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Forgive me if this belongs somewhere else, but I've searched and can not find an answer. I played with upgrades and included racing brakes. I also adjusted brake bias, but I still find my car (Citroen) after a long straight away runs way past any turn. I can not seem to get this light weight to stop like a real sports car should

BEM
 
You might be braking too hard, causing the cars wheels to lock up, which reduces the cars ability to stop. Alternatively, you might be braking too lightly and not pressing the brakes enough, or you might be braking too late and overshooting the turn.
 
Brakes don't (in the vast majority of cases) determine how quickly a car will stop. Your tyres do.

Simply put if the brakes can lock the tyre up, then fitting bigger brakes will not stop you any quicker, better tyres will.


Scaff
 
I put racing brakes on the vehicle. I've played with brake balance and different times to brake into a corner and i'm getting it, but it seems a little confusing.
Can you adjust the brake pressure using the controller?

I spent the last year in GT5 and as of now I"m not yet up to all the ins and outs of Forza 4, but braking is a little bit of a mystery.
 
browneyedman
I put racing brakes on the vehicle. I've played with brake balance and different times to brake into a corner and i'm getting it, but it seems a little confusing.
Can you adjust the brake pressure using the controller?

I spent the last year in GT5 and as of now I"m not yet up to all the ins and outs of Forza 4, but braking is a little bit of a mystery.
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I believe you can use both of the pressure sensitive triggers on the controller for accel and braking. Just look under the controller lay out options. I am unsure because it has been an extremely long time since I have used a controller.
 
Like Scaff said, you may consider better tires if you kept lesser ones in order to fit into a particular class (a guess based on this thread).
 
Wolfe
Like Scaff said, you may consider better tires if you kept lesser ones in order to fit into a particular class (a guess based on this thread).
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Sounds like you could well be right and the cars been upgraded and tyres ignored,

To the OP - can you let us know exactly what has been fitted to the car, what you current settings are and also an example of a corner that's causing the problem (and details of your speed, etc).


Scaff
 
hey i have the same problem with the breaks.
i played GT5 very often with the controler and now i get a xbox with forza 4 and the breaking with forza 4 is completly different. i adjust the breakiing power on 65-75, and i deactivate ABS.
but thhe break on forza is completly different. and in the moment i cant handle it right.

i think the problem is in FM4 you must drive slower in the corners then on GT5


whats your meaning should i tune the car with bigger tyres ore racing tyres?
 
cyressm82
hey i have the same problem with the breaks.
i played GT5 very often with the controler and now i get a xbox with forza 4 and the breaking with forza 4 is completly different. i adjust the breakiing power on 65-75, and i deactivate ABS.
but thhe break on forza is completly different. and in the moment i cant handle it right.

i think the problem is in FM4 you must drive slower in the corners then on GT5


whats your meaning should i tune the car with bigger tyres ore racing tyres?
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Wider tyres will give you a larger contact patch and a little more grip, which will allow you to slow down quicker. Better tyres (racing) will give you significantly more grip and also allow you to slow down quicker. Do both and you will be able to break much more effectively. Keep in mind however that wider tyres may also give you issues with initial turn-in (wide and gripy contact patches don't like to deform as much as narrow ones with less grip do).

Its also important to keep in mind that Forza 4 has a much more realistic tyre model that GT5, as such you need to pay a lot more attention to how you load the tyres and the work you put them through. Braking in a straight line will always be more effective and if you don't upgrade your tyres then expect to take a while to slow down from higher speed.

Its that last point that a lot of people forget, throw loads of power modifications on a car and don't change the tyres, then wonder why they can't stop from 180 mph quick enough.


Scaff
 

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