Do you do left-foot braking?
Yup,.. mostly beacuse breaking with a set of pedals that arent actually
attachd to a car is a pain in the ass... I tried right foot breaking for a
while when playing online, your reaction time is to slow, and you have a
tendency to "push" the whole pedal mounts around on the floor. If they were
bolted to the floor somehow, it might be better,...
If i had pedals with a clutch, Im sure i would start right foot braking
again though,...
>I always do, it really doesn't matter for some turns but I raced a
>Bristol race tonight and really noticed how much I was doing it. I
>keep both feet up on the pedals at places Bristol and Dover and start
>to get a little brake as I come out of the throttle, about 75%. It
>makes a much smoother weight transfer as the car hunkers down on the
>front spring going into the turns. Split-axis pedals made a world of
>difference for me - anyone without should speak to Santa quick!
I also race in socks, in case you were going to ask.
I also have hardwood Rimu T+G floor and even with the *** feet my pedals
slide around all over the place.
Since I leave my pedals under the desk when I'm not racing I've hammered in
a couple of 1" panel pins (small nails) into the grooves between boards and
these fit perfectly into the sculptured back of my TM Modena pedal base. The
pedals no longer slide backwards out of reach and since they are in the
joints when I remove them they won't leave too much of a hole.
Caveat: I wouldn't let the wife/gf see you doing, she may not see the
benefit as you do.
PrimaryMan
> >>Do you do left-foot braking?
> >I always do, it really doesn't matter for some turns but I raced a
> >Bristol race tonight and really noticed how much I was doing it. I
> >keep both feet up on the pedals at places Bristol and Dover and start
> >to get a little brake as I come out of the throttle, about 75%. It
> >makes a much smoother weight transfer as the car hunkers down on the
> >front spring going into the turns. Split-axis pedals made a world of
> >difference for me - anyone without should speak to Santa quick!
> I always brake with my left foot, only because I find that moving my
> foot from gas to brake and back starts sliding the whole pedal
> assemblage around on the floor (hardwood), whereas using two feet
> keeps it in place.
> I also race in socks, in case you were going to ask.
Jan.
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Yes, always. Of course, I don't drive in real life, so I haven't been
conditioed to a standard three-pedal-and-clutch setup. So for me, left
foot on the brake and right on the accelerator is the only natural way.
(if the MSFF didn't have split axis things might be different.)
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I do left hand braking :-)
Ian
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> Do you do left-foot braking?
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Fester
I do in both my real car and my Eagle.... Of course I have an automatic
gearbox in my car, but still use my left when braking in a "normal" car, if
I don+t have to change gear.
Joakim
> I do in both my real car and my Eagle.... Of course I have an automatic
> gearbox in my car, but still use my left when braking in a "normal" car, if
> I don+t have to change gear.
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> > > Do you do left-foot braking?
> > I do in both my real car and my Eagle.... Of course I have an automatic
> > gearbox in my car, but still use my left when braking in a "normal" car,
if
> > I don+t have to change gear.
> wehey! I've tried it a few times, but it's difficult, very
> difficult. Tried to left-foot brake when I drove Route 1 in a Mustang
> automatic last year. Combined with having the gear lever on 2 it
> worked pretty well to take those corners close to speed limit. :)
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> Olav K. Malmin
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While still on the topic, I take myself in double clutching and heel
and toe almost every time i shift down now. Too bad the silly Golf
has such boring engine, so pedestrians doesn't get to hear the
throttle burp :) But I don't think the next step which is shifting
without the clutch is something I want to do :)
> > > > Do you do left-foot braking?
> > > I do in both my real car and my Eagle.... Of course I have an automatic
> > > gearbox in my car, but still use my left when braking in a "normal" car,
> if
> > > I don+t have to change gear.
> > wehey! I've tried it a few times, but it's difficult, very
> > difficult. Tried to left-foot brake when I drove Route 1 in a Mustang
> > automatic last year. Combined with having the gear lever on 2 it
> > worked pretty well to take those corners close to speed limit. :)
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> > Olav K. Malmin
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Sims: yes. Much quicker changeover, avoids sliding
the pedals all over the place, allows smoother
transition (using single-axis pedals).
Karts: yes. Not much choice ;-)
R/C race car: left *thumb* braking, as again there's
not much choice (can't get my head round pushing a
trigger to brake :-)
Jonny