Glad to see so many amazing comments and how this video has helped you guys. Side note about “The 24” gloves… they will be launching in April most likely. I will have an insanely busy racing season ahead so I want to make sure I’m home for enough time to be able to help out with the production and launch.
Well thats makes it so much better to understand, @danielmorand i watch a different video from a different channel and all they say go is so slower. But even i know theres a point of being to slow, to being dangerous. Thank you for the video i will apply this to my style and practise it. 😊
I really enjoyed this video, I’ve known about trail braking and always thought it was best to be on throttle as early as possible, now I see I may be getting on throttle to early and I really think my trail braking needs smoothing out. And I think I’m still to hard on the brakes initially and braking too late. Pretty much everything you can do wrong I think I do 😅Thanks for the video, a lot of good info here. Going to be saving this one for sure.👍
2x! Congrats my guy. As for the vid, I always thought you were supposed to hit the brake fast and hard right away and ease off...I'm learning that, that coupled with early throttle application I'm actually over driving the car, instead of focussing on being smooth and listening to what the car wants, and not what the book says. Thanks alot Daniel, and congratulations again from a fellow Canadian!
You said it's basic stuff reasonably frequently, but sometimes having the basic stuff explained well gives me a new and better perspective on what I'm doing or meant to be doing to do a quick lap. I hope you don't think that anything is too basic to share. It's all really helpful. Good video, Thanks
I slow the car down too much on entry as I'm not able to carry "all the speed" and then feel like if I don't immediately go on power I kill the lap. On slow corners I fatigue even more. Beautiful to bring speed with control. Such a zen experience.
When I first heard the concept of brakes not stopping the car, but rather controlling the balance of the car a light bulb went off in my head. Also, it feels so freaking satisfying to nail the balance of the car through a series of corners like sector 1 at Suzuka.
This is the single most important video that have seen for driving on the sim. Before this one i was breaking hard from all the other tutorials coz of which the car either did not feel safe mid corner or the rpms dropped way too much for a fast exit. Gained upto 2seconds on most tracks i am practicing. Thank you Daniel. Also, am so happy to see a fellow Canadian doing so well in he Motorsports world. Go team 🇨🇦 🎉
@@danielmorad can you make a video on opening up corners/lines and why it makes you faster? i know it all comes down to maximizing the track but i would like to know more details because i see some top drivers really push track limits(sometimes into the grass) into a corner just to carry more speed
After 2 days of driving and testing this way of breaking, this is a whole new world for me ! I can't thank you enough, this changed my entire way of racing ! 2s faster on all tracks, no more tire wear, improving my lap times during the race, more calm, more precise inputs. Cheers !
That’s incredible!! It’s such a simple thing but so effective. Imagine how coaching sessions go lol. We take drivers from novice level, and bring them up to elite level.
Love the content from the two-time! This channel is criminally underrated, it's second to none when it comes to the correlation between real-life and the sim world.
Thanks a lot. We are only just starting on this RUclips journey. I’m sure we will grow the community the more we drop videos. Thanks for supporting from the beginning.
Driver61 had a sim person out that he was training in a video and the thing that helped me there, and kind of a simplified version of this, is smooth on the brakes, smooth off the brakes, smooth on the throttle, smooth off the throttle. Thats what youre doing here too is just keeping everything smooth and controlled. Its actually kind of weird at first if youre not used to it because it feels more like youre lazily driving the car compared to slam the brakes, turn the car in, throw the wheel back and forth, slam the throttle and control the power drift, etc. One thing in the sim that helps is having head motion setup so you can see what the car is doing. So for instance you should be able to see the front end of the car lift up as you get off the brakes and enter the corner. It's a good visual way to know if the car is balanced or leaning too far forward on the front wheels coming into the corner.
And car balance class is in session from two time winner Daniel Morad. It’s a great reminder of how much more you can accomplish with well-timed use of the brakes compared to mashing the throttle. Keep the great content coming Daniel!
Congratulations! I noticed in an onboard with you during the race that you were definitely lifting and braking earlier than the car in front of you. But in every corner you came out faster than the car in front. Not too much later, you passed them. I don't remember now who was in front, but I was struck by the difference in driving styles. You looked smoother and were definitely faster, despite braking earlier. Watching that and now this explanation has been a revelation to me. Thank You so much!
I hardly ever oversteer which I now know 3 things carrying too much speed into the corner, braking to late or to hard and maybe on the gas to early thanks Daniel really appreciate your help
I understood the trailbraking before but the lift of the front when apliying throttle was so good to know for me. It will improve my driving now that i have it in mind
Thanks Daniel!! I realise that I'm breaking and accelerating too hard. I got decent times but always 1 sec off the fastest times. Next time I'll focus on the balance of the car and try to maintain the speed on the corner a little bit more
What a GREAT video! You obviously put lots of time into this, and it shows. Wish there were more out there, as well made, with this level of quality in explaining things and presenting them - makes a HUGE difference to someone quite new to sim racing like me. Very appreciated. Thx, mr 2-time!
Well, I’ve learned more in the past 15 mins than I have in RUclipss entirety trying to find channels that explain how to drive and get the most outta the vehicle. Thanks man! I just started a couple weeks ago so I’m looking for as much tips as I can get. And I see you’re a fellow Canadian! Good to see some good racers coming from here! 🤙🏻💯🇨🇦
TWO Time champ, incredible. I've taught myself to brake late and hard but thank you for the lesson. I end up scrubbing so much speed it's impossible to make up on the straight even if don't run wide. The tip on coasting is invaluable and definitely relieves some pressure. I play GranTurismo.
Before watching this video, I was practicing in the Ferrari around Okayama. At first I was over driving massively but then I got a mid 29! I know a lot of guys and gals will be quicker, but boy it felt great. Then, I get this video as a suggestion…. Perfect timing. I was initially coasting, braking too hard, and late and too early on the throttle. This video help me understand what I was doing and how I improved. Many thanks Daniel 😊👍🏾👏🏾
I’m sure it will help you to a certain extent, but the breaking technique is a little different than what it will look like in this video. You are most likely driving ACC you will definitely need to brake hard and with more sustained pressure. It’s more of an arcade style braking technique
Such a good video for explaining how to balance the car. I was always taught to imagine a piece of string connecting the steering wheel and the accelerator, too much throttle/steering angle and the piece of string snaps and then you’re going to lose grip/traction.
Congrats on the win Daniel!!! Looking forward to cheer you and Wickens on at the Glen this summer. Canada represent! As a LONG TIME race fan and new sim racer, love the channel.
"Two-time" Congratulations on your second Rolex 24 victory! My braking style: Usually too late, and very hard, trailing off into the apex in AC & ACC. Console only, so no iRacing. Thanks for another informative video, and keep them coming!
i use often late hard braking and more i turn my wheel more i decrease the pressure on my brake pedal. I didn't know early light braking, i'll working on it and do a proper trail braking.
Tried this for an hour. It took about 10 laps to get comfortable but then I beat my best time by over a second on Kyalami and it was effortless. It didn't even feel like a fast lap. It wasn't until I had gone across the line that I realised. I've been stuck on that lap time for over 3 years without improving. I just looked at the motec data and I still have a long way to go to stop over-braking so there will be even more improvement. Your advice has made such a difference. My original best time was 1:42.5 in ACC. Now that's a slow lap. :) Thanks.
So then it sounds like you can more the whole process deeper into the corner as long as you don’t get too much balance shift to the front when you start to rotate the car.
Always practice good braking technique. But what you said about backing up the braking point is something I Always do when trying to gain time or learning a new track. Good entry gives a fast exit! I agree with this video 100%.!! Thanks for the video!!
Fast out beats fast in. In order to go faster, u have to slow down so u don't over drive and lose the time u thought u were gonna win by "going faster everywhere" Good luck this year Daniel
A couple years back, I did some lessons at Manuel Dorado's Escuela de Manejar and an instructor simply known as "Colonel" taught me the life changing Brail Traking technique. Joking aside, what I have learned from you has been monumental and has forever changed my driving for the better both on the sim and IRL. Thank you for all you do and for the detailed and amazing content. How about next year we try and make "Two Time" into "Three Time"?
Nice video two-timer. 😉With some cars I tend to use a fair bit of "maintenance throttle" (10-15% maybe) mid corner to help the balance. Unloads the braking demand on the front tire, transferring available grip in the friction circle to the turning component and also reduces likelihood of the rear end coming around as it shifts a little load to the rear tires. If done right it feels as if the car magically turns a tighter radius for the same speed.
Great video and great explanation. When I started my sim racing journey 15 years ago it was fundamental to brake 100%, coast into the corner and apply throttle as soon as possible to have a nice exit. All through those years my driving style was very aggressive and many times I was losing grip without properly knowing why. In the past years I saw this tradition to trail-braking technique, even though was popular among racing drivers but without understanding the meaning of it; it was like a secret special ingredient. In past years (youtubers, guides etc.) no one was talking about steering with your feet.
Yesterday I was training at the Valencia circuit (Ricardo Tormo) on ACC. Interestingly, while I was studying the telemetry data, I realized that I needed to change my approach to the brakes, and watching your video, I understood the concepts even more.
@@teddyruxpin3811 i was using the telemetry of Track titan. I could see from the best lap time telemetry data that he was using this concept explained in the video.
First time that I really understand clearly, I been trying to apply the tail breacking but also trying to push the start of the brake later and later, good to know this, thank you so much!
Looking forward to hearing about your progress in future sessions. Keep us up-to-date with your progress in our discord server. You can let us all know how you are doing in the Sim racing chat channel.
Enjoying these educational videos, thanks! I'm a beginner, and I believe beginner tendencies are to brake hard, late. This video helps me(beginner) to understand that it's not one-size fits all. Like your comment, control the car rather it controller you. Awesome contents. Two Times
Watching you kill that D24 was amazing Congrats!! Was rooting for ya the whole way and felt like a real connection with you as a fellow iracing fan. That last stint was flawless!
Wow, this one drove it home about the balance. I am good one for being too aggressive with the throttle from the apex out. When I do as you say, back the brake point up and lighten up on the brakes, times drop quickly. Where I noticed this happening is the first several laps while I am warming up the tires, I am conservative on the brakes and throttle and my times are great. Once I start hammering the course, well, the hammer breaks the time. I agree, sometimes coasting helps settle the car. So, my next week, I going to work on ramp rates on the throttle and lighter pressure and brake points. Congratulation on the 24 hours and the GT4 race. We were sitting in the first turn throughout the weekend and I studied how you hit the mechanics of the turn every time - Good stuff.
Congrats on the 2nd win dude! We were following Indy Dontje here back home in Holland when suddenly I saw your name in the same car so I had 2 drivers to root for! Little thing that helped me during iracing is putting the volume of the tires up a bit, I dont have those fancy pedals you have so its sometimes diffficult to know when your on the maximum level of grip. with the sound up you hear them screaming for mercy a bit more. Love the channel, keep it up
Congrats on the two times! I watched as much of it as I could, it was a good run! I tend to brake early, usually too early, and power through the corner. But that's probably why I have a pathetic iRating. Thanks for the content.
Two time, fantastic win. Great content as always Daniel. I'll admit my technique used to be overly aggressive. Your content is great because you break it down from a physics standpoint with data. Makes it easy to open the eyes for guys like me instead of just telling someone to "go by feel". Keep up the good work, hope for many more fine performances. I also have to give a shoutout to your stellar line of gloves and apparel , love the stuff.
Hi Daniel, great video! The terminology I felt is so useful to the way I think about cornering. A subject I’d love to hear more about is when and why to overtake or defend (or not) in an endurance race. That kind of race craft stuff fascinates me as an IMSA/WEC fan.
This was the best video I’ve seen about trail braking and balance. My biggest problem is being too extreme with both pedals instead of graduating from to another.
I was a smash the brakes kind of guy because that’s what I thought you did. You hear some other racers saying you need to stab the brakes and then ease off. I couldn’t understand why I was losing so much time under steering. Really good explanation and it’s helping so much with my technique! Thank you.
So I've just entered the world of sim racing and I've been trying to practice. I play a lot of GT7 just for fun and oh my lordy does that game teach you so wrong in the tutorials. It basically has you slamming breaks on every corner, so I thought that's just how things were. I couldn't figure out why my lap times were so horrible and how others were just blazing corners. Now I know!
Thanks. I've definitely been doing late hard braking and early throttle. I've just been mashing the brakes and mashing the throttle, no coasting or letting the car balance at all because of all the people online that say you should only be on throttle or on brakes at all times. I spent 60 minutes today practicing this new technique on ACC at Misano and already shaved off 1 full second off my lap time. I'm in the 1:34s now.
Wow! Great golden tips and explanations of a lot of my driving problems. Congratulations to you and Winnward racing on capturing the win at Daytona and your second Rolex watch and victory! Got to watch a lot of the race in person. Great video and going to have to watch it several more times. Looking forward to following the entire season! Thanks!
Daniel this was a fantastic reminder video. Forcing me to go back to the basics and treat it more like a real car and not a video game car. Thanks for sharing. And yes I've been steering the care with my feet ever since the great Mario Andretti talked about it at INDY.
Thank you very much for the comparision, it always felt wrong for me to force the Car into the corner and losing control, because coasting was „Bad“ habit. Feeling a Balance and the grip is now more important for me, to drive consistent.
its late by the video standards but I've noticed i like a lot of oversteer, it almost feels like my rotation almost exclusively coming from the rear with a lack of grip from the fronts to control it. this video has definitely shown me a lot i need to practice to improve!
The explanation on brake release leading to steering oversteer under late initial hard braking was what I needed! I couldn't figure it out before, where I thought the weight should've shifted back preventing that but it was the front losing grip to gripping up leading to a pointy front. 🤯 I just held the brakes harder & longer to compensate, not knowing the front tires were overwhelmed.
You rock Daniel. Best example of cornering with pedals I've seen. This is coming from a former PCA and SCCA autocross instructor. You did show us why your a great sim racer too. For an April Fool's video, you should throw on a entry level gear and hoon it around the track. Of if you have an older setup, dust it off.
Great vid as always, Daniel. Great insight on car balancing and how to get an overall better understanding on the usage of both gas and brake pedals to control weight distribution troughtout a corner. Also, as you said, coasting is as important as being on the gas pedal, for a number of important factors. Cool stuff.
I usually brake early to learn tracks but that comes with a bad habit of never pushing past to trailbraking and that makes me slow for weeks, this really helps me think about how I should approach corners in GT-style cars, and surely I will improve my current technique on tracks I feel I've hit a limit on
Keep up the great work! This is the video that made trail braking finally click for me. Now I can induce both understeer and oversteer at will. Thank you!
I tend to break hard and late, my car is stable but i am so slow. Can't wait to load the sim up and do early and light to see the difference it makes. Great explanation! it helps having examples of what not to do so i know what is actually happening.
@@danielmorad if they let you off the track should come down to the south Sebring Publix come back to the meat department and ask for the assistant meat manager...👍👍
I actually think im the early braker, causing me to be slow a f… 😂 Definitely gonna try some of this in practice. Thank you Daniel! With rain coming, i hope you are gonna give us some rain do’s and dont’s in the future 😊😊
Been sim racing for many years now but I'm still mid pack speed wise, this video was very useful as I realize my trailbraking game really needs a step up! Was doing the 'brake late hard let the car roll neutral into the corner' approach for the most part. Also congrats on your 2nd Rolex!
Great Video Daniel. These tips videos are fast becoming required watching for any sim drivers! Mario Andretti's quote about how drivers think the brakes are for slowing the car down really drove it home for me. Keep 'em coming. Much love from NZ
Congrats on the two, on to the third! I just started sim racing a few months ago and this will help a bunch. I’m still in the phase of learning the tracks optimal racing line and brake point. Sebring in GT3/4 is what I’ve been test driving the most. That track is so much fun. Road Atlanta and Suzuka are a close second and third.
Great video, I can't wait to apply this tonight. I was trying to change from Hard in and early out, and you explained things perfectly, Your videos are always great.
Watched a lot of videos on balance but I don't think I've seen anybody demonstrate with wrong technique and then go on to show good technique. The comparison helped a lot.
I've always relied on my instincts and feeling of the car to tell me where the weight is in the car and how much is going where. Going in to sim racing it's been a tough learning curve to get fast without that physical data coming in. I'm excited to get home and practice. I think you helped explain a few things I've been really struggling with!
when I learned how to trail brake, and when it made click in my head how releasing the brake made the car turn, I got addicted to it. I still remember the day. It was on Misano, Turn 1.
Distance and initial brake pressure has always been second nature to me however, I’ve always struggled with the release. This may be a horrible technique but, I time the release of the brake on corner entry in sync with the amount I’m turning the wheel. It’s less like I’m steering with my feet and more like I’m just using the wheel and the brake pedal connected as one. This has worked well for me so far, and is how I learned trail braking but maybe I’m loosing time. 🤷Any thoughts? Always looking for ways to improve my driving technique. Started sim racing around 6months ago. Thanks.
It all depends on how much grip you have from the front tires. If you are breaking too deep and killing the grip in the front tire by breaking too deep into the corner and just dumping off the pressure when you turn in, you won’t carve the entry.
Amazing, thank you! I love this kind of videos! Especially that now I'm getting into the AMG GT4 on iRacing and trying to tame the AMG GT3 as well! 😁 And congrats for your win at Daytona!
It’s one thing listening to a pro sim racer talk about driving and racing techniques but listening to a professional gt racer explain these basic techniques with his level of comprehension of car handling is a whole other thing. Astounding explanation good sir. You’ve earned a sub🎉
This is a great explanation of brake and throttle control, which also applies to triggers for us mere mortals with no budget for sim-rigs, or for those just getting in to sim-racing at a console level. Really looking forward to transferring these skills to a rig later in the year.
I went through the classic, “brake on straightaways,” then I learned about weight transfer and trail breaking which instantly cut seconds off my lap times. I’ve since have had problems with consistency and even resorted to coasting in some corners. I figured it was just me, but good to hear it’s not a single solution for all corners. Seems like common sense in retrospect.
Corners is where you get fast. This is one of the best explanations on how to take them. I worked this out by experimenting but I know it works and this guy knows what he's talking about and knows how to explain it as well. I've seen so many videos on trail braking but they couldn't explain what it was.
Thank you so much, that was simple and clear 👍 i am type of driver "late&hard=understeer" Now i have to master the transformation to "not that late & not that hard" in mutliple corners on multiple tracks. Thx Daniel 😉
I've been braking hard/early, so this was very helpful. As an aside, got to meet you (momentarily) on the grid at Daytona, was there for your win. Congrats and thanks for the hat! I wear it all the time.
Congrats Daniel I am so excited to see the success you are having, and giving back to us with your tips we’re so grateful. I’m trying to reduce my braking to increase my rolling speed through the apex and off, but I frequently feel like I’m getting run over from behind. It’s a difficult balance to master, especially in traffic.
Great video and congradulations on the Rolex! Although I am not racing cars, I always soak up the tips you present with your videos and hopefully I will hone my skills go karting.
Thank you for explaining your technique. I really have to practice more on this because I'm the one who is always too late on the breaks to be faster, but in the end, I'm slower. Have to reset my mind 😅 Greetings from Cologne, Germany ❤
Thank you for this Daniel. Really helpful and insightful. I'm late on the brakes at present as new to sim racing. Will bring work on bringing my braking back and smooth out my inputs.
Congrats on the double win! Great video on explaining everything on weight transfer while using the brake and getting on the throttle. I'm at the point of testing and trying to understand the Low speed shock compression and rebound and after that the high speed shock compression and rebound.
Some concepts might be easy, but at the same time so many people struggle to explain it well or demonstrate it well. You did both very well. Saw the gloves before I saw the youtube channel. Might need to grab some gloves now lol
Congratulations on your win it was awesome! That’s all I drive in IRACING and in ACC is the AMG, I’m not a top in driver on the sims ! But I can hold my own lol I always think I can improve the corners. That’s where the race is won! Any body can go straight! Thanks for the info I learn a lot more
this video has explained so much of what I was doing wrong, great work and thank you. I was heavy and late, so now going to go back to ACC and see if I can get my 2.24.3 at Spa in the 488 evo down. Wish my luck.
Great content! I used to have a street Porsche GT3 (991.1) and was a member of a local track club. Tracked it a lot. Trail braking is so key (especially rear engine) - steering with your feet is very important as you went through. “Rotate the car” was something I learned and focused on. I sold the car a few years back. It was so much fun. Been off the SIM for years and recently fired it back up and running the Porsche Cup Car. Your videos are very inspiring. I have a lot to learn as there is something we can all take away and your videos are awesome.
Glad to see so many amazing comments and how this video has helped you guys.
Side note about “The 24” gloves… they will be launching in April most likely. I will have an insanely busy racing season ahead so I want to make sure I’m home for enough time to be able to help out with the production and launch.
Congrats on the 2 rolex24 titles!! Looking forward for the new gloves, they look cool if thats what you were wearing in this video
Well thats makes it so much better to understand, @danielmorand i watch a different video from a different channel and all they say go is so slower. But even i know theres a point of being to slow, to being dangerous. Thank you for the video i will apply this to my style and practise it. 😊
I think "Carving the corner" for trail-braking is one of the best explanations I've heard...always cool to learn from the pros.
Thanks a lot! There’s a lot of good info here. I’m sure there will be a few take aways from it :)
I really enjoyed this video, I’ve known about trail braking and always thought it was best to be on throttle as early as possible, now I see I may be getting on throttle to early and I really think my trail braking needs smoothing out. And I think I’m still to hard on the brakes initially and braking too late. Pretty much everything you can do wrong I think I do 😅Thanks for the video, a lot of good info here. Going to be saving this one for sure.👍
2x! Congrats my guy. As for the vid, I always thought you were supposed to hit the brake fast and hard right away and ease off...I'm learning that, that coupled with early throttle application I'm actually over driving the car, instead of focussing on being smooth and listening to what the car wants, and not what the book says. Thanks alot Daniel, and congratulations again from a fellow Canadian!
You said it's basic stuff reasonably frequently, but sometimes having the basic stuff explained well gives me a new and better perspective on what I'm doing or meant to be doing to do a quick lap.
I hope you don't think that anything is too basic to share. It's all really helpful.
Good video, Thanks
indeed! a bit different angle and a whole new understanding
cheers morad!
'You always have to think, where is the weight going on the car.' The best line I've heard in a long time.
It’s just that simple. Driving a car doesn’t have to be complicated.
@@danielmorad But it is if you overthink it and do the wrong things haha
@@misterdog7that’s the beauty of our core learning, we always put too many negatives aspects into how we train basic skills. Calm yourself, and think.
I slow the car down too much on entry as I'm not able to carry "all the speed" and then feel like if I don't immediately go on power I kill the lap. On slow corners I fatigue even more. Beautiful to bring speed with control. Such a zen experience.
The two time coming in hot with some great tips that should help anyone, even if it's just some reminders.
thanks legend :).... also, fish
Dr Disrespect would be proud
Unfortunately not a back to back blockbuster video game champ but still not too bad
@@danielmorad Blockbuster is old news. Daytona is forever.
When I first heard the concept of brakes not stopping the car, but rather controlling the balance of the car a light bulb went off in my head.
Also, it feels so freaking satisfying to nail the balance of the car through a series of corners like sector 1 at Suzuka.
I love the gloves with the Rolex on them. Congrats on the win! It was cool to watch the race in person
thanks so much! The race was epic dude.
is this rolex glove for sale or will be in the store?
@@BahnBuhl Not till April from what I've heard.
This is the single most important video that have seen for driving on the sim. Before this one i was breaking hard from all the other tutorials coz of which the car either did not feel safe mid corner or the rpms dropped way too much for a fast exit. Gained upto 2seconds on most tracks i am practicing. Thank you Daniel. Also, am so happy to see a fellow Canadian doing so well in he Motorsports world. Go team 🇨🇦 🎉
You’re a legend learning so much! Making more sense actually watching as you explain. I’m defo pushing to hard under braking..
Take these tips and work on your driving. Enjoy the new speed in the next sessions on track!
bro i swear your advice was a lightbulb moment, "light early braking" is gold. wtf didn't i think of that?? Thank you so much!!
My pleasure! Glad this tip helped out!
@@danielmorad can you make a video on opening up corners/lines and why it makes you faster? i know it all comes down to maximizing the track but i would like to know more details because i see some top drivers really push track limits(sometimes into the grass) into a corner just to carry more speed
After 2 days of driving and testing this way of breaking, this is a whole new world for me ! I can't thank you enough, this changed my entire way of racing ! 2s faster on all tracks, no more tire wear, improving
my lap times during the race, more calm, more precise inputs. Cheers !
That’s incredible!! It’s such a simple thing but so effective. Imagine how coaching sessions go lol. We take drivers from novice level, and bring them up to elite level.
Congrats ! I understand the technique, and ty to apply it, but it will take far more than 2 days for me to be able to do that .
Love the content from the two-time! This channel is criminally underrated, it's second to none when it comes to the correlation between real-life and the sim world.
Thanks a lot. We are only just starting on this RUclips journey. I’m sure we will grow the community the more we drop videos. Thanks for supporting from the beginning.
My lap times changed totally when I understood how to turn the car with the feet. Great vídeo, thanks for sharing your experience with us.
My pleasure. Hope this helps you out a little more or you can share the info with a friend to help them out.
Driver61 had a sim person out that he was training in a video and the thing that helped me there, and kind of a simplified version of this, is smooth on the brakes, smooth off the brakes, smooth on the throttle, smooth off the throttle.
Thats what youre doing here too is just keeping everything smooth and controlled.
Its actually kind of weird at first if youre not used to it because it feels more like youre lazily driving the car compared to slam the brakes, turn the car in, throw the wheel back and forth, slam the throttle and control the power drift, etc.
One thing in the sim that helps is having head motion setup so you can see what the car is doing. So for instance you should be able to see the front end of the car lift up as you get off the brakes and enter the corner. It's a good visual way to know if the car is balanced or leaning too far forward on the front wheels coming into the corner.
As a “just starting out” sim racer these videos are gold, now I know why my corners are too slow, thanks Daniel
Glad you like them! Enjoy the journey :)
And car balance class is in session from two time winner Daniel Morad. It’s a great reminder of how much more you can accomplish with well-timed use of the brakes compared to mashing the throttle.
Keep the great content coming Daniel!
Congratulations! I noticed in an onboard with you during the race that you were definitely lifting and braking earlier than the car in front of you. But in every corner you came out faster than the car in front. Not too much later, you passed them. I don't remember now who was in front, but I was struck by the difference in driving styles. You looked smoother and were definitely faster, despite braking earlier. Watching that and now this explanation has been a revelation to me. Thank You so much!
I hardly ever oversteer which I now know 3 things carrying too much speed into the corner, braking to late or to hard and maybe on the gas to early thanks Daniel really appreciate your help
My pleasure. Glad this helped
I understood the trailbraking before but the lift of the front when apliying throttle was so good to know for me. It will improve my driving now that i have it in mind
Thanks Daniel!! I realise that I'm breaking and accelerating too hard. I got decent times but always 1 sec off the fastest times. Next time I'll focus on the balance of the car and try to maintain the speed on the corner a little bit more
What a GREAT video! You obviously put lots of time into this, and it shows. Wish there were more out there, as well made, with this level of quality in explaining things and presenting them - makes a HUGE difference to someone quite new to sim racing like me. Very appreciated. Thx, mr 2-time!
Well, I’ve learned more in the past 15 mins than I have in RUclipss entirety trying to find channels that explain how to drive and get the most outta the vehicle. Thanks man! I just started a couple weeks ago so I’m looking for as much tips as I can get. And I see you’re a fellow Canadian! Good to see some good racers coming from here! 🤙🏻💯🇨🇦
That’s awesome! Glad this has helped you out. Enjoy the journey man. Hope to have you join our community on discord and twitch as well.
TWO Time champ, incredible. I've taught myself to brake late and hard but thank you for the lesson. I end up scrubbing so much speed it's impossible to make up on the straight even if don't run wide. The tip on coasting is invaluable and definitely relieves some pressure. I play GranTurismo.
THIS IS THE #1 MOST IMPORTANT LESSON! If everyone took this to heart, we'd have a lot more 5K drivers on iRacing.
Absolutely. It’s easy said, hard to be done. It’s a process but everybody can do it.
I think we all prefer the late hard brake drivers who don't change their brake point even with traffic in front. 😂 Ram it in there Johnny!
Before watching this video, I was practicing in the Ferrari around Okayama. At first I was over driving massively but then I got a mid 29! I know a lot of guys and gals will be quicker, but boy it felt great. Then, I get this video as a suggestion…. Perfect timing. I was initially coasting, braking too hard, and late and too early on the throttle. This video help me understand what I was doing and how I improved. Many thanks Daniel 😊👍🏾👏🏾
I've been having a helluva time with the GTR on Kyalami. This might be just the video I needed to see what I'm doing wrong. Thank you!
I’m sure it will help you to a certain extent, but the breaking technique is a little different than what it will look like in this video. You are most likely driving ACC you will definitely need to brake hard and with more sustained pressure. It’s more of an arcade style braking technique
Such a good video for explaining how to balance the car. I was always taught to imagine a piece of string connecting the steering wheel and the accelerator, too much throttle/steering angle and the piece of string snaps and then you’re going to lose grip/traction.
Congrats on the win Daniel!!! Looking forward to cheer you and Wickens on at the Glen this summer. Canada represent! As a LONG TIME race fan and new sim racer, love the channel.
Awesome! Thanks a lot and see you at the Glen
"Two-time" Congratulations on your second Rolex 24 victory! My braking style: Usually too late, and very hard, trailing off into the apex in AC & ACC. Console only, so no iRacing. Thanks for another informative video, and keep them coming!
i use often late hard braking and more i turn my wheel more i decrease the pressure on my brake pedal. I didn't know early light braking, i'll working on it and do a proper trail braking.
It you are in a hairpin, you want to brake late and hard but for fast flowing corners, earlier is better so you can have a good balance
Tried this for an hour. It took about 10 laps to get comfortable but then I beat my best time by over a second on Kyalami and it was effortless. It didn't even feel like a fast lap. It wasn't until I had gone across the line that I realised.
I've been stuck on that lap time for over 3 years without improving.
I just looked at the motec data and I still have a long way to go to stop over-braking so there will be even more improvement.
Your advice has made such a difference.
My original best time was 1:42.5 in ACC. Now that's a slow lap. :)
Thanks.
I typically brake too early and light, so I slow down too much. Some practice to come! Nice video Dan!
So then it sounds like you can more the whole process deeper into the corner as long as you don’t get too much balance shift to the front when you start to rotate the car.
Always practice good braking technique. But what you said about backing up the braking point is something I Always do when trying to gain time or learning a new track. Good entry gives a fast exit!
I agree with this video 100%.!! Thanks for the video!!
Absolutely fantastic video. You do an awesome job braking down the different approaches and exemplifying them.
Fast out beats fast in.
In order to go faster, u have to slow down so u don't over drive and lose the time u thought u were gonna win by "going faster everywhere"
Good luck this year Daniel
A couple years back, I did some lessons at Manuel Dorado's Escuela de Manejar and an instructor simply known as "Colonel" taught me the life changing Brail Traking technique.
Joking aside, what I have learned from you has been monumental and has forever changed my driving for the better both on the sim and IRL. Thank you for all you do and for the detailed and amazing content. How about next year we try and make "Two Time" into "Three Time"?
Nice video two-timer. 😉With some cars I tend to use a fair bit of "maintenance throttle" (10-15% maybe) mid corner to help the balance. Unloads the braking demand on the front tire, transferring available grip in the friction circle to the turning component and also reduces likelihood of the rear end coming around as it shifts a little load to the rear tires. If done right it feels as if the car magically turns a tighter radius for the same speed.
Great video and great explanation. When I started my sim racing journey 15 years ago it was fundamental to brake 100%, coast into the corner and apply throttle as soon as possible to have a nice exit. All through those years my driving style was very aggressive and many times I was losing grip without properly knowing why. In the past years I saw this tradition to trail-braking technique, even though was popular among racing drivers but without understanding the meaning of it; it was like a secret special ingredient. In past years (youtubers, guides etc.) no one was talking about steering with your feet.
Yesterday I was training at the Valencia circuit (Ricardo Tormo) on ACC. Interestingly, while I was studying the telemetry data, I realized that I needed to change my approach to the brakes, and watching your video, I understood the concepts even more.
What exactly did you see in the telemetry data that made you realize that?
@@teddyruxpin3811 i was using the telemetry of Track titan. I could see from the best lap time telemetry data that he was using this concept explained in the video.
thankyou for sharing sim content & teaching. good luck for 2024!
Thanks a lot. Appreciate it
First time that I really understand clearly, I been trying to apply the tail breacking but also trying to push the start of the brake later and later, good to know this, thank you so much!
Looking forward to hearing about your progress in future sessions. Keep us up-to-date with your progress in our discord server. You can let us all know how you are doing in the Sim racing chat channel.
Enjoying these educational videos, thanks! I'm a beginner, and I believe beginner tendencies are to brake hard, late. This video helps me(beginner) to understand that it's not one-size fits all. Like your comment, control the car rather it controller you. Awesome contents.
Two Times
Glad you like them!
Watching you kill that D24 was amazing Congrats!! Was rooting for ya the whole way and felt like a real connection with you as a fellow iracing fan. That last stint was flawless!
Thank you so much!! Huge win and amazing to bring all sim racers along for the ride
Wow, this one drove it home about the balance. I am good one for being too aggressive with the throttle from the apex out. When I do as you say, back the brake point up and lighten up on the brakes, times drop quickly. Where I noticed this happening is the first several laps while I am warming up the tires, I am conservative on the brakes and throttle and my times are great. Once I start hammering the course, well, the hammer breaks the time. I agree, sometimes coasting helps settle the car. So, my next week, I going to work on ramp rates on the throttle and lighter pressure and brake points. Congratulation on the 24 hours and the GT4 race. We were sitting in the first turn throughout the weekend and I studied how you hit the mechanics of the turn every time - Good stuff.
Thanks a lot!! Glad these tips helped you out.
Congrats on the 2nd win dude! We were following Indy Dontje here back home in Holland when suddenly I saw your name in the same car so I had 2 drivers to root for!
Little thing that helped me during iracing is putting the volume of the tires up a bit, I dont have those fancy pedals you have so its sometimes diffficult to know when your on the maximum level of grip. with the sound up you hear them screaming for mercy a bit more.
Love the channel, keep it up
As someone who started in rally sims it turns out my breaking is absolutely horrible 😂 great video, extremely helpful
Glad to hear it!
Congrats on the two times! I watched as much of it as I could, it was a good run! I tend to brake early, usually too early, and power through the corner. But that's probably why I have a pathetic iRating. Thanks for the content.
Two time, fantastic win. Great content as always Daniel. I'll admit my technique used to be overly aggressive. Your content is great because you break it down from a physics standpoint with data. Makes it easy to open the eyes for guys like me instead of just telling someone to "go by feel". Keep up the good work, hope for many more fine performances. I also have to give a shoutout to your stellar line of gloves and apparel , love the stuff.
Hi Daniel, great video! The terminology I felt is so useful to the way I think about cornering. A subject I’d love to hear more about is when and why to overtake or defend (or not) in an endurance race. That kind of race craft stuff fascinates me as an IMSA/WEC fan.
Thanks a lot. And in terms of that thought process, I talk about it all the time on my twitch stream. Come hang out there.
This was the best video I’ve seen about trail braking and balance. My biggest problem is being too extreme with both pedals instead of graduating from to another.
I was a smash the brakes kind of guy because that’s what I thought you did. You hear some other racers saying you need to stab the brakes and then ease off. I couldn’t understand why I was losing so much time under steering. Really good explanation and it’s helping so much with my technique! Thank you.
Awesome to hear. Glad that you’re benefiting from this.
So I've just entered the world of sim racing and I've been trying to practice. I play a lot of GT7 just for fun and oh my lordy does that game teach you so wrong in the tutorials. It basically has you slamming breaks on every corner, so I thought that's just how things were. I couldn't figure out why my lap times were so horrible and how others were just blazing corners. Now I know!
Great point about the maximum rotation point before getting back on throttle.
Thanks! And I think it’s nice to see it in action
Thanks. I've definitely been doing late hard braking and early throttle. I've just been mashing the brakes and mashing the throttle, no coasting or letting the car balance at all because of all the people online that say you should only be on throttle or on brakes at all times. I spent 60 minutes today practicing this new technique on ACC at Misano and already shaved off 1 full second off my lap time. I'm in the 1:34s now.
Wow! Great golden tips and explanations of a lot of my driving problems.
Congratulations to you and Winnward racing on capturing the win at Daytona and your second Rolex watch and victory! Got to watch a lot of the race in person.
Great video and going to have to watch it several more times.
Looking forward to following the entire season!
Thanks!
Daniel this was a fantastic reminder video. Forcing me to go back to the basics and treat it more like a real car and not a video game car. Thanks for sharing. And yes I've been steering the care with my feet ever since the great Mario Andretti talked about it at INDY.
Thank you very much for the comparision, it always felt wrong for me to force the Car into the corner and losing control, because coasting was „Bad“ habit. Feeling a Balance and the grip is now more important for me, to drive consistent.
its late by the video standards but I've noticed i like a lot of oversteer, it almost feels like my rotation almost exclusively coming from the rear with a lack of grip from the fronts to control it. this video has definitely shown me a lot i need to practice to improve!
The explanation on brake release leading to steering oversteer under late initial hard braking was what I needed! I couldn't figure it out before, where I thought the weight should've shifted back preventing that but it was the front losing grip to gripping up leading to a pointy front. 🤯 I just held the brakes harder & longer to compensate, not knowing the front tires were overwhelmed.
You rock Daniel. Best example of cornering with pedals I've seen. This is coming from a former PCA and SCCA autocross instructor. You did show us why your a great sim racer too.
For an April Fool's video, you should throw on a entry level gear and hoon it around the track. Of if you have an older setup, dust it off.
2 time, i can't believe I forgot to congratulate you on winning the 24 hr Daytona.
Great vid as always, Daniel. Great insight on car balancing and how to get an overall better understanding on the usage of both gas and brake pedals to control weight distribution troughtout a corner. Also, as you said, coasting is as important as being on the gas pedal, for a number of important factors. Cool stuff.
I usually brake early to learn tracks but that comes with a bad habit of never pushing past to trailbraking and that makes me slow for weeks, this really helps me think about how I should approach corners in GT-style cars, and surely I will improve my current technique on tracks I feel I've hit a limit on
Keep up the great work! This is the video that made trail braking finally click for me. Now I can induce both understeer and oversteer at will. Thank you!
I’m working on all of what you are talking about I feel slow at first but start to get faster as I work on this technique. Thanks for the help
2x keep up the great work Daniel. Your videos are on another level.
I tend to break hard and late, my car is stable but i am so slow. Can't wait to load the sim up and do early and light to see the difference it makes. Great explanation! it helps having examples of what not to do so i know what is actually happening.
Getting ready for Sebring...my home town. 👍👍
going to be an epic weekend
@@danielmorad if they let you off the track should come down to the south Sebring Publix come back to the meat department and ask for the assistant meat manager...👍👍
I actually think im the early braker, causing me to be slow a f… 😂 Definitely gonna try some of this in practice. Thank you Daniel! With rain coming, i hope you are gonna give us some rain do’s and dont’s in the future 😊😊
Always cool and informative to learn first hand from the pros. Congrats on the win!
Been sim racing for many years now but I'm still mid pack speed wise, this video was very useful as I realize my trailbraking game really needs a step up! Was doing the 'brake late hard let the car roll neutral into the corner' approach for the most part. Also congrats on your 2nd Rolex!
Glad it was helpful! And thanks so much. Looking forward to hearing about the changes you make and the better results that come from it!
Great Video Daniel. These tips videos are fast becoming required watching for any sim drivers! Mario Andretti's quote about how drivers think the brakes are for slowing the car down really drove it home for me. Keep 'em coming. Much love from NZ
This is such a brilliant, helpful, well-structured video! Thank you!
Congrats on the two, on to the third!
I just started sim racing a few months ago and this will help a bunch. I’m still in the phase of learning the tracks optimal racing line and brake point. Sebring in GT3/4 is what I’ve been test driving the most. That track is so much fun. Road Atlanta and Suzuka are a close second and third.
Great video again, nothing like a "master class" to open your eyes.. congrats on the win!!
Excellent video and explaining the brake and throttle control. This will help me showing me I’m braking to hard👍
Glad it helped
Great video, I can't wait to apply this tonight. I was trying to change from Hard in and early out, and you explained things perfectly, Your videos are always great.
Watched a lot of videos on balance but I don't think I've seen anybody demonstrate with wrong technique and then go on to show good technique. The comparison helped a lot.
I've always relied on my instincts and feeling of the car to tell me where the weight is in the car and how much is going where. Going in to sim racing it's been a tough learning curve to get fast without that physical data coming in. I'm excited to get home and practice. I think you helped explain a few things I've been really struggling with!
when I learned how to trail brake, and when it made click in my head how releasing the brake made the car turn, I got addicted to it. I still remember the day. It was on Misano, Turn 1.
Distance and initial brake pressure has always been second nature to me however, I’ve always struggled with the release. This may be a horrible technique but, I time the release of the brake on corner entry in sync with the amount I’m turning the wheel. It’s less like I’m steering with my feet and more like I’m just using the wheel and the brake pedal connected as one. This has worked well for me so far, and is how I learned trail braking but maybe I’m loosing time. 🤷Any thoughts? Always looking for ways to improve my driving technique. Started sim racing around 6months ago. Thanks.
It all depends on how much grip you have from the front tires. If you are breaking too deep and killing the grip in the front tire by breaking too deep into the corner and just dumping off the pressure when you turn in, you won’t carve the entry.
Huh. Never really thought about this, thanks! Certainly will start adjusting and experimenting on the virtual track.
Amazing, thank you! I love this kind of videos!
Especially that now I'm getting into the AMG GT4 on iRacing and trying to tame the AMG GT3 as well! 😁
And congrats for your win at Daytona!
It’s one thing listening to a pro sim racer talk about driving and racing techniques but listening to a professional gt racer explain these basic techniques with his level of comprehension of car handling is a whole other thing. Astounding explanation good sir. You’ve earned a sub🎉
Excellent! Love to hear that it was clearly understood :). Hope this translates to more control behind the wheel
This is a great explanation of brake and throttle control, which also applies to triggers for us mere mortals with no budget for sim-rigs, or for those just getting in to sim-racing at a console level. Really looking forward to transferring these skills to a rig later in the year.
I went through the classic, “brake on straightaways,” then I learned about weight transfer and trail breaking which instantly cut seconds off my lap times. I’ve since have had problems with consistency and even resorted to coasting in some corners. I figured it was just me, but good to hear it’s not a single solution for all corners. Seems like common sense in retrospect.
Congratulations on the Daytona 24 win. Thanks for another great video
my pleasure. Thanks so much!
I am a total beginner and was late hard braking. Lighter really is better (not that you don't already know that, two-time!)
Haha yeah well this is a really great basic tip to get better :)
Thank you for this explanation! It helped me visualize what I should be doing versus what I am doing now. Can't wait to put it in practice.
Corners is where you get fast. This is one of the best explanations on how to take them. I worked this out by experimenting but I know it works and this guy knows what he's talking about and knows how to explain it as well. I've seen so many videos on trail braking but they couldn't explain what it was.
Thank you so much, that was simple and clear 👍 i am type of driver "late&hard=understeer"
Now i have to master the transformation to "not that late & not that hard" in mutliple corners on multiple tracks. Thx Daniel 😉
Glad it helped
I've been braking hard/early, so this was very helpful. As an aside, got to meet you (momentarily) on the grid at Daytona, was there for your win. Congrats and thanks for the hat! I wear it all the time.
Congrats Daniel I am so excited to see the success you are having, and giving back to us with your tips we’re so grateful. I’m trying to reduce my braking to increase my rolling speed through the apex and off, but I frequently feel like I’m getting run over from behind. It’s a difficult balance to master, especially in traffic.
Great video and congradulations on the Rolex! Although I am not racing cars, I always soak up the tips you present with your videos and hopefully I will hone my skills go karting.
Thanks a lot!! A lot of this will apply to karting as well
Thank you for explaining your technique. I really have to practice more on this because I'm the one who is always too late on the breaks to be faster, but in the end, I'm slower. Have to reset my mind 😅
Greetings from Cologne, Germany ❤
Thank you for this Daniel. Really helpful and insightful. I'm late on the brakes at present as new to sim racing. Will bring work on bringing my braking back and smooth out my inputs.
Glad it was helpful!
Congrats on the double win! Great video on explaining everything on weight transfer while using the brake and getting on the throttle. I'm at the point of testing and trying to understand the Low speed shock compression and rebound and after that the high speed shock compression and rebound.
Some concepts might be easy, but at the same time so many people struggle to explain it well or demonstrate it well. You did both very well. Saw the gloves before I saw the youtube channel. Might need to grab some gloves now lol
Congratulations on your win it was awesome! That’s all I drive in IRACING and in ACC is the AMG, I’m not a top in driver on the sims ! But I can hold my own lol I always think I can improve the corners. That’s where the race is won! Any body can go straight! Thanks for the info I learn a lot more
this video has explained so much of what I was doing wrong, great work and thank you. I was heavy and late, so now going to go back to ACC and see if I can get my 2.24.3 at Spa in the 488 evo down. Wish my luck.
Great content! I used to have a street Porsche GT3 (991.1) and was a member of a local track club. Tracked it a lot. Trail braking is so key (especially rear engine) - steering with your feet is very important as you went through. “Rotate the car” was something I learned and focused on. I sold the car a few years back. It was so much fun. Been off the SIM for years and recently fired it back up and running the Porsche Cup Car. Your videos are very inspiring. I have a lot to learn as there is something we can all take away and your videos are awesome.
It wasn't that you said something I had not heard of. This was just put together in a holistic way that was very helpful. Nice work!