% Please bare with me. This may sound like a stupid question, but it will have
% an impact.
% How can I put this? Slot (moi), would like to know what you wear on your
% feet while you're racing. (Oh boy, I can see the jokes coming now). Not
% necessarily while you practice, but in online racing or in serious off line
% racing or going for a hot lap. I care more about the (serious) sims; GPL,
% MGPRS2, stuff like that, that require pedal feel, but would like all racers
% to respond. I used to wear a favorite pair of shoes, myself, but a few
% months back (when switching wheels/pedals) I switched to wearing soft
% moccasins or just socks so the pedal pads could slip under my feet.
That is the key, allowing the foot to slide/slip over the pedals. If
one is wearing something with a "sticky" sole, it is next to impossible
to "feather" the pedals to achieve smooth action.
I wear a pair of "Sperry - Top Sider" moccasins/deck-shoes with well worn
*** soles. The soles are almost totally smooth. This allows the pedals
to slide across the sole, but with the ***, still keep my feet from
sliding off the pedals all together. The shoes never leave the side of
my "cockpit". I make sure that I never wear them somewhere where the
fine patina of dust/dirt on the soles will get washed/rubbed away.
If they get wet, then the *** takes over and they become too sticky on
the pedals.
For me, the extra padding of the sole is better than socks, as I spend
way too much time at the controls....
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
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