How Brake Bias can improve your Sim Racing Lap Times

you're in a similar car to your opponent with even more horsepower but you still can't win the race that's not unusual most of the time gained per lap comes from flawless execution under braking and the resulting corner speed one setting that's often overlooked and can drastically change a braking distance and overall car behavior in a turn is the brake bias what that is how it functions and how you can set it up for any track we'll tell you right after this intro [Music] breaking is the most crucial moment of every lap usually there's no time to be gained on straights as cars with similar engines and builds will neutralize each other for the most part but when heading into a turn the responsibility lies with the driver to get the most out of it the right braking point steering angle apex speed and the moments when you wind up the throttle again are all crucial and determine who's the better driver of course every part of the setup plays an important role in how the car behaves under braking and acceleration but if you're using the wrong bias settings this can make the setup feel not quite right you see different settings can better the feel when entering a corner on any track we only have to take the plunge and make an effort to test a few settings and understand why it behaves like it does if this is just what you're looking for take another plunge and hit that subscribe button and ring the bell for more videos just like this one so let's start at the beginning what actually is brake bias the brake bias determines how much braking force is applied to the front brakes in contrast to the rear that means a brake bias of 50 will use the front and rear brakes to an equal amount pushing the bias further to the front or back can lead to advantages in certain situations or to disadvantages when used incorrectly the perfect car to showcase this is the maserati gran turismo from the gt4 class as this is a vehicle not equipped with abs and thus you can lock up the tyres if you're searching for the right gt4 car for you to use in acc check out our video with giardia who reveals how to find it but let's talk about bias again and start with a higher percentage first if you push the bias further to the front you can stabilize the car under braking as the weight is being pushed to the front as well a higher brake bias can lead to a shorter braking distance if you dial it incorrectly the most important aspect however is the reduced probability of a spin if you lock up the tyres with the bias push to the front your front tyres will lock up first leading to the car carrying on in a straight line leaving the driver unable to steer the car only when braking pressure is reduced can the car grip again in racing this is the better option than having a locker at the rear because if you choose to set the bias more to the rear this is what happens when you lock up yeah pretty bad and if it happens there's no way to react the car will crash and there's very little you can do about it so having the bias more to the front is the less risky variant and therefore the preferred setting however you can lower the straight-line braking distance significantly with a reduced brake bias the perfect balance would be so that all four tyres lock up at the same time but to be honest with changing altitude different apex speeds and weight distributions in cars this is almost impossible to achieve but if we leave the maserati for its fans almost every other gt4 car offers abs anyway so there's absolutely no way to lock up in the first place however brake bias still influences how the car handles whilst turning in which is why we should now take a look at how to set up the bias for any track first up we take this beautiful f1 car out of its garage and try to adjust the bias so that all four tires lock up at the same time when braking in a straight line to do so pick up some speed on a straight and then brake as hard as you can afterwards we watch the replay and determine whether the front or rear locked up first then we adjust the bias and repeat the process until we find the right settings for our car in this case 49 awesome so this is potentially the best setting for braking after a long straight like for the chicane here at spa but sadly this value might not be the fastest when attacking any curb you see increasing the bias will make the car more understeery whilst pushing it back will give you more oversteer and a better turning to now we take the new default value we've just set and test it to see if there are any other turns where we have problems with under or oversteer depending on what we find we move the bias one click up or down and test it again to see if this has fixed the problem after a good while we settled for 51 as the original 49 made us spin out in the chicane and the source the slightly higher value made the car more stable under heavy braking and gave us the confidence to step ultra late on the pedal the only downside we noticed was a relatively fast locking up inside tyre in turn 10 bruscell which is a tricky one as this hairpin has a steep downhill gradient so you have to keep in mind that there are turns that would benefit from other settings if you don't want to fiddle with the bias on the fly and change stuff around while driving you often have to settle for a compromise which gives you the overall best feeling if you want to maximize your lap times changing the bias on a turn-by-turn basis can further shave some tents off in the long run also know that on certain tracks with big changes in altitude weight is transferred completely differently and that when you break down hill the front is used even more and vice versa brake bias is an interesting setting half of it can be explained scientifically while the other half is dependent on driving style and having the right feeling for the car keep in mind that a bias push further forwards will give you more stability and braking and gets rid of the danger of spinning off always try to start working on your brake fire setting from the center point where the fronts and rears lock up at roughly the same time afterwards try and manipulate the value in little steps until over and understeer are easy to control if you want to take the bias to the next level think about which setting suits all turns of a track and maybe adjust the value whilst driving we hope this video helps you discover the right settings for you for more tutorials like this one check out overtake.gg and the channel or simply click on the top right to get our acc tutorial about traction control also super interesting to play around with and at the bottom you can find our previous video but that's it for today thanks for tuning in see you next time cheers

Channel: OverTake_gg

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Length: 7min 29sec (449 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 03 2021