Weird Mechanics in GTAV Guide - Brakeboosting and Short-Shifting

[@FriendlyBaron]

I sure hope I said anisotropicfiltering correctly... Have no fear, next Casual vs Speedrun video (Ep4) is on its way, hopefully by Saturday at the latest. As always best place to check in with me besides the comments is www.twitch.tv/friendlybaron If you have ideas for other weird GTA Mechanics I could use to turn this into a series, let me know!

[@ZuperMineCraftMaN]

bunny jumping bmx bikes? ia a ''wierd'' mechaninc

[@FriendlyBaron]

@@ZuperMineCraftMaN Hah, funny you mention that, look here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJa4ipSOrrSbn9U (beginning is a parody of Broughy1322 I did when I had only 500 subs, maybe its worth remaking the video to get rid of that part)

[@vitaly5297]

who came up with a brakeboost strat earlier? speedrunners or online racers?

[@KJ.420]

Now my friends think that im using speedhacks, thank you:)

[@iambennyboy]

might want to also cover middrive/handbrake boosting or air roll for perfect landing for a car. If you're game, explains differences in wheel choices.

[@AnomalyVoid]

I look forward to your horse drifting techs for RDR2

[@liamsz]

but u can drift with a horse.... kind of pleb

[@FriendlyBaron]

Rollerskate hooves

[@neonicplays1364]

Wait, i thought rdr2 was a video of horse testicle physics

[@JosephBallin320]

"Fuck The Police" played on a banjo starts

[@Nugcon]

Time to flex on the sheriff

[@Eibsirf]

I tried curb boosting in real life. It didn’t work but now I’m being charged with vehicular manslaughter

[@wileywonka1143]

*vechicular

[@FriendlyBaron]

im sorry to hear that also i cant be your lawyer sorry

[@Eibsirf]

Rhodesian Rider **vehicular

[@madman_24]

Wait what do you mean curb boosting doesn't work in real life? But GTA IS based on real life!

[@Kronos0999]

Why'd you get busted then? Don't you know all you gotta do is run away till the stars blink gray and disappear?

[@burhac]

Yeah sex is cool and all but have you ever hit a brakeboost with Franklin's power??

[@iambennyboy]

brakeboosting with Franklin's power is cool but have you ever blimpstrat? DAAAVEEEEYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bturx2180]

Petition to rename blimp strat to Davey Boosting

[@spartacussmith7070]

@Austin King it's only fun when you dont wear a condom

[@disobeytoday4685]

@@spartacussmith7070 - It's only fun when she's screaming "no I don't want to"

[@salemproto2089]

I would like but trying to keep likes at 420 But I agree

[@skydwellingmusic]

"How to Drive Manual in an Automatic Car"

[@emperorsascharoni9577]

Skydweller 😂😂😂😂😂😂👌

[@emofreako]

This works in real life. If you're accelerating in most automatic cars, momentarily easing off the gas will cause it to upshift early.

[@goodboi1232]

emofreako lol i have done this many times

[@drsipp407]

emofreako in some automatics if you push the throttle inward slowly it will stay in a certain range usually like 2nd or 3rd

[@springwoodslasher79]

@@emofreako no, modern automatics shift at a certain mph when you let off the gas same when on the gas they will shift when a certain mph is reached.

[@kukkeli9312]

No matter the game people will always find ways to save 0,01seconds by practicing and exploring for 6 weeks.

[@FriendlyBaron]

and thats okay :)

[@emperorsascharoni9577]

Be like train something for 100 hours to save 0.1 seconds every minute instantly goes up 10000 placings on leaderboard

[@disobeytoday4685]

And this, kids, is the reason corrupt Billionaires get to drive supercars in real life Keep training, slaves

[@ae4164]

You can always count on speedrunners to find the most efficient possible way to not have fun.

[@nicoharjunpaa9532]

@@ae4164 actually its quite fun trying to complete the game as fast as possible

[@maza8569]

my car knowledge decreases by 2 every 30 seconds

[@FriendlyBaron]

i feel that my dude

[@dillonfloyd5508]

I thought I knew it all

[@lucywucyyy]

gta kinda has that affect, nothing in this damn game make sense

[@LoneWolfsLair]

I always wondered how the hell they past me so quickly sometimes and this explains so damn much thank you!

[@FriendlyBaron]

Just know that unless you were racing against some top drivers they likely weren't doing this lol

[@LoneWolfsLair]

FriendlyBaron some of them were a couple minutes ahead on some maps. Would that count?

[@FriendlyBaron]

@@LoneWolfsLair probably not, this stuff would save 5 seconds a lap at most

[@lucawiko4175]

I have to say. In real life, you dont want to shift gear to early in a higher gear. In Gta 5, well its different. (I Real life the reason for shifting later in higher gear, is to get and to say the RPM higher.)

[@TheHeavyshadow]

You read all the comments? Well, listen up, fucko: You're doing an amazing job explaining stuff and that casual vs. speedrun idea was pure GENIUS! Your voice and intonation is at the same time calm enough to be good to listen too, yet energetic enough to not be boring. As somebody who had literally no idea of those techniques, I could follow this video well. The extra effort that goes into the editing of CvS, like having them out of sync sometimes, slowing down or speeding up only one of the two screens to emphasise the difference in time, or stopping and rewinding to go over complicated stuff individually, makes those videos so much more enjoyable and interesting than pure "Then we go there, and do that, and then go there." I think the viewcount speaks for itself, but I just wanted to personally tell you that all the effort is really appreciated, and it pays out for the viewer.

[@SockmanYT]

this is my favorite comment

[@sarah_digitally]

thats some of the most wholesome shit ive read all day. good stuff

[@FriendlyBaron]

You are like a drill sergeant but for kindness haha, thanks man

[@saikat0511]

They had us in first half

[@chowzed_2758]

Saikat Patra not gon lie lmao

[@shred_ninja1316]

This is so nostalgic. Listening to a well written summary of techniques that us in the OG community remember discovering, using, debating, over a rather long period of time. Brings up alot of memories and feelings from what is now a very long time ago.

[@TheGrandHistorians]

Blaze up

[@FriendlyBaron]

The debating is the worst part lol. i've only made this video once we've checked the game code and are 100% sure of the mechanics, people being like "lol no thats wrong" is SO ANNOYING LOL agree with the rest :)

[@Azizani]

5:04 The ad says “GIVE YOUR CAR A BOOST” Coincidence?? I think not.😂

[@FriendlyBaron]

intentionally done by the track creator haha

[@notanonyme1635]

can u please explane exactly when to brake for brake boosting ?

[@leginamon3984]

@@notanonyme1635 I am a dog who likes knees

[@hoss2060]

I just found your channel the other day when casual vs speedrunnrer popped up in my recommended and youve quickly become one of my favorite channels

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks my dude

[@saout1325]

Me too

[@nicolasmartinez3045]

I really appreciate the information. I've never wanted to try speed running but watching your casual vs speed runner and hearing the explanation of the techniques really makes me want to try it!

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks bud - enjoy it if you do

[@MJTbreww]

Literally was searching for a video about this yesterday now this is here. Thanks! Also love the casual vs speedrunner

[@FriendlyBaron]

You got it! Hopefully my channel will do ok with me alternating between Casual vs Speedrun along with info videos like this one.

[@MJTbreww]

FriendlyBaron Definitely will, I recently started watching GTA V videos more and despite some strange mechanics they’re very interesting especially when explained like this!

[@FriendlyBaron]

I hated the weird mechanics at first, but they grew on me and increase the replay-ability of the game for me now.

[@thatonebigdude271]

Been playing this game since launch and I never knew any of this

[@FriendlyBaron]

many people tried to keep stuff like this a secret is why it wasnt widespread, unlike the middrive/doubleclutch stuff which was very public.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

You made me download GTA V again... for the 12th time..

[@raving_1074]

18 hours later...

[@FriendlyBaron]

how long will you keep it installed then haha

[@Kronos0999]

You need to get a job and buy more games.

[@pena8306]

@@raving_1074 i download gta in 20 minutes lmao

[@Kronos0999]

@I Am Sekou And *you* need to get out of Middle School. xD

[@farisferris2058]

Dope video, I mostly play gta for cars, customizing them and building themed garages.

[@user-pb4bn1eb2j]

Faris Ferris same do you play on PS4 I would love to see your garages

[@farisferris2058]

Ronzos Dad yeah my PSN is “superfastf895” message me on PS4 and I’ll gladly show you my garages, I’ve got around 6 themed garages, 4 of them are full.

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks! i used to play like that, but ive done basically everything in the game now, so im tearing it apart at this point to go as fast as i can haha

[@Kronos0999]

I keep my cars as close to their IRL counterpart as possible.

[@thelandex7581]

Faris Ferris I have it to kill people

[@AlexandreBugado]

I trained it for 2 hours, and now it's easy to make this. I'm not able to do it on every gap as the speedrunners do, but I can make it on bigger gaps. It is really nice to get any NPC sport car and go faster then your friend's modified muscle car

[@juanon_industries7256]

The speedrunners also fail in brake boosting, but the top level speedrunners use memorial muscle on that non intended feature

[@francisco3601]

Is friendly Baron actually friendly?🤔

[@Cl0wnT0wnvids]

Actually

[@yumalltheway199]

friendlybaron is friendly, unfriendlybaron is unfriendly. it's all in the name.

[@tankkashyap]

Seems so

[@FriendlyBaron]

it depends.

[@francisco3601]

FriendlyBaron hmmmm

[@mixwb]

Meh GTA 5 physics are really dumb once you learn to drive in real life. Even San Andreas had more realistic physics. I know it's supposed to be arcade but still...

[@lorne852]

I hope for 6 they go a little more GTA 4 driving physics, or give us the option like mafia 2 did.

[@FriendlyBaron]

yep some people don't like it and thats totally okay.

[@calvingates2019]

GTA 5 driving is too Arcade like. I know it’s not like forza or anything like that but sometimes I find it unattractive. The driving is just too easy.

[@Blama_]

@@calvingates2019 I hate realistic driving because I can't drive in Forza and what not I always spin out

[@FalbereChan]

GTA V: ok this portion of the map is slightly bumpy but I am sure there isnt going to be much problems with our driving physics being so thoroughly tested! GTA Racing Community/Speedruning community: **exists** GTA V: *is my physics a joke to you* On the other hand: great job covering these smaller techniques that advanced racers use. Everybody knows about curb boosting, but it can only get you so close. With these techniques being now out in the open (and higher FPS), now any player who have great skills at driving can take a stab at the world records on some tracks

[@FriendlyBaron]

thats the goal for sure to make it more known haha. and yes, the physics are a joke, just like my attempts at socializing irl im sorry i went too far you were funnier im sorry

[@kablamo9409]

bruh u straight up wrote the whole bible tryna make a joke.

[@didactic4386]

You should make a series about this PLEASE, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the skill and experience you have to be able to make such thorough and interesting tutorials. Awesome video!

[@Perspective557]

Who's gonna tell this poor soul?

[@rinaru]

YEE looking forward to casual vs speedrun ep 4

[@FriendlyBaron]

DUDE the jewel heist in ep4 is so cool i cant wait to make it

[@festivite]

You don't need brake boosts if you just use the Blimp. :thonk:

[@FriendlyBaron]

BLIMPBOOST 2019 NEW STRAT (NOT CLICKBAIT)

[@thearousedeunuch]

ez

[@Toxic_Drummer]

I knew about curb boosting and shortshifting for years, but I never knew about break boosting

[@FriendlyBaron]

Its relatively new and not widespread yet

[@JonasHopp]

@@FriendlyBaron We were doing it a bit during Grotti F1 a few years ago already. It's just that the spots to hit it weren't so convenient and nobody was really into speedrunning the game. It's nice to see you found a way to keep your passion fueled :)

[@FriendlyBaron]

@@JonasHopp Oh really i never heard about it during F1 - i first learned when zenvoh brought it from PS4 during MCEC. lots of people hid stuff back in the day which kinda sucked, i get the mentality though.

[@chiefdenis]

The technique referred to as brake boosting is something I've been doing for a long time in racing games and old gtas. The basic idea is to prime the suspension before lift, thereby reducing loss of speed.

[@FriendlyBaron]

prime it? lol wut

[@chiefdenis]

@@FriendlyBaron lol, basically, the suspension rebounds after you come off a ramp or slight elevation, reducing traction on the affected tires. What i mean by 'prime' is, tapping the brakes right before the bump to counteract that force, because braking inherently shifts weight forward, which causes compression on the suspension (opposite of rebound), effectively reducing rebound, ergo, less traction and stability lost, equals a tiny bit more speed than without doing the trick. At least that's my reasoning behind it, but it seems on gta v it's a kind of exploit

[@IDyn4m1CI]

I don't think its the same thing, what you're talking about is shifting the weight so you don't lose traction on the tires when going over a hill (what I understood of it anyway, correct me if I'm wrong). This technique on GTA straight up gives you more acceleration because the games thinks you're doing a burnout, so the car is going to give you 100% power doesn't matter the rev range you're at, its an exploit of the games physics

[@jackquick8362]

Rockstar model the cars so weirdly however it is interesting to break them down. Braking at that point just before cresting causes more suspension compression when you hit the crest and then causes the car to cling to the road over the rise with the weight distribution slamming towards the front. You go over the rise with the car rotating slightly down into the road. Causing even more suspension compression on the other side of the crest. This causes the the car to rev abnormally high as you mentioned in the curb boosting part, accelerate faster and reach higher top speeds. Basically using the brake to turn little dips in to curb-boostable opportunities. Also rockstar model the brake and accelerator being used at the same time (in some situations) as a burnout and gives you almost 100% engine power instantly, intended to only happen when the car is very slow and going to be limited by first gear wheelspin. In 2nd or third gear the car will rev up over the rise and spin the wheels slightly. This combined with the brake being on causes the game to think the car is doing a burnout from a standstill. It then models a huge amount of sliding traction. Intended to allow the cars to move off the line at 100% throttle, rather than just sitting and spinning tires. However in second or third gear it means the cars rev crazy high, get a power boost until they lose traction then a traction boost until the tires stop spinning. Then you can start looking at the rather odd way rockstar model the power produced by turbochargers (they recently removed a bunch of working boost meters that would show you your boost ... Why? ). The perfect short shift will cause the car to change up a gear yet not blow all your boost out of the blow off, giving more power at the start of the next gear. You can usually hear this or see it, many cars shoot flames when you lift off the throttle enough to disengage the turbo as you mentioned. Also the cars tend to shift ~500 RPM past their peak power output levels. A slight twitch off the power once you have reached the cars peak power output will cause the car to up shift and reach top speeds faster. Some cars even have shift lights internally. If you check out the internal customization options you will see the comet retro (I think) has a light that comes on a few hundred RPM before the car will force the shift. It's saying. Shift me please. People drive 100% throttle all the time. It's not really the way they modeled it. There are a ton of nuances like this that while they are unrealistic, they do add character to the game and some serious skill requirements to master.

[@FriendlyBaron]

seems to check out based off what i know, thanks

[@andrade4630]

Booooooo

[@fatboy4750]

I like learning about tricks like this cause mastering things the developers didn't intend to be in the game is really fun

[@red.6274]

i dont even play this game, but im interested to learn more, good job

[@auqanova]

honestly little glitches that just let you have some extra fun are always welcome by me, its like strafe jumping in quake and rocket jumping, they just make the game more enjoyable

[@FriendlyBaron]

i mostly agree with this

[@gavon5671]

Big fan of the speed running vs casual videos along with your streams!

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks my mans

[@Lildoc911]

I don't play gta but i enjoy speedruns. I look forward to these uploads so much

[@FriendlyBaron]

glad to hear it - i still watch plenty of games i dont play anymore too.

[@kimchunglee2528]

So its a FUJIWARA ZONE technique!!!

[@FriendlyBaron]

skkrt

[@tylergibbons9824]

This Channel is a god damn hidden treasure. Can't wait for your channel to blow up.

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks my dude, hope it does haha

[@scottwarner6337]

There is another mechanic that a lot of people don't know and can only be used when you are starting to drive and are slow, but let go of gas, press e brake and then gass again right when your car is about to shift into 2nd or any gear. I basically downshifts into first and gives you a massive speed boost

[@CrowRacing101]

Double clutching

[@ryantorque1245]

Great video, very well detailed and explained, most of the videos explaining these mechanics are poorly detailed with no sense of explanation, its like they are trying to explain it to people who already know how to do it, but this one is very vell made, thank you!

[@FriendlyBaron]

i try to make all my videos exactly the opposite of that crap. thanks!

[@briocheman21]

There is a way of brake boosting with FWD cars, you just use the handbrake instead of the brake and you will boost as you would normally.

[@IsabellaaaRider]

While I’ve already learnt this I really did enjoy it and your video is very high quality and godlike compared to pretty much all GTA KZbinrs.

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks my dude!

[@renaez]

539 km/h seems to be some kind of top speed limit, it was the highest I could reach with break boosting and Franklin's ability without changing the top speed value with mods. Also activating the ability while a cars tires are spinning after a double clutch (best with a muscle car) makes the car accelerate much faster

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah the game has a hard limit on topspeed. im aware of the middrving/doublecluitch yee

[@cyrus9043]

Your vids are great! Your the first speedrunner (that i know of) to make videos so interesting and watchable about speedrunning. It's cool to see all the techniques you use to be faster than an avg player.

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks! glad ya like em

[@nate8867]

The driving physics in this game are disappointing. Short shifting will almost never give you an acceleration advantage in real life.

[@jedel1043]

It depends entirely on the car. Mclaren cars definitely benefit from the short shifting because their max hp is about 60-70% of their max rpm.

[@FriendlyBaron]

If it was called "pre-shift" or just "glitch trick" then you probably wouldn't think that. people just gave these tricks dumb names and now its too late to change it.

[@spencerknutsen464]

It's really not short shofting

[@chiefdenis]

Shortshifting can indeed give an acceleration advantage in certain situations and certain vehicles when every millisecond counts, that's why motorsports pilots use it sometimes. Valentino rossi has been known to shortshift out of corners on certain occasions for better acceleration when his bike couldn't put the power down in low gears

[@nate8867]

Jedel well thats just inefficient engineering of the transmission then

[@uebr]

great video! you're quickly becoming one of my favorite interesting channels

[@FriendlyBaron]

hey thanks :)

[@dannysquad4109]

I love the speed run vs causal. When your done making the series can you put all the vids in one

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks - there is a playlist that you can use to just autoplay all of them

[@ChristyOFaghan]

i like the mechanics -- sure they're a bit broken and olskool, but they've been in the GTA games since forever and it's fun to learn how best to use them

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah, basically gives the game some character if you end up playing it for 100s of hours

[@0TK]

I remember the good ol' days where these techniques were non existent or called placebo. c:

[@FriendlyBaron]

we can pretend PepeHands

[@duelingfattiesgaming2130]

It's still a placebo. All these speed glitches are nothing more than graphics glitches than anything.

[@xRays6]

@@grebe2332 yikes

[@CrowRacing101]

👍🏽 This video is the best ive seen on bb . Ive been a gta racer since 2017. Character stopping..Wall riding, Curb boosting and double clutching are easy. Brake-boosting has always alluded me.

[@userPrehistoricman]

I think it's great that games have these odd unintentional mechanics. It adds a lot of depth to gameplay and skill ceiling for those who want it.

[@sarah_digitally]

finally someone with a leveled view on these mechanics

[@FriendlyBaron]

i used to be annoyed with it but as ive learned them i like them more

[@gareygeco]

I've been doing this for like 2-3weeks now and im in love with it even my friends say i should turn off my hax D:

[@FriendlyBaron]

D:

[@ultimatejedi43]

The video was very informative, but I also want to know, at 2:03, which Pfister Come is that and how can you customize it to that specific spec? Edit: Nvm I saw in the corner it was FiveM

[@alexjohnson9361]

The Ultimate Jedi the benny retro comet it is in vanilla gta 5

[@danieldowd8205]

B.A.B Olympus it doesn’t have that wing tho

[@ShatteredYT]

he really does read every comment what a nice lad.

[@CMDRSweeper]

Not what I consider a brake boost but oh well :D The real life version works well too, but mostly used in drag races where you are starting from a roll.

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah totally different from the "real ones", but i didnt pick how they were named, other people did as such. i woulda called it "burnout boosting" if i had the choice.

[@IDyn4m1CI]

Thats how race drivers used to drive the Audi Quattro S1 and the Audi 90 Quattro IMSA GTO, brake boosting during corners to spool up the turbos and exit with max power. Nowadays racecars have crazy bypass valves that let the turbos be spooling all the time, as long as the engine still working, so brake boosting is no longer necessary

[@ArionEquus]

Now, this is a good video. This is the video I am going to start linking people when I need to show them how to brake boost.

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks! that was my goal, the end-all video for tutorials on these

[@ArionEquus]

@@FriendlyBaron For the record. This is DraconisEquus. This is my normal user name that I use most everywhere that isn't Twitch. I use a different name for a few different reasons. Chief among them being that my old Justin.tv account was named LegionRed, and it went inactive so the LegionRed name is impossible to obtain now.

[@FriendlyBaron]

@@ArionEquus oh good i didnt make a fool of myself to someone incognito then :^)

[@alexracing4180]

Brake boosting... a paradox in itself haha

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah the naming of it is a bit of a joke name we came up with

[@therubycaptain9895]

I've been short shifting without even realizing it. I would just do it because I thought it made the gear shifting sound smooth and makes me feel like I'm shifting it myself XD this is awesome

[@virtualstatic]

I'm more curious about where you found that controller overlay

[@FriendlyBaron]

i made it

[@deliberatelydead6195]

I’ve played this game for a fair while and surprisingly never new the brake boost glitch.thanks!

[@FriendlyBaron]

you got it

[@avocadojr.3778]

Damn. Now, I know how online players(randoms) can move so freaking fast during missions.

[@FriendlyBaron]

heh, i doubt most randoms know how to do either of these tricks, they arent very widespread right now.

[@avocadojr.3778]

@@FriendlyBaron or maybe I'm just too slow I guess. Still doing good for a Level 6 player 😂

[@avocadojr.3778]

@@FriendlyBaron or maybe I'm just too slow I guess. Still doing good for a Level 6 player 😂

[@sammyp8647]

In all my time racing on ps4 I never knew brake boosting was something you could do at will.I remember getting huge speed boosts when half throttling some potholes but never was it on purpose. looool. Nice vid!

[@FriendlyBaron]

hah yeap theres an explanation for it

[@RobbyBobbyBoy]

Damn, there's way more that goes into driving than I thought

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah theres quite a depth too it, videos like this help me explain to people why i sitll play this game 5 years later, or speedrun it instead of the more popular GTA SA

[@FriendlyBaron]

@neklad thats the thing, with speedrunning, its more about the gameplay and mechanics rather than the storyline

[@No-pm4ss]

Probably my most worthwhile subscription

[@FriendlyBaron]

hey thanks

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

8:54 You're a robot confirmed

[@FriendlyBaron]

heh, yeah the audio got a bit messed up there

[@iLupi]

*BWABWABWABWAAAAWAAAAAAA* Also nice music. It’s highly satisfying watching you hit those Speedrun Franklin Brakeboosts and trying to attempt them when in single player! Still gotta learn Shortshifting though. Hopefully this helps, as I still have to learn how to liftoff lightly and when shift it up. Gonna try the first person method recommended.

[@FriendlyBaron]

i wonder where i got the ideas for this music from :^)

[@hmmmhm4665]

Thanks now I can be a faster boi

[@FriendlyBaron]

ok but dont go too fast or you might break the space time continuum

[@yrden99]

You shouldn't go faster than 88mph you know... Or else...

[@JJRy]

That explains alot, because I have a habit of easing the throttle when there's a bump or elevation to minimize risk on blind corners and I end up catching up instead of losing time lol. Great vid, thanks!

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah you can actually get the brakeboost effect on a bump by shortshifting at the PERFECT time. its very hard but possible.

[@Repsforjesus67]

That probably had another cause than you brakeboosting or shortshifting. You can't really do those accidently

[@heftymongrels4701]

can I do this in real life

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah sure but please dont sue me when it breaks your everything

[@dadp]

@@FriendlyBaron y o u r

[@SurfingZerg]

I'm by no means a speed runner, or even very good driver in gta but I always do the shortshift trick, I never knew it actually gave any benefits, it always just seemed to make me go faster. Good to know I'm not crazy

[@FriendlyBaron]

i mean you are crazy, just in different ways

[@HoweDoYouDo1999]

Hehehehe I am going to shortshift my way into lugging my engine Hehehehe maximizing fuel economy even though I didn’t have any to begin with😂😂😂

[@Jona69]

This game is deeper than I thought. Great video!

[@FriendlyBaron]

it sure is - in good and bad ways

[@smellymellysgameplay8084]

This whole thing works alot better with the handbrake not the normal brake lmfao

[@FriendlyBaron]

The handbrake trick is totally different than these listed.

[@Flowermouth]

That's mid drive speed boost or "double clutching" it used to be called where you basically downshift and bounce off the limiter of the gear below and gain a bunch more speed, different technique to the ones shown in the video.

[@random_person233]

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[@TheCynicalAutist]

I didn't actually know about this until you mentioned it, but it seems quite interesting. Thanks for the video.

[@FriendlyBaron]

you got it my man

[@PointonMedia]

Don’t show the bots these tips 😂 you can bb fwd cars in reverse

[@FriendlyBaron]

inb4 elon musk adds brakeboositng to the tesla

[@RyanDigzz]

@@FriendlyBaron hahahaha no it would be a jet engine lol

[@PointonMedia]

FriendlyBaron if he added bb to his Tesla, I will buy one myself

[@wwerner4347]

Random race lobby's will never be the same ;(

[@PointonMedia]

Wwerner exactly, no fun like messing with them 😂

[@LSCrazyCabCo]

i was always noticing stuff like this in the game since the start. im glad its shown a bit better for me to look at now tho thanks for this.

[@FriendlyBaron]

you got it, this game can be very weird.

[@ImadHadjersi]

We just need manual shifting in GTA 6..

[@FriendlyBaron]

If it was called "pre-shift" or just "glitch trick" then you probably wouldn't think that. people just gave these tricks dumb names and now its too late to change it.

[@Ward413]

A GTA V video with legit tips and not clickbait? Genuinely didn’t know these existed. I figured every single GTA tip video on KZbin was some douche telling me to use the E-brake to drift while yelling at me to “slap that like button.”

[@FriendlyBaron]

yeah i hated those videos too :)

[@v1nigra3]

I’ve been doing short shifting since I started playing the game, it just came to to me naturally

[@FriendlyBaron]

uhhuh :^)

[@ytanonymous2443]

Thank you so much baron I've been waiting for this video for awhile=)

[@FriendlyBaron]

hopefully it lives up to expectations haha

[@ytanonymous2443]

@@FriendlyBaron it does it helped most tutorials don't go in depth so thanks again haha keep it up man =)

[@harm9249]

Interesting how this has been known to the competetive racing community for a long time now, but finally reaches a wider audience years later.

[@FriendlyBaron]

thats what happens when people try to keep secrets lol

[@harm9249]

@@FriendlyBaron quite cool, ive known these tricks myself for a few years and you're right, i have never really spread the word myself. Felt like curb boosting was enough for the noobs to know :D

[@atomicpunch723]

Finally someone put it out there lol I can’t believe a lot of people didn’t know about this

[@FriendlyBaron]

Sadly the racing community for a long time has been very secretive about this stuff and unwilling to share it. I don't like that mentality :)

[@yumalltheway199]

good work baron. now for my friends to learn short shifting...

[@FriendlyBaron]

hah good luck

[@slop4308]

Thank you for explaining this ive seen many speedrunners talk about brake boosting and ihad no idea what it was

[@beyondobscure]

weirdly enough spamming (not too fast) in and out of franklin's ability seems to set you zooming in any car

[@JosephBallin320]

You challenge FriendlyBaron to a race You see the countdown 3 2 1 You hear him skid You look over He's gone He's Brakeboosted, Short-shifted, and Curb boosted his way to the 3rd lap before you could even realize your fate

[@ghiless7513]

😹😹😹

[@FriendlyBaron]

i get randoms in twitch chat that actually challenge me like this, and my chat loves it cause i always smoke em

[@gamecrusader6768]

I’m proud I was able to figure out the brake boost with Franklin just by watching casual vs speed run and only a try or two in game

[@littlep0d087]

I love break boosting. I always do it when my friends get an new car and want to race. It makes them double check if their car is faster to mine and I love it.

[@FriendlyBaron]

troll mode

[@Tim_The_Dim]

I knew short shifting was in the game but I always tried to get the flames to happen (because they look cool). Great video, keep up the good work

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks my man! theres a way to spam flames when at a stop, i forget off the top of my head though

[@Tim_The_Dim]

@@FriendlyBaron I think it's holding handbrake, reverse and spam accelerator 😁

[@Liampje.]

@@Tim_The_Dim True

[@random_person233]

​@@Tim_The_Dimall I do is hold R1 + R2

[@b_dy]

I already knew curb boosting helped but this is about to help a ton.

[@FriendlyBaron]

glad to hear it!

[@CeLautrec]

Franklin's ability is so much fun to use to speed up real quick, or just to feel badass dodging cars.

[@FriendlyBaron]

skkrt

[@bighatchad1234]

Thank you so much for posting this. I've almost won every race I've ever entered

[@FriendlyBaron]

gg ez

[@slysy1979]

This is gta racing gold, nice one! 🏁 Liked, subbed, favorited, saved to playlist. I'll be watching more that once 🤓

[@FriendlyBaron]

heh thanks my man

[@JCglitchmaster]

Another trick you can do is double clutching (this is doable on m+k/b). At the end of gears 1 and 2 just before the car is about to upshift slam on the handbrake for a moment. This will max out your RPM and let you shoot off. On some cars you are able to execute 2 double clutches off a single gear allowing you to gain upwards for 50mph within a 3 seconds. Be aware that doing this just before a corner will cause you to crash since the rpm will instantly max out if you take your foot off the gas mid boost even for a second+.

[@Repsforjesus67]

Yes but everyone knows about this already

[@FriendlyBaron]

Yep, its a very well known trick so im not sure if i will make a video about it.

[@JCglitchmaster]

@@FriendlyBaron Not just saying as a "make a vid about it", was just another bit you coulda added towards the end since you'd be suprised how many people don't know about it. Good vid none the less though

[@steeltownweb]

Better practice spot, road on the way down from the broadcast tower at the vine wood sign, you do have to slow down to take some of the turns, but nearly all the inclines won’t put your wheels in the air with a decent car.

[@Leo-zl1wn]

Thanks for the recommendations from yt for me to get more gta 5 knowledge keep up the fantastic work/content.

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks my man

[@77skull]

Finally, it's here

[@FriendlyBaron]

slow and steady wins the race

[@neutreN]

Brakeboosts really are the worst, because they are so frequent, ruin the majority of battles, makes hotlapping a bb contest, and looks silly/extreme, whilst other boosts like curb and shortshifting are progressive (altho curb boosting is pretty bad itself for forcing drivers to woble onto curbs instead of focusing on the racing line and their surroundings). It sucks that we are all forced to use these boosts but its not under our control as you said. Anyway great work with the video! keep it up

[@FriendlyBaron]

thanks - yeah its def lame in hotlapping and most racing when you cant get them consistently.

[@AtariusX]

You mention how you dont like curb boosting and brake boosting which is understandable, but especially in the racing community which you obviously know about, the skill gap would be so much lower without things like these and dirt boosting, wiggle boosting. these things show who truly are the fastest and without them it would be any other racing game

[@marciliojunior4919]

Atarius I actually disagree, in gta exploits are more efficient than following racing lines and know how to overtake etc. It requires less skill to curb boost than to corner efficiently

[@iLupi]

marcilio junior and even more skill to do both or rather know which and when to do them.

[@marciliojunior4919]

iLupi That is actually correct. Personally i dont like curb boosting but i have to do the necessary to have a chance to win. So yeah unfortunately i have to aplly these exploits as well. But saying that takes more skill to do them than racing correctly is wrong in my oppinion.

[@FriendlyBaron]

its one of those things that i dont love but i dont dislike. its weird for sure. the skill gap is a big deal but something like manual transmissions and slower accelerations would preserve the skillgap - but straight removing the boosts would be not great.

[@AtariusX]

FriendlyBaron yea i guess, i wouldnt play gta if it didnt have its little quirks but it’s definitely not perfect

[@azerator1819]

Im not sure if this has been noticed before but there is a quite bumpy area on the begining of Route 13 near the hospital under the bridge, well a bit further than the bridge you can go quite fast on it without brake-boosting. as far as ive done it i only did it with an Itali GTO but you should try it out. and if it dosent work try in FiveM.

[@FriendlyBaron]

I'm assuming its just kerbboosting you are talking about or something

[@t3rminav3locity]

What's happened baron, I remember not too long ago you were on 500 subs now 32k what kinda boom happened! GG

[@FriendlyBaron]

things have gone pretty well lol

[@LordSchnoz]

I had no idea you could actually shift up. I always let off the gas momentarily at high RPM just because popping off those flames is super satisfying (and it sounds cool), I didn't know I was actually potentially doing something useful, lol.

[@FriendlyBaron]

haha yeah you were close to being useful!

[@iNFaunTae]

Baba Yaga yea if you’re seeing flames you are doing it wrong.

[@Daemon4]

has the quality of this video gotten worse somehow? i remember it being pretty good when i first watched it a while ago but now its covered in compression artifacts and honestly makes it hard to see whats happening

[@MxMax-iu9dt]

You forgot one crucial tip, bouncing of the Rev limiter. Get in 2nd gear and press hand brake and throttle at the same time.

[@FriendlyBaron]

I didn't forget it, just didnt wanna cover it in this video.