So, I notice that a LOT of Online Rooms do not allow use of the Driving Line. I've been playing Gran Turismo for 7 months and I do alright here and there, but I can't drive worth a damn without the driving line active. I don't need it to show me the proper "driving line", but to show me braking zone intensity. So often I will turn off the driving line in Arcade Mode and go out onto a track that I know well and I'm continually overshooting chicanes and plowing into corners because I'm carrying too much speed.
I don't know how the heck so many of you can play this game with Driving Line turned off. Without actually feeling the sensation of movement in your body, how did you learn to drive without it?
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SCClockDr has given the best advice. There are things all over the track that you don't notice until you need to use them in order to judge where your braking points are.
The most obvious is the distance checks on the side of the track before most turns (200m, 150m, 100m, etc.) They are the easiest way to find your braking point but they can be knocked down.
The next easiest is the striped curbs themselves. For example, for turn 1 you need to brake 1 car length before the curbing starts and for turn 2 you need to brake when you rear tires pass the start of the curb. Not all track and all turns have the curbing though.
Next you can use other marks on the ground like where the grass stops and the gravel starts before a turn, or on Spa for turn one there is a bunch of tire tracks from where people start the race and then a white line. depending on how fast your car is you either brake just before the white line, right at the start of the tire marks, or just before the tire marks. that's for 450, 500, and 600pp respectively.
I keep everything but SRF on in my lobbies because anything that makes players crash less often means better racing for everyone. all the aids ultimately make you slower so you want to eventually get to where you don't need them. I occasionally use racing line, but only to judge where my opponents braking point is so it kinda is a cheat regardless of how you use it.
I would recommend keeping the racing line on in a practice run and look for the visible cues I listed on each turn. Once you have found the cues for each turn, keep the line on and figure out where you need to brake at each cue. then turn the line off and it's like you never needed it. after a while you will eventually be able to judge where to brake just by feel.
I could give you countless examples on here but it would be easier to just show you online. if you want to send me a FR on PSN I'll be happy to go out with you on some tracks and help you in finding the best visible marks.
Hope that helps.