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      05-31-2016, 03:12 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by bigjae1976 View Post
The best time to learn is in the rain. Especially when its cold and rainy. It forces you to anticipate what the car is doing. Wet driving is far more stressful and demanding despite being a lot slower.
Yes and no (IMO), though I hear this a lot. I find rain learning helpful, though not necessarily the best learning for a few reasons.
a) Can't really learn the line (typically), because you need to run the rain line
b) Have to be much more careful blending inputs because grip is so much lower (i.e. can't practice much trail braking)
c) I see majority of offs (or much higher frequency of offs) in rain because people found the limits and breached them.
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