How many here wear reading glass's while racing? Asking because using pratice ttree other noght with readers on and lights where dead consistent. While noramlly after 5 hits I dial in delay and get some good lights. I dialed it in and was 00- 75 to 80% and either total f---up on my part or very good on rest, Never been that cosistent on my phone practice tree. Always blamed game being on phone, hell no way it is old guy doint it.LOL

Just readers and can read better with them just don't try walking. Hell Have been less drunk after 5th of CR.

Wear glass while driving? Difference in lights?

Last couple years I started using light magnification readers for racing. Everything clearer/sharper with them. Gotten in habit of using more often. I use 1.25, 1.50 ((mostly) and 1.75. For actual reading I use 3.25. Have 3 in car and use minimum number that lets me read scoreboard.

I am in later 60s and have too many birthdays per eye doc. Eye degredation is normal with time. I also have pigmentary glaucoma I use drops 2 out of 3 nights for. Doc says I lucky, both eyes very close on correction, 1.50/1.75. Most people have larger diff. He said is so close use the cheaper light readers as script glasses may not be any better. The light mag makes it easier to see tree/gauges/finishline. I got cataracts but other than lighting is not issue yet.

Wore glasses for far away for decades, had cataract surgery and now only have to wear readers. So happy to not wear glasses while racing, so much cooler and no fogging of glasses in car or fighting with the helmet. Don't want to go back to wearing glasses in the car.

Ok mine mild I guess. Wear 1.25 or 1.5 for reading and most of time 1.25 work best. Just amazed how consistent lights were with them on. May have just been good night, gthen been better today wioth them too, Hell I am just getting better with age.LOL

Not the target audience I am sure since I am 41 and retired since 2018. But... i did a **** ton of racing all over the country and canada before I retired.

When I started wearing glasses, I had three pair. One for work that looked like geek glasses that I wore all the time. One pair of rx sun glasses in a wrap around frame. One pair of rx transition lenses in the same wrap around frame. I wore my transition glasses in the race car all day.

Before glasses I sucked on the LED tree and really sucked transitioning to night. Once I started wearing the transition glasses, I sucked a little less during the day and a little less at night.


In all seriousness, once I knew I needed glasses and started wearing them (the transitions) to race, my reaction times stayed much more consistent and I struggled less from day to night.

I never had issues with the old bulbs, but even with glasses I never got back to the same level with LEDs. I still say that if it wasnt for LEDs I would have gone pro! LOL

I wear transition glasses and have for years for racing with good results until recently.

I have been driving different cars with many different combinations and new prescription pair of glasses and my reaction times are suffering. Not sure how much is me, different cars and different set up or glasses or what. The auto darkening transition no line bifocal lenses worked well for me in the past.

I wear contacts most of the time and I am fine on the tree racing during the day with sunglasses on, but man when the sun goes down and the lights come on, I am beyond horrible! I have tried wearing my glasses instead of contacts, I have tried the yellow tinted night shields and glasses, I even tried a pair of really light sunglasses. The glare just kills me as I feel like a deer in headlights when the tree comes on. I have not tried the transition lenses yet, may give that a try. I have seen guys where the blueblocker safety glasses before too, not sure if that would help, but it sucks as almost all races go into the night.

I started using 1.50 readers back a couple years ago when doing pocket practice tree and also at the track it did make lights tighten up

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Originally posted by SR6223 Monza:
I started using 1.50 readers back a couple years ago when doing pocket practice tree and also at the track it did make lights tighten up

with them on


Found same thing amazed me how much more consistent

I wear glasses with lined bi-focal (I’m old). I always have my polarized wraparound sunglasses on during the day even when overcast. But when I get in my car to race, I switch to clear lenses that have AR (anti-reflective) coating. The shield on my helmet is a very light 20% gray tint. I pull it down just far enough to cover the tree prior to pre-staging both day and night. That very very light tint is just enough to remove any glare but still be able to see well even at night. My RT consistency improved dramatically when I switched to that shield on my helmet.

For me, polarized sunglasses were the worst for RT consistency when used racing during the day. They are the very best for my vision condition when off the racing surface.

I think just trusting your choice is the most important. For me it is Brown/dark brown polarized until the sun is about to set, then its back to clear glasses and amber shield. Never been better that this combination for the last 4 years. that said, it will be more then eyes that control reaction times, pulse rate, repetitive training and the ability to relax under stress, more like golf than anything else I can think of.

Jok

More like long range shooting . Which is like golf except for men. I know I have the t-shirt that says so.LOL Plus shooting lot more fun.