GPL - consistency & braking

Karl... A fix in 4 easy steps: 1. Get a Dunlop yellow dot squash ball. 2. Cut it in half. 3. Take one half and place it on top of the *** stop that the MSFF brake pedal makes contact with when full depressed. 4. Recalibrate your brake pedal with the squash ball in place. It should calibrate to a range from 6-8 to 65. The low number should correspond to the hardest that you can imagine ever pressing the brake pedal while driving GPL. The harder you press in calibrating, the harder you'll have to press while racing to get full braking effect. If you have a tendency to lock the brakes, press hard so that full braking force is applied only if you're pressing really hard when racing. This little trick adds progressive resistance to your braking and you'll be amazed at the difference it'll make in your performance! Thanks again to Tim Leighton for my squash ball and to Ian Robertson for explaining to me how to make it work! Jack Rambo www.RaceLive.com/GPaL

So nice to see the trick I invented last year getting some use. Works great. one other thing practice,practice,practice. JM

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> Karl... > A fix in 4 easy steps: > 1. Get a Dunlop yellow dot squash ball. > 2. Cut it in half. > 3. Take one half and place it on top of the *** stop that the MSFF brake > pedal makes contact with when full depressed. > 4. Recalibrate your brake pedal with the squash ball in place. > It should calibrate to a range from 6-8 to 65. The low number should > correspond to the hardest that you can imagine ever pressing the brake > pedal while driving GPL. The harder you press in calibrating, the harder > you'll have to press while racing to get full braking effect. If you have a > tendency to lock the brakes, press hard so that full braking force is > applied only if you're pressing really hard when racing. > This little trick adds progressive resistance to your braking and you'll be > amazed at the difference it'll make in your performance! > Thanks again to Tim Leighton for my squash ball and to Ian Robertson for > explaining to me how to make it work! > Jack Rambo > www.RaceLive.com/GPaL

Hi I`m quite new to this game - mainly laps at monza in a lotus - best time is 1:30.60. Problem is I lock up wheels nearly every lap into parabolica (and other bends). This makes laps difficult to keep consistent. If I get it into this corner & others having locked up then I`m onto a quick lap. Any suggestions to improve braking ? I`m using MS FF wheel set on dual axis for pedals. No other changes in SW profile regarding range etc. Is it brake balance ? Or just brake sooner and more evenly ? Biting point - i.e skids seems about half to two-thirds down the brake pedal - difficult not to press harder when you want to slow down ! Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks

I find that cadence braking can help - pumping the brake pedal giving an effect rather like ABS. Brake balance could be a factor too, but is a trade against stability while trail braking.

HEY THIS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA THANKS RAMBO that really made my day

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| Karl... | | A fix in 4 easy steps: | | 1. Get a Dunlop yellow dot squash ball. | | 2. Cut it in half. | | 3. Take one half and place it on top of the *** stop

that the MSFF brake | pedal makes contact with when full depressed. | | 4. Recalibrate your brake pedal with the squash ball in place. | It should calibrate to a range from 6-8 to 65. The low number should | correspond to the hardest that you can imagine ever pressing the brake | pedal while driving GPL. The harder you press in calibrating, the harder | you'll have to press while racing to get full braking effect. If you have a | tendency to lock the brakes, press hard so that full braking force is | applied only if you're pressing really hard when racing. | | This little trick adds progressive resistance to your braking and you'll be | amazed at the difference it'll make in your performance! | | Thanks again to Tim Leighton for my squash ball and to Ian Robertson for

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| explaining to me how to make it work! | | | Jack Rambo | www.RaceLive.com/GPaL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

If you haven't done so already, try some of the setups available for download. Different setups allow for different amounts of F/B weight transfer. In my findinigs this can have a significant effect on the wheels locking under braking.

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>I`m quite new to this game - mainly laps at monza in a lotus - best time is >1:30.60. Problem is I lock up wheels nearly every lap into parabolica (and >other bends). This makes laps difficult to keep consistent. If I get it into >this corner & others having locked up then I`m onto a quick lap. Any >suggestions to improve braking ? >I`m using MS FF wheel set on dual axis for pedals. No other changes in SW >profile regarding range etc. >Is it brake balance ? Or just brake sooner and more evenly ? >Biting point - i.e skids seems about half to two-thirds down the brake >pedal - difficult not to press harder when you want to slow down ! >Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks

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I use a squash ball cut in half and placed under the brake pedal on my MS FF wheel, works well for avoiding locking the brakes. If you do it then you need to recalibrate the controller and push the brake pedal until the reading is 10 on the GPL calibration screen, I find this figure about the best for me but you may need to experiment a bit. Also try a brake bias about 54 - 55%. -- Ian Parker ICQ 21772592

Oops, 3 times, OE 5 did it not me -- Ian Parker ICQ 21772592

Damn, and I went and bought 3 squash balls too!

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> Oops, 3 times, OE 5 did it not me > -- > Ian Parker > ICQ 21772592 > > I use a squash ball cut in half and placed under the brake pedal on my MS > FF > > wheel, works well for avoiding locking the brakes.

But you only needed half a ball for each post :) -- Ian Parker ICQ 21772592 > Damn, and I went and bought 3 squash balls too! > > Oops, 3 times, OE 5 did it not me > > -- > > Ian Parker > > ICQ 21772592

I`m not quite as quick but much more consistent. Now its just down to me to get quicker, smoother and more consistent. I had to press the brake really hard in calibration to make sure that i did not lock-up. Calibration to about 2. Once again many thanks.

Gosh, Karl, take those Army boots off! Gee! :) Jack Rambo www.RaceLive.com/GPaL