Steering Is Required: The Importance of Steering Data In the last couple of articles I wrote about different ways to analyze throttle and brake data so it only makes sense to move on to the last driver control — steering. Steering data can definitely tell a lot about how the driver is driving the car […]
I want to Increase My Speed: Why Am I Driving Slower? In terms of how to drive faster, grip is important. As we all know, the grip level of tracks changes all the time. Sometimes it gets better after more and more rubber is laid down over the race weekend. But the grip level of […]
Why Racecar Brakes are Difficult to Master I don’t know about everyone else reading this, but when I went through my first racing school, there was a lot of focus on race car braking much later than I thought was possible. This is because race cars brake really well and with only street driving under […]
With the winter months upon us now, a lot of racers turn to driving on their simulator to scratch that racing itch. This is great as long as the simulator is used in a manner that helps them and doesn’t enforce bad habits. One phrase that I picked up over this past year was: “A simulator is a great place to practice bad habits.” Here are some of the bad habits that I have seen driver’s reinforce when using a simulator.
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