![]() In a self analysis, I find that I like to push by a factor of about 90% and pull by a factor of about 10%. It’s good to become accustomed with what you do now so that as you read on you can decide if you want to try something different □ I prefer to “push” on the steering wheel. Many of us instinctively do a percentage of both but typically drivers are more dominant with one than the other. Or, do you pull the steering wheel down and clockwise with your right hand? This matters more than you think! The question I have is, do you push up on the steering wheel turning clockwise with your left hand? If I asked you “When you turn, do you push or pull on the steering wheel?” would you know what I meant? To explain this, let me create the example of this be a 90 degree, right hand turn. It means that I can turn further to the left and further to the right without repositioning my hands than someone who held the wheel at 10 & 2 because they would not be holding the wheel at it’s largest diameter. This is ideal! It allows for the widest possible range of steering angle before you have to take your hands off the wheel to reposition for turning the wheel another turn. ![]() With proper hand positioning, your hands will occupy the largest diameter possible on the wheel. Having your hands at “9 & 3” means that your hands are on the very left and very right side of the steering wheel, with a horizontal line dividing the top half and lower half into equal spaces. When referring to where we place our hands on the steering wheel it’s common to use the clock face as an analogy. The very admission of “I wanna go fast” like in racing, means you had better find a way to steer less than your competitors if you want to beat them! Why Should My Hands Be At 9 & 3? This is a direct result of steering wheel position. On the highway you’re more or less straight, allowing the driver the ability to put the foot down (note, either foot!) But turning a 180 in a parking garage makes it really difficult to build up any sort of speed. We all know we can go faster on the highway than we can in a parking garage, and the only reason that’s true is because of how much we have to turn the steering wheel. Steering is a taxing process that slows us down, wears out tires, and gives the driver less options should they choose to either stop on a dime (street) or get out of a corner quickly (racing.) Steering Wheel Position Determines Pedal Position. Whether or not it actually turns is up to the adhesion between the tire and road surface at a given moment.ĭuring the time of any steering input, you are asking the car to “caster up” not only changing the suspension geometry, but also asking for grip from the friction circle to be used for changing direction.Īs you steer more and more, you lose the ability to either decelerate or accelerate if you should choose. The car will actually turn only if it wants (if the physics warrant.) It’s important to know that any time you are turning the steering wheel you are only asking the car to turn. It’s useless above it! A tire on a car is much in the same way, that it needs to be loaded up properly to actually stick to the road and initiate the direction change. A rudder only turns the boat if it’s in the water. In racing, we run into this a lot.Īnother analogy is to think of the front tires like a rudder on a boat. ![]() I like to think of the steering wheel as a “ front axle direction pointer.” That is, turning the steering wheel does not necessarily mean that the car will turn too. In this article, I will answer Ricky’s question about “what to do with your hands” and go into what I believe to be proper steering technique. ![]() Get your name at the top of the Leaderboard in our daily and weekly challenges.– Ricky Bobby from the racing movie “Talladega Nights” said it right.Īlthough he only said that because he was intimated by the camera, he brings up a good point.Īs racers, we talk a lot about footwork, and rightfully so! But you don’t hear much about how to steer with good technique. ![]() From beginner-friendly options to driving modes that’ll challenge the most expert drivers, all players can tackle the races using their favorite rally driving tricks: Scandinavian flick, counter steering, left foot braking, handbrake turns. Get behind the wheel of your favorite vintage cars, ranging from the 60’s to the 80’s, Group B, Group S and Group A. Experience the golden era of rally in Career mode, travelling across 72 stages from Finland to Sardinia, Norway, Japan, Germany and Africa. Race across the world through colorful and stylized environments in top-down view.Ĭompete for first place in the leaderboards with daily and weekly challenges. "To do something dangerous with style is art."Īrt of rally is a stylized experience inspired by the golden era of rally from the creator of Absolute Drift ![]()
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