastest lap here is 39.940. great track. I haven't tried members night though

Sorry mate, I just saw this comment now. I actually really like both petrol and electric for the variety and just how different they are to drive, I've driven both electric and petrol at Newcastle and I have loads of fun on the electric ones. Newcastle sometimes open up the track into an international layout which is slightly different to the old layout when they had petrol so it would definitely be interesting to try petrol on that layout but I don't think they'll be going back that way. We took part in a charity event a couple of weeks ago and the track is awesome, I'm going to put some videos out when I get time, showing it. Thanks for stopping by!

I don’t think I have a particular preference out of the 2, but i do like the lack of petrol fumes from the electric ones and love the fact they have a boost button, but both are good fun for me and different to drive.

If you go to about 7:56 on the video I showed the setup I was using. :)

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming Thanks

No worries man, you’ve reminded me I need to do another one of these on Gran Turismo 7, love that car and Ken Miles!

You'll get faster the more you go. That left hander can catch you out if you take too much speed into it without the grip being available. When the grip is there you don't even need to brake, you just flick it in. One time I ended up sideways in the barrier on the exit and Pound Shop Lando had no way of avoiding me so just ploughed into me 🤣 that one hurt for a while!

Hello, I use Final Cut Pro X

Hey Mal, I didn't see this comment before. Are you still going to Newcastle? The hairpin on the up ramp is really really tricky when it's cold and if you go only a bit off the line then the back end can go around or you'll just slide into the barrier on the right or on the exit. You need to keep it as tight as possible. When there is grip you can tap the brakes just to get it to turn in then if it grips up you get on the power almost as soon as you're pointing towards the middle of the corner, using the power to bring the kart around the corner helps sometimes. Also depends on where you're using the boost on the lap because that can help you get up the ramp quicker too.

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming I've not been since my comment (planning Warden Law this year instead to avoid the non-stop red and yellow flags at TeamSport), but thanks for the response. Sounds like I was doing the things you're saying, but I just need practice to get more consistent. Cheers.

@@MalRoss Ah nice, we haven't been to Karting North East before but want to try it out sometime. With Teamsport (and probably elsewhere) you tend to get much better sessions on members nights as opposed to the open public sessions where you get a wide mixture of abilities and temperament showing up!

Sometimes its an SJCam 4000 i think it’s called, just a cheap GoPro replica and others GoPro Hero 4 when I can use it.

Oh right okay, thanks for the quick response :D@@AlphaKoreHDGaming

Haha I wouldn’t say I’m nailing them but thank you 😀 essentially you don’t want to be turning the wheel more than you need to or you’ll find you go slower and you’re more likely to lose the back end. You need to go with the grip that the tyres have and you can also control thee throttle to help ‘rotate’ the kart around. A lot of the flat out corners I’m doing a little flick with the wheel and the the tyres are sticking, it won’t always do that especially when everything is cold. There are a few things that go into it like the above 🙂

That’s a bit of tough one to answer but practice, watching others, a bit of trial and error. You build your speed up and after enough goes of the same track you’ll know roughly where the braking point is. It also depends on how grippy the tyres and track are and you have to either brake later or sooner depending on how much grip there is. If I’m losing the back end because I’m taking too much speed then I’ve probably not braked enough or too late.

Oh man, where you coming from? I’d say defo get booked on a couple of public sessions if you can, the way the electrics drive is quite different to the petrol, steering is much lighter for one. As for boost, it depends if they’re going to run them on level 4 for BIKC because if they do that boost won’t be a factor it’ll just be running max speed the whole time. You can double boost if you save your boost the lap before up to the finish line then use it from the final corner and then it starts again just before you go back upstairs. The extra speed through turn 1,2 and especially 3 can easily catch people out though, very slippy you might find people backwards at the bottom of the up ramp 😀.

​@@AlphaKoreHDGaming Nice tip about the double boost. Also, it's only from watching the telemetry on your videos that I've realised that the lap start/end isn't the same place as the boost reset. Wish they told you that in the briefings! If I felt I'd messed up the upstairs section, I'd been taking it easy on the downstairs section when preparing to go again for another good lap... but it turns out I'd just been ruining the start of my next lap. 🤦‍♂

Usually go a couple of times a month but have a membership which gets 25% off bookings, so something like £60.

And was wondering as well if you'd ever make a video of a single lap (doesn't have to be your most best) with text popping up at certain parts to show when you've boosted and when you've started your initial brake on an upcoming corner? I think it'd be great to see how your timings work!

@@BlazingAmber Hi! Thanks for watching, yeah a hot lap video is something I might do in future. The best advice I can give is that if someone seems quicker than you try and a follow them. I’m only braking at 3 points around each lap in these videos, at the end of the 2nd straight downstairs, the first straight upstairs and the final corner and the braking is mostly just a quick squeeze not anywhere near full pressure then using the grip of the tyres to turn in usually even before you reach the corner if you’re carrying enough speed, one thing that is really important is that if you lose the rear and it snaps out you’ll lose loads of time and momentum so be ready to make corrections to keep the kart moving forward even if its a little bit sideways. Try to find a point at each braking zone that you can reference and brake at the same place each lap. If you’re lightweight you’ve got a bit more freedom where to use the boost, some people use it up the ramp and all the way around to upstairs others use it off the slow ‘curly wurly’ onto the back straight before the final corner. If you ever see us down there one night come and say hello!

@@AlphaKoreHDGamingThanks for the advice! I've booked four races next Tuesday, and I'll try to use your tips next time. It's just so frustrating to see missed chances in my race footage but hopefully I pick up on your race ‘flow’ to get lower times. If I spot you by your gear then hopefully I can learn from you mid-race 😁

Yeah, I almost didn’t make it up the ramp haha

Only once I've rolled back on that ramp due to kart lost power

Yeah, you definitely get a few less stoppages on members!

No, you only get it for 5 seconds each lap. It resets at the end of the 2nd straight downstairs.

If it’s your first time just take your time to learn the track and get up to speed, it can be really easy to spin especially downstairs in the first few laps. The karts have a little boost button on the steering wheel you can use for 5 seconds a lap as well. Most of all just enjoy yourself and have a good time! 😊

Thanks so much 😊

Where is the boost button on the wheel? Also I have subscribed!

@@PlaneSpottingElite Thank you so much! It’s on the top right of the steering wheel but when you go the staff there will give you a full briefing before you go to the track.

Ok thanks😊 I can't wait!!

I'm sure we'll end up on a session together at some point!

Yeah, no way we could get many clean laps in too many stoppages.

members 342 is ok to do if you want no flags :)

Yeah it’s on the way along with some other sessions, did you record it as well?

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming I did. I've got so many races still to upload though it might be a while. I'm looking forward to that crazy rolling start in race 2!

Hi Alex, so the timings - at the top the number on the right in white is the current lap, the red and green up and down is how much slower or faster it was than the previous lap and the clock timer in the middle is the also the current lap showing the time which will match up (more or less) with the white time on the right by the end of the lap. The start finish line for the timing is just before the green light and you go down the ramp (it's a line with BIKC written on the floor) but it's a little tricky to get it spot on every time because of the camera angle you can't see when the front of the kart has crossed the line so it won't always be exactly the same time. We definitely aren't the fastest members who go there by a long shot but we're just trying to improve our times little by little, so here is what I've learned. T1 when there is grip there is flat out, T2 can be flat out but only when the tyres are properly hot, some nights when you turn in you end up heading towards the outside barrier but usually you'll be doing some sort of 4 wheel slide, T3 is a case of dabbing the brakes and getting it pointed in and then on the power as soon as you're at the apex pointing the right way and powering all the way around trying to sweep up the ramp (sort of a spiral) keeping it as tight as you can until you reach the next proper left hander (before the straight) where you need to try and flick it in and keep it tight and not drift too far towards the pits but keep speed up as it's a straight. Then you're at the 'curly wurly' where it's sort of like an 'S', on entry it's easy to drop the back end and get bogged down but you've got to try maintain momentum and be setting it up for the right handed exit keeping it as tight as possible but not losing too much exit speed (it's OK to let the kart take you out a little wider so long as you've not got someone trying to go up your inside) as you should be flat out from there until the final corner. It really does sometimes depend on grip levels / tyre temps and not fighting the kart too much, depending on the session it could be 40-41 being the fastest or anything as low as 36 for some of the super quick members. The boost also probably depends on your weight class as well, Pound Shop Lando in this video is a lightweight so can get away with probably not using boost going up the ramp and can use it on other corners but I'm closer to heavyweight and if I don't use the boost up the ramp then people fly away from me haha. I'll be posting more videos including a couple of quick members 3-4-2 sessions and race that was 44 laps long soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming Its a bit of a shame TeamSport don't offer some form of tuition for the adults but hey ho. Yeah I think I had worked out the timing slightly differently thinking the stopwatch was the new lap and the white time to the right the last one (thats possibly the disparity) I'm about 90kg I consistently am in the top 3 places when I race but am struggling to break beyond that 42 second time. I'm going to attempt staying tighter on the Curly S bend as I think I've been going wide largely to get more momentum as you leave that area. The way I'm leaving it is identical to all the 39 sec laps I'm seeing so more likely to be losing time in earlier section. The ramp I think still needs to be quicker overall. I got up it quick yesterday but getting the wheels straight faster may well be key. Keep posting dude

Alex best advice I’d say is come to members sessions, fastest way to improve is definitely racing with quicker people, the track will get warmer too and longer sessions/less flags will get you into the 39s in no time!

@@freddywinskell966 Sounds like a good idea. Is that Freddy Tree Surgeon? When are they?

@@ALEX-WRIGHT yes Freddy the tree surgeon - mustang Alex? Haha- social members are Monday nights and members races on Thursday nights buddy

I think pretty much everyone was sliding lots around it on this night, very slippy

@AlphaKoreHDGaming last time I went my kart lost power I couldn't move at all

@@theryaman6578 Oh no, the other night when we were there one kart lost power on the ramp and another lost power for multiple laps.

@AlphaKoreHDGaming yea I'm not sure if it's a technical interference with combat karts or something

It's a timecode on Final Cut Pro X using start finish line as a reference 🙂

That session fastest by me was 41.2 and p1 did 40.7

@@AlphaKoreHDGamingdo you normally get those times? I thought you got 39s?

@@woofwoof2015 yeah, seems like the track is pretty slippy or just slow this week, there’s only 2 people just into the 39s and rest are in the 40s. Sometimes you can’t string enough laps together in a normal session with all the flags, stoppages and overtaking going on 🤣. Did a 39.1 a couple of weeks ago but that was on a members session.

Is it the first time karting or the first time at Newcastle? Staff there are really fair but it can sometimes be quite busy. If you’re on a session with others just try do your own speed and try to keep it as clean as possible and have fun. Downstairs is quite slippy but upstairs has a lot more grip! Hope you enjoy!

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming first time at Newcastle and first time as a adult. Havent been since i was young and they had petrol karts back then Thankyou for the reply. Me and my friends are looking forward to it. Thankyou for the tip and information.

i overtook you again at 13:06

You might be in the latest members video I posted today zooming away from us all haha, I think you won both races with a 37.9 and a 37.4

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming yea, was the footage from this monday or before ?

@@HectorSadlowskiRacing yeah that one is from the 13.03 so the Monday before last

That's a fast time, I did 38.510

Track and tyres were really cold until a lot later in the session where it got a lot grippier.

Not like the same thing but as I’m similar and a lower rank or something, I don’t exactly know what it’s called

We just go when we feel like it sometimes so it could be any night of the week but this is a members 3 for 2 event (so 45 minutes instead of 30) that is run on Monday nights. To join in you need to have I think it's at least the Social level of membership and be 16+.

@@AlphaKoreHDGaming ahh defiantly a different thing then, I’m doing some race once a month on Monday nights with a club from 9-10 pm

Haha, awesome I'll check it out, that race on Saturday was absolute carnage from where we were 🤣

How do you put the Timer in the Video ?

@@marlonneumann4439 It’s something called timecode in Final Cut Pro X

Thanks, I try to keep it as clean as I can!

Haha not quite but lots of fun, thanks for commenting :D

He gave me 1.5 seconds also for me hitting the barrier in this one :(

That is daily races for Y's