Brake Setup

[DARKEST_HOUR]

Stronger in the front, right i see drift cars have bigger brakes in the front

 

[Omnis]

depends... if you have maxed brakes in the front, they'll lock up and send you into an understeering mess.

scour about the settings and then fiddle around with your personal preferences as well. use the search button to learn all about settings and brake settings. don't limit yourself to the drift section, either. the more you know in general, the more you can apply adjustments to achieve your goal.

welcome to gtp.

 

[gtsomething]

I use power to the front on most 4wd's, it transfer weight to the front making the rear loosen and light so it's slidable...

 

[Gen.]

I preferrably leave it at the back. The understeer in the GT4 system is bad enough as it is.

 

[vinsion]

Honestly, did this deserve a whole topic?

Stronger in the front induces nosedive; Stronger in the rear induces a slide.

It's your technique and your settings that make the difference.

< Vin >

 

[Funkshen]

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It's your technique and your settings that make the difference.

< Vin >

Indeed.

 

[fergamasco]

I say that if you are into drifting in gt4,use one car and one car only that you are use to,that way you wouldnt have to mess with your brake setting as much.

 

[Swift]

Rear brake bias and lower the LSD Decel under 20. This works great for FR's. Don't ask me about AWD.

 

[gtsomething]

If you use one car, it's fun to get good. Then it's really fun to be able to master the course with everyturn with that car...Eventually it gets boring. Using the same car over and over again can get boring...and it limits your skill since thats all you would know how to use.

 

[Delphic Reason]

Rear brake bias and lower the LSD Decel under 20. This works great for FR's. Don't ask me about AWD.

Yep... This is exactly what I do... However, some cars (especially heavier cars) can benifit from a higher LSD decel, or they could very well slide off the track when accel is off...

Lowering the LSD decel is VERY benificial to AWD's... Most of the AWD's are a pain to drift until you lower the LSD decel... It just makes them easier to initiate, and reduces some of the understeer...

A front bias increases understeer, and is the last thing you should do in GT4, unless the vehicle has an unusual tendency to oversteer...

 

[d3p0]

FYI.. if you set your car up for rear brake bias you are setting your car up unrealistically.

 

[Swift]

FYI.. if you set your car up for rear brake bias you are setting your car up unrealistically.

FYI, GT4 has unrealistically represented understeer. So, some steps taken to overcome this are warranted. And make the game much more enjoyable.

 

[d3p0]

While I agree that the game has a bit too much understeer, there are better ways of correcting it that don't involve the brakes.

 

[Delphic Reason]

While I agree that the game has a bit too much understeer, there are better ways of correcting it that don't involve the brakes.

Ok, you always seem to love to drop in and say how something is wrong, without giving any possible solution... Most people here have learned to take what you say with a grain of salt... Rear brake bias is indeed used in real life... However, in most cases, you are right... A neutral, or front, brake bias is more benificial (in some cases), but this is an incredibly flawed video game... There are many different (correct) ways to accomplish anything when tuning a car, in real life, and in the GT series... Don't make the mistake of pushing your ideas as gospel... There are professional real life drifters that use soft rear springs, and there are drifters that use tight rear springs... There are those that use stronger front brakes, and there are those that use stronger rear brakes... It all depends on your style, and preffered techniques...

There are many ways to accomplish any goal... This thread was made for forum members to post how they set their brakes, (which you have yet to do)... If you want to contribute, contribute... Otherwise, move right along...

 

[d3p0]

I think the biggest problem with GT4 is the tire simulation. It doesn't allow for any tires with reduced sidewall flex that also use a standard (street) compound. This could be solved by allowing you to tune wheel sizes/offsets but that would add a great deal of complexity to the tire/wheel selection functions (though in real life, they are quite important and complex). The simple solution in the game is to increase the rear spring rate to compensate.

As for your comment about the preferences of real drifters, you are correct, many drifters have many different preferences about car setup. However, you'd have a hard time finding a drifter that runs the type of bias a lot of folks here recommend.

You can read the rest of my reply here

 

[venomGT4]

Yep... This is exactly what I do... However, some cars (especially heavier cars) can benifit from a higher LSD decel, or they could very well slide off the track when accel is off...

Lowering the LSD decel is VERY benificial to AWD's... Most of the AWD's are a pain to drift until you lower the LSD decel... It just makes them easier to initiate, and reduces some of the understeer...

A front bias increases understeer, and is the last thing you should do in GT4, unless the vehicle has an unusual tendency to oversteer...

i drift with awd and i just keep the lsd to whatever the car is equipped with. i aslo dont use a bbc and that seems to work well. thanks to ur post, i think im actually gonna start fiddling with the lsd and see what happens 👍

 

[Delphic Reason]

i drift with awd and i just keep the lsd to whatever the car is equipped with. i aslo dont use a bbc and that seems to work well. thanks to ur post, i think im actually gonna start fiddling with the lsd and see what happens 👍

That's how I started drifting AWD's in GT4... However, the brake bias and LSD settings are very useful in making AWd's easier to drift... Good luck with your efforts... If you need help, just ask...

 

[venomGT4]

That's how I started drifting AWD's in GT4... However, the brake bias and LSD settings are very useful in making AWd's easier to drift... Good luck with your efforts... If you need help, just ask...

for me, awd is easier then any other drivetrain to drift even without messing with the bbc or lsd, tht may be due to the fact that awd was what i started out drifting and have drifted since day 1...i can always improve tho and this may be what i need to do.

dr, do u have aim or yahoo or anything (feel free to pm me if u dont wanna post it here) thanks man

 

[Delphic Reason]

for me, awd is easier then any other drivetrain to drift even without messing with the bbc or lsd, tht may be due to the fact that awd was what i started out drifting and have drifted since day 1...i can always improve tho and this may be what i need to do.

dr, do u have aim or yahoo or anything (feel free to pm me if u dont wanna post it here) thanks man

Click on the AIM icon under my avatar...

 

[DARKEST_HOUR]

Thanks for the help