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!👍
I've been left foot braking since I got a two-pedal Driving Force wheel for GT3. Having two feet on the pedals helped keep them from moving, and it just seemed to make sense that there is less time delay if each foot handles one pedal instead of moving back and forth. That and what's the point of having one foot just sitting around doing nothing?
At the time I really had no idea how to heel-toe, and to this day I still can't do it well. Left foot braking was also frequently discussed as a new-ish trend in F1 at the time as well, which was most of the racing I watched then.
I finally got a wheel with a clutch and began to learn to brake with my right foot in rFactor but then I discovered to my dismay that PD thinks no one could ever want to use the clutch without an H-pattern shifter and so won't let anyone do so. So back to left-footing it. It also seems I'm not missing much by not getting to enjoy GT5's wonderful clutch/H-pat system.
I'm reluctant to try heel-toeing in GT5 because the brake is so sensitive and tricky. I'm also reluctant to try learning in any other game because I need to brake so hard I'm usually risking lifting my chair off the ground to get anywhere near useful braking. I also haven't spent that much time getting used to the clutch that I want to complicate matters any further.
The only time I ever left-foot brake in a real car is when I am momentarily unaware of the fact that I'm driving a ridiculous car that doesn't have one. That never ends well.
I can LFB in a real car.
I taught myself to toe n heel almost straight after I'd passed my test (back in 1985) - it took a few months for it to become 2nd nature, but ever since I've struggled not to do it as it's become a habit.
Most of my early cars were RWD so LFB wasn't really needed, but when I got my 1st quickish FWD car in 1988 (a Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia) I started to try LFB. It took a looooong time for it to become natural, but eventually you learn the sensitivity with your 'wrong foot'.
It's difficult to do in a 3 pedal car though, as it makes downchanges tricky... so I taught myself to change gear without the clutch, which is relatively easy in a lot of cars when you get a feel for how much you need to pick up the revs - it was a company car, so I wasn't too bothered about damaging the gearbox, but I never did.
I used LFB almost all the time through the 90's and early 00's when I was covering 40-50k miles a year and driving like a loon everywhere. I gave it up briefly when I had a Sierra for a couple of years, picked it back up for the A3, 156 & Impreza and then pretty much gave it up completely in 2005 when I got a BMW 120d and slowed down a bit
I've had FWD diesel cars for the most part since then, and they don't really lend themselves to the sort of driving that requires a left foot on the brake, though my wife did have a TT for a while that really liked a bit of left foot to help it turn in and reduce lag.
Now I have a DS5 and a 996, neither of which really respond to LFB, but I reckon I could pick it up again in the right car - a petrol FWD or 4WD.
If you're going to try it you should really teach yourself to toe n heel 1st. If you can do that properly without ever having to think about it, then try LFB. I started by just using my left foot to do gentle slowing down, to learn the feel for the pedal. Ideally, you want a car with minimal servo assistance - tricky, as most cars have stupidly overservoed brakes nowadays.
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