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02-28-2010, 11:28 PM
Using the simulator as a tool, I did practice sessions only for one week. During this past week I tried to notice how I would depress the accel. & brake pedals, how I turned the steering wheel, how far down the track I looked, how much concentration I was putting forth, etc... Since I didn't have a real track to practice on I used my street driving for the experiment. Here are my results:
The good:
1. My depression of the brake & accel. pedal are very comparible, both the simulator and real life are fairly smooth, quick, & deliberate but not overly aggressive.
2. Just like track driving, I would look as far down the road as I possibly could while using my peripheral vision to see everything else. I noticed far too many people only looking at the car in front of them which leads me to my next thing.
3. To go along with the above item I found that I was following my own line instead of watching the car in front of me and following that car's line. It was kind of weird, I noticed that a couple of times the driver in front of me was acting almost nervous that I didn't go where they were going. It was very odd but what I really noticed about that result in my experiment was that just like driving on the track in the simulator it allowed me to see farther down the road in my truck which I'm sure would do the same thing if I was on the track in my car in real life.
There were some bad things that resulted from the experiment like:
I was a little jerky with the steering wheel, I would intermittently start wondering on my focus and start thinking about other stuff. Just a few little things that are easily fixed.
What I can't wait for is this coming event in April. After a full offseason of simulator use I'm quite interested to know how much improvement I've made on my real life track driving.
The good:
1. My depression of the brake & accel. pedal are very comparible, both the simulator and real life are fairly smooth, quick, & deliberate but not overly aggressive.
2. Just like track driving, I would look as far down the road as I possibly could while using my peripheral vision to see everything else. I noticed far too many people only looking at the car in front of them which leads me to my next thing.
3. To go along with the above item I found that I was following my own line instead of watching the car in front of me and following that car's line. It was kind of weird, I noticed that a couple of times the driver in front of me was acting almost nervous that I didn't go where they were going. It was very odd but what I really noticed about that result in my experiment was that just like driving on the track in the simulator it allowed me to see farther down the road in my truck which I'm sure would do the same thing if I was on the track in my car in real life.
There were some bad things that resulted from the experiment like:
I was a little jerky with the steering wheel, I would intermittently start wondering on my focus and start thinking about other stuff. Just a few little things that are easily fixed.
What I can't wait for is this coming event in April. After a full offseason of simulator use I'm quite interested to know how much improvement I've made on my real life track driving.
mike
89 Carrera
#402
89 Carrera
#402