Gran Turismo 7: Brake Balance - All You Need to Know

In this video, we dive deep into one of the most critical yet often overlooked aspects of racing: Brake Balance. Whether you're a seasoned racer or just starting out in the world of GT7, understanding brake balance can make a huge difference in your performance on the track.
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0:00 - Brake Balance Introduction
0:20 - Different Car Types Explained
1:12 - MR McLaren Brake Bias Explained
3:22 - FR AMG Brake Bias Explained
5:37 - FF RCZ Brake Bias Explained
7:05 - Different Cars Different Approach
9:11 - Brake Bias Explained (Car Class)
10:27 - Things to Look For
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[@goudzilla]

most underrated gt7 channel on youtube, wonderful explanation. more power to you DIGIT!

[@oriolysmedia]

The uneven tire wear at the end was as important as the main concepts for sure. Thanks for the video.

[@whovalock4058]

Great guide... Couple of weeks ago where GT7 had Interlagos in Race C, for Quali mostly was in -2 minus a few turns, but for the race I had to bump it to +2 because of tire wear. (I was in the Group 3 Porsche) I also always prefer races where I can adjust my Brake Balance because it changes the car a lot and in my level usually gives me an advantage I've noticed

[@efenba]

You could do a part 2 of this video with some more advanced concepts related to BB. Idk exactly how it works on GT physics, but in other games this understeer/oversteer is produced by tyre heating under braking. Front brakes = front overheating = less grip in fronts = understeer. Rear brakes = rears overheating = less rear grip = back sliding and oversteering. This is basically the explanation they gave me why you get understeer/oversteer with different BBs, and this is only the tip of the iceberg. As example, with front bb, the rear tires are colder in the corner exit, so you get better corner exiting. With rear bb, front tires have more grip so you brake more. Those kind of things almost no one talks about, it's usually only the difference in rotation with different bbs. But people don't talk about differences in braking distance, corner exit, and other things that are affected by BB. And this kind of stuff you could talk in a part 2.

[@EazyDuz18]

This only matters on games which incorporate brake and tyre heating like ACC

[@efenba]

@EazyDuz18 which GT7 does have. Idk how they apply the tire temperature in their physic, how precise it is and if they apply the same rules as other games, but GT does have tire temperature and overheating. Try Kyoto, T1, turn the wheel too much and you will see the tire indicator blinking red. And also you have use the simdash app. Or the Ferrrari VGT that shows real time tire temp in cockpit view.

[@freedom_born]

​​@@efenba Yeah in some cars you can see the temps on the dash. Idk why they don't put it in for all cars

[@AndreiSZS]

It's not about heating, it's about slip direction. If rear tires don't brake at all they are going to slip laterally, thus tire is going to be pushed to the side. It's matter of friction direction. Even w/o heating at all, all those effects are reproducible.

[@GTbyPlaystation]

Have been looking for a guide like this for a while. Thanks a bunch!

[@CluRgie]

Thanks digit been struggling getting my head around this for a while, great explanation 👌

[@OmegaO]

Thank you Digit. Great work as always, just applied this for Suzuka and improved my time almost instantly. Much appreciated.

[@Jo222x]

really a very big thank you to you, it's the first time that someone has explained it in such a thorough way, I took it all down, I'm going to test it right now🤜🔥🤛

[@RTR_RRoomes73]

This was a extremely helpful Video Digit. Thanks so much

[@sebastienbremont6196]

Sharp, clear, efficient: congrats for the video!

[@RadionUK]

This vid was AWESOME thanks! I was just looking for a break bias vid Thanks for another great upload!

[@DigitRacingDG]

Thanks

[@delboy129]

Great video Digit 👌🍻

[@Ghostriderz161]

Thanks 👍 now I understand a bit more 🤝

[@dockama7820]

Very usefull guide! Tnk'u! Very appreciate!

[@jamesroberts2479]

Great video and great explanation 👍

[@darlanvm]

Thank You, Digit, for the Master class

[@traviscarroll911]

Thanks, good data

[@oXblacknightXo]

Thank you very match🎉😎 very good Video 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nikolaynikolov9450]

Great explanation, great video! New subscriber!

[@DigitRacingDG]

Welcome aboard!

[@kalebjohnson947]

I have a tuned 500 Abarth which is an FF and I run a -2. Anything over 0 causes the back to lose grip and gives severe oversteer when braking. This is a good general rule of thumb, but some cars do not fall into these categories well!

[@pathfinder37ru8]

Спасибо, было интересно.

[@Bladecutter]

Another great video. One of the best explanations I've seen. I can work with it. But please tell me, where were you in GT7 when you recorded it? After watching I looked for it but no luck. Where can you run segments with different cars?

[@DigitRacingDG]

Circuit experience, you can go to any track and there is circuit experience section where you can do these challenges and get 2 mill per track.

[@Bladecutter]

​@@DigitRacingDG Thanks for the reply. I looked at Circuit Experience, but for some reason I was under the impression that you were selecting the cars. I went back this morning and realized that you were selecting _tracks_. Thanks again.

[@Tj930]

I quite like +2 for most MR

[@lochte30000]

What about the mazda atenza gr4 car. It has a front engine with all wheel drive?

[@reglis2336]

Very good job…. Thank you 👍

[@d1976sniper]

Good day thank you that was very informative 👍 I wanted to find out about gr 4 cars is it the same principle and 4wd gr4 ?

[@DigitRacingDG]

Gr4 should be the same, but again everything depends on the cars and corner type. Every 4wd car is different so I did not include them, and also there are only rear wheel drive cars in gt7 gr3

[@d1976sniper]

@DigitGamingDG thank you for taking the time to respond. I really appreciate it and your feedback

[@REDEEL16]

Hi Mate can I ask what suspension and brake balance settings you will use on the Mazda GR3 for the manufacturers cup at Suzuka, many thanks!!

[@DigitRacingDG]

I'll probably use default suspension, and BB at 0, it should be the best for the tires

[@REDEEL16]

@@DigitRacingDG appreciate your response. Great content !

[@srsgoblin]

You didn't cover All-Wheel Drive cars, but for the most part they behave like FF cars for the purpose of brake bias. Slam that BB to the rear to help with rotation because AWD cars like to understeer naturally.

[@paulwicks6531]

Great video what about AWD or 4 wheel drive cars?

[@DigitRacingDG]

Every 4WD car is different and there are no 4wd cars in gr.3 so I did not include them. Also they would need a separate video

[@paulwicks6531]

Oh yes, I was thinking about gr4.

[@p_de_s3657]

What to do if front tyres wear more then the rear tyres ???

[@ticoolyy]

verry god🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@federicobraghiroli8490]

For 4WD?

[@thestigseasterncousin]

+5

[@ldn889]

What to do, when you turn and the car underfucking steers the fuck out and goes straight to the wall???!! Ive just about had enough of this seriously dude.. frustrating as fuck

[@thestigseasterncousin]

BB +5 or try MR cars. If still understeers, set the top and bottom differential settings to 5

[@TchuntchaGamer]

Tu podia falar em português hein

[@1999dgh]

Most Overrated GT7 Channel on KZbin? A lot of "click-bait" with basic (aka. could gleam that from the manual?) explanations with not much substance, poor examples (i.e. Brake Balance from -1 to +5?), nor really applicable or relative to real GT7-racing (across the many DR and SR spectrum ;). How about explaining the difference between minute settings like -1, 0 and +1, and how they might affect you/your car/tires over the course of a lap/race. AND how these many different settings apply/relate to the different racing/driving styles of us mere "mortals" ? I'm sorry, but whenever I do watch your posts, I always walk away feeling let-down.

[@King_Ears]

It definitely seems less effective than it did on sport

[@theernest183]

Yes 100%

[@Tj930]

They typically immobilise it in time trials, don't they? Even immobilise the handbrake - they must have their reasons? (But not sure they're good ones!)

[@KepleroGT]

It almost does nothing at all

[@EazyDuz18]

Max front braking when braking hard in a straight line gives you the shortest stopping distance, you need to be adjusting bias depending on where on the track you are

[@EazyDuz18]

Works for me (A+ rank)@@jcrosby4804