Always brake before the turn and then accelerate through unless the guy in front of me brakes through the turn! It is safer in FWD cars to brake before the turn. So you can power through the turn. If you loose grip FWD cars let off the gas and it will correct itself. But if you brake through the turn you change the dynamics of the car and in bad weather for instance you could actually end up in a ditch if you brake through the turn. Probaby the first lesson I learned in the snow belt when I got my license as a teenager.

 

In the police academy they teach to brake before the turn. You should be at your "in-turn speed" before you enter the turn, then accelerate as you're coming out of the turn.

 

In D1 school they say to never use the "Brake peddle" They say Speed to turn, Pull Ebrake to rear seats, steer into turn, Release Ebrake, Clutch kick, and then point the tires in the general direction you WOULD like to go, then throttle to keep the car in a slide, and release gas to allow the tires to stick back to the street apon completion of your "Turn with Style"

 

Lets see how well that works on a FWD car... You can power slide with FWD but you can't truly drift.

 

I brake AFTER the turn. right before I hit things..

 

DAYTONMVP23 I was reply to MAJIK as he has a GC which is RWD!!!

 

Braking through a turn is not bad for the brakes. Haha. It's bad for traction. Dust off that physics book, and take a peek on the chapters covering friction and torque.

 

The only bad traction is the one you wish you had



New bumper sticker!

 

A lot of roads near me can be used in a rally, very tight twisty and often blind corners, so breaking and sliding wide through the corner very risky as I can't see out of it, may be something comming. instead I break early, if I start wide I can use the weight shift to point the front tight and corner almost as quick but much safer, then accelerate out once I've seen the exit is clear. Very enjoyable, often at just 40mph!

Sliding through a corner may look good, but its not as fast as smooth driving. Anyone into rallying will see that, Ken Block is by far the best spectacle to watch, his sliding, his control, but he's just not quick. Colin McRea was right on the slide/smooth balance, sometimes he was very quick, often he was in a tree. Seb Loeb on the other hand looks like he's taking his mum shopping, but is very quick.

If I think of it I'll get the wife to record one of my favourite local roads next time I use it.

 

Something interesting to note here, especially with FWD. It seems that there is a "sweet spot" for a FWD car where the throttle application is completely reversed from RWD, and if you boot it, the car will pull itself into the corner and tend to come out with a good attitude where a RWD will want to turn around and face the wrong way. Don't quote me on this because I haven't really explored the limits of this at circuit speeds yet.