A good summary. On 2/3/4, common mistakes I've seen (and probably been guilty of at imes) is doing all the braking in a straight line rather than trail braking into the apex, and an acquaintance was notorious for spinning off on exits because he'd see the exit and stomp the throttle which usually broke the rear loose and... Another common mistake is drivers making their 'apex' too early, compromising their exit and transition to the next corner. Oh, sometimes a vehicle will respond well to varying the throttle and/or brakes during transition and at the apex, to balance under/oversteer, if this is the case, perhaps some chassis tuning may be in order?
A. I feel that my pedals aren't aligned properly since I can never seem to reach the acceleration pedal while braking. B. That Tilton kit in the background is really sexy 🤤
Have you had a look at adjusting one or the other? Position might not be possible with an OEM setup but you can often adjust the height/engagement point of your brake pedal to help get a setup that you are comfortable with. Little things like this can make a big difference to performance but more importantly your confidence behind the wheel too - Taz.
@@hpa101 I'm converting to a DBW system soon so pedal will be different. Once I finish the swap I'll have a look at adjusting the pedals\engagement point. Thanks!
Wow. Random comment, but this shows how good a job the gran turismo developers did lol. Basically all these tips were what was changed and made part 3 "harder" and more accurate, where as in part 1 and 2, you could just brake while gasing and skid through the turns.
It partially depends on the pedal lay-out in the vehicle as some make that very difficult, I have quite big feet, and most vehicles just don't have the physical space to move my left foot to the brake pedal. Some transmissions are also difficult to downshift reliably without the clutch.
*-or-* Find a local track day that will not boo you out of town for owning anything less than a Miata and practice your techniques in a safe place ! These techniques and more can be successfully utilized on nearly any car than can exceed the speed limit !
@@Kortec_Racing Was set to get a couple laps on the ring last year, while over for our daughters wedding before the COVID deal happened and shut everything down. Hope for next summer now I guess...
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A good summary.
On 2/3/4, common mistakes I've seen (and probably been guilty of at imes) is doing all the braking in a straight line rather than trail braking into the apex, and an acquaintance was notorious for spinning off on exits because he'd see the exit and stomp the throttle which usually broke the rear loose and...
Another common mistake is drivers making their 'apex' too early, compromising their exit and transition to the next corner.
Oh, sometimes a vehicle will respond well to varying the throttle and/or brakes during transition and at the apex, to balance under/oversteer, if this is the case, perhaps some chassis tuning may be in order?
Thank you for this series
I have a FWD track car (Celica) which inherently suffers from lift off oversteer making trail braking a no no.
A. I feel that my pedals aren't aligned properly since I can never seem to reach the acceleration pedal while braking.
B. That Tilton kit in the background is really sexy 🤤
Have you had a look at adjusting one or the other? Position might not be possible with an OEM setup but you can often adjust the height/engagement point of your brake pedal to help get a setup that you are comfortable with.
Little things like this can make a big difference to performance but more importantly your confidence behind the wheel too - Taz.
@@hpa101
I'm converting to a DBW system soon so pedal will be different. Once I finish the swap I'll have a look at adjusting the pedals\engagement point.
Thanks!
Yes I’m doing all but over slowing
Wow. Random comment, but this shows how good a job the gran turismo developers did lol. Basically all these tips were what was changed and made part 3 "harder" and more accurate, where as in part 1 and 2, you could just brake while gasing and skid through the turns.
So many hours lost to that game, and I regret nothing haha - Taz.
In rwd getting on the gas a bit early is awesome haha
When intentional 100%, when you have someone behind you that then sails past on the next straight, not so much haha - Taz.
@@hpa101
It also increases wear and tyre temp's - neither of which is usually desirable in competition - it IS fun, though!
What about left foot breaking, much quicker and more control
Yes that's a technique that you should be using, but we wouldn't call not using it a mistake in relation to the goal of this video :) - Taz.
It partially depends on the pedal lay-out in the vehicle as some make that very difficult, I have quite big feet, and most vehicles just don't have the physical space to move my left foot to the brake pedal. Some transmissions are also difficult to downshift reliably without the clutch.
step 1. get a race car first ☹
*-or-* Find a local track day that will not boo you out of town for owning anything less than a Miata and practice your techniques in a safe place ! These techniques and more can be successfully utilized on nearly any car than can exceed the speed limit !
@@TheCanadianBubba i have the best tracks in the world around me, so im good at that part :) spa, nurburgring, zandvoort and zolder, assen.
@@Kortec_Racing Was set to get a couple laps on the ring last year, while over for our daughters wedding before the COVID deal happened and shut everything down. Hope for next summer now I guess...
@@Kortec_Racing PS, an autocross course will have you out there with no other traffic.
@@TheCanadianBubba sad to hear, the ring really is the best track. but also the most idiotic and dangerous place