Left foot breaking uncomfortable

My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for
the fastest reactions is uncomfortable.

Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in
real life.


Thanks
--
Derek

Whoops. Not used to typing with the keyboard on my lap - Wheel is
blocking its normal place. At least that's my excuse

--
Derek

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:06:46 +0100, DerekBaker wrote:

> My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for
> the fastest reactions is uncomfortable.
>
> Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in
> real life.
>
>
> Thanks

Yea, I have the same problem but I think it's because the pedals on my
Microsoft untit are too close together and are not angled the same as a
real car.

"DerekBaker" > wrote in message
...
> My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for the
> fastest reactions is uncomfortable.
>
> Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in real
> life.
>

You - keep practicing.

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:06:46 +0100, DerekBaker >
wrote:

>My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for
>the fastest reactions is uncomfortable.
>
>Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in
>real life.

I don't have those pedals but I'd say it's more likely you not
being used to it.

I left foot brake in my car due to it being a manual, if I was
used to an auto, maybe things would have been different.

Cheers,
Rod.

Rod > wrote in
:

> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:06:46 +0100, DerekBaker >
> wrote:
>
>>My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for
>>the fastest reactions is uncomfortable.
>>
>>Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in
>>real life.
>
> I don't have those pedals but I'd say it's more likely you not
> being used to it.
I second this opinion. Generally, if you've never left foot braked before
you first need to build up muscles to feel comfortable to keep foot in
hovering position for a long periods time.

> I left foot brake in my car due to it being a manual, if I was
> used to an auto, maybe things would have been different.
Is it a typo about left foot braking on manual or are the pedals are placed
unusually (gas on the left?) in the country where you live?

Alex.

On Wed, 02 May 2007 04:33:29 GMT, f (alexti) wrote:

>> I left foot brake in my car due to it being a manual, if I was
>> used to an auto, maybe things would have been different.

>Is it a typo about left foot braking on manual or are the pedals are placed
>unusually (gas on the left?) in the country where you live?

Oops, cocked that completely up.

When I was taught in an auto I was told never to gas with the
right and brake with the left but to do it all with the right
foot. My left foot was planted firmly against the firewall at
all times.

Since I've been driving manuals for at least the last 10 years,
having my left foot engaging a clutch made it pretty easy
to start left foot braking.

Since I got my G25, however, I'm back to left foot braking and
heel toe'ing. I'm a bit slower than when I left foot braked but
the experience is a lot more satisfying, especially in GTL.

Cheers,
Rod.

It like anything else, get used to it or it feels wierd at 1st..

Most people dotn know why we're usually taught how to drive an automatic,
AND only to use one foot (usually the right) is because you have timid
little mary and or johny, that is 15 and have just hardly stoped the dribble
down thier chin, we're now gonna teach em to drive. So we Teach with the
lowest common denominator, "just concentrate on using one foot to drive..."
Oh your thinking Bull****... well, Does this sound familiar? "NO! Your
other LEFT!!!"

This keeps us from being killed as teens in the Driver's Ed car, but damn
near kills everyone else next semester, since now becausethe freaking kids
are on cellphone too busy to friggin drive... All because everything is set
so even the biggest dummy can learn and pass. LOL.

DerekBaker enlightened us with:
> My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for
> the fastest reactions is uncomfortable.
>
> Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in
> real life.
>
>
> Thanks
> --
> Derek

left foot BREAKING is sure to be uncomfortable, for anybody!


"DerekBaker" > schreef in bericht
...
> My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for the
> fastest reactions is uncomfortable.
>
> Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in real
> life.
>
>
> Thanks
> --
> Derek

"DerekBaker" wrote...
> My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the
> brake pedal for the fastest reactions is uncomfortable.
>
> Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360
> Modena. Don't drive in real life.

I can't comment on the particular ergonomics of this wheel, as I've never
used it, but I think you're missing a trick he of course you need to be
"in position" to benifit from not actually having to move your foot over to
the brakes, but you don't have to leave it there all the tine.
My technique for left foot braking is to leave my heel in position, but
rotate my foot away from the brake pedal and rest it on the base of the
pedals when I'm not going to be braking again in the next few seconds. Then
before my next brakemarker comes up I simply rotate imy foot back to
position it on the brake.

Jan.
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