Skip Barber - Going Faster
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Movie Reviews of Skip Barber - Going Faster
Movie Review: Good, but Vintage
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good clear DVD that helps you learn or brush up on track and racing techniques, however it is a little old. The Video could have gone into a little more detail about the heel-toe downshift. Otherwise this was an all around good Video.Movie Review: Fast Response
Summary: 4 Stars
Skip Barber - Going Faster was an immediate success demonstrated by it's immediate review by the recipient - in isolation!Movie Review: basic stuff, good for newbie's
Summary: 4 Stars
this dvd is actually a rehash of some old 80's video, the picture quality and sound quality is not very good, but the actual content material is quite good. of course its useful for total beginners only.Movie Review: Good, but unfortunately very dated...
Summary: 3 Stars
You will notice that the release date on this DVD is a misleading December of 2004 - which sounded very current to me, unfortunately once I bought it I realized that in reality it had a copyright date of 1987 at the end of watching it. No wonder I saw a Dodge Daytona in there! You see, this "2004 DVD" release is really a re-release of a Video Tape from 1987.
If you can get past that fact and you are into on-track road racing - you will find it quite good. It covers all the fundamentals of car control thoroughly as expected. There's also plenty of in-car instruction which is always good too.
I personally am mainly into solo club racing (auto-crossing) in parking lots with lots of cones - for which this video was not as helpful. But, if you're into on-track road racing techniques and long for 1980s quality video on DVD - you'll love it! It is rather unfortunate that it is so dated, because I have all the books and really wanted a high quality and state of the art DVD - which this is not. If you do not have all the books - get those first and hopefully a "current millennium" quality DVD will be available soon. As a throwback video I would give it five stars, but by today's standards I can only give it three.
Movie Review: Great but not the greatest
Summary: 3 Stars
I had originally bought the Going Faster book and then bought the dvd. After reading the book and I was pretty disappointed at the content of dvd.
Pros:
- Certain techniques, such and double clutching and downshifting without the clutch were tremendously easier to learn by watching it rather than reading it in the book.
Cons:
- Don't get this dvd if you want to learn more about cars or tuning. Aspects of the car like toe in/out, camber angle, shock absorbers, caster angles, etc. are not covered
- Not as technical as the book. Most people would consider this a good thing but in my opinion the more info you have the faster you can go.
- The video seems like something created for a PBS special in the 80's. That's not completely negative but I would have liked to seen a more modern day video
Overall, I think the dvd is best for beginner and those who are just starting out. Don't bother with it if you already know some stuff about racing and cars. I would also suggest you get the book if you do plan on getting this dvd.