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Brakes (Bias & Pressure)

Brake bias balances lockup risk front vs rear. Pressure scales overall braking force.

Your dataCar #3650· last 3 laps
Peak brake input100.0%
Avg entry brake (first 200 ms)59.3%
Braking events22

What it does

Brake bias is the percentage of braking force sent to the front. Defaults are usually 50–55% forward. More forward = more stability under hard braking; more rearward = more rotation but lockup risk grows. (FH6 fixed the long-standing FH5 bug where the slider label was inverted — the % front label now matches what the slider actually does. Forum advice quoted from FH5 era may say to "shift the slider the opposite of the label" — that no longer applies.)

Pressure is a multiplier on total brake force. Leave at 100% unless you have a specific lockup problem you can't solve with bias. Reducing pressure makes ABS-off braking more forgiving.

Trail-braking changes everything: as you carry brake into a corner, weight is forward, so even a 50% bias acts rear-heavy. If you trail-brake and get turn-in understeer, *shift bias 1–2% rearward* — counter-intuitive but real.

In-game controls

Brake balance (% front)
Range: 45–60% typical
Raise →
more stability, more front lockup risk, more understeer under brakes
← Lower
more rotation under brakes, more rear lockup risk (snap-spin)
Brake pressure
Range: 90–100% (rarely below 90%)
Raise →
shorter stopping, more lockup risk at high speed
← Lower
gentler braking, harder to lock but longer stopping distance

Watch these telemetry signals

  • Tire slip ratio (longitudinal)slipRatio
    Where: Corner panels, "slip R" — front/rear and L/R
    Under braking, slip ratio < 0 (negative) means lockup. Front slip negative + rear at 0 = front lockup → shift bias rearward. Rear locked = shift forward.
  • Brake inputbrake
    Where: Trace strip, red line
    Cross-reference brake trace with slip spikes — if every hard brake event spikes one axle, that's the lockup tell
  • Tire slip angle (lateral)slipAngle
    Where: Corner panels, "slip A" — compare front vs rear
    Trail-braking: turn-in slip-angle spike on front = front losing it under combined brake + cornering. Shift bias slightly rearward.

Symptom → fix

What you feel Likely cause Try this
Front wheels lock approaching corners, car plows past turn-inToo much forward bias OR too much pressureBias 1–2% rear; if still locking, drop pressure to 95%
Rear locks under heavy braking, car spinsToo much rear biasBias 1–2% forward immediately
Trail-braking causes understeer at turn-inBias too forward when you add lateral load on top of brakingBias 1–2% rear; the steady-state and trail-brake optimums differ
Snap-spin under braking on bumpy surfaceRear briefly unloads + bias too rearMove bias forward by 2%; also check rear bump damping

Symptoms that point here

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