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Remember that there are no SNAIL League racing next weekend September 6. So, for those who have to have your race fix, we came up with a 90 minute endurance race. To sign up see details in the September 6 Labor Day Weekend Endurance Race thread. We have currently two full rooms plus one reserve (33 drivers signed up). There might be some withdrawals, but if we keep the numbers over +33 we can have three rooms. So, if you signed up before and can't make it anymore - please go to the thread and withdraw. If you want to sign up, go to the thread and sign up.

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I'm gonna be hosting a room for the Labor Day Endurance race if anyone wants to join we can practice. :gtpflag:

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D2 data is in. It was a fun and eventful night with good tight and close racing all round. The field was well balanced with 8 drivers making it to the podium and going in to the last race we had a number of drivers in with a realistic chance of achieving the overall win.

In the end it was @Ricky_Blayz (aka RayzaBlayz) who managed to gather most points for the night. Congrats to him for his 1st SNAIL Sunday night win!

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I have a rug where the wheel will be going too, so I think the rug will hold the wheel and pedals still. I might need one of those under rug mats to stop the rug from sliding though. If I move the rug, I will try those rubber pads. My setup has 2 aluminum beams along the floor, so I could stick 20 of those rubber pads on there, haha.
 
Lol it's good to know they exist if you need them. I had a rug for awhile too but it got permanently stained so I got rid of it and needed a solution for the sliding.
 
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That guy needs to cut his fingernails. :lol:

On a different note, I want to start racing again. I don't see anything about how a former member returns to active status. I tried PCars on PC for a while but it's just not the same as racing with you guys. :gtpflag:
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New room up if anybody wants to join and practice for that endurance race, run some 5, 6 lap races too. Room number 1472-6399-8537-0918-3858
 
For upshifting, I do most of what that first video does, except for 3 to 4, I just tug back with my index, middle, and ring finger, very little pressure. For 5 to 6, I do the same, but keep the meat of my thumb on the side with a bit of pressure to make sure it slides straight back. The way he does 3 to 4, and 5 to 6, has you twisting your arm around backwards, not ideal for the track if you ask me, especially with quick shifts.

I had never tried to heel and toe before my track days. I practiced a few times the day before going to the track, but I found it was much easier on the track, because you are using more of the pedal. On the street, you're not on the brakes as hard as on the track, so you have to push your heel down on the throttle more, where when you're on the brakes harder on the track, your heel is deeper already, makes it easier to blip. This may be different from one car to another, but on the track, I found it quite easy to heel toe.

Videos will give you an explanation, but applying it is different. Be light on your feet, be smooth. Everything gets so much easier when you are smooth. Smoothness leads to a car that's better balanced.
 
I was told to practice Heel & Toe on regular driving- but I agree that most normal driving with any form of traffic it is impractical to be safe and practicing.

Know if you were the only car on the road and no one would ever see you it is possible but not really easy to find those areas. Mind you it can be done but you need to be very wary and cognizant of all the issues going into it.

Practicing at the track or autocross probably the best and safest choice.

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I taught my myself on the street. I've not yet taken a car to a track. With that said... my first thought of the whole thing was precisely what @Falango described. Due to lack of brake travel, it's a bit cumbersome. Getting off the highway is really the best opportunity to give it a while. I've since learned to do it at anytime, but yeah... practice...
 
That is pretty much the only place to practice it, and only if there is no one in front of you. Missing a downshift or heel toe can extend your actual braking distance by a very long ways while you recover. I noticed immediately after leaving the track, that doing some heel toe downshifts on the street was much tougher and was easier to just completely miss the blip.
 

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