do's and don'ts of RWD in the FRS

[paulca]

Controversially - and one more time - you do not need to heel and toe to downshift smoothly in a corner or entering a corner. If you find you are getting a lurch lifting the clutch, you are not using the clutch correctly. Lifting it to the slip point will take care of the revs and you can ease it out when they match. It is much easier to learn and much less prone to mistakes.

Heel and toe is only really required in race cars and when you are teetering on the absolute limits and want to absolutely maximize your speed, time and performance. You will also have a much lighter flywheel, no throttle release delay and a much sharper, less robust, and probably more expensive racing clutch.

Still I get that it's cool, sounds cool, feels cool etc. But its not required to drive quickly.

[Sarlacc]

^^^^

[diBreezy]

This is going to sound a little nuts but I am willing to stand by my point and would encourage others to try this as well...

I have never had anyone to teach me how to drive a car in my entire life, other than when Iw as 16 of course. But I mean really, drive a car. So where did I learn? A video game. A damn video game taught me how to drive a car and has saved me from getting into multiple car accidents.

I played Forza and I played the hell out of it. Changing from FWD to RWD to AWD cars. It is a "simulation" racing game. In creating it, the goal of the team was to make it as close to real life as possible.

A little example....
Two years ago I was driving home late at night. I had about a 3 hour drive. I was driving down the back roads so no street lamps, no cars, just endless rows of corn. I looked down at my phone to change the song. I was looking down too long apparently because I drifted across the yellow line and actually on to the opposite gravel shoulder. My reaction was not a good one, I gunned it and turned to the wheel all the way to the right... My car goes into an uncontrolled slide. I had never been in this situation in real life before. I was probably going 70mph, sideways, in the middle of winter, in the pitch black, on a deserted road. Not a good situation to be in. I believe that video game could have saved my life that night. Because all of a sudden I was breaking and steering and accelerating and doing things and I had no idea why I was doing them. I remember looking at my hands while all this was happening and thinking, "WTF, why is this working? Where did this come from?"

After I got the car straightened out I drive to a convenience store to work over what had just happened in my head and to calm down. As I went through the steps I took I realized they lined up exactly to the the steps I took on my Xbox controller. The experience I had in Forza showed me what to do in that situation.


Now NOTHING is better than actually getting behind the wheel of your car and going for a run with it. But, if you don't have that opportunity there are some alternatives. A video game will never be as good as the real thing, but I am throughly convinced the knowledge I gained from one saved my life.

A video game probably won't help you much at all for DD. But for those spirited driving situations where you maybe drive the car a little to fast, if something goes wrong it could save you a few thousand dollars because you actually have some basis for how to steer a car that is nearly out of control.

[Hot Lava]

Don't let Jesus drive.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Hot Lava

Don't let Jesus drive.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Hot Lava

Don't let Jesus drive.

Why not?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Why not?

Does anyone know what Jesus' middle name is? Henry? Herbert?

[CokeSlap]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Does anyone know what Jesus' middle name is? Henry? Herbert?

Jesus Holdmabeer Christ.