"While everyone expects me to either win the race or do well, I'm going to take my time," said Reid. "I'm going to treat it like a normal race weekend and keep my feet firmly on the ground.
"While it's at home, I'm still just going to stick to the game plan and try and enjoy it all.
"I'm really focused on this year. I'm blocking out most other things as that's how I work best."
Reid, named A1GP's most-improved driver last season, believes that having relatively equal cars has made the championship more about the drivers' performance on the track.
"Every driver is going to have to be mentally strong because the racing will be tight and pressure-packed," said Reid.
"Teamwork will be crucial too, as pit stops have become an integral part of race planning."
After sharing the car with ChampCar driver Matt Halliday last season, Reid now has the car to himself.
"Going into each round knowing you're going to drive is great," said Reid.
"I can develop a better relationship with the engineers as they're not changing settings for different drivers."
The New Zealand team has experienced many highs and lows over the last four rounds, including a double win (in the Czech Republic) and parts failures (a gearbox disaster in Malaysia). But despite the rollercoaster season so far, Reid is upbeat.
"To be third this far into the season is very, very pleasing," he said.
"It's better than where we were last year so it's all looking positive. And if we can iron out the small issues, which I'm confident we can, we will do well.
"It's little things like the brake problem in qualifying at Zhuhai (in the last round) that don't help your weekend.
"If we can clear things like that up, we can win races."
Although there has been a change to the Taupo track at the end of the main straight to encourage passing, the track is not known for encouraging racing duels and qualifying well will be high on all the drivers' what-to-do-list.
"Qualifying is crucial in single-seater racing," said Reid.
"These days with the way the aerodynamics work, and car set-ups, it's hard to get past anyone."
Reid was born in 1983 in Auckland and, starting in karts, won his first New Zealand North Island rookie class championship in 1996. In 1997, he won the North Island junior championships.
Continuing his winning ways, he went to Australia and was offered a factory drive but returned to New Zealand in 2001 with much success. He later drove Formula 3 in Japan.
Last year, the NZ team finished second behind Germany. Reid finished third in Taupo in the sprint and feature races last year, and would like to stand atop the podium this time around. Being back in New Zealand, and having raced at Taupo before, Reid's home event is the best chance to claim maximum points and leave NZ leading the championship.
"Taupo can be challenging," said Reid. "There are some corners that it's hard to get close enough to pass, but I'm looking forward to checking out the change they've made to end of the back straight."
