ABS "Off" Behavior Among Different Tire Compounds

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I noticed that when I was driving the Skyline R33, the brakes would lock up much sooner in Race tires than Sports. Or at least, it feels like it. I made a comparison video below, but I'm not quite sure if the "feeling" is translated well into the video though

The cars I've felt this difference so far are the Skylines and RX-7 FC, but that's pretty much because they're the only road cars I've driven thus far without ABS in both Sports and Racing tires. Note that I didn't specify whether they're Hard, Medium, or Soft, because the brakes feel the same as long as they're in the same tire category

The last thing I noticed is when I used Comfort Hards on the Skyline to get the backdrop that I wanted around the end of the video, the brakes become very lenient and I can drive as if I'm on ABS Default. It still locks up, but only at very low speeds

Do try it if you find the time to do so, maybe on different road cars as well.
 
I'm guessing there is an adjustment of overall brake strength between tires. The overall grip level of racing tires is so much greater, so they can handle a lot more brake pressure. But we don't have an adjustment for that in GT Sport. So I think PD automatically does that without mentioning it and just didn't keep a consistent feel between the types of tires.
 
That's also my guess as to why this is happening. It's a weird thing to implement though, especially nothing of the sort is stated about it
 

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