Hey everyone

Can anyone recommend some good books (Or articles, websites, etc.) on driving techniques? I have heard that the first step to going faster is improving the driver. Until I can afford to go to school, I would like to read up on how to get myself better. Any suggestions?

 

get ps3 and get gran turismo 5 with a wheel good learning there but if thats to expensive i always go to track events and just talk to people

 

How to make your car handle

Go ahead, take the wheel

Bob Bondurant's High Performance Driving

Secrets of Solo racing

 

speed secrets 4.

 

i read the bob bondurants one it was informative

 

j9fd3s, Kentetsu, are those all names of books? I will check the library ( I feel like this will not be the most fruitful search) or internet stores. Thanks.

 

How about Skip Barber's Going Faster? It has almost 100% favorable reviews on Amazon.com. Has anyone read that?

 

when i would daily drive to and from work. I would work on braking with my left foot. Get me used to mid corner full boost driving.

learn to heel toe. takes some time. but it's amazing if you practice it normally driving how much easier it is when you don't think about it while racing.

transferring weight to the tires. practicing line. when turning in, pay attention to how much weight is shiften to your tires. A sharp turn in isn't going to be the best while road racing. Smooth, consisten driving is what reduces lap times. Remember...friction is what keeps you on the road. Everything has a breaking point, but if you can learn to slowly build it, you can actually take it a little farther than you would if you were driving more aggressive. Same with throttle.

When coming out of a turn, making it smooth, and "feeling" the tires push the car will help for finding that friction point.

Although I would personally learn how to drift a car first, cause if you are coming out of a turn, most people's reaction is what causes the crash, and drifting is controlling the slide. It'll save your *** in the long run.

 

Definitely a must read for any driver/enthusiast. This book is a combination of all the previous books.


Also, practice heel and toe-ing in everyday situations.

 

Heel toe is awesome...but my shoes get caught cuz i wear clown shoes (size 12 chuck taylors even tho i am a 10.5)

 

All are good recommendations and I have one that I truly didn't really believe in...iRacing.

I have a setup at the house I bought mainly for fun, the racing is usually very good, very realistic, but I wasn't a big believer that it can help in real life, sure it can "keep the dust off" but...

Well this past weekend I ran at Road Atlanta, my home track, I have driven it numerous times and am there at least once a week for something, not always driving of course ( I wish).

Anyway, I always do laps around RA on iRacing and this past weekend I started to pickup on just how close the two are. I noticed myself doing things I would do in iRacing that I previously didn't do as much, good things not bad things. I also immediately felt warmed up on my real warmup lap since I had done a good 100 laps the week before at home.

It's not THE answer, but it's very beneficial, especially if they have some of your local tracks.

 

How much did the iracing setup cost you? And any pics or specs? I sure would like to build a nice setup on a budget.

 

Have it, phenomenal book. Starts off with the basics and gets more and more in depth as the book goes on. You can go as far with it as you want. I give it to all my friends who express an interest in driving.

 

Just downloaded Speed Secrets, seems like a good recommendation. Not to jack the thread to much, but if I'm looking at auto x, which PS3 game do you all think would be best?

 

There is no PS3 game that is close to good practice for autocross. just go out and do it... it costs like $25

 

I'd imagine, but some of the principals have got to be the same, breaking, turn in points, apexes, acceleration point...

 

I got the Bob bondurant book, best investment ive ever made on a book.