Everything I will say comes from personal experience, which isn't transferrable, and reading books like Lee Parks' Total Control.
According to his advice, to brake even in the most controlled situations, you should apply the rear brake before the front brake. This maximizes braking AND grip, avoiding accidents such as yours.
From experience, if something undesired happened and you don't know what you did wrong, it's very likely you have done something wrong, and being conscious about it and trying to figure it out is a great symptom that you care and want to improve to not do it again.
Maybe your mind wandered a bit and you hit the brakes just a bit harder than you think. The street conditions you describe are worse than pouring rain, because the drizzle mixes with dust and oils in the tarmac making it very slippery. Heavy rain washes all that residue faster.
I'd give lee parks' book a shot, you will learn the technical aspects of why your accident actually happened and the correct technique to avoid it.
Drive safe, and heal soon!
To anyone interested in this movie/story, I wholeheartedly recommend "Go Like Hell" By A.J. Baime. Great book that goes over the story in detail, along with the magnitude of the development the Ford GT40.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
An fantastic breakdown of the history between Ford and Ferrari at LeMans, and the inception of the Ford GT. Written well, and the story itself is super interesting! A must read in my opinion.
Yeah, Su's not just reading off a script. Her English has come really far; she's at the point of having enough vocabulary to feel like she can express what she wants to express once she picks the right words out of her dictionary. So she still has to do a translation of concepts into a smaller set of words (sort of like the book Thing Explainer) but she's got the confidence to do so.
https://www.amazon.com/Going-Faster-Mastering-Race-Driving/dp/0837602262
This book goes into incredible detail on how to approach learning a new track specifically. I've done a lot of reading on websites, forums and essays on race-craft and race driving. This book is still the biggest contributor to my skills in iRacing.
There's a great biography written about this by author A.J Baime, titled "Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans.
It gives very detailed accounts from both sides of this epic rivalry, and how badly Henry Ford II and Carroll Shelby wanted to beat Enzo Ferrari. Worth the read.
Link: Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans https://www.amazon.com/dp/0547336055/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_zXj9CbJQXZM27
More like everyone has now copied this book...
> Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
https://www.amazon.com/Go-Like-Hell-Ferrari-Battle/dp/0547336055
Why upgrade from the Fanatecs so soon? They're pretty solid. My inverted clubsports have taken a crapton of abuse and have good feel.
Biggest upgrade in my simracing has been this, FWIW.
Sure thing! I realized I forgot to answer the book question, the driving books that I learned a lot from were Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets books - less so on raw technique and moreso on thought processes and way to approach things. Back when I read them the first time (I was probably 11 ish so... 2006 I guess?) They came as a series of books but they're now all compiled into one book: it's on Amazon here and is absolutely worth the money. Plus it's way cheaper than it used to be. It helps understand how to break down corners and think about what's going on which then applies the knowledge you have of the vehicle to apply it. It takes longer than reading a simple how to but as a result you'll be a more complete driver after - and potentially get yourself the skill set to drive the fsae car or other cars more quickly and easily.
A good way to practice is iRacing or rfactor or pcars - something with a more real tire model than say Forza or Grand Turismo. Obviously this isn't cheap, sim racing on a college budget can be tough but it's something to look into. It's much more forgiving than real life.
Sport Riding Techniques, by Nick Ienatsch, if you can find a copy.
Written by a guy who's an AMA top 3 250GP rider, a magazine editor, and, ironically enough, a class instructor, too.
No flashy, outdated video. Just hard text, which you can go back to for brush ups.
https://www.amazon.com/Sport-Riding-Techniques-Develop-Confidence/dp/1893618072
Another good one is Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques (Amazon and iTunes). I now look up to him like my greatest teachers from school as a child, and I merely read his book.
He covers driving, handling, racecraft, even tuning, your mindset, etc. He's an astoundingly good communicator. My Forza performance launched into the sky as I absorbed each chapter.
A Galileoscope and books. I currently like Thing Explainer, which seems really good for that age. Any space book will do though.
Update with Amazon link to book
From hearing my friends who went to school talk about it, "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics" by Milliken is kinda the gold standard for sources. I've also heard it's a very dry read, unlike Carroll Smith's books... but it might be a good source if you can find a used copy, because it's technically a textbook which means it's going to be expensive.
https://www.amazon.com/Race-Car-Vehicle-Dynamics-Experiments/dp/0768011272
Sign up for a CHP riding course. Start reading https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760343446/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_3K0PQDXHGP8PYN3N1XDF
Ride on empty back streets with no cars. After you start getting more confident, you can graduate to busier streets. Take a break and relax. Don't force yourself to ride. You should feel confident and clear minded before getting on.
Good for you for trying to improve. A while ago I read this book that really taught me a lot. It's worth a read in my opinion, really good advice for real life as well as track riding.
That 'on rails' statement is Speed Secret #22 from Ross Bentley's excellent book. I believe it's a paraphrase of the classic Mario Andretti quote:
“If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.”
The question is not "how?" but "should I?". You shouldn't, your car is great but not a good platform for power. Before wasting your money on the car, spend it on improving the driver. Get into Autocross/Track days or whatever the equivalent is where you live. Maintain your car, learn not to buy shit parts or tires. Get this book: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets. Improve your skills and car knowledge, save money, read automotive press, watch automotive videos, and frequent this sub. You'll be able to make good decisions very soon.
November 24. A few people seem to have early copies though.
Sounds like you have a lot of exploring to do. I would experiment more and see how changing up your gender expression feels. It could be you just do not like social conventions surrounding gender and prefer to look androgynous. You could identify as pretty much any gender and still feel this way! Something someone suggested to me was adopting a male persona online and seeing if it was something I wanted to keep doing. It sort of expanded into different settings until I realized I wanted to live as a guy full time.
For what it's worth, my dysphoria did not get really severe until I started questioning things seriously, and then I realized I had been suppressing a lot. I also had a lot of feelings that I did not realize counted as dysphoria.
A book I really like is Kate Bornstein's My Gender Workbook.
For years I never bought a single car pack or a single DLC car (Horizon 1, Forza 5, Horizon 2). Then recently I gave in and only purchased a small set 3 or 4 unique cars that I really like. What pushed me over the edge was this irresistible curiosity about "experiencing the interior" of these cars.
Personally, it would be crazy for me to purchase a season pass or ultimate edition or any of that stuff. I'm into racing and driving (also tuning and painting). I'm not into car packs. I don't have any fond feelings for all these souped up overpowered luxury status symbols. I like street-style cars from the 1960's-1995. (Also I have always personally found it unpleasant that a car pack, which represents a tiny material add-on to the core game, costs like 10% of the base price of the game.) If there were track packs, I would pay money for those. To me, more tracks means more game, while more cars just means more pairs of underwear to race in.
SOURCE: like... level 500 in Horizon 2 and Forza 5, top 1% leaderboard times, former top 10 holder (I assume I've been surpassed), extensive posts to the subreddit on tuning and driving technique, used to suck at Forza until I read Ross Bentley's book
I would further recommend a pass through Thing Explainer for general knowledge with simple explanations. With reading through the BOFH stories to give you mind a place to go when knowledge fails because of someone elses lack of imagination.
I rarely buy books and just use publicly available information to setup and troubleshoot.
I recommend reading the Skip Barber Racing School’s reference book Going Faster! It’s a great resource that will introduce you to the fundamentals of race car physics, driving, set ups, and more.
You seem to be very analytical - you need to understand the principles of what the kart is doing in relation to your inputs, combined with video analysis, seat time and lead-follow sessions with someone willing to mentor you.
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words Maybe he was one of the source materials for Randall Munroe's book (the guy who makes the XKCD comic)
Well, if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask, I'll share what I'm comfortable with.
In terms of just like, general thoughts, I'd suggest checking out the My Gender Workbook (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415538653/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_asin\_title\_o05\_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). My counselor suggested this to me when I started really digging into my own identity and it really helped me out but I also know it's not everyone's cup of tea.
What my main take away from the book and thinking about gender is what society deems male/female. How even people who are assigned one gender at birth, who don't question their gender at all, still have specific actions they preform because of what society tells them. Or rather... I am AMAB and I used to get caught up in like... "I have to look a specific way" or "I need to wear a specific piece of clothing" but that isn't true. Someone who identifies as female, was assigned female at birth, they don't lose their female status by removing bras or not wearing make up.
I guess I just had these really deep ingrained ideas of what male/female is, so realizing that those were artificial, that someone somewhere decided these things helped me go, "ok, I can identify as female and not wear a bra, or wear make up."
I had another point I was going to talk about but I have since forgotten it. lol
If you like this, then you'll love "The Sim Racing Bible":
https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Secrets-Professional-Driving-Techniques/dp/0760305188/
Random comment / thought on the whole "meme" label, forum humor, etc.
The original crayon eaters are the United States Marine Corps. Self-deprecating humor is in widespread use throughout the world's militaries, not just the US, and you would be hard pressed to find a politician or government official who'd dare say having a sense of humor makes you unprofessional, unintelligent, etc.
For example, ELIA - in the military, we'd call that "break it down Barney style", meaning describe something complex in terms simple enough for Barney to explain to a child. If you don't know who the fuck Barney is, well, I guess I'm old. Kids show, TV purple dinosaur, super annoying. Anyway.
This same concept is used to great success by XKCD, by all measures a highly intelligent and successful webcomic artist who delves into some pretty decently thorough mathematical hypotheticals for fun. He also wrote a book called The Thing Exlainer : Complicated Stuff in Simple Words, where among other things he breaks down the complete functions of a nuclear reactor using only the 1,000 or so most common words in the English language.
My point : SELF DEPRECATING HUMOR AND MEMES SHOULD BY NO MEANS BE AUTOMATICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LOW INTELLIGENCE, UNPROFESSIONALISM, OR A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.
If we can trust our nation's military to think fart jokes are still funny on a nuclear submarine, we can trust retail investors to do whatever the fuck they want with their money when it comes to a stock that's been on the publicly traded exchange for over 2 decades.
I think you'll find head positioning is guided by where your looking which is absolutely key. You want to be looking where you want to end up and if that involves moving your head then you should be doing that.
His head turned to focus round the corner to the furthest point he can see, tilted to level view against lean and while he's not at an extreme position his head is just about on the centerline.
Have you tried reading? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Total-Control-Performance-Street-Techniques/dp/0760343446 which will explain the body positioning and the reasons why it works.