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Old 09-09-2004, 08:48 PM   #2
Brad Roberts
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Sounds like you had fun (which is what counts the most)... you learned very quickly that the cars will lift throttle oversteer. As time goes on you will learn to drive the car on edge using this lift throttle to get the car through fast corners. Sometimes the nose may not be pointed exactly as you needed so a slight lift to rotate the car will be needed. No joke: practice this. Just dont come 100% of throttle.. you will learn the balance of your car/tires.

If the car starts to "plow/understeer" through a corner (stock Boxsters are notorious for this) you can do a small left foot tap on the brake pedal to make the nose turn in better. This transfers weight back to the nose for a split second... you can practice this also... start left foot braking on the street so your leg/foot get used to the idea (think GoKarts)

I coach people to use both pedals to balance a car...


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