From what I’ve read I understand the definition of trail braking to be where you brake as you turn into the apex rather than in a straight line and then gliding or accelerating through it. I’m curious as to how often on average one would do one compared to the other? All things being equal. Is straight line braking the norm and trail an exception for certain situations? Vice versa? What situations should one trail brake in? From my own gameplay I notice my self braking into the apex more often then not… But it does unsettle my car if I’m not handling the triggers right. Which way I aproach a corner between the two types of braking is too arbitury at the moment, I need to learn when to do which. Any help would be great! This is kindve related to the other guys thread but more about the two braking techniques… I can already control the breaking threshold and rev match and so forth.
Trail braking is the exception to the rule - used in situations like the last corner on Monza before the home straight, on the start of the corner after the 1st long downhill at Brands Hatch, ect. Crank up the AI and do some racing - if you consistently see the AI brake lights stay on to near apex, then it’s a good bet that you’ll go faster if trail braking. Time Trial following a fast ghost works to find those trail braking corners too (sry, I mainly play PC2 since I’m a wheel user - don’t know if you can do that on F7 still since I haven’t played in awhile).
I just watch the AI when racing to find the brake points and watch for trail braking - and most importantly…
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Depends on the car and corner. As stated above (Kinda) more gradual corners then yeah you’d more likely trail brake, same for a good amount of late apex corners. I’d generally also do it for more rear bias cars to keep the rear from stepping out too.
trail breaking and downshifting is my method. I also run breaking setup usually 48% with pressure ranging 74 - 85.
Drivetrain diff * rwd acc 68 dec 35
*fwd acc 52 dec 0
*AWD varies pending HP.
Tire pressure i run 27-29
and chamber plays huge is breaking/acceleration i usually run them less chamber when its a low HP car
Take the R8 Forza GT car. stock. then turn the chamber down by half. then it grips
The widest the radius, the more I use it. Which means it’s not as often as one would think. However, I tend to tune my brakes to help get the car around the corner, as I like stability otherwise.
Trail braking is more useful in cars with natural understeer behavior in corner entry.
Corner off speed/acceleration will likely be the main factor to consider before you take a corner. Braking later is great until a finesse player stomps you on corner exit and pulls away on the straight. 90 degree corners are where you see the most mistakes with people trying to beat someone there with a complete disregard of the acceleration needed after the corner
In other cases it’s the next corner that determines braking. Chicanes and other tracks like Sonoma, Virginia, and the alt versions of lime rock that have rhythm sections may negate trail braking.
The car and build will also impact what you do. The higher the grip in a car, the greater the necessity to do this in many classes due to lack of raw acceleration. Despite me saying this, one exception is the first turn at Daytona. No aero, high powered accelerating monsters with super low handling are used here; however, if you trail brake turn one and take it as deep as possible you’ll be at least a half second faster assuming you don’t lose time elsewhere. It’s really easy to spin out or get a dirty lap by attempting this, but once you learn the brake point, you’ll have to opportunity to set a crazy lap time.