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Originally Posted by roastbeef
i've flirted with it. like anything, it takes practice. when i mess around on the street, my left foot lacks the same sensitivity. but if you can shave of a tenth of a second per corner on a ten turn course is one second, right?  |
The physical part of pressing on the brake, applying the right pressure smoothly is the easy part. That hardest part is the mental wiring and trust. I can left foot brake if no one is in front or behind me. But if I'm taking or giving a pass or something else is going on then I found left foot braking gets exponentially more difficult.
I think the skill comes in when you can switch to left foot braking without a lot of mental effort.
I saved a .5 second going into a fast sweeper that's down hill on entry and uphill on exit. Its a turn where I need to get on the brakes just to move the balance to the front wheels to get the car turned, don't really need to scrub speed. I just ease off on the throttle but stay in it, brush the brakes with my left foot.
Its not just the dead time getting on and off the brakes but you can more turning done under throttle with the rear wheels. Less steering input, less scrubbing, more speed gained.
I'm talking about driving a 3 pedal car. Not one of those lame a$$ DCTs...
lol