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Old 03-03-2017, 03:46 PM   #6
thstone
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Originally Posted by steved0x View Post
#1 is a tough one, for me anyway, as I don't have the lightning reflexes and car control to be able to always get myself out of trouble if I go over the limit, and so therefore I am afraid
This is normal and expected. One thing that I found useful to get past this point was to spend a lot of time karting.

My theory was that I needed to calibrate my eyes, brain, and butt to be able to find the limit and then successfully manage to stay there without losing control.

Karting provides an excellent laboratory for driving at the limit with very little consequence when it is exceeded. This let me train and calibrate my eye/brain/butt system to feel the limit and correct as needed to stay at the limit. Eventually, it becomes second nature/instinctual and happens from muscle memory without any thought.
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