organic software upgrade
engine modifications, suspension tweaks, or sticky tires. Yet many of these folks would swoon at the thought of a software enhancement. And we don't mean a new superhacker powertrain control module chip
we're referring to upgrading the organic software, also known as the loose nut behind the steering wheel: the shoe, chauffeur, pilot, driver. You
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Look Up and Live
Select a mark-perhaps a water spot-a little more than halfway up the windshield. While using your peripheral vision to position the car within your lane, notice how often you look above that mark and, thus, far ahead of your vehicle. Look far ahead and you will be better able to accurately make braking, steering, and acceleration decisions ...
When you're hustling a car it's far more important how and at what speed the brakes are released than how late into the corner they're applied
Look ahead and select a point where you want to stop. Make one smooth brake application until you reach a pedal pressure that will bring you to a stop at that point and, for this exercise, maintain that level until the car is stationary
The application should be seamless: A passenger shouldn't be able to tell when the disc break touch the rotors
Note how the car settles on its front suspension as its weight shifts forward: Does it sink gently and stay there (it should) or does it bounce up and down (reducing comfort and, at higher forces, traction)
the main goal is to teach the smooth brake application necessary to extract top stopping power without unsettling the suspension, a skill vital for everything from quick racetrack laps to preventing motion sickness
Are your steering inputs smooth or jerky? Can you negotiate a constant-radius corner with one motion of the steering wheel into the turn
Advanced drivers can try increasing-rate turn-ins for tight corners; this requires turning the wheel slowly for the first portion of its travel, then seamlessly transitioning to a quicker steering rate before again slowing as the maximum steering angle for the turn is approached. This technique smoothly rolls the car onto its outside suspension and the tires onto their sidewalls, preparing both to accept cornering forces
the main goal is to teach the smooth brake application necessary to extract top stopping power without unsettling the suspension, a skill vital for everything from quick racetrack laps to preventing motion sickness
Are your steering inputs smooth or jerky? Can you negotiate a constant-radius corner with one motion of the steering wheel into the turn
Advanced drivers can try increasing-rate turn-ins for tight corners; this requires turning the wheel slowly for the first portion of its travel, then seamlessly transitioning to a quicker steering rate before again slowing as the maximum steering angle for the turn is approached. This technique smoothly rolls the car onto its outside suspension and the tires onto their sidewalls, preparing both to accept cornering forces
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