Brake Bias Question

[JokeDindon]

Hello all,

First of all I'm very much a newbie when it comes to F1 racing. I know my way around a circuit but there is still some things I don't quite understand. One of those is the brake bias (the D-pad brake settings). We're allowed to switch from Front to Rear and also Neutral. When does those settings apply best? When to use Front, Rear or Neutral brake settings? I guess that's used to tweak the car so it performs the best way possible around corners. I would greatly appreciate that someone take the time to explain that to me.

For further precision, I'm not talking about the pre-qualif. / pre-race setups but the ones while racing on track, as I've mentioned the one we can access with the D-pad like the tire compound and gas mixture.

Thanks everyone!

[Patrick]

Dear JokeDindon


I try to answer your question as detailed as possible.

The standard use of brake bias:

Front Bias: Moving the bias forwards will help straightline braking, as the weight moves forward under braking the front will bite more and slow the car down quicker. Best used when approaching sharp slow corners (China hairpins, Malaysia final turn, turn three in Australia)

Rear Bias: Moving the bias to the back of the car improves the ability to trail brake and turn whilst still applying brake pressure. It's best used in corners that have a turn in during braking. (1st corner China, Bahrain turn 10, Massenet in Monaco & the penultimate corner in Malaysia)

Neutral Bias: Is exactly that, it spreads the weight evenly (neutral usually stands at about 55/45) and is best used when being cautious about locking up, so heavy fuel or worn tyres, it won`'t stop the car as quickly as front bias but lessened lockups while still giving you the ability to turn in and break. Yet not to the full advantage a rearward bias allows.

I hope I could help you and wish you a nice Sunday.


Regards
Patrick

http://www.wlr-online.co.uk
http://www.weloveracing.beep.com

[JokeDindon]

Originally posted by Patrick Foerster:

Dear JokeDindon


I try to answer your question as detailed as possible.

The standard use of brake bias:

Front Bias: Moving the bias forwards will help straightline braking, as the weight moves forward under braking the front will bite more and slow the car down quicker. Best used when approaching sharp slow corners (China hairpins, Malaysia final turn, turn three in Australia)

Rear Bias: Moving the bias to the back of the car improves the ability to trail brake and turn whilst still applying brake pressure. It's best used in corners that have a turn in during braking. (1st corner China, Bahrain turn 10, Massenet in Monaco & the penultimate corner in Malaysia)

Neutral Bias: Is exactly that, it spreads the weight evenly (neutral usually stands at about 55/45) and is best used when being cautious about locking up, so heavy fuel or worn tyres, it won`'t stop the car as quickly as front bias but lessened lockups while still giving you the ability to turn in and break. Yet not to the full advantage a rearward bias allows.

I hope I could help you and wish you a nice Sunday.


Regards
Patrick

http://www.wlr-online.co.uk
http://www.weloveracing.beep.com

Thank you very much Patrick! Have a nice day!

[crowleyhammer]

Its a shame you cant remap the bias controls really, other racing games i have allow me to use the gearstick while using the paddles to change gear, much easier to constantly change bias that way than using a D-Pad menu.

[Geth Balor]

Oh and also, if you move the brake bias to the front, the front tyres wear quicker and the same again but with rear. Neutral is kinda even but if your front/rear tyres are more worn than the other side, its a good idea to just leave the brake bias on the cleaner tyres (hopefully makes sense)

[DrDeath_MD]

Do you adjust this more than once per lap? I normally start a race with it set to rear and then after my first pit stop move it to neutral.

[JokeDindon]

Originally posted by off in the shower:

Do you adjust this more than once per lap? I normally start a race with it set to rear and then after my first pit stop move it to neutral.

Well, from what I understand, if you want optimal lap time, you should change it pretty much at every corners (aka change the brake settings to fit every curves in the track). It can be quite hard if you're not used to but I suppose that neutral is pretty good for almost every corners. When comming down from a straight into a corner better use front and when it's corner that you need to brake again midturn you should use rear brakes. That's my take on it.

[Dingo]

I don`t care of the brakes.
I just drive