Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28401107-20170415155711/@comment-31335392-20170416025912

This is sort of a variation on #1 above.

I’ve been successfully using a technique I learned from a member of the RR3 myrealracing.club forum. He termed it “pre-braking” and was using it to better manage slowing down from the extremely high speeds attainable with the McLaren MP4-X after long straight-aways.

Pre-braking is based on a simple idea: in Tilt B mode, when you press the brake while still pressing the accelerator, the brake has no effect – braking will only begin when you release the accelerator. So you can pre-brake before getting into the actual braking zone  -- then you only have to lift off the accelerator pedal to start to slow down at your desired brake point.

For example, with the Koenigsegg Regera, I would often overcook the Mulsanne corner at LeMans (after the 2nd long Mulsanne Straight at very high speed), or the Hairpin at Hockenheimring. But pre-braking has made corners like these more manageable, decreased my spin-outs, and improved my lap times. It may just be a “frame of mind” thing but it seems to save me a split second…that is, instead of 2 sequential actions (1. release accelerator & 2. apply brake) I’m just executing one action (release accelerator…because the brake was already applied).

As I stated at the outset, I did not originate this idea. And I don’t use it in every corner…but in certain scenarios it’s a nice tool to have. Tricky corners have become more manageable and my spin-outs have decreased substantially. Good Luck!