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Originally Posted by ddeflyer
This is a conversation that I really should just let drop, but what the hell, I'll keep biting.
First, flat footing either the brake or the gas all the way around the course means to give up a huge portion of your control via weight transfer. I know for me some of my most important steering muscles are in my legs.
Second, the general consensus is that ABS isn't necessarily the fastest way to slow down and it makes your brakes overheat faster.
In terms of how I learn to be a better road course racer/driver:
Time on track (I think I did about 50 days last year).
Asking other people what they are doing.
Having people ride with me to see what I am missing.
Riding with other people to see what I feel they are doing.
Close passing exercises. Actual wheel to wheel racing (now that is drinking from a fire hose).
Looking at my track time videos.
Looking at the data logging from my sessions.
Reading articles about skill development and progression.
Reading articles about car control.
Reading about how the systems on the car work so I can understand what they are doing.
Go Kart racing (great to improve slip angle and counter steering technique in a safe environment).
Autocross.
Observations of what I am doing driving on the street (ie. how can I make a random turn as stable as possible, trying to do the perfect rev match without looking at the gauges but instead my sense of speed and the sound of the engine, etc.)
Probably a whole bunch of other things.
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i respect that but,
right there i can tell your knowledge is vast and a jack of all trades in motor sport im just happy to be a master of gettin more out of my car there is no need to be all McLaren MP4/5 hipster. you rev match cus you like to perfect a age old skill that has no use in today racing. its so easy to be good at operating levers let your magnificent brain concentrate on what the edge of VSA allows. its a fine line to not activate VSA on a fast lap. it takes full concentration. i just leave it in fourth gear cus theere is load of torque any more and you get wheel spin at high steering angle.