MASTERING BRAKING: GT3 Driver Reveals 3 Secrets to make YOU Faster on Track

This is an educational video explaning how to brake correctly, coming from a pro GT race car driver. These are some really valuable fundamentals to allow you to master your braking Performace on corner entry.

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Chapters:
0.00 - INTRO
0:14 - REFERENCE YOUR BRAKING POINTS
2:30 - BRAKE PRESSURE / CAR BALANCE
4:36 - KNOWING THE TYPE OF CORNER
7:55 - CLOSING REMARKS

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[slaphead]

I'm really enjoying your channel. A real GT3 racing driver doing sim racing and sharing knowledge is fantastic.

[xelaplays]

Really loving this mate. The Editing, music, production and of course, the professional feedback from such an established driver. Please keep up the work 🎉

[BimmerDudeXi]

The hard part with sim racing for me, sim racing is all visuals. I know braking and turn in patience are my weak point. I always compare it being in an actual car (I've done track time in the past). It's not the same, looking at a screen vs feeling the car and seeing actual pyshical visuals, is just two different worlds. The instructions you give are very well put.

[WorldKingLive]

Congratulations to the win today!! Here to learn from one of the best, been subbed to you for awhile and other day saw you were doing 24 at Daytona again this year and wow what a finish man! After that last yellow flag you just went into beast mode keeping 2 seconds between you and P2. Incredible stuff brother, loved it! Wish you had more broadcast time

[SIMPAUL]

Thank you for helping me understand how wrong I’m braking and how to correct years of terrible braking habits. I’ve been treating every turn as a “brake late and hard as possible” often killing momentum through fast turns or trying to ask too much from the car in tight turns. Liked and Subscribed!

[steviemcfcbluemoon]

Finally, the penny has just dropped. Thank you so much for this simple but effective explanation. Just subscribed 😊

[jacohop]

Ha! Love that you use the string concept with steering - I started using it after a recent epiphanie; I've never reeeaaally understood "break in straight line" because obviousley that's what I'm fricken trying to do, but i was distracted by thinking of the whole car and had a hard time feeling when it was indeed straight. Then I changed it to "always break with the wheel as centered as possible" and that was so much easier to judge. Then once that clicked, to help time my trail or accel i thought of it as the wheel being "straight = 100% input, more angle = proportionally less input" then that intuitively led me to imagine strings pulling on the pedals. It has been helping me smooth out/ coordinate my hands to feet and seems effective, but I wasn't sure if it was a "good" idea or just a bridge between total noob and better techniques, mostly because I hadn't heard it before and if you watch onboards it's not really done like that, or at least very hard to tell.

Anyway you've ratified my theory, thank you!

PS - I've been using it to time corner exit accel too - do you you recommend that as well? do you use it as a loose guiding principle or do you very strictly follow it? thanx again!

PPS - Jimmy sent me here - great channel so far!

[notatroll]

Really needed this. Thank you. I'm new to sim racing and have been using practice modes to essentially experiment with what I can get away on cornering..which I'm sure is the worst way to learn lol.

[killionairekyle]

I love these videos, as a new sim racer, i love hearing someone with experience tell me how i am losing so i can fight harder.

[MegaIronica]

I was just learning Hokenheim in rFactor 2 and it took me some time to realize I had to brake much earlier on T1 than I thought at first, even if the corner is much faster than other ones. Your video explains that very well. The objective is to have higher exit speed, and if you brake too late, you have to slow down more to make the turn, and your exit suffers from it. However, if you are on a hair pin, you don't have a choice but to go slower on the corner, so might as well brake as late as possible. Great explanation 👌

[jordynpropst]

I’m really struggling with the Mercedes lately. I am going to focus on some of the things you mentioned. I really don’t want to give up on my beloved AMG. Thanks for the video!

[ImInTheMaking]

I'm new to sim (100 hours) and your content is relatable as to what I'm aiming for.

[TheDaveSanders]

Damn, no one's taught me tip #3 until today. Really great video, that was extremely helpful. Great stuff.

[Spybee]

Hey man. Just wanted to let you know. I’ve been sim racing for around 8 years, and been racing on different game systems well before that. This little video has totally improved my technique to the tune of shaving 8-12 seconds, which seems insane, off my current laps. Now this is one track and one day, but holy shit. I knew the concept of everything you’re talking about, but I dunno I guess the way you explained it just clicked. So thanks a million and you got a subscriber for life. Really like that you’re a pro GT3 driver and can use that experience to host a channel on sim racing. You will have tons of subs in the future.

[roklemnok]

As a guy who is enjoining starting the sim adventure and an engineer, love understanding these strategies and mechanics. It makes what I've been "feeling" make sense.

[underSTATEDexcellence]

I didn’t think this video was for me but then I saw that white board title and immediately realized it’s specifically for me.

[Neilmcconnon]

You explain things very well man. I practice hard and I think the trail braking has taken the longest to get right and I'm not there yet but also I notice how tense my body is when in a sim race. I know this is affecting my braking also. Thanks for another great lesson 👍🏻🍻🥃🥃🍀🇮🇪🤝🏻

[vetteracer]

Great stuff man! I’ve applied this to the sim and IRL. Managing weight makes driving so much less dramatic. Keep up the great work. I must’ve watched this video 5 times.

[DaleJrBDWS]

This is really great information. I think many people try to utilize a gradual braking method but then get drilled by the people who just slam on the brakes.

Definitely good to keep in mind though.

[simracingden]

This is great really enjoying your channel!