static09 wrote:Thanks for the tips, My style was rather slopy and aim to try and improve next time i get out onto the track, bit of a baseline day.
Believe me, the more track days you do, the better driver you become on the roads in general. You know how your car behaves and you quickly learn how much it takes for your car to pull up or swerve away in an emergency situation at a certain speed etc.
static09 wrote:So used to driving fairly relaxed on the road, not used to using full throtle and brake late and hard. That seatbelt tip is a good one I never even thought of, one issue, i sit with the seat on the backmost position but still can try and pull tight.
On the track this seatbelt technique will generally have you sitting a little closer to the wheel than you usually do, but after you try it, you'll discover doing a track day feels so much easier and you can more comfortably take those turns with more speed. It's very weird the first time you do it but afterwards you'll wonder how you never drove that way in the first place. Simply put, the less body movement you have, the less the brain will overcompensate for the g-forces acting on you.
I take it you are bit of a tall person to have the seat so far back in general. Normally the ideal daily driving position from the wheel is where you can sit in the seat in a comfortable position with your wrist on top of the steering wheel and a slight bend in your elbow, but everyone's different.