RULE #1:
Do your turning and decelerating while going uphill. (uphill is up the bank of the track)
Do your accelerating if possible mainly downhill, then when going straight or while reducing the amount your turning.
Downhill is your friend lean on and rely on your friend.
Uphill is your enemy USE and control your enemy to defeat it and to store your spoils battling it for accelerating.
RULE #1:
In order of importance your "potential" end maximum speed down the straight is determined by:
1. How long you make the straight.
2. Your speed at the start of acceleration.
3. How much turning you have left to do after the start of acceleration.
The above 3 items are what determines your "potential" speed at the end of the straight.
While driving you can alter the above 3.
RULE #1:
Gearing needs set so you can use up your engine per racing needs either at the end of the straight or earlier.
1. You NEVER change gear to be just as good as who your racing against.
2. You add gear to gain a racing advantage some place before the end of the straight.
3. You take off gear to gain a racing advantage towards the end of the straight.
Everything else are variables which can be adjusted off the track to allow you to improve on track to reduce your time between the end of the straight and the start of acceleration onto the next straight.
RULE #1:
How good you are on the straight is determined by how well you got thru the last turn.
You can only get faster on a straight by improving on:
1. How fast you got thru the last turn,
2. Your trajectory or how your setting and positioned when you start your acceleration.
3. The length you set for the next straight.
IMHO you must relate any and all off track adjustments offered to you to how it will improve what's determined by RULE #1. ...
... gota go find a coffee ...
and yeah .... all the above is proly just incorrect wrong bull which should be ignored because it's all just IMHO and ain't necessarily right anyway. ...