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1. Review a track map and find the corner(s) with the most run off room.
2. Of those corners with good run off, pick a corner that requires heavy braking before the turn in. Create a gap between you and the other cars and/or bikes.
3. When you go out to practice, don't worry about downshifting for the chosen corner. This will allow you to focus all your mental powers on effective threshold braking.
4. As your skills improve, remember not to get greedy. Chip away at it in small increments and move your braking point a few feet at a time.
5. Be prepared for the inevitable mistake. The goal is to find how deep you can go into the corner and find the maximum amount of speed you can carry. Eventually you going to go 3 feet to deep!
6. When you go in to deep, don't turn in. Carry the braking past your turn in point. Your goal now has switched from speed to slowing the car as much as possible before it leaves the road. In 99% of the cases, you'll simply continue to slow the car and once you've reached a speed that allows you to turn in, TURN.
7. After a few laps of practice, now its time to add back downshifting. Be prepared for not braking quite as effectively, so move your brake point back 5 or 10 feet. Once you've got the motions down pat, move your brake point forward the 5 or 10 feet.
8. Transfer this to the other corners on the track. For some, it will come easy, while others, not so much.
9. Don't get frustrated. It will come with time. As you learn and put more tricks in bag, you'll find it easier to learn new tracks and you'll get up to speed quicker.
10. Adapt. Practice adapting to the changes that occur throughout each session. Grip levels change as the surface of track wears. Temperature has an effect as well as tire and brake conditions.
Go to Throttle Practice Tips.