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Years ago, when Juan Pablo Montoya came up in F1 (still a teenager, I believe) he claimed that he practiced driving his entire life by playing racing video games. Those guys have hand/eye coordination like no other sport. Juan Pablo! Wow! Now there was a Race Car Driver. That's something I've been doing for the past 15 years is following IndyCar and Juan Pablo was a true natural. He could get in just about any type car and do extremely well. đź‘Ť
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.....Those guys have hand/eye coordination like no other sport. No doubt the hand/eye coordination is critical, and develped to high level. My understanding is that there is some thought that proprioception can fire off a muscle reaction, for example catch snap oversteer at a hundred and eighty, faster than the brain can process visual info. I think that's what's meant by the old saying, someone drives by the seat of their pants, when they're all strapped in they can feel the car movements. Supposedly, the best simulators can create the feeling, beyond just the video component.
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.....Those guys have hand/eye coordination like no other sport. No doubt the hand/eye coordination is critical, and develped to high level. My understanding is that there is some thought that proprioception can fire off a muscle reaction, for example catch snap oversteer at a hundred and eighty, faster than the brain can process visual info. I think that's what's meant by the old saying, someone drives by the seat of their pants, when they're all strapped in they can feel the car movements. Supposedly, the best simulators can create the feeling, beyond just the video component. Not that I would even begin to compare myself to real race drivers but when I was young, foolish and in my sports car phase (Alfas, Jags, 240z, Pantera, Siroccos) if I had to sum it up, vision was for seeing where i needed to go (and not go) and my hands and ass were telling me what I needed to do to get there.
Last edited by canvasback; 04/03/24 09:34 AM.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/ocm6Qil.jpg) Here's a picture that Juan Pablo signed for me back in his Penske days. 2 time Indy 500 winner. Whether it was NASCAR, F1, Daytona or going 230+ miles an hour in an Indy car he could handle just about anything pretty well. And he was really a gentleman.
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Let's hope everything turns out okay for Licensed to kill's grandson. We'd love to hear the outcome. So, let us know if you get a chance.
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