Brilliant as usual 👌

Really needed this! Thank you so much!

Great video. Learned so much.

Awesome instructional video. The numbers for other cars, for example the P911, might be very different, but the concept is the same, said captain obvious.

Great explanation DC. 👌 I will try this in practice.

Thank you sooo much! I just started sim racing a few weeks ago and well, I'm terribly slow......but changing my brake bias some as you demonstrated just cut a full second off my time after 10 minutes of testing. Still a long, long way to go, lol....but I can't thank you enough for this!

Thanks for the video Dave. I implemented your information into my settings and saw an immediate improvement in my lap times. Also , I am more consistent. Ty.

@davecamm

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Dan, thanks for letting us know 😁

90% of the reason why you used a lower or higher relative brake bias per corner here was due to track inclination. For the same inclination into a corner, threshold braking will require more front bias than a more trail braking corner. But when there is significant inclinations involved, it changes the equation because weight will naturally shift more forwards when downhill inclined and backwards when uphill inclined. If the red bull track were a completely level/flat track, your brake bias of lower for the first and second corner and higher for the remaining corners would be flipped.

@ZachariahRosenberg

Жыл бұрын

Good point - it's odd to think that we'd ever want rear bias brake pressure, especially in a heavy braking zone where all weight would transfer forward. But with the high track inclination, I guess that balances out...

A well put together video that explains brake bias in easy to understand terms.

Thank you so much. I have watched so many out there and this one does explained it in a clear manner. Any video explaining TC & TC2? Subscribed and Liked

You've got a great asset in Dave. The nicest bloke in Sim Racing. 👍

@davecamm

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Glen 😁

@Smokeyr67

2 жыл бұрын

There’s some Aussie guy who’s pretty cool too, I think his name is Knackers or something like that

Well explained! I'm glad to see new players coming to iRacing, and these videos help them to be prepared ahead of time and avoid some of the avoidable things, luck being of course a part of the game. I'm trying to do the same with my channel, keep it up man!

very well explained.. thank you... so better grip more brake, fast curves you dotn need that heavy breaking on the front

People charge tens, maybe hundreds of dollars for the info Dave gives out for free between 3:00 - 4:08. Thank you, Dave!

Very nice explanation. It finally clicked for me. I'm guessing if you're not used to switching it every turn you probably want to error on a higher > lower brake bias? Except of course for certain tracks like Monza where I'd assume you could run pretty low.

I'm not sure this is entirely accurate: Brake bias affects which tire is under more pressure, sure - but I'm not sure it changes the weight transfer. In the video, Dave mentions that more front bias will get the front tires to dig in more during braking. Under any braking, the deceleration will cause the weight of the car to move forward. The brake bias doesn't affect this weight transfer. Only the magnitude of the deceleration affects the amount of weight transfer (and I suppose the track inclination). With the weight transfer, the amount of grip each tire has changes. Under deceleration and weight forward, the front tires will have greater grip capacity. This is why we trail brake to keep the weight forward over the fronts. This would occur with rear brake bias too. The problem in the case of too much rear brake bias under heavy deceleration is that the rear tires have reduced grip capacity and will lock up more easily. The goal with brake bias is, for each corner, to anticipate the weight transfer and find a brake bias that will allow for maximum braking without locking any tires.

@ZachariahRosenberg

Жыл бұрын

Just want to add - Dave, I'm a big fan! Your videos are thoughtful and so helpful. Thank you! And please feel free to point out the flaw in my intuition above. Not trying to be right - would much prefer understanding what is right. Cheers!

It's amazing that you're able to manage all those adjustments while lapping at speed. I feel doing this would have me making more mistakes but I'll do some testing to see if I can get the hang of it. How do you deal with not seeing your relative screen though? It would be nice if there was a way to program a few different presets, that didn't require the in car adjustments screen to be displayed. Thanks for the knowledge.

@davecamm

2 жыл бұрын

On the Ferrari you can see the BB on the dash 😁

Do you change bias when the tyres are getting worn and the fuel gets lower? As the race progresses. How do you deal with worn tyres?

@davecamm

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, sometimes you'll feel front end grip fades, so it's then time to go down a couple of clicks for a couple of laps just until the front tyres cool. Just be careful trail braking for those couple of laps 👍

ok what about with the subaru sti at mt washington uphill and downhill ?

@davecamm

2 жыл бұрын

Easy 😂

Isn’t this backwards? Lower the number makes it less stable but a lot more rotation for trailbraking. And higher the number more straight line braking up to a point and less rotation.

Blimey so people really change bb that regularly in a race? I think theres a good chance to miss your brake markers fiddling that much?

@davecamm

2 жыл бұрын

It's quite easy to do at tracks like this, but at Road Atlanta not so easy. 😳

@OfficeLinebacker

2 жыл бұрын

In Formula 1 the general consensus is you do it for qualifying laps but not so much in the race.

@dfcteamracing

10 ай бұрын

I don't think about it. its like a reaction now

You spelled "traction" wrong.

Dave! This is good stuff. We need to get u back on the show @iracerslounge and catch up!

@davecamm

2 жыл бұрын

Let's do it. 😁

@mikedeanellis

2 жыл бұрын

@@davecamm Next off week for the coke series, I will be hitting you up...