Pete. (l33t FS) said:In reply to Robbie (Forum Supporter) :
That is the thing, that I am trying to wrap my head around. For me, the confused guy here, to heel-toe while under heavy braking, the brake pedal would have to be an inch or so higher than the accelerator when braking. In practically every car I've driven, when braking hard, I could slide my foot UNDER the accelerator, not even contacting it except maybe grazing it with my shoelaces. I usually expend great effort to get the brake pedal as firm and low-travel as possible, and then stick pedal pads/spacers on the brake pedal, and it's still insufficient.
In a lot of cars, I've been able to heel toe without rolling my ankle. Just put my fat foot half over the brake and half over the gas, and when you push the brake far enough down you're now also magically adding just a bit of throttle.
This is a hot tip for anyone struggling to learn heel toe. Trying to roll your foot while also modulating the brakes at or near threshold is ridiculous. Position your foot so you will hit both pedals before you initiate the braking, and just let the throttle be what it is. You can actually control how much the revs come 'up' with the amount of time that the clutch is depressed. (This sort of gets at what Streetwise guy is talking about - if you aren't threshold braking because you're dicking with a throttle blip, there is much more time to be made on track by actually threshold braking and not worrying about the throttle.)
Another hot tip if you are struggling to learn double clutch downshifts, think of it as 2 different shifts. part one, shift to neutral, part two, shift to new gear. Seems dumb but it works.
