SuperCobraJetHad the same problem with the Ford GT at Seattle, except instead of a twitch it would do an immediate 360. You have to be very careful of the ABS settings and in general braking that car when turning. In fact, I've found its best to minimize if not eliminate turn braking with it altogether.
SuperCobraJetBy the term "threshold braking" do you mean, full braking and holding, then release and entry into the corner? This is the method I try to use unless I am using the brakes to help turn the car. BTW in GT3 I found you could run the ABS settings on up for most cars to get maximum braking. Not so in GT4.
I wonder if it is possible, racing brakes help slow the car more in a bracket of speed? However if so, it seems they should also shorten the stopping distance.???
Uncle HarryThe brake balance settings in GT4 have to be way lower than GT3. (Using DS2 controller).
Anything over 5 will have the brakes locking up and will increase braking by a long way.
I see reference to ABS being activated. I dont think so as when the wheels lock you cannot turn at all. How many times have you hit the wall at New York in a fast car after misjudging the breaking distance.
When was it decided that ABS has been implimented in GT4? How have I missed this?
Correct me if I am wrong but I dont see brake balance settings having an influence on a ABS settings which aren't in the game. Or is it because I have the ASM turned off have I deactivated the ABS?
ScaffOne the other point, if you set the brake balance controller settings too high, you will lock the wheels sooner and it will take you longer to stop. This effect would be more dramatic with the DS2 as its harder to modulate the brakes.
VXSSIIThe Ford GT40 is the worst braking car in the game that I have sampled so far. WooHoo, my first post and bashing of a Ford product!!!
In essence, threshold braking could also be described as sustained maximum efficiency braking, which is achevied by maintaining braking at the threshold of slip percentage, through out the braking period, less possibly the trail brake phase. Hence the name.ScaffThreshold braking is maintaining the braking force at a level that ensure you are at the maximum deceleration offered by the tyre, without exceeding its slip percentage.
ScaffMy post was writen from work (so no GT4 to hand), as is this one, so I am going form memory.
I seem to remember that the Brake balance controller scrolling text says that it effects the braking force and application of the ABS system, I'm sure it did in GT3, but can't be 100% with regard to GT4 (and I can't check right now).
To be honest you could remove the ABS bit from my post and it would still hold true for GT4.
For example
Must check on this tonight.
Edited to add:
Right I've had a chance to check on the GT4 setup screen and when you are in the adjustments screen for the Brake Balance controller it says that it controls the strength of the ABS system.
I also checked ASM, and it clearly states that it uses the brakes to control under and oversteer. While it does not mention if it also carries that over to straight line braking, it is quite possible that this does de-activatethe ABS system.
Scaff is a happy bunny once again, more testing to do, going to pick a nice fast car that is sensitive under braking (Ford GT looks like a good choice to me) and have a play around.
Uncle HarryABS is designed to give steering control when applying full force braking. I suggest a braking and turning test to see if you have steering with ASM on and no steering when ASM is off.
ScaffThe car I used was a Ford GT fitted with Comfort tyres (to ensure I was looking at a low grip level), a brake balance controller was fitted, but no sports brakes. The brakes were applied from 200 mph, I use the DFP and just floored the brake pedal, straight to 100% braking force (threshold in the Ford GT from these speeds is about 85%)
ABS is designed to give steering control when applying full force braking. I suggest a braking and turning test to see if you have steering with ASM on and no steering when ASM is off.
ADestroyyou really dont want to be turning a car when the ABS has been activated
ADestroyit was designed for use on motorways in which turning is not an option
ADestroyABS is designed to stop the Brakes Locking and therefore sending the car into a skid + you really dont want to be turning a car when the ABS has been activated
it works by not clamping the pads onto the disc it will instead apply force on and off very quickly to achieve braking power without locking the wheels
this is why in days before BAS you were taught to pump the brakes if you had to stop sharply(to avoid locking up)
ADestroyyes the obsactle (car) is WHY you are braking, the system is designed for worst case scenario e.g. cars on either side forcing you to brake in a straight line, in fact all car manufactureres will tell you to brake in a straight line,
FIDO69Are you saying that you've actually measured threshold braking in GT4? i.e., that by pressing the pedal 85% you will come to a complete stop faster than pressing 100%? I have not noticed this. It seems to me that GT4 automatically threshold brakes for you.
If I've got time, I'll test this.
FIDO69Scaff,
Question for you. If tires are the most important part of braking (and they are), why is it that tire manufacturers don't tout their braking distances? They could do it with practically any car and this would tell us consumers which tires to buy? Why don't groups like Consumer Reports do these tests? Wouldn't these tests pretty much clear up (on a first order approximation) which tires will accelerate and corner the best, too?
Also, why the heck do CAR manufacturers tout their braking distances? Since it's just a matter of tire compound... (well, suspension will play a small part, too...)
ScaffI have not actual measured this yet, but with certain car/tyre combinations I have found that threshold braking can be done.
The two cars I have come across it on the most are the Renault 5 Turbo (road car) and the Ford GT, give them a go down the un-chicaned Mulsanne straight and try 100% brakes vs around 85%.
This is another one I want to test fully, just to make sure I'm not going mad.
Hope its not another one like the sports brakes, i.e. not measurable, but when you know you've got them fitted you seem to go quicker. Still can't get my head around that one.
route_66(original posted edited down to save space, read the full post above).
Sorry for the epic post, but this threads one of the most interesting and well thought through on the whole board. And you always reply. Which is nice.
FIDO69Okay, the car manufacturer's I can understand... maybe. But the tire manufacturers don't want to market their tires as safer? "buy our tires, you'll stop an average of 20ft faster! Buy our expensive tires, you'll save the life of your kiddies!" I don't see why they couldn't bamboozle the audience with statistics taken from real life testing on the most popular brands of automobiles...
I hate it. I recently bought a set of new tires for my RL car, and I have no idea where it stacks up against other similarly priced tires... BF Goodrich Traction T/A's... and I've searched for tire data... Please do post your magazine data. Thanks!
wfoosheeI wanted to add a point about ABS and misconceptions. It's pretty well settled that ABS is designed to ALLOW steering while braking hard. A locked wheel has no directional control.
The other big misconception about ABS which I didn't see here is that it maximizes stopping power, which isn't true. It maximizes control, but if the surface has no grip, like sand or gravel (real-world, not GT4, obviously), ABS can increase your stopping distance by an amazing amount. It will not increase your grip. You'll be perfectly in control as you drive downhill through the stop sign onto the highway across traffic. The surface has so little grip that the brakes spend as much time off as on, and released brakes do not slow a car down. In sand or gravel, a locked wheel can dig into the surface and you'll stop faster than an ABS stop with the brakes pumped off as much as on, but with no steering control.
Another thing that happens with ABS is pedal feedback, which startles many people into letting off the pedal!!!!!! Just the thing to do in a panic stop. . . . If you have an ABS-equipped car, but have never braked hard enough to use ABS, I suggest you find a dirt road or wet parking lot and go through a couple of hard stops to see what it feels like, rather than be surprised in an emergency.
A trained driver (not someone who's been taught how to steer, but someone who truly understands the vehicle's dynamic behavior, i.e. Hans Stuck compared to your average soccer mom) can threshold brake with ABS off and beat anybody's ABS stops every time, whether it be wet, dry, gravel, tarmac, clean, or sandy. That training and experience is expensive, and not done for the masses, so give them ABS every time.
As for GT4, it definitely rewards threshold braking. You can't gold the Viper start/stop test if you use 100% brakes, the car skids through the finish area. You have to find that point not quite at the contoller's limit of movement to get maximum braking force. A competitive driver prefers controlling braking force without electronic interference. As an autocrosser, I used to pull the ABS fuse to make my runs, till I was "busted" and politely asked to leave my systems intact. (I ran in a stock class, which means I could not change anything not specifically allowed by the rules. I could change my muffler and wheel alignment, but I was not allowed to disable electronic systems by pulling fuses. )