What is the angle of "release" to perform a neoslide?
I'm new to Trackmania and I enjoy grinding out mechanics, so I'm probably ill-advisedly grinding out the neoslide. Probably even more ill-advised because I'm choosing to learn on a wheel, but this is what I like to do, so I'm doing it. I've had some moderate success, and started to realize you don't need fully release the steering for it to work.
Every guide I see says you release steering *completely*, brake, then steer again. This makes sense to advise for a keyboard, where it's on/off, it's the only way to do it. It kind of still makes sense for a controller, because it's easier. But from testing with the wheel, and some research, it's clear the angle is not 0% steering.
In this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzTvzC-S918&t=1358s, if you watch at 25% speed, Mudda releases from 45° to 13°. But, he actually starts braking at 20°. This is equivalent to going from 100% to ~30%, or 100% to ~45% respectively. I'm not sure exactly how the game registered inputs, but it puts a floor of ~30% steering as a valid angle to initiate a neoslide, rather than a full, or close-to 0% steering.
Has anyone ever done testing with neosliding to see exactly what angle is required in order to successfully initiate a neoslide?