For me the hardest thing to master is telling myself to look ahead. No
matter how many times I tell myself, once I hit the throttle the concept
is completely gone. Another I need to master is how to keep the rear end
in a controlled drift. I can never get it 100%. If I can get that down I
think it will help me a lot with my driving confidence as well as my
times.
Herman
#06 SM Corolla
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From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Joe Ciarcia
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 12:27 PM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: The hardest autox skill?
I'm sure this thread title will attract some colorful
responses from this oh so serious crowd <hehe>.
Seriously though, what do you think is the hardest
skill to master in autox?
After reading a post on the i-club board I realized
that the thing I have the most difficulty with is
braking. When I think about it, just about every
mistake that I've been making is related to braking. I
think I'm choosing okay lines, at least I'm not making
any HUGE mistakes about the line I'd ***LIKE*** to
take. Proper braking seems to be an elusive skill for
me though.
How does one practice braking? Seems like a silly
question but seriously, how do I get better at it? I
seem to be in a rut. It would seem as if most people
brake to late, or brake to early however I don't seem
to discriminate between the two (maybe I lean a little
be towards braking too early which probably makes some
sense for my experience level). This past event I
experienced "HOLY CRAP, I didn't know my car could
stop that fast" and... "ummm... yeah, I'm off course
because I really wanted to do a donut, yeah that's
it".
Cheers Joe
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