ABS @ 0 =>brake balance F/R = very low value = enjoy.

[Lambob]

I decided to set by brake balances (to any event which lets me tune prior race start) to low values, sometimes as low as 1, with a 2 or 3 in the front, and I now have control over my car and brake pedal, with ABS set to off.

Mind you, if your driving style requires you to stop on a dime from 300 to 40 , then you may need to tweak to your personal settings.

 

[Watevaman]

I took my 787B to the 2005 Sarthe w/o chicanes and didn't realize I had my balance set to 1/0 (front/rear). Needless to say, the wall at the end of the straight came up a little bit too quickly for my taste.

Just don't forget to adjust your braking zones appropriately if you do this.

 

[What_Apex?]

I decided to set by brake balances (to any event which lets me tune prior race start) to low values, sometimes as low as 1, with a 2 or 3 in the front, and I now have control over my car and brake pedal, with ABS set to off.

Mind you, if your driving style requires you to stop on a dime from 300 to 40 , then you may need to tweak to your personal settings.

👍

I have been driving with all aids off including abs and using manual gears for a while now, and this has just made my gt5 alot more enjoyable!

Do it, do it NOW! There might be a law against it tomorrow

 

[HotRodKing]

Will the braking points change on the driving line when you change the brake balance?

 

[magburner]

i've taken some tentative steps with ABS zero. At present, I only drive a stock Nismo 400R with sports tyres (with no aids), and I have the balance set to 3/4. My fastest time around the Nordschleife in that car is arond the 7.30 mark. I find that braking at 25% is a good strength to get around the corners. 👍

 

[shirakawaa]

With ABS off you need to set your brake bias mostly to the front. (usually around 75-80% of the total brake force).
4/1 or 5/2 is usually a good start, at least for me, for a wheel/pedal set.
A finer control (the lower the values, the less precisely is possible to adjust bias) would have been welcomed, though.

 

[GeneralJesh]

I use 4/2 5/ 5/3 6/4 7/4 (Well it obviously varies with the car).
No ABS for me since I don't even remember 👍

 

[Yev]

Will the braking points change on the driving line when you change the brake balance?

No.

 

[IceMan PJN]

I've often went with 7/3 and had that work pretty well for me personally.

 

[Devedander]

I will have to give this a try as with the G27 I have to use only about the top 1 inch of travel to avoid locking up brakes...

 

[Big Ron]

4/1 or 5/2 is usually a good start, at least for me, for a wheel/pedal set.

For my DFP, I need to set 3/1 on cars with comfort/sports tyres and 4/2 for sport soft or racing.

When I set 4/2 for street cars withnormal tyres, the wheels lock too fast in my opinion.

 

[BWX]

3/1 with G25 with regular cars and no aids ABS 0 since about a week after I had GT5.

With crazy cars like X2010 or FGT I go to about 10/5 or 10/6, if lower my braking distance suffers.

Sometimes with racing tires on lightweight race cars I'll go up to 4/1 or 5/2.

I should add that I modified my pedal springs.. brake pedal is very stiff, gas and clutch about 2 to 3 times stiffer than stock. I just added spacers and stretched out the springs.. added some foam inside brake spring too.

 

[spapadillion]

I'm so exceedingly cool and awesome that I've been driving without ABS since day one. 5/4, 4/3 and 3/2 are my preferred settings, 5/4 being for most race chassis on racing tires, 4/3 for supercars on sports soft tires and 3/2 for something like a stock Lotus or NSX on SH/CS.

However you set it up, MAKE SURE you can still, albeit just barely, lock your tires at any given point on the track or you will be losing ground in the corners. The trick is to dial as much play into the brake pedal/trigger/stick as you can without losing the ability to lock 'em up and that last little bit of braking power that preceeds the lock.

Also, it is my opinion that the crazy 4, 5 and 6/1 setups should be avoided, as they sacrifice a great deal of straight line braking power. 5/3 and 4/2 should be as drastic a difference as is necessary to avoid braking oversteer when entering a corner, even in the most excitable MR, RR cars.

 

[Poppins]

The ONLY reason this is making things better is because you have ABS off and you have no clue how to use it, so really you are just weakening your braking all around in order to make up for the fact that you press too hard on the brakes and lock up all the time, and you are gimping yourself by having greater stopping distances plainly to have ABS off.

Its alot better just to run with it on 1, and balance set to 5 or above.

 

[ValiantThorr]

I use a 1/1 brake controller on all cars but yeah abs 0 is alot better and fun. and adjusting ur braking zones for earlier braking using heel toe and engine brakes and pumping the brake is alot more fun. when i add abs etc feels more like Forza to me and i would rather play forza then. the physics are what's keeping me on GT.

 

[slicecom]

I too recently turned off ABS (I'd always driven with all AIDS off except ABS at 1). It hasn't affected my laptimes at all, and I feel much better being AIDS free.

 

[Poppins]

If you have ABS off you should have it set to 5/5 and not weakening your braking power.

 

[MMeglen]

With trying the license challenges that have to do with brake distance and time, I found.abs 0 to work better for me.

 

[GeneralJesh]

If you have ABS off you should have it set to 5/5 and not weakening your braking power.

What.

 

[Poppins]

ah nevermind...

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> Does this only applies with a (any) wheel or DS3 or both?



^ Just asking...

 

[ValiantThorr]

Not sure about other wheels/DS3 but the Fanatec clubsport pedals is especially good with ABS off as it uses metal potentiometers with 8 bit (256 values) resolution for all three pedals.

 

[Zoom!Zoom!]

Sometimes you want the back to have a a little higher setting than the front. For example MR and RR cars.
Without locking your brakes, having more braking in front cause some oversteering while more in the back causes some understeering.

Not sure about other wheels/DS3 but the Fanatec clubsport pedals is especially good with ABS off as it uses metal potentiometers with 8 bit (256 values) resolution for all three pedals.

With G27 pedals with nixim mod, CSP , and DFGT with something behind the brake pedal (I using a sponge) it harder to lock up the brakes ,thus making ABS off a lot more manageable. By the way CSP uses a load cell in the brake pedal which can be adjusted.

 

[spapadillion]

If you have ABS off you should have it set to 5/5 and not weakening your braking power.

Braking power is not weakened unless it is brought down below the point of lock-up.

 

[Poppins]

Yeah I didnt mean it like that thats why I said nvm.

It makes it so when you use 50% braking, it doesnt brake as much as it would with a higher balance setting.

 

[Zoom!Zoom!]

Yeah I didnt mean it like that thats why I said nvm.

It makes it so when you use 50% braking, it doesnt brake as much as it would with a higher balance setting.

You are right when it comes to X2010 since you can't lock up it's brakes even with a 0/10 setting. You can brake faster if you set the brake bias to 10/10.

 

[ValiantThorr]

Sometimes you want to back to have a a little higher setting than the front. For example MR and RR cars.
Without locking your brakes, having more braking in front cause some oversteering while more in the back causes some understeering.
With G27 pedals with nixim mod, CSP , and DFGT with something behind the brake pedal (I using a sponge) it harder to lock up the brakes ,thus making ABS off a lot more manageable. By the way CSP uses a load cell in the brake pedal which can be adjusted.

By the way CSP uses a load cell in the brake pedal which can be adjusted.

Exactly which allows for quick adjustment when changing car MR RR etc without affecting brake controller.
It also has an adjustible lock up vibration motor on the brake pedal which also warns of lock up.

 

[Zoom!Zoom!]

Exactly which allows for quick adjustment when changing car MR RR etc without affecting brake controller.

Personally I leave the knob set and change brake bias in the game instead. Most games has a brake setting in their menus that way after I got them set in the game I don't have to continue fooling with the brake knob every time I load a game in.

 

[ValiantThorr]

Personally I leave the knob set and change brake bias in the game instead. Most games has a brake setting in their menus that way after I got them set in the game I don't have to continue fooling with the brake knob every time I load a game in.

Same but it still is an option.

 

[BWX]

The ONLY reason this is making things better is because you have ABS off and you have no clue how to use it, so really you are just weakening your braking all around in order to make up for the fact that you press too hard on the brakes and lock up all the time, and you are gimping yourself by having greater stopping distances plainly to have ABS off.

Its alot better just to run with it on 1, and balance set to 5 or above.

Or maybe you are just scared and can't handle ABS 0 like us real men.