u/zabaloaga

Salut! Sunt pasionat de mașini și de motorsport pe patru roți, însă de ceva timp mă bate gândul să dau de categoria A, în principal pentru naveta prin București. M-am cam săturat de transportul în comun, iar mașina nu prea mai este o soluție din cauza traficului.

Scopul meu ar fi strict mersul prin oraș, pentru a economisi timp. Pentru cei care mergeți de mai mulți ani pe motor: privind în urmă, considerați că merită riscul asumat pentru timpul câștigat și confortul în trafic? Ați lua aceeași decizie dacă ați lua-o de la capăt?

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Hey guys,

Looking for some advice because I feel a bit stuck right now.

I started sim racing recently, beginning in Formula Vee and then moving to Formula 4 after about a month. At the beginning I was honestly pretty bad and was driving on a desk setup. I got a bit frustrated with how fragile open wheel racing is (small contacts ruining races), so I decided to try Mazda. Around that time I also upgraded to a proper rig (Simlab GT1 Evo), and things started to click a lot more. I managed to get my first wins in both Mazda and Formula Vee, got out of rookies, and fast-tracked to C class in sports cars.

On Mazda I actually had a pretty decent run, with a decent top 5 rate and I was often gaining positions even when starting near the back, mostly by staying clean while others made mistakes.

Right now I’m around 1k iRating in sports cars.

After that I decided to go into GT4 (BMW M4 GT4), and that’s where the struggle started.

The main issue is that the car just feels like it doesn’t want to rotate. It feels like a boat and I get a lot of understeer, even when I feel like I’m entering the corner relatively slow. I know trail braking is key in these cars, but it feels like I have to force it just to get the car to turn. Coming from formula, I’m used to being a bit “safe” on the brakes to avoid spinning, but GT4 feels like it wants the opposite approach and it’s messing with my instincts. Sometimes I do get that feeling where the car rotates nicely, but I can’t replicate it consistently.

My GT4 experience is still pretty limited. At Oschersleben, which is the only track where I’ve done multiple races (around 5–6), I’m doing around 1:33–1:34 best laps and about 1:34–1:36 race pace. At Laguna Seca I’ve only done one race plus around 20–25 laps total, and I managed a 1:32 once in a race, but usually I’m more in the 1:33–1:35 range with some mistakes. So I wouldn’t say I’m super slow, but definitely inconsistent.

I also don’t have load cell pedals, just standard ones, so I’m wondering how much that might be affecting my trail braking consistency.

Long term I do want to move into GT3 because it seems like a really good mix (some aero, endurance style racing, and proper wheel-to-wheel battles), but I’m not trying to fast track. For now, until the end of the season, I just want to build proper fundamentals.

What I’m trying to figure out is whether I’m just applying the wrong technique coming from formula, or if this is more of a car thing with the BMW GT4. How should trail braking actually feel in GT cars compared to formula, and what should I focus on to get more consistent rotation?

Any advice is appreciated, thanks!