can you guys explain this... I was watching an auto-x video and the instructer told the student driver to use their left foot to brake. Have any of you guys ever used this technique?

 

Drivers use this method especially in drifting to keep the rear tires going

 

u should go on youtube and watch the masters do their fancy footwork on best motoring... sublime skills.

 

yeah it insane....always gotta love tiff niedel too

 

You can also use left foot braking if you don't have a line lock to give you a longer burnout at the track to warm up those tires. But, you have to be quick on your feet with a six speed. ;-)

 

hey can you give me a specific link? I'm watching a couple of those best motoring youtube vids right now...

Yeah, tiff is awsome!

 

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/7...a2014becb1.htm

 

I do not recommend left foot braking in regular driving.

 

If you want one foot on the brake, and one on the accelerator, then the left foot is on the brake.

That's pretty extreme driving.

 

I do it, but I also have practiced it a LOT.

I don't recommend left-foot-braking until you're experienced enough to not be worrying about doing multiple things. Your eyes are automatically looking where you want to go and your hands are following that -- even when the car is sideways. THEN you should be using your left foot on the brake. Before then, you're in danger of overwhelming yourself, and when you do that, you're a danger to yourself and others.

 

to brake and accelerate at the same time. No lag between pedals?

 

i would not recommend left foot braking unless you're driving a go kart, or unless your right foot is missing.

 

woww.... i brake with the left foot in an automatic and manual.. just more comfy.. i dont see the problem as long as u dont ride the brakes when your going , i think your good

 

in the Z you cannot left foot brake while feathering the throttle.

Karting FTW!

 

IIRC, the ecu cuts power if the gas and brake pedal both depressed. One of the downsides of drive-by-wire.

 

It allows for a smoother transition between braking and accelerating. You can also use it to change the balance of the car mid corner if you know what you're doing. The turbo guys also use this technique to keep their boost up through the corner if they have cars with horrible turbo lag.

 

Left foot braking is used in front-wheel-drive because you need to shift weight to the front while accelerating out of a corner. If you don't then you push. I don't think left foot braking is unnecessary in a RWD. When you accelerate, you squat on your power wheels.
Pow-pow-power wheels!

 

i brake with my right foot and use my left foot for the throttle.


































































lol

 

Now that sucks.... I do this all the time in my Firebird. But, of course that's not drive by wire. I guess I'll just have to get a line lock to get those tires nice and sticky at the track.

I guess the new Vette is the same way. If I'm not mistaken those are DBW as well.

 

Ive always driven this way, but this is mainly because its how i learned to race when i was 5 in karts. I dont see anything wrong with this as long as u have enough sense to not ride the brakes.