Yes, always been sim-racing like that, so much so in that my first driving lessons I got told off for left foot braking and trying to heel-toe on downshifts. Oops.
Yep, right from day 1 with a wheel/pedal setup. I've owned and driven many manual transmission cars in the real world and my mind easily threw out all real world logic when it came to two footin' in this game.
Not anymore. I used to a long time back for the same reason as you. Only ever owned real cars with three pedals (even the auto cars I drive I use my right foot for gas and brake).
Whereas I'm the complete opposite. I hate how they ruined the last sector with the added hairpin as opposed to the sweeping banked left hander it used to be. I understand "they needed an overtaking spot for online play" and putting a hairpin at the end of a long straight is a time tested way of "improving overtaking" while at the same time absolutely ruining the flow of a circuit. Thanks Tilke....
Learnt to drive in the UK and drove manual for 14 years. After driving stick for a year in the US I realized why autos were so popular. Stick with US road design sucks. I switched to auto and have been that way for 22 years now. Would never go back.
Yes, left foot brake is what i meant.
Interesting!I occasionally get disconnected from the server during a race...I've always assumed that is exactly what it looks like and that the driver i was racing had that exact reaction.
Aaaarg!Worst case was when I was P1 on the final lap...
And you deserved it, the dirty cheating jerk!like to try and make things as real as possible, so I convinced myself his car failed post race inspection and I indeed won it.
Two-footed. I was initially concerned it would affect my real-world driving - you know, get mixed up for a second, and cause an accident. But it doesn't affect me at all. Now, sim racing HAS affected my ability to go around a corner without hitting a curb. I just had to re-train myself to be more careful.
It is ABSOLUTELY worth retraining yourself. You can be a LOT faster with only a little effort. It only took me a day or two before it was second nature. It took longer to remind myself that I could brake anytime I wanted to, the instant I wanted to, rather than account for the time it takes to move my foot from the gas to the brake.
Please tell us you don't watch porn at the same time.The way I race would probably horrify some of the sim racing elitists.
Apparently, I do all the worst things.
-I recline on the couch, with my feet stretched out on a coffee table.
-I use a controller, but don't modulate my throttle or brakes. I just go and stop with the X and [ ] buttons.
-I use auto trans almost exclusively. The exception being manual for some low powered street cars.
-I use traction control, counter steering assist, and braking zone markers.
-I chug beers throughout my driving sessions.
To some, it would appear to be a total **** show, but I've actually had more than my fair share of success.
Regardless, I enjoy myself.
Well, watching might be OK, but... never mind.
It was, and then the next race I was ahead of you. You must have thought I was screwing with you somehow!
I’m pretty sure she was talking about cocaine, right?
Thinking about it for a moment, I just realized that in 37 years of driving in the real world, I haven't ever driven a car with automatic gearbox. Not once.
Just as well you don't have a wheel and pedals for GT7 - given what you said earlier about driving with your legs crossed, you'd be braking with your right foot, and accelerating with the left one!
Well spotted. Yes I would.😆
Yes, I've done eight races so far. Four or five poles, four wins. Some at #lunchbreakracing, some in the evening. I met our forum friends @Barney Da Dog and @djolliea several times.
i had this issue too, only ever owned manual cars.. took about a month to train my left foot how to brake, keep at it 🤙🏼 its frustrating for a week or two, then something sorta clicked & it started to work.. didn’t affect my real world driving either 🤙🏼
Nah, it was just the first time I had seen someone improve their time in between races. I mean, we all (hopefully) do it, but it was such an in-my-face example of it. And if memory serves, you improved it by a decent margin, although I could be wrong.
Knock on wood.
I drive with my fingers too! Sometimes I use both hands at the same time. Wait, you probably meant on the controller, right? I thought we were talking IRL.
sometimes when I have a particularly good race I'll spin up some qualifying and see if I can improve based on how I drove the race. Doesn't happen often but does happen
You and @djolliea have been doing great! I've had some very enjoyable races - I'm very new to tuning and have gone the wrong way on several occasions (and then forget what I've done before
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