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Originally Posted by Sieg
The trick is to bait GW into going to ORP and give him a Costco list in advance. 
Fact is his rig is bigger than the Tall Winds Motel in Morrow. 
Since you've driven both tracks and I've ridden ORP both directions and only watched on-board video of The Ridge.........how do they compare with a steering wheel in your hand? |
I think ORP is more technical still than RMP, perhaps even more so going counter-clockwise. I've run two complete days CCW at ORP, and still never felt completely in rhythm all the way around. And there is more "pucker factor" at ORP, like the turn 16-15-14 sequence running CCW, or cresting the hill after the uphill straight going CW. There is more blind stuff, more off-camber, etc. And the half-pipe is a unique experience.
RMP is faster - I get to 130+ on the front straight before hitting the shift light and breathing the throttle for a few hundred feet, and max out in 3rd two other places. It's still pretty technical, and there are parts of it that are very satisfying lap after lap when you get in rhythm, like the 1-2-3 sequence, or the 8a-8b-9-10 sequence. Turns are a bit more "connected" at RMP, where you have to treat them as a sequence and not apex to apex. It also feels wider, and is generally more of a big car "horsepower" track.
Both are a ton of fun, and very different than the wide/fast/flat environment of PIR.