Who here uses Left-foot braking in real life racing and GT5?

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I was just wondering who else uses Left-foot braking in real life racing or rallying and/or GT5 aswell. I have always been taught to do it and always have, just because my Grandpa was a rally driver and my dad did some rallying as well.
 
Well, in real life I use my left foot to brake, but in the game I use my right thumb (ds3) :sly:
 
Well, in real life I use my left foot to brake, but in the game I use my right thumb (ds3) :sly:

lol.

I left foot brake when I am drifting in real life, left foot brake for everything on the game when I am using the wheel.
 
Since you don't find many cars with automatic transmission in Germany, the technique tought in German driving schools is right foot braking, because you need the left one for the clutch. If you're standing at a red light with a manual transmission car you have to press the brake and the clutch to a different extent. If you release your foot off of the clutch pedal and a gear is put in, the car will stall.

To cut a long story short, I brake/accelerate with my right foot and clutch with my left one in real life.
 
Well you'll fail your drivers license test if you left foot brake during your test (at least that's how it is here), so I had to break the habit for that.

Since then though I've gone back to left foot braking. NZ is full of twisty, winding back roads so it's very useful. Who needs a track membership when you can have plenty of fun while still sticking to the 100k speed limit ;)
 
Does karting count? Left foot braking is pretty much your only option there. :sly:
 
Wait, at this moment I'm reading your guide about 24h. YOU DON'T HAVE A WHEEL?!?:crazy:

Never once in my 4 completed 24h races in GT5 I haven't touched a wheel. Only did one race on my mates wheel back on GT3. Other than that, never used one. Don't like wheels
 
What if you need to hit the clutch an brake at the same time?

If I am hitting the clutch and the brake at the same time I am skidding to a stop lol.

We drift at pretty low speed so it's never been to big a deal. I imagine if I was doing 3rd/4th gear drift on a course I might have a diff answer lol.
 
Since you don't find many cars with automatic transmission in Germany, the technique tought in German driving schools is right foot braking, because you need the left one for the clutch. If you're standing at a red light with a manual transmission car you have to press the brake and the clutch to a different extent. If you release your foot off of the clutch pedal and a gear is put in, the car will stall.

To cut a long story short, I brake/accelerate with my right foot and clutch with my left one in real life.

Yes i know, same with me. But i'm talking about when your driving fast say around a quick corner, and you start understeering so while still on the gas, you lightly use your left foot to change the weight of the car to the front to give the front wheel's more grip, eliminating understeer. Driving normaly you can do whatever you like, i'm strictly talking about racing situations.
 
Well you'll fail your drivers license test if you left foot brake during your test (at least that's how it is here), so I had to break the habit for that.

Since then though I've gone back to left foot braking. NZ is full of twisty, winding back roads so it's very useful. Who needs a track membership when you can have plenty of fun while still sticking to the 100k speed limit ;)

For the driving test you can right foot brake, then just go back to left foot braking. They only test you for not much more then one hour. It's like that over here in Canada aswell. I'm jealous that you're from NZL:guilty: Every time i watch a rally over there I'm in awe of how beautiful and flowy the roads are!
 
Never once in my 4 completed 24h races in GT5 I haven't touched a wheel. Only did one race on my mates wheel back on GT3. Other than that, never used one. Don't like wheels

I wouldn't be able to take it. It would bother me too much. Since i can't drive all the time, i compensate by driving in video games, GT5, Richard Burns Rally etc.. I swear, driving a car to it's limits is the most addictive drug in the world. It literally gets me high.
 
Yes i know, same with me. But i'm talking about when your driving fast say around a quick corner, and you start understeering so while still on the gas, you lightly use your left foot to change the weight of the car to the front to give the front wheel's more grip, eliminating understeer. Driving normaly you can do whatever you like, i'm strictly talking about racing situations.

Racing on GT5, I do with my left and right index finger (DS3). The only real life racing experience I have is karting and there I do it like you explained it if I think about it. But that is more visceral, I never thought about why the kart is behaving this way in particular. Actually, never until now.
 
For the driving test you can right foot brake, then just go back to left foot braking. They only test you for not much more then one hour. It's like that over here in Canada aswell. I'm jealous that you're from NZL:guilty: Every time i watch a rally over there I'm in awe of how beautiful and flowy the roads are!

Yeah the roads are gorgeous here :) I used to do rally racing in my younger years, I've moved onto roads though after moving to the city. The surrounding country roads are amazing but they're all tarmac. Smooth as anything and the rhythm is great, especially in the mountains.

Even going down the main state highway which in most countries is a very boring route has some amazing stretches of road both in view and driving thrill

Plus practically everywhere outside residential is "Open road" which means you can do 100KM/H even through tight winding roads.
People often say New Zealand has the best driving roads in the world, I don't know how true that is but I know from experience they're spectacular. I used to have a 16 kilometer circuit that I essentially used as a race track. Zero traffic and minimal blind corners so you can really open the taps. Not to mention with the corners how they are you rarely get up to the speed limit in a car like mine (97 MR2)
 
Yeah the roads are gorgeous here :) I used to do rally racing in my younger years, I've moved onto roads though after moving to the city. The surrounding country roads are amazing but they're all tarmac. Smooth as anything and the rhythm is great, especially in the mountains.

Even going down the main state highway which in most countries is a very boring route has some amazing stretches of road both in view and driving thrill

Plus practically everywhere outside residential is "Open road" which means you can do 100KM/H even through tight winding roads.
People often say New Zealand has the best driving roads in the world, I don't know how true that is but I know from experience they're spectacular. I used to have a 16 kilometer circuit that I essentially used as a race track. Zero traffic and minimal blind corners so you can really open the taps. Not to mention with the corners how they are you rarely get up to the speed limit in a car like mine (97 MR2)

Jesus Christ. I wish, i want to visit there atleast once, with a decent RWD or 4WD car for some extra fun. And honestly, you guys do have the nicest roads, im not one with the experiance but from what ive heard, read and seen. It does not compare to anything anywhere else. Next on the list would be The Alps with their constant hairpins and twisty roads. Gravel + Twisty + Momentum = HUGE FUN!👍:)
 
Does karting count? Left foot braking is pretty much your only option there. :sly:

No, we are talking about proper cars here :dopey:



Seriously though it is strange... I can break extremely well with my left foot in PC sims and GT5 but in a real car... well.. all of a sudden its a little bit harder.
 
No, we are talking about proper cars here :dopey:



Seriously though it is strange... I can break extremely well with my left foot in PC sims and GT5 but in a real car... well.. all of a sudden its a little bit harder.

Naw, karting counts, your driving a vehicle with 4 wheels powered by an engine while steering with a wheel:tup: In a real car you get G-Force. I feel the cars weight transitioning and you probably don't feel safe so you don't do it. I'm just saying this from when i told my friends to try:ouch: and they got scared and stopped. That's where I saw what happens when you teach a semi-racing technique to a novice everyday commuter:tdown::crazy:
 
Jesus Christ. I wish, i want to visit there atleast once, with a decent RWD or 4WD car for some extra fun. And honestly, you guys do have the nicest roads, im not one with the experiance but from what ive heard, read and seen. It does not compare to anything anywhere else. Next on the list would be The Alps with their constant hairpins and twisty roads. Gravel + Twisty + Momentum = HUGE FUN!👍:)

The best experience I've had in racing was on a back road in an area called "Bream Bay" (my home town)

Open fields and forests as far as you can see. Massive drop off on one side of the road, solid cliff face on the other. Racing through the road in a Nissan Skyline R33 '96 struggling to keep the speed up while not falling off.

To clarify - This isn't illegal. The road in question is open road so the limit was 100km/h and I never exceeded it.
(I have to disclaim that every time because I've been harassed over this before because people don't seem used to the concept of a fun road not having a speed limit of 50)

But I started off in a mini cooper. 1969 traditional white roof red body. Brilliant little car to drive with and because it's so light you practically take off on jumps

But this is just slightly off topic and I'm mostly just gushing
 
I was just wondering who else uses Left-foot braking in real life racing or rallying and/or GT5 aswell...

Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of real life racers on here. There are a few... but I wish there were more.

I use left foot braking to get heat into the pads and rotors while on pace laps. Once we're up to speed and racing, I rarely use left foot braking.

I will get another in-car camera this year, and point it at my feet. Left foot braking, heel-toe/rev matching just happens naturally... I'd like to see it with some picture in picture. It might make for some cool videos.
 
The best experience I've had in racing was on a back road in an area called "Bream Bay" (my home town)

Open fields and forests as far as you can see. Massive drop off on one side of the road, solid cliff face on the other. Racing through the road in a Nissan Skyline R33 '96 struggling to keep the speed up while not falling off.

To clarify - This isn't illegal. The road in question is open road so the limit was 100km/h and I never exceeded it.
(I have to disclaim that every time because I've been harassed over this before because people don't seem used to the concept of a fun road not having a speed limit of 50)

But I started off in a mini cooper. 1969 traditional white roof red body. Brilliant little car to drive with and because it's so light you practically take off on jumps

But this is just slightly off topic and I'm mostly just gushing

Ha! The mini! I love that thing. It's a rally/track racing machine. I remember that's when they would start left foot braking and saying it publicly. If you go on YouTube ad look up timo makinen then you'll find a guy in the 60's in a mini on twisty gravel roads left foot braking. It's cool because that was the best rally car back then!
 
Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of real life racers on here. There are a few... but I wish there were more.

I use left foot braking to get heat into the pads and rotors while on pace laps. Once we're up to speed and racing, I rarely use left foot braking.

I will get another in-car camera this year, and point it at my feet. Left foot braking, heel-toe/rev matching just happens naturally... I'd like to see it with some picture in picture. It might make for some cool videos.

Yea most track racers don't do any lfb because with good tires it won't make too much of a difference and you won't be heating up your brakes and fading them. It's a brake hard, let off go through the corner then on the gas again. Then in rally it's more like a mid corner correction on a slippery surface using left foot braking.
 
When I got my wheel a little while back, I tried using my right foot for both pedels because that's how I drive around town...I haven't gotten behind the wheel of a race car (yet). But after a while, I started using both feet in the game because I have faster reaction time this way.
 
When I got my wheel a little while back, I tried using my right foot for both pedels because that's how I drive around town...I haven't gotten behind the wheel of a race car (yet). But after a while, I started using both feet in the game because I have faster reaction time this way.

That is also another reason why people use it, not necessarily to use both gas and brake at the same time. But to just brake with a smaller time gap the right foot braking. In real life I don't feel very safe using my right foot for the brake. Hat how I learned.
 
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