Were the "fast" folk left foot braking for the Chicago box (quick 1 cone slalom) element? I tried it a few ways and watching my videos I don't think I am anywhere near as quick thru there and was always late on the gas. The one time I tried to wiggle thru there with just a throttle lift I plowed the exit cone.
^I always gave it up on entry, and then back on all the way until the U-turn finish.
Left foot brake? Wished I could but never have mastered that technique. Hit the brakes hard into the box then back on the gas to that stupid finish......
I do left foot brake in elements like that. I was still much too tentative since I didn't really know the limits of the S2K, but you can see from Armstrong's results that there was plenty of time left on the table.
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You had to enter slow, turn early, and back on the gas early. Of course, that pretty much sums up autocrossing.
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ftfy.Originally Posted by jrj512
I've yet to figure out left foot braking. I end up jamming the clutch peddle instead. For the Chicago box, I did a quick hard jam on the brakes on entry and early on the gas before the exit.
Basically what I was doing then, just faster. Jam the brakes, shift the weight forward and shimmy the car to the right to avoid the exit cone. First run in this vid was my fastest clean run, but it is very sloppy. Second run was my fastest and is cleaner and tighter, but picked up a cone, pretty sure it was the entry cone into the Chicago Box.
https://youtu.be/fkZq1KSohWw
For the Chicago box, I was hard braking in, then hard on the gas as soon as I turned right
Video:
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