rec.autos.simulators

Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in
real life.

Thanks
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Derek

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Derek

    You - keep practicing.

I don't have those pedals but I'd say it's more likely you not
being used to it.

I left foot brake in my car due to it being a manual, if I was
used to an auto, maybe things would have been different.

Cheers,
Rod.

Is it a typo about left foot braking on manual or are the pedals are placed
unusually (gas on the left?) in the country where you live?

Alex.

When I was taught in an auto I was told never to gas with the
right and brake with the left but to do it all with the right
foot. My left foot was planted firmly against the firewall at
all times.

Since I've been driving manuals for at least the last 10 years,
having my left foot engaging a clutch made it pretty easy
to start left foot braking.

Since I got my G25, however, I'm back to left foot braking and
heel toe'ing. I'm a bit slower than when I left foot braked but
the experience is a lot more satisfying, especially in GTL.

Cheers,
Rod.

Most people dotn know why we're usually taught how to drive an automatic,
AND only to use one foot (usually the right) is because you have timid
little mary and or johny, that is 15 and have just hardly stoped the dribble
down thier chin, we're now gonna teach em to drive.  So we Teach with the
lowest common denominator, "just concentrate on using one foot to drive..."
Oh your thinking Bullshit...  well, Does this sound familiar? "NO!  Your
other LEFT!!!"

This keeps us from being killed as ***s in the Driver's Ed car, but damn
near kills everyone else next semester, since now becausethe freaking kids
are on cellphone too busy to friggin drive...  All because everything is set
so even the biggest dummy can learn and pass.  LOL.

DerekBaker enlightened us with:

I can't comment on the particular ergonomics of this wheel, as I've never
used it, but I think you're missing a trick here: of course you need to be
"in position" to benifit from not actually having to move your foot over to
the brakes, but you don't have to leave it there all the tine.
My technique for left foot braking is to leave my heel in position, but
rotate my foot away from the brake pedal and rest it on the base of the
pedals when I'm not going to be braking again in the next few seconds. Then
before my next brakemarker comes up I simply rotate imy foot back to
position it on the brake.

Jan.
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They are all left brake setup - you "can't" use the right foot to brake a
Kart.

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Alex.

I was always thinking that it was done so that people don't have to re-
learn from right-foot braking to left-foot braking and back. I admit I've
never been taught how to drive automatic, but I've tried on my own and
quickly figured out that you use right foot to brake and left foot to smash
on the brakes right after taking off from the traffic lights :) What fool
came up with an idea of making the brake pedal so huge?

Alex.

Cheers,
Rod.

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Derek