Epic video, thanks for the explanation. Yeah, slaloms can definitely break you easily.

I always thought backsiding cones was just advice for newbies to avoid "falling behind" the cones, and mid-apexing was actually the ideal line. But with this explanation, it makes sense that backsiding cones will give you a better exit onto any straightaway after the slalom.

Great job explaining the slalom! I can't wait to practice this at the next local autocross!

Thanks for putting this series up. I have my first event on the 28th and this is super helpful.

Love the series!

Excellent video. I just started autocrossing and your videos are extremely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make these!

great video, subscribed!

Hey. Thanks for the great videos. What program or hardware did you use for the tracking and showing the blue and red dot racing each other?

Super helpful video! So glad I subbed

Great videos! Please make more.

this channel would be so popular wished you made more videos

Shouldn't this calculation have been 5.8 instead of 5.5 for the width? Or is the calculation subtracting something from the cars real width?

Sorry to ask, but english is not my native language, could any of you explain what does the vid mean when they say backsiding the car... BTW really nice and helpful video.

Great video, Jeremy. I have to ask, is that time from the "Slalom Formula" the time it takes to travel from one cone to the next? I ask because of you mentioning 1 foot too wide on each cone.

Jeremy I would like to ask how do you suppress the instability built up over the slalom? To be more precise, how to suppress the increase of body roll after clearing each cone. I tried to hold the car close to theory max speed though the slalom, but before long the instability built up to a point I can no longer hold the line to effectively clear the slalom (worst case, I end up spun out). Right now I have to either let go of the gas and tap on the brake to shift the weight of the car to force the car to hold the line in later section of the slalom or achieving the same effect by manipulating the accelerator paddle. I suppose I can achieve better time by going fancy to use left foot braking. But all three technique require delicate foot work and prone to huge penalty if I screw up. (I feel it harder to correct the line in a slalom compare to regular turn). Is there a less demanding way to suppress the instability (less possible screw up)? I am not sure if you experience this problem on sport car or tuned suspension. But I think the soft spring and low damping on the stock suspension is making the problem more apparent. I prefer to improve personal skill and squeeze all the potential of the car at current state before resort to tuning.

I used to be good at Slaloms, then I went from 122 horsepower to 425 and now I suck at them ha ha.

Hello...what App or camera are you using to compare the two drivers? Thanks

6:45 *Perfect Practice Makes Perfect.

how do you find the amount of g's your car can handle

WTF is "Backsiding" a cone?

Oh no, not the oranges!!!

Sorry, but your "genius" autoxers didn't quite get it right. ... it should be T ~ sqrt(d/g) * 2/sqrt(G=32.15) ~ 0.3527 * sqrt(d/g) instead of T ~ sqrt(d/g) * pi/8 ~ 0.3927 * sqrt(d/g) The functional form is the same, so nothing important really changes, it just was oddly wrong.

Good video. I take issue with "hello race car drivers". May I suggest "hello autocrossers"? Regardless, we probably can agree that "hello street car drivers" doesn't sound as cool.

No oranges were hurt in the making of this video....WRONG. Hopefully noodle arm has gotten to the Gum and can turn that wheel like he means it. Them oranges paid the ultimate price for ganglyness and social ackwardness...gonna go backside some cones. Hope they don't mind..lol..