Tarmac and Sealed surface Rally Driving Experiences

When it comes to tarmac rallying the main thing to note is that it is not normally done on a smooth circuit, so you can't practice going around repeatedly until you've got racing lines right or reached the ultimate limits of grip and speed.

Rallies on tarmac are often on closed public or private roads, with the natural variations that come with them. The main difference with tarmac surfaces is that you have a lot more grip than on gravel. However, that grip is lost much more dramatically if you don't get it right. Wet muddy gravel is a bit more slippery than dry, but wet or muddy tarmac can be truly dangerous and unpredictable if you don't spot it ahead.

There are loads of cases of rally cars going straight on into fields where mud has been thrown onto corners by previous cars.

On a tarmac rally experience day, you'll be unlikely to find yourself on a smooth racing circuit; its more likely that you will be on fairly smooth tarmac or concrete with a bit of loose surface thrown in.

A few of the days mix a rally car ride with a track or race car, so in these cases you probably will be using a race circuit.