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How to read pace notes
Rally co-drivers describe each corner in a few words, before the driver can see it. Turini uses the same language, read out about 4.5 seconds before each corner. Here is all of it.
Direction, then a number
Every corner is called as which way it goes and how sharp it is, on a scale from 1 to 6. 1 is the tightest, 6 is nearly straight. The colour is the one Turini uses on screen.
Don’t want numbers? Simple mode says Easy, Medium or Hard instead, shown on the right. You can switch any time, and flip the scale if you learned it the other way round (6 tightest).
Two corners with names
Hairpin leftTurns back on itself, nearly a U-turn. Walking pace.Square rightA sharp 90° corner, like turning at a village junction.What the corner does next
A word after the number says how the corner changes.
Left 3 tightensGets sharper on the way round. Brake early.Right 4 opensGets wider. You can feed the power in.Left 5 longGoes on longer than you’d think. Very long is longer still.Right 3 over crestThe road drops away on the exit: you can’t see the rest.Left 4 in dipThe corner sits in a dip.Corners that come close together
Left 4 into Right 3The second corner comes straight after the first. No straight in between.Left 3, 100, Right 4About 100 metres of straight before the next corner.Hairpin right over bridgeA bridge in the middle of the corner.What’s on the road
Things you’d want to know before you get there, said in the same breath as the corner:
Crest, Big crestThe road goes over a rise. You can’t see what’s behind it.Dip, BumpA dip or a bump in the road.Gravel, CobblesThe surface changes.Bridge, Tunnel, NarrowsThe road gets narrower or darker.Roundabout, second exitWhich exit to take, on a route.CameraA speed camera, in countries where that’s legal.Your first drive
Start in Simple mode on a road you know. After a few corners you’ll start to hear the difference between a 3 and a 4. Once it feels natural, try the 1–6 scale. It tells you more.
Always drive within the law, the conditions and what you can see. Turini tells you what the map says; the road is what counts.
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