I had a horrible experience when I visited. I'm writing to help you get a better one. First of all, I was told that all of their ride-along instructors were professional race car drivers, but there's no way that could have been true for the guy who went with me. He was way too overweight to be a race car driver. And this extra weight completely negated the reason for taking the F430 Scuderia.. I would have been better off with the base 430 and a different ride-along instructor. Second of all, the actual experience is nerve-wracking: While you are driving you have this guy sitting next to you yelling "LEFT LEFT LEFT, BRAKE BRAKE BRAKE, FULL THROTTLE, RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT, FULL THROTTLE, BRAKE!" and all I'm trying to do is avoid other cars and keep the car on the track for the first lap. It's very difficult to decipher what the guy is saying and integrate that with what you think you should be doing. It would be a lot better if the guy would just shut up for the first two laps and let you drive the car - no need to try to get the fastest time immediately. Furthermore the race line should be painted on the track so the instructor doesn't need to keep you on it by yelling at you. I was so confused by it all that my friends told me afterward that I only got 3 laps. I honestly hadn't been keeping track because I was too focused on following commands the whole time. I don't know why I only got 3 laps, maybe the tutor felt I was dangerous (I have no reason to think that - I kept the car under control and avoided other cars well), but he never mentioned anything and certainly didn't say that he was taking me in early. It's my mistake that I didn't take it up with management at the time, but honestly, I didn't enjoy the experience so much that I wasn't in a hurry to get back in the car with that guy. My advice is that you ask your ride-along 'race car driver' to give you the minimum instructions necessary to have FUN until you know the track well enough. and COUNT YOUR LAPS! If you do those things, I think this is a great experience. Also, if you go, be sure to schedule your visit ahead of time. My friends and I showed up without a reservation and the whole thing ended up taking about 4.5 hours... obviously most of the that was just sitting around waiting.
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