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This how to simracing tutorial will show you a simple setting you can change to make your brakes alot more responsive. If you have adjusted them mechanically, but your still struggling to land your exact force, maybe this simple braking setting change could help you hone in your braking, and get your brakes to their potential to help you get the most out of your virtual race car!
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[@JACKZERYT]

Hi Apologies, the second method I mentioned slipped my mind, as I had a gut feeling I covered it, but essentially it's calibrating your pedal lighter than you would, then going into the sim, like I did and testing is it's good. So lets say you press your pedal (------------------) This hard in the calibration settings of your pedal software Trying pressing it: (-------------) This hard, then in your simulator you should have the desired effect of a brake pedal which has become more sensitive.

[@evangallagher5847]

Game changer. Got the p1000s and was wondering what was up. Messing with elastomers and BB, This has helped so much. I love the content. Keep it coming!

[@Christian_rose18]

Definitely saving this video for later tonight to test. Thank you as always for your help with these tips.

[@JACKZERYT]

Awesome dude, it's a simple setting, but I overlooked it for so long lol

[@desperado1265]

Been using this method since i started using loadcell brakes, i was never able to break at 100%. Great video not many people mention this btw

[@brycetucker1859]

I have the P1000’s with the hydraulic upgrade, I’ve messed with elastomers trying to find this consistency. About a month ago I figured this out as well with the software, game changer! Great video and use this everyone.

[@n0kodoko143]

I was working the same settings last night. This is a game changing setting! Nice share!

[@m1northreat]

did this a while back and it def helped

[@rw3476]

Wild I got a set of P1000s last week and happened upon that setting in the calibration and ended up at 60% and was pretty happy at that point. Glad you made a video since many may not have seen or played around with it. Defn trial and error to get the % you feel comfortable with.

[@chrisracing81]

I think this is something you need to setup to your personal liking at very first. This is a good tip for beginners. But all others should have done this already.

[@overthetopoperationsracing3199]

I’m going to give that a try! Thanks

[@zachhaight1779]

Soon as you said “force” the first time I was waiting for the shameless starwars reference, got to the end and there it was… great tip man thanks as always

[@JACKZERYT]

@@zachhaight1779 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭 had to do it

[@JRo250]

So THAT's what that button does lol. Good tip. I'm pretty happy with my mechanical force and pedal travel distance but do lock up at times when I thought I shouldn't be. I'm sure I can muscle-memory that over time but I like having this flexibility. Thanks!

[@billynolanjr2266]

Sim Lab XP1, Couldn't believe it lol ! They were absolutely perfect out of the box ! Haven't changyone thing !

[@shahindersingh3925]

Still wish the software was better

[@billynolanjr2266]

@shahindersingh3925 hmmm I have zero issues with it , works great for me ??

[@jimijames95]

I am going to do the same with my P1000's....thanks!

[@kuroshine]

In moza I like to have a mild double S curve for my brakes I have a similar soft for travel from at end spring elastomer setup I then set the first s so when I do light taps to scrub the brakes it doesn't over drive the pedal, and for firm stops I can power down to the resistance bumb. There I have the s curve plateau at 80% before increasing to 100% for emergency locking and acc. It makes it easier to modulate at the sorta 3 critical braking points for my muscle memory

[@mikekostecki2569]

Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one

[@JACKZERYT]

A great expression, and usually true :)

[@ckk9315]

I was literally doing this last night, setting up my brakes for ACE. I had previously done this with/ other titles. What I do is make minor adjustments to the pressure, then do laps until it feels right using my normal muscle memory pressure. I don't adjust to the pedals, I have the pedals adjust to me.

[@rakedos9057]

Interesting! It's the same for finding the "best" mouse sensitive for FPS: Rather than *adapting yourself* to the high (or low) mouse sensitivity, it's better to find the sensitivity which correspond to what you want to do. Do some short flicks. Overshoot? lower sensitivity a bit. Undershoot? increase it a bit.

[@JACKZERYT]

@rakedos9057 that's a great way of putting it, dem crispy flick shots, been a while since I yelled "Sit tf down" at a screen 🤣🤣

[@theicewolf714]

Bro, great video. Cheers. Can you tell me the link or what is the brake throttle , steering telemetry you are using ? Txs in advance

[@casesully50]

I love my pedals to be super stiff and not much travel. All pressure modulation at 100% settings. My brain just works so much better with pressure rather than position. Everyone is different, no one is going to have all the same equipment and software settings. The big con is i have to wear driving shoes or else my feet hurt so bad.

[@aCoolHHChannel]

There is also a setting in iR for doing that

[@guntherlamberts8243]

Verry Nice tip👌. I spot in your loadcell you hit about 30kg. But with my pedals I hit only 3kg 😅. Oke is not the p1000 but the p500. Should you normally hit 100kg in the loadcell? Or work it different?or something wrong with my pedals?

[@chrisbenes1582]

Thanks for this. Will have to experiment. Have you found trail braking to more difficult due to the increased sensitivity?

[@JACKZERYT]

Best of luck, so for myself, I've found it more "responsive", now maybe this is my own style speaking, but in general, it helps me do more "aggressive" trail braking, but obviously higher reward comes with higher risk, but with enough practice you can be predictable enough, lemme know how it goes!

[@yukaweed]

Thanks for the tip. To me the only issue when i make them lighter is trail braking at low%. I mean i release the brake pedal too soon to compensate the initial hard braking and i lose some rotation, im going to give it another try. i have one question, do you like your brake pedal with more or less travel? Thanks again!

[@JACKZERYT]

Hmmm, I like a little bit of travel, not tiny, I do like it to move a bit!, I used to like a stiff, motionless pedal, but now I love a light, a throwy brake pedal, but not to far, only 2cm ish

[@SergejGrabun]

You can also adjust this (in a similar way) in car setup by adjusting braking cylinders width. Note: you also need to adjust BB if you change cyl width. aaaand, couple it with brake pad material :) I never played with Force (I leave it to Jedi's), but I just 'short' calibrated pedal travel where 80% is actually 100%.

[@Hwy929]

Can do similar in iRacing pedal calibration by not pushing the brake as hard.

[@jeffreylangerak1960]

if you do that it will give you less control since you are not using full potential of the brake sensor you are basicly lowering the resolution.

[@Hwy929]

That's the point of this video, Not having to leg press 200lbs and using the full potential of the sensor in order to use 100% of the cars brakes.

[@Its_d3niel]

Do you use any preload on the brake? I'm on a wheelstand and I just can't find the right elastomer set up. The one you use is a bit too hard, and all blacks just don't feel too great Perhaps the spring kit will be better?

[@Fredrik59]

what input telemetry are you using

[@JACKZERYT]

Racelabs :)

[@Fredrik59]

@ do you think it is any input telemetry that is free

[@joshold9892]

What button were you pushing to reset quickly on the same section of track?

[@songseternal]

The active Reset...great for practicing difficult track section...just map active Reset start and run buttons, and away you go :)

[@DrR1pper]

Are you using triple screens?

[@JACKZERYT]

Yes sir

[@flikq1]

This is a great suggestion, used something similar to prevent me locked up on open wheelers. Out of interest @jackzer you seem to have braking markers appearing on track, whats that from?

[@JACKZERYT]

That are custom sector markers, for measuring time. Theres settings in controls alongside active reset set, and active reset run.

[@CDubLDD]

Would anyone know where i could find this on the Moza pedals?

[@culerone]

Cool advice But I think what we are aming for as simracers is to replicate a real car no ? I get the fact that it must be kind of practical and not to hard but for me it has to be something quite realistic

[@JACKZERYT]

Good question! So some racers like to replicate the real car, even if it's not the best way to performance, or some simracers realize their rig is *their* car, and they want to try get the best performance out of what is Infront of them. That and the fact real race cars don't actually have super heavy pedals, apart from some outliers, bottom line is, do what ever makes you : 1. Quicker 2. Happier 3. More immersed

[@culerone]

@ I agree But let’s put it that way if it’s not realistic way sim race then ? It’s in the title sim for simulation 😅 It’s only my way of thinking You make cool content 👌💪 I like you’re videos Keep pushing

[@swider80tv]

Making brake pedal "lighter" works under one condition,you have access to a telemetry graph like you have from RaceLab. There was a time I didnt had it and I suffered big time,why? Here is why. I made my brakes lighter,it was way easier to reach 100% of braking. What I didnt know,I was actually braking 130% which none of my overlays showed and when I was trying to do trailbraking,30% of travel of my pedal actually didnt matter because for a sim I was still braking 100%. That first 30% was useless and huge loss of time.

[@JACKZERYT]

@swider80tv this shouldn't happen as you'll still have the range of your pedal, a quick re-calibration in Iracing can help out in this regard, and the overlay i use is just a fancy version of the onscreen red and green bars that comes with iracing. I hear what your saying though, maybe it's best to keep it so your brakes don't hit 100% that easily.

[@swider80tv]

@JACKZERYT I did actually oposite. In most games I had brakes at 70%,that gave me that 100% Mark in most cases (mostly in ACC), but for a titles like iRacing or Le Mans Ultimate,where in many cases ABS is not existing,my brakes are at 90%. That gives me a smaller chance to lock up my tires and still if I will need,I have that 10% of more push if needed,which honestly never happened yet. I was on that "softer" side for a while,I really was,but noticed big gains on that "stiffer" one,and Im on Fanatec CSL loadcells which are very stiff with short travel.

[@swider80tv]

@JACKZERYT PS. Hope you are all ok after storm Eowyn. Its after 10 pm and Im still sitting in pitch black,just like rest of a town in midlands,without electricity.

[@JACKZERYT]

@swider80tv noway that's wild, we're luckily been okay in Dublin, but jeez hope your all good buddy!

[@swider80tv]

@@JACKZERYT Yes we are ok. No damage to a properties either so thankfully,all good ❤️

[@yellow351mustang]

What was the second way? Or did I miss it?

[@davidslute9546]

I was waiting around for the second method too lol

[@JACKZERYT]

Hi Apologies, the second method I mentioned slipped my mind, as I had a gut feeling I covered it, but essentially it's calibrating your pedal lighter than you would, then going into the sim, like I did and testing is it's good. So lets say you press your pedal (------------------) This hard in the calibration settings of your pedal software Trying pressing it: (-------------) This hard, then in your simulator you should have the desired effect of a brake pedal which has become more sensitive.

[@JACKZERYT]

@ Hi Apologies, the second method I mentioned slipped my mind, as I had a gut feeling I covered it, but essentially it's calibrating your pedal lighter than you would, then going into the sim, like I did and testing is it's good. So lets say you press your pedal (------------------) This hard in the calibration settings of your pedal software Trying pressing it: (-------------) This hard, then in your simulator you should have the desired effect of a brake pedal which has become more sensitive.

[@yellow351mustang]

@@JACKZERYT Ok, got it. Thank you!

[@michaelcooperdj]

Hey Jack. Good video will give this a try. Last video on the P1000s I watched you were using blue spring, blue elastomer and red elastomer. Have you sacked that off now for this config? Or is this car dependant. Cheers!