The Braking Zone: How to Reduce Lap Time (Actionable)

Today’s tutorial explains the braking phase, and more importantly how we change our technique to optimise this section and reduce lap time.
I’ve already spoken about braking technique and trail braking in other tutorials, but in this article, we’re concentrating on how to push yourself to improve the braking phase and carry optimum speed all the way into the apex.
This will result in a small improvement at the corner in question - improve at every corner on a lap and you’ll see a massive reduction in lap time.
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[@rawirig]

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[@Driver61]

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[@ziggyfreud5357]

Just excellent educational viewing. Thanks heaps for the time that you spend doing this.

[@ericdishington428]

So true! Cornering is so much a mind thing, as long as my technique is sound, I could trust my traction so much more, but I don't. I'm watching these videos primarily for motorcycling. I can trust my tire traction more in the front end. Thanks

[@kianmcgavin7659]

No idea if this comment will ever be seen, but wow, thank you for this. I’d love to race one day, but, as it stands in college money isn’t exactly if abundance to build a race car lol. I mainly do iRacing and other various sims, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to gain those last tenths or 1-2 seconds off the top guys times and this video was the stepping stone I needed to really close that gap. I understood the biggest issue was in my braking, but didn’t know how to fix it. You’re explanation finally put two and two together and has helped me figure out how to feel for that needed load in the tyre under corner entry to mid corner. You’re a saint, and this is the go to series I’d show anyone wanting to learn how to race.

[@atomed2]

What a great video, thank you, sir.

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[@Driver61]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. Check out all the tutorials at driver61.com/uni

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[@CaptainCrunch99]

I pinned your University onto our forum site because of the value you add. Many thanks!

[@Driver61]

+Peter Stefani hi Peter. Thank you so much! Which forum is it? Thanks for the support!

[@CaptainCrunch99]

Just a Discord Forum blog that our club uses for all kinds of gaming in pCARS, AC, and Forza. The club is called Up2 Speed Customs. I just tested for about 2 hours with your tips on smoother entry and balanced exit, and it works very well, actually shaved off a second or so at Brno circuit in an LMP900.

[@BladeRunner031]

Very useful videos! :)

[@iceangel9006]

Excellent thanks man

[@nosebluntbob7124]

love your videos, already taken lots of notes and only half way. one of the points im working on is entry speed and mid corner speed limits, as i got quicker i started getting much better exits but now often compromise the entry so i have been going back to this again in hoping of connecting them, i was wondering if you could do a video with using limits of tyres without over stressing them as with the mp430 in iracing i can set the car up a certain way to make it use max grip as much as possible but i often end up over working my front tyres and killing them and struggling again after 15-20 laps. any ideas on how to get the most and balance between tyre conservation and max speed/grip usage would be great. i am already working on setup adjustments or not basing it around the front of the car and having loose rear and better ways to manage driving style and input without cost of time etc is just tyre management really im struggling to find or think should i be driving slower than the optimum overall etc or changing approach? etc

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[@carl5959]

Can you do one on driving in the wet?

[@MraafHarith]

You would explain lift off oversteer technique for FWD car to reduce laptimes? Thanks

[@bask9144]

I learned a lot off Your vid thank you, you got a new sub go on

[@Driver61]

Hi Bas, thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. Cheers, Scott.

[@bask9144]

Driver61 scott can you do more stuff About F1?

[@Driver61]

Sure can!

[@bask9144]

Driver61 great looking forward to 👊🏻

[@coleboysracing28]

Will these tutorials work on circle tracks also?

[@Deathloan]

I noticed that a lot of these videos are about road racing. Do these principles apply to oval racing?

[@Curratum]

Watching all of those only to go slightly faster in a couple of simulators that I don't even race online in :D

[@ES-REDROT]

Nobody is talking about braking pressure. Do you have a video that talks about braking pressure & how to specifically utilize the brakes?

[@AVERYhornyMrDinosaur]

"How to Reduce Lap Time When Braking" *_push the pedal harder!_*

[@JesusChrist-vf3xd]

I’m new - what about breaking earlier but with less force and controlling your apex speed better to be more consistent?

[@LarryLinton]

Er no... If you brake earlier than you have already lost time to someone who is is braking later.

[@chrisshurtz5541]

So what he explained is for 1 corner. And I have to memorize the entry speed for the other dozen corners? And then maintain that perfectly for every lap!? Across 22 different race tracks!!!?? That's incredible.

[@digitalT83]

Can you teach me how to do a more effective torpedo at the start of online races please? I want to learn more about how to destroy everyone's race, thank you.

[@Driver61]

Thanks for watching! Check out the rest of the Driver's Uni series including how to trail brake (bit.ly/2PypIMK) Find out your driver level by taking our scorecard test: bit.ly/2LmYNBA

[@DaylightDigital]

This man needs a PhD in vehicle dynamics

[@alfie3836]

It feels like you’re describing me; it hurts but it hurts good...

[@jlin5177]

Seems problematic on a Manual Transmission... I always heel-toe so my left foot is on the Clutch