5 Steps to FINALLY Master TRAIL BRAKING in Racing

This is the ultimate guide/tutorial introduction for Trail Braking. Follow these steps and reading pro drivers' telemetry won't be as frustrating anymore ;)

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00:00 The Problem
00:56 Step 1
01:46 Step 2
02:28 Step 3
03:44 Step 4
05:51 Step 5 (IMPORTANT!)
07:25 Sim Racing Mistakes

[SuellioAlmeida]

Watch my BEST coaching sessions and many technical explanations about racing technique!

[Velocity_racer_]

After watching this one and putting everything together I gained about 1.6 seconds in sector 2 alone. Thanks for being the best coach online

[EFUwazurike]

This video just shaved 2 seconds off my pace. Last night I was practicing GT3 at Virginia for the first time this week and was able to manage a 1:48.8 after about an hour and half. I watched this video and just jump into a practice session for the first time since last night and by lap 16 I managed a 1:46.7. I’m blown away cause I always knew trail braking was my weakest skill but really didn’t believe it would be that big of a difference maker. I have to replicate this tomorrow to be sure but Suellio, you seriously just put a confidence in me I haven’t had my whole sim racing career. Thank you 🙏🏾

[samuelvanlane]

You are easily one of the best coaches online. I gain pace every week by applying new techniques I am learning from your videos.

[dvarrin]

@SuellioAlmeida This is crazy. I was training at Zandvoort with the Ferrari 296 GT3 in IRacing. I tried an online race and was 12th at qualify. Then I tried this trail braking technic to turn initially with the pedals and not with the steering wheel for about 2 days. I'm really far to master it all, but I could qualify first being about 2 sec faster. That's crazy. I thought I was trail braking already, I understood that the objective is to keep the weight on the front tires to have more grip. That's so described everywhere in books and on Internet. But if we don't apply what you explain, it cannot be effective. Why are there so many driving tuto's, but nobody explains so precisely like you what we have to do? Thank you so much!!

[Lapulga]

Ok so, on Iracing Mugello track my best laptime 1:49.800 got it once with lot of focus and effort. My average lap time is 1:53.ish, I am very inconsistent. I watched this video and after 10 min of driving, I am not getting more than 1:51.00! I watched a lot of videos on trail braking, and never got it, simply because no one explains the why! This man here and Driver 61 are the only I am watching from now on. They care about the community and helping races to get better and freaking deliver in 5 min FREE video unlike lot of others who cares only to show us how good they are and get viewers! I dont care from where I need to go to hit the apex, I want to know how I can hit it. This guy nailed it! Sub sub! 2 years on sim racing, you just unlocked me whole different world!

[SuperDRAY]

I’ve just started IRacing because of your videos. I had no issue getting top laptimes on acc with my potentiometer pedals but on IRacing as trail breaking is a lot more important I’ve definitely noticed that it’s nearly impossible to get consistent… so yep.. load cell and cockpit are on the way 😂

This video is obviously going to help massively too. Thanks Suellio!

[reviewforthetube]

Looks like i was on the right track! Thanks man was so so easy to uncorporate the rest. You helped me with 1 video a while back shwoing that one guy how to rotate the car with brakes even making him lose grip so he understood how to actually use the brakes to turn the car in more then even the wheel. That one video helped me so so much. So now this was the rest I needed!

[AP_Sim]

This dude is going to go somewhere on youtube. Idk who taught you to how to do the tube but dmam your good at it. Great video thank for the insight

[lodey]

Love your informative training videos, Suellio - learn so much about racecraft. Thank you!

[j.bryant]

This is easily one of the best trail braking examples I have found. Explanation, lesson, and homework. Can't wait to try this.

[SufferingAddict]

If I may add:
This whole thing with turning in earlier gently and giving the car time to load up the outside wheels can be practiced IRL very well in road cars that roll quite a bit.
It just gives you a very pronounced understanding of the difference between introducing the car into the corner gently vs chucking it in and unsettling it.

If you're in the sim in a agile, stiffly sprung race car the difference can be to subtle to really appreciate.

[aguyishappy]

Thanks so much, after 3 years of sim racing Ive finally decided to turn off ABS and just did my first lap without locking up, 6 TENTHS FASTER and my lines were all over the place 👍👍 cheers

[StarCraft]

This video is AMAZING!

I have watched so many trail braking videos because I always feel like my attempts have been, not slower than my normal turning but not up to what I should be able to do.

Watching this has taught me so much, part of it is my setup physically in person, and part is braking later than I should be, Thank You for this video. It's exactly what I needed to improve:)

[thijmenheusdens]

Thank you, needed this so much to prepare for my irl testday in a 718 gt4 this monday.

[arenigac]

i can't believe how a simple setting change your game, thanks for these tips

[cgriff]

Holy crap man, I just discovered you and your journey recently, and I have definitely been impressed at how much I've learned from you. Thank you!

[CharlieBecquet]

This is some of the most informative racing content on YouTube. Great work!

[gloglebag]

By far the best channel dedicated to racing. I learned more from you in a week, then years of watching other youtubers.

[karelknightmare]

Nice and concise video, thank you !
One question about grip though, i believe self aligning torque maxes before the grip.
My interpretation is that 'fishing the grip' relies on getting a precise feel of SAT just starting to drop without understeer.
These few degrees of steering that 'pin' the front enabling a small oversteer mid corner to exit earlier.
Some pilots have this spectacular 'fighting' style on the limit, 'dancing' with the pedals also to push the car on the limit.
It's not clean but it seems as efficient.
I'd really like to have your views on that.