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Mods - didn't know where to put this - doesn't really suit Sim Hardware or Rumblestrip.....

I feel a bit of a nerd (especially as I'm not a fast driver!) but today I bought a pair of Puma Drift Cat 7 "motorsport" shoes for playing GTS!!
Naff? Probably :lol:

In my defence, and my excuse to my wife, I have been playing for 3 months now, in bare feet, and after longer sessions it is pretty uncomfortable. I tried normal trainers but the soles were thick and I couldn't "feel" the pedals. Sounds weird but I like to have some kind of feeling of the pedals (hard to explain). I tried flip-flops, same thing but worse as your feet move around in them. Tried socks on their own but foot kept slipping off.

Just done a Gr.1 race at Tokyo in Campaign / Pro and it's too early to tell whether I'll use them all the time or go back to bare feet!

Do any of you have special game / racing wear? I hope nobody says they wear a crash helmet :lol:
 
seadog777
Mods - didn't know where to put this - doesn't really suit Sim Hardware or Rumblestrip.....

I feel a bit of a nerd (especially as I'm not a fast driver!) but today I bought a pair of Puma Drift Cat 7 "motorsport" shoes for playing GTS!!
Naff? Probably :lol:

In my defence, and my excuse to my wife, I have been playing for 3 months now, in bare feet, and after longer sessions it is pretty uncomfortable. I tried normal trainers but the soles were thick and I couldn't "feel" the pedals. Sounds weird but I like to have some kind of feeling of the pedals (hard to explain). I tried flip-flops, same thing but worse as your feet move around in them. Tried socks on their own but foot kept slipping off.

Just done a Gr.1 race at Tokyo in Campaign / Pro and it's too early to tell whether I'll use them all the time or go back to bare feet!

Do any of you have special game / racing wear? I hope nobody says they wear a crash helmet :lol:
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Special? Old 661 mtb gloves.
 
seadog777
Mods - didn't know where to put this - doesn't really suit Sim Hardware or Rumblestrip.....

I feel a bit of a nerd (especially as I'm not a fast driver!) but today I bought a pair of Puma Drift Cat 7 "motorsport" shoes for playing GTS!!
Naff? Probably :lol:

In my defence, and my excuse to my wife, I have been playing for 3 months now, in bare feet, and after longer sessions it is pretty uncomfortable. I tried normal trainers but the soles were thick and I couldn't "feel" the pedals. Sounds weird but I like to have some kind of feeling of the pedals (hard to explain). I tried flip-flops, same thing but worse as your feet move around in them. Tried socks on their own but foot kept slipping off.

Just done a Gr.1 race at Tokyo in Campaign / Pro and it's too early to tell whether I'll use them all the time or go back to bare feet!

Do any of you have special game / racing wear? I hope nobody says they wear a crash helmet :lol:
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When I play I use slippers and they get my a tick of approval, so try them and see :).
 
seadog777
Mods - didn't know where to put this - doesn't really suit Sim Hardware or Rumblestrip.....

I feel a bit of a nerd (especially as I'm not a fast driver!) but today I bought a pair of Puma Drift Cat 7 "motorsport" shoes for playing GTS!!
Naff? Probably :lol:

In my defence, and my excuse to my wife, I have been playing for 3 months now, in bare feet, and after longer sessions it is pretty uncomfortable. I tried normal trainers but the soles were thick and I couldn't "feel" the pedals. Sounds weird but I like to have some kind of feeling of the pedals (hard to explain). I tried flip-flops, same thing but worse as your feet move around in them. Tried socks on their own but foot kept slipping off.

Just done a Gr.1 race at Tokyo in Campaign / Pro and it's too early to tell whether I'll use them all the time or go back to bare feet!

Do any of you have special game / racing wear? I hope nobody says they wear a crash helmet :lol:
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Crash helmet?? While playing GT?? Don’t be absurd now.

I wear racing goggles.
 
Thanks for the replies, I won't quote individually (too much effort!). Slippers.... now why didn't I think of that, probably ideal! But those linked by Ayby are quite a lot more expensive than the Pumas!!

Do any of you wear gloves? When i look at videos of GTS championships, a lot of players wear gloves. I tried a pair of cheap cotton ones, with dimpled palms, from the local go-kart track and they're too hot - what's the idea of gloves??
 
seadog777
Thanks for the replies, I won't quote individually (too much effort!). Slippers.... now why didn't I think of that, probably ideal! But those linked by Ayby are quite a lot more expensive than the Pumas!!

Do any of you wear gloves? When i look at videos of GTS championships, a lot of players wear gloves. I tried a pair of cheap cotton ones, with dimpled palms, from the local go-kart track and they're too hot - what's the idea of gloves??
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They wear gloves because of sweating and hands getting slippy on the wheel.
 
seadog777
Mods - didn't know where to put this - doesn't really suit Sim Hardware or Rumblestrip.....

I feel a bit of a nerd (especially as I'm not a fast driver!) but today I bought a pair of Puma Drift Cat 7 "motorsport" shoes for playing GTS!!
Naff? Probably :lol:

In my defence, and my excuse to my wife, I have been playing for 3 months now, in bare feet, and after longer sessions it is pretty uncomfortable. I tried normal trainers but the soles were thick and I couldn't "feel" the pedals. Sounds weird but I like to have some kind of feeling of the pedals (hard to explain). I tried flip-flops, same thing but worse as your feet move around in them. Tried socks on their own but foot kept slipping off.

Just done a Gr.1 race at Tokyo in Campaign / Pro and it's too early to tell whether I'll use them all the time or go back to bare feet!

Do any of you have special game / racing wear? I hope nobody says they wear a crash helmet :lol:
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I have my 'racing' slippers.
 
Dairyworker
I wear a nice pair of thick cotton work socks. They do slide on the pedals but i like it that way. Tried bare feet and found they would "stick" to the bare metal, my slippers also gave me no feel cuse they were to thick.
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Aha! You have the "feel" thing too! A bit weird because I don't care two hoots when driving a real car - I could be wearing hiking boots! - but doing this, different, odd!
 
seadog777
Oh, I see.... my palms get sweaty but so far the wheel's grip has been fine. However they would also serve to protect the wheel from sweat (Eeewww!!)
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Depending on your wheel, alcantara rims help with this quite a bit, even if it does wear.


seadog777
Slippers look like a popular choice!
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Yep, cheap and they do the job (my youngest daughter buys me a new pair each year, as they do get a lot of wear).
 
seadog777
Aha! You have the "feel" thing too! A bit weird because I don't care two hoots when driving a real car - I could be wearing hiking boots! - but doing this, different, odd!
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Ah the slippers you have to get need to have nice thin soles.

I do however like the same when driving in reality, even have a favorite pair of summer driving shoes with very, very thin and flexible soles.
 
Scaff
Depending on your wheel, alcantara rims help with this quite a bit, even if it does wear.

Yep, cheap and they do the job (my youngest daughter buys me a new pair each year, as they do get a lot of wear).
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I have a ™ T300RS so I think it's just plastic, but it does have very fine dimples on it which seem to work well.

That's sweet! 👍
 
Scaff
Ah the slippers you have to get need to have nice thin soles.

I do however like the same when driving in reality, even have a favorite pair of summer driving shoes with very, very thin and flexible soles.
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I probably drive a much slower car than you! :)
 
I drive slow cars and always have tbh in real life, but i also like thin soled shoes for driving. I wear steeled toe boots for close to 20 years for work and i still hate driving in them when i need to. I actually drive bare foot even in the summer sometimes
 
Dairyworker
I drive slow cars and always have tbh in real life, but i also like thin soled shoes for driving. I wear steeled toe boots for close to 20 years for work and i still hate driving in them when i need to. I actually drive bare foot even in the summer sometimes
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You're right - I have tried driving in "safety boots" and it's not nice. But, it still feels different in GTS - not sure why!
 
MANY years ago I was playing the first TOCA game on PS1 on a small portable tv in the spare room of the new marital home. Had a small pair of Walkman style headphones on for sound. Glancing around the room my eyes fell on a crash helmet in the corner of the room from some banger racing exploits. The inevitable happened, just as an experiment you understand. Did a few laps then heard the front door opening as my wife returned home. Panicking and not wanting to be found playing with a crash helmet on I quickly pulled it off, completely forgetting that I still had the headphones on under the lid and nearly ripped my ears off! Painful but still, it made for a passable anecdote for a first post on a forum years later!
 
Taxrik
MANY years ago I was playing the first TOCA game on PS1 on a small portable tv in the spare room of the new marital home. Had a small pair of Walkman style headphones on for sound. Glancing around the room my eyes fell on a crash helmet in the corner of the room from some banger racing exploits. The inevitable happened, just as an experiment you understand. Did a few laps then heard the front door opening as my wife returned home. Panicking and not wanting to be found playing with a crash helmet on I quickly pulled it off, completely forgetting that I still had the headphones on under the lid and nearly ripped my ears off! Painful but still, it made for a passable anecdote for a first post on a forum years later!
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OMG.... you cannot be serious! :lol: Priceless!

Ayby
Yes, they're expensive. But so far these quality felt slippers have lasted me 3 times longer than any other (cheap) slipper I had before. With ZERO smell.
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Zero smell worth the extra alone! They look cool....
 
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Ayby
Yes, they're expensive. But so far these quality felt slippers have lasted me 3 times longer than any other (cheap) slipper I had before. With ZERO smell.
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I wear gloves but they have to be disposable or machine washable. As far as I know racing gloves aren't washable.

I'm no clean freak or anything but it's really nasty when you can start to smell your gloves when racing. :yuck:
 
Socks is all i need, although those swimming shoes look like they could be worth a try. I thought about trying some gloves that i wear in winter for football as i get a hard lump of skin on the inside of my left thumb (don't know why its only on my left?!?!) - not even sure if gloves would affect the lump anyway.
 
seadog777
Do any of you wear gloves? When i look at videos of GTS championships, a lot of players wear gloves. I tried a pair of cheap cotton ones, with dimpled palms, from the local go-kart track and they're too hot - what's the idea of gloves??
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I use worn gloves from work that are fine for this purpose, which is being a bit more comfortable than without. That's with a CSR.

Not sure about shoes, if there was a pair to try they might help with reach and therefore be more comfortable most of the time.
 

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