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Originally Posted by snicko
Hmm.. trail braking. I'm a bit conditioned to stay the f' away from trail braking - I learned a very nose heavy, solid axle RWD V8 cars where use of the rear brake was rewarded handsomely with a quick 180 spin. I'll give that a shot in the next weekend and see. Definitely not something that I'm used to doing in large amounts...
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IME trail braking is necessary to weight the car properly and initiate rotation, @N Camarolina described it well. and I'd add the transition to throttle should be quick, get on the throttle immediately after the brakes are fully released.
I added a much stiffer front roll bar and slightly softer rear bar (Hotchkis ft/ZLE rear). Stock, the car likes to throw it's a$$ out a bit much in AutoX slaloms and tighter turns... it's entertaining and gives the car character but the change I made allows for more aggressive trail braking and allows you go get to WOT faster, and the rear end doesn't step out as much and hit cones, lol.
I recently got a sim rig, Automobilista 2 has the GT4.R Camaro on it, a $250k race car. On that sim, you are trail braking HARD right into the apex and then immediately transitioning to throttle to maintain the slip angle caused by your trail braking. You can get from full braking and back to WOT incredibly quickly. Our cars may not be GT4.Rs, but IME the concept is applicable.