Driving Technique Questions

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I don't understand why nobody will acknowledge the fact that, theoretically, if a tire is already at 100% corning load then there is no room left for braking or accelerating. That's a really basic fact which is the root of this argument. Practical or not, it is a fact, so why has it not been acknowledged?

This argument has gotten ridiculous on both sides. How about we get back to the basics. If a tire is holding 100% corning load at a steady speed and steering input, there's no room for anything else. But if you slow down while maintaining that steering input it will have an effect and the car will probably dig deeper - because you slowed down the tire is no longer at 100% cornering load. If you had maintained 100% cornering load while slowing down, by turning ever sharper as you slow, there would still be no room for any further acceleration in either direction. Pretty simple.
 
I've been practicing alot Left foot braking,getting more sensitive with it(helps that it's been years since I drove a Manual,and I LFB using GT5) ,I'm still not using it most of the time (high speeds I use my right foot )but with time I hope I'l get to use it all the time,my main issue with it ,is that because my Left foot is on standby all the time it really tires .
 
I've learned a lot from this thread... mostly that I'll never be a world class driver!!! I blame my small feet and poorly laid out pedal box!
 

Wolfe, he knows about slip angles, he means beyond that.

This thread makes me facepalm. Mainly because all of you people don't know to what level Speed Junkie understands the physics behind, and is capable of when it comes to driving. The few on here who have met him and seen him drive in person know. He doesn't drive like a gorilla, nor is he talking about driving like one. He's talking about driving at the limit. Not the limit you guys know, the actual limit that even some race car drivers can't always achieve. The kind you rarely see in stuff like Spec Miata. The kind where in a corner the tires are doing everything they are capable of to take the corner, and any acceleration or braking overloads the tires and the car starts to slide off line. Yeah if you're at 85% and you overload the front tires and you brake and the rear slides a bit and the car turns in, that might work, but that doesn't work at 100% (in which case they're usually already sliding, all 4 of them.)
Translation: All of you are obviously arguing with a racecar driver & there's no chance at all the comment above was made with favoritism over legitimacy.
 
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