Originally posted by kragbees
Ok, I did not know that ... but I know for a fact that most race cars in real life do not have ABS.
And Rally cars will never have it ...
Rally cars are a different story and you are correct there, they will never have ABS, for snow and gravel events anyway.
As for other race cars, you'll find in many classes where some cars run with ABS and some without it, those with ABS are often given a slight weight penalty to slow them down, as it is known to be an advantage.
As Bill-182 said, sure a good racing driver could, a few years ago anyway, beat ABS, but these days modern systems on race cars and some road cars are just about perfect, on smooth grippy roads.
Anyway, back to GT. How do good racing drivers manage to brake so well without ABS? Feel. They feel where the point of lockup is, they feel it through the front wheels, through the pedal, and through the car. All of which I think you'll agree would be pretty hard to do in GT. It's just too hard to be able to accurately sense the onset of lockup in a game, so therefore ABS makes teh cars driveable.