Currently 11th in the championship, Synergy Sim Racing’s Tom Freer takes us through his 5 key points for the entertaining 4.088 kilometre precinct before we go racing on Wednesday night!

1: Race Start

Road Atlanta provides us drivers with many challenges on its intriguing and exciting layout, one of those is the importance of getting a clean race start. Race starts at Road Atlanta from previous experience prove to be chaotic, finding your space on the road is clinical to finding your driving rhythm early. By achieving a good race start, you give yourself the opportunity to gain early track Position while also being able to control the tempo of the cars around you on the approach to turns 2 & 3.

2: Turns 1,2,3,4 & the roller coaster.

Undoubtedly one of the most challenging segments of road available on the iRacing service, turns 1 through 3 prove to be critical to achieving lap time at the Road Atlanta Circuit. Achieving a optimal line though turn 1 allows you set up for turns 2 & 3, giving you the ability to find your uphill braking marker early before firing your Supercar across the aggressive turn 3 curbing on the inside. Those who who this well will be the first to find the throttle pedal again after the car lands off the exit of 3, giving the driver the ability to carry momentum through turn 4 before plunging into the “Roller coaster”. Any small mistake through this opening segment of the lap would prove detrimental to lap time, ruining your momentum and optimal line all the way down the the end of the roller coaster section.

3: Pit Entry

Pit entry is easy right? Guess again. Road Atlanta is unique for many of the circuits characteristics one of those being the tight and technical pit entry. After negotiating a lap of road Atlanta you’ll be met with one of the most exciting pit entry’s the iRacing service has to offer. Out of the chicane & under the bridge, drivers will exit to the right of the racing surface and plunge down the hill, through slight esses Aiming towards the pit entry line. There’s plenty of time to be made up on pit entry as drivers will attempt a balancing act between an aggressive approach vs a safe approach. Nailing this pit entry could prove critical to your race and track position.

4: Track Position

Track position is everything at any circuit drivers visit in the Motorsport Australia Logitech G Pro Invitational Cup but at Road Atlanta it’s crucial to getting a big result. Buying yourself track position with a strong qualifying result, or excellent pit strategy gives you the driver the opportunity to control what happens around you, making your moves based off the race that is playing out before your eyes. Without track position, drivers will be in for a long day, battling in the mid field.

5: Fuel Management