Basic to advance steering technique

 handlingThere are many ways to manage the steering wheel of a car, including:

  • Palming wheel
  • Hand-over-hand
  • Shuffle steering

While no technique is perfect, shuffle steering is the most flexible and useful of the above three, and it is quite easy to master! When you switch to shuffle steering the quality of your driving will noticeably improve, and your more attentive passengers will comment about the car’s smooth and uniform feel that is devoid of annoying little jerky movements while turning. In particular, note that most highway turns are arcs of constant radius, so if you select the correct steering input when you enter, no further adjustment is required until your exit. Continue Reading »

Heel and Toe down-shift technique

heeltoeRemember the scene in the movie, the ‘nice guy’ drive the car and be chasing by the ‘bad guy’, ‘nice guy’ make a sudden move, right foot slam on the brake paddle and the throttle paddle in the same time, and drift in to the corner, look really cool huh~?

So what is this special move? It is one of the advance driving technique call “Heel & Toe“, but it has been perform wrongly in the movie, let us explain what is Heel & Toe. Continue Reading »

Left foot braking technique

left-foot-brakingLeft foot braking is the technique of using the left foot to operate the brake pedal in an automobile, leaving the right foot dedicated to the throttle pedal. It contrasts with the normal practice of the left foot operating the clutch pedal, and the right foot operating the brake and accelerator pedals. At its most basic purpose, left foot braking can be used to decrease the time spent between the right foot moving between the brake and throttle pedals, and can also be used to control load transfer. Continue Reading »

Trail braking technique

trail-brakingThe trail braking technique is an advanced braking technique that racing drivers use to go faster through corners. Instead of completing the braking sequence before the corner, you brake later and combine the last bit of braking with the turning-in part.

In essence, it means continuing to brake after having turned in for a corner. The further you progress into the corner, the more you turn the steering wheel and the more pressure you release from the brake pedal. Typically, the procedure goes like this: Continue Reading »