My advice to you is to drive as many different types of cars as you possibly can, and even look for ways to drive where you wouldn’t normally. For example, if you’re a road racer, try ovals, rallying or drifting. All will make you a better road racer. Variety is the spice of life, right?
So, when you hear the advice, “Look where you want to go,” apply it to your thinking as well. Think where you want to go. Focus your mind on where you want to go.
Some very basic “rules” for track walks: Walk with no more than 2 other people, and stay focused on the track. Don’t make it a social event. Get down, get dirty. Even if it means sitting on the track surface to get the same view you’ll have behind the wheel, do it…
What I learned was that if I entered each turn just a little faster than the grip level dictated (even just half a MPH too fast), I was ready for what the car was going to do. In fact, I made the car do what I wanted it to do. I was proactive.
Do you sense the limits by feedback through the steering wheel? Yep. Do you feel the g-forces build, and then begin to reduce as the tires slides too much? Uh-huh. Does the car communicate its limit to you through your sense of balance? Absolutely.
In-car video, data acquisition / telemetry, track maps, notes, debrief forms, other drivers and engineers, instructors and coaches, observation from a corner, stopwatch / timer, track walks, TV coverage… All of these are the tools can be used to improve your driving.