ok, well iv been heel toeing for like 2 years, and i can do it fine for mild spirited driving, but find it very difficult to master for the all out stuff. over rev, or under brake is usuallly the case. or even worse, over brake!!!sigh
left foot braking;
difficult, my left foot is wrecked, but i can do it, but dont use it all that often, does come in usefull for all out driving and rev matching. someone mentiond practicing up to roundabouts and stuff when its quiet, yeah, thats when i tend to use it most.
alot of the time when im just pootling around il rev match then brake, its complete second nature now, or heel toe if im going a bit faster. heel toeing turbo diesils is very hard, but very rewarding and lots of fun!(preious delivery job hehehehe)
skate shoes;
someone mentioned this, yeah it makes things 10x easier for heel toe, but they lack serious feel, i wear etnies religiously, but if im going out for a drive iv got addidas boxing boots, which are super thin with loads and loads of feel and more support up the ankle, and they were way cheaper than pro driving boots. £60 ^ verses £15.
they are a little harder to do heel toe in, but it gets you into the correct way of doing heel toe. skate shoes made me very lazy and my tecnique a bit unrefined. ie not smooth when all out.
other things iv found usefull are,
anticipating the turn in, really thinking about the line you want to take, and judging how the car is going to react on it. half the battle is the turn in. i try to be very smooth in turning the wheel, but also stay out a little longer, sorta like late apex and start to load up the tyres and rack just before you apply all the lock you need. so your not just ploughing into it.
its obvious what im saying, not to put all xx degrees in at 1/100th of a second, but i found this tecnique of slight loading and very smooth application of the lock makes a world of difference to the way the car turns into the bends and the feedback you get when your there.
lift off;
lifting on inital turrn in or part way through the bend shifts the balance of distribution to the front of the car, making the back slightly lighter. it can help with the rotation of the whole car ie killing off some under steer and getting the balance of the car more to where you want it. i think it works, but if not judged right it can get pretty out of shape pretty fast, which means lots of opposite lock and a lary moment or two.its all about finding that balance.
the key to good driving is smoothness, just being precice and calculated in your actions. satying relaxed is somethng else iv found that makes my driving so much better, the way iv seen people drive when there flustered, well youve all seen it, it speaks for itself.
