Brake Balance - What's your philosophy/tendency?

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Whats your Brake Balance Tendency/Philosophy?

  • My tendency is to go Low/High

    Votes: 13 15.7%
  • High/Low

    Votes: 26 31.3%
  • Equal/Equal

    Votes: 11 13.3%
  • Depends on the type of car MR/FF/RR.

    Votes: 23 27.7%
  • Depends on tire/wear and or stopping distance

    Votes: 6 7.2%
  • Other criteria

    Votes: 4 4.8%

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Flsurffisher
Given the discussion on wether to use ABS or not it seems there is a vast difference in how GT5ers set up their brakes. My personal tendency is to go low front/high rear on MR/RR cars because a higher front setting tends to lead to excessive tire wear in the front. Balanced wear means I don't have to pit in longer races because one set of tires is bear; yet I have enough tread on the other set to continue driving.

I also tend to set the balance high to give me the shortest slowing distance so generally you'll see my balance set 5/8, 6/9, 7/9, 6/8; whatever give me good stopping distance and even tire wear.
 
I generally go for a 2/1 for older cars, particularly yank iron. General streeters a 3/1, when getting into performance/sports cars a 3/2 and up from there, about as high as I go is a 5/3 on hypercars and race cars. ABS usually on 1, but I have been experimenting with it off lately (for cars that dont have it) and I find I need to lower the rear so that it doesn't lock up and spin.
 
about 8/5 on everything.

Not aware of too many cars out there that have smaller brakes on the front than they do on the rear :)
 
In endurance races, I start with 1-1

As the race goes on and the tires lose grip I increase it to help with breaking. As soon as I hit the cliff and having it ramped to 8 or 9 both ways its time for a pit stop!
 
In endurance races, I start with 1-1

As the race goes on and the tires lose grip I increase it to help with breaking. As soon as I hit the cliff and having it ramped to 8 or 9 both ways its time for a pit stop!
There is a difference between brake balance and brake pressure.
 
5/6 for most cars just because it allows me to snap out the rear end of the car should i need to (especially rally ;D) however if im drifting ill go as far as 4/8... i never really experimented with stronger front brakes and now im just hooking on a strong rear :)
 
8/5 on race tires

6/4 on sports tires

4/3 on comfort tires or ABS off

Tire wear is a non issue, just don't brake as hard.
 
Impossible to answer question.

It depends on the front suspensions settings, basically you setup to you dont overheat under braking.
 
Impossible to answer question.

It depends on the front suspensions settings, basically you setup to you dont overheat under braking.

That can't happen in GT5, so no need to take it into account.
 
That can't happen in GT5, so no need to take it into account.

Unless they have changed tyre physics in a recent update. Tyre wear / over heating can be a function of front suspension settings. Toe in/camber does make a different (or at least did).

Same with the rears.
 
First, how I set my bias depends on the drivetrain. If it's FF, I normally don't even care about fooling with it. If it's AWD, I again don't care so much. It's mainly only FR or MR that I adjust the bias. If I adjust it, I tend to run more at the front than the back. My old default was 7/3, but since then I've sometimes went 7/4, 8/4, or even higher if I feel it isn't causing me problems.

I have to note that I run ABS 0, so going overboard with my brakes is an issue I have to be careful about. I think I tried something like 10/7 on the Enzo and felt like it was just too much. As I recall, my tires were getting too hot too quickly, and dialing back to like 8/4 was more manageable.
 
5/2 for MR and MAWD cars (5/1 for particularly skiddish ones). 5/3 for FRs (5/1 for skiddish ones, again). 5/5 for FF cars (with a couple of exceptions). 5/4 for AWD cars.
 
5/5 6/6 6/5 and 3/8 for drifting

i haven't really experimented with low values and dont see the need for it,except for preserving the tires, which one way or another dont wear as much as they would when i was still using my DS3
 
Well to me, it all depends on the car, its handling limits, and the kind of racing I am doing. I adjust the brake balance to suit my driving style and whatever car I am using. I don't mess with these settings unless I absolutely have to. Like if a car's back end snaps too quickly under cornering or acceleration, I will adjust the brake balance to have a little understeer so I lessen the probability of a spin. The most usual settings I use are usually one or two ticks left or right of 5. So depending on the car and its handling, the farthest down I set the Brake Balance is 3, and the farthest up I set the Brake Balance is 7. And I always try to even it out. So I don't just leave one side at 7 while the other is at 5. Cars that only need a little adjusting to me... I go no lower than 4 and no higher than 6. Or, I may just leave it at 5 and 5 each.

I don't want to say that it depends on the drivetrain. I've used front/RWD cars that handle beautifully, and some front/RWD cars that handle poorly. I love my Lotus Evora and how much fun it is to race. Same goes for my Race Modified NSX. So that's why I voted "Other Criteria." And that's how I feel.
 
I'm not a tuner at all.
I'm too scared to touch anything apart from gear ratio :lol:

I was like that with GT1-3 when I was younger. Just mess with the settings, you can always go back to default settings.
 
I don't use ABS; brake balance has little effect with ABS set to 1 anyway.

I started at 6:4, but that was killed in an update. So I went to 5:3. That was killed in an update, too, and I now use 4:3 or 4:2 depending on the car. I go a bit higher (same ratio) for high grip tyres.
I do tweak it on the fly. If I feel I'm getting too much opposite lock approaching apexes, I'll dial the rear down a notch. I rarely get understeer on the brakes, unless I've locked the fronts.

My answer, then, is it depends on the car, weather, time of day etc. I adjust it to suit how the car feels.
 
I tend to run higher numbers BUT if I'm really trying to optimize braking, I take it to the practice track and do straight line testing till stopping is maxed while having the tires heat evenly, front and rear. Then run my races and of course if track conditions cause overheating, I will tweak the bias etc, same if I get push or other traits that cost lap time.
 
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