HOW TO BRAKE in GO KARTING - TUTORIAL (KARTING TIPS) 

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@@Tom-102 Rainbow Road

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@@Tom-102Darude - Sandstorm

Same as an outdoor track I was just at with pretty fast rental karts (80kph+) You never actually need to break if you're brave enough and know where the kart should be coming into each corner - letting off the accelerator is more than enough

With the 6.5bhp and 9bhp karts (no idea whether that's the standard for rental karts across Europe and/or the world) I never brake. I drift the kart with counter steer approaching the corner and drift with opposite wheel lock all the way through, which in my experience, gives me the best momentum out of the turn. I do pretty good lap times but not sure at all whether that's the correct technique since there is nobody to teach me :D

@@nikolamladenoff3516 Generally drifting is slower than only braking slightly. But it's fun, so you do you ;)

​@@nikolamladenoff3516see here why often braking is advantageous to waive braking completely or coasting all around ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0RyjX17BecE.htmlsi=DNH9RsgiVtKNidF7

@@nikolamladenoff3516 its definitely the fun way!! generally speaking with karts, having neutral steer (quick sharp turning input at beginning followed by continuing through the corner without having to have any steering input, or having the wheels point straight while turning, and not counter steering) is going to be the quickest way through a corner, the objective is to eliminate all steering as much as possible. so your idea of drifting is in the right direction, just dial it back aa bit so that instead of counter steering, you do a sharp initial steering input and return to and stay at center of steering for the majority of the corner

How exactly do you do that?

@@chiragmaragal3390 the back will slide somewhat, so as long as you can maintain control of the kart by controlling your brake and wheel inputs, you can get the kart to rotate a little faster every corner. The problem is getting the feel for it, because if you slide too much you'll actually lose time instead.

​@chiragmaragal3390 Usually you just lightly stab the brake as you turn and it almost pivots the kart towards the apex. I do this on some tracks in many corners that don't really require full on braking, especially if the kart is really tight and plowing to help it to turn. Often, after the front tires warm up after the first 3 or 4 laps, I don't have to use the brake like that anymore.

Thanks for your feedback and support!

Thank you!

Good idea! In the meantime you can watch the overtaking video published ealier which consists of some indoor overtakes too 👍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BvIlcRS9-x8.html

Sometimes the only way is to force him/her into a driving-mistake. Psycholigical driving, by changing your line and breaking points every single lap and Corner.

@@olivernowaczyk5273 The word is BRAKING ...NOT Breaking.

@@nearlyretired7005 Yes, sorry for that.

Just bump him slightly from behind so that they know you're there and keep the pressure on and they will eventually make a mistake. Or just shove him out of the way lol

Thank you!

Thank you for your feedback! Drifting tends to slow you down. When you drift the go kart you are losing momentum through the corner. It takes a lot of time to build up the speed again. Try and drive smoothly and remember the concept 'Slow in Fast out'.

Thank you for your response. This will help me a lot when i will try to get best lap time. Thank you!!!

he's threshold braking, he's using the bit of spare grip remaining in the front tyres as he lifts slowly off the brakes to turn at the same time. A little bit of rear slip and mild oversteer is ideal in this scenario as it allows the vehicle to rotate more aggressively as it enters tthe corner

You can carry the brakes into the corner. In a normal car this will decelerate the car meaning you can brake later but will induce understeer. In a kart there’s only rear brakes which means it’s easier to spin by trail braking into the corner but you can carry a higher entry speed and use the brakes to rotate the kart

@@Shadow1986 thanks for the explanation. It's nice to see drivers helping each other out on this channel.

That is one of the fastest ways to brake, just like explained in the video 👍

Yes,front tyres scrubbing techique used often In the video you can see he doing similar thing for the first braking exemple but too much brake and the rear went loose or carried a bit too much speed due to wide entry and loose a bit the rear.(common mistake of lighters pilots)

Stay away from the dry line. Go wider on entry.

As you brake, turn full lock into the corner, the kart will understeer, probably not even turning at all if you are going fast enough. Aim to go around the outside edge of the corner in the wet. Combined with the fronts scrubbing off speed and the fact you are missing the inside kerb, you may even be able to brake later. Hold the lock. Eventually, the kart will slow and weight will transfer off of the inside rear and onto the outside front. At this point, the kart should start to rotate into the corner. Be ready to catch the steering back to a normal angle as it does so. Carry on round the corner. You will get really good traction off of the corner because the steering angle is almost straight on exit compared to the dry line. Don't be afraid to use full lock if the kart is understeering. My advice is always be firm with the steering but gentle on the pedals because the steering generates grip at the front at turn in, whereas the pedals do the opposite at the back.

In rental go karts you can’t press the throttle and brake at the same time, it will just deactivate the throttle when you press the brake

Go on a diet

If you keep your foot on the accelerator while braking it can break the gokart

No,you will burn out the brakes.

At first your timing may be slower because you are trying a new technique. However, the key is to practice this technique over a long period of time. Each time you race, attempt to brake later and later into the corner. This way you will gain more confidence when braking. When you become more confident under braking, you can really find the limit of late braking which will ultimately help you improve your lap time.

@@kartingtips Hey man, I've heard that you should barely be using brakes in karting so that you don't slow the revs down a lot and kill the engine, making it slower for you to reach top speeds on the straights. And I've also heard that when you do need to use the brake, just give it a hard tap and get off it immediately. This contradicts the tips you give in this video of coming off the brake slowly. What are your thoughts on this?

@@kartingtips Thanks for the advice.

@@DeputyiC I agree that you should spend as less time possible on the brake pedal. Regarding coming off of the brakes, the point I was trying to make in the video, was that you should avoid aggressively coming off brake pedal. If you are too aggressive coming off of the brake pedal it can unsettle the kart.

@@DeputyiC Many indoor tracks require little or no braking with the common types of rental karts. Instead of braking you can often just lift and use excess yaw entering the corner to scrub speed. A quick tap of the brake can be used to both reduce speed and help rotate the kart. Tracks with higher speeds - including all of the outdoors tracks I have driven - will usually require proper braking at one or more points on the track. Simple examples: Short straight into a decreasing radius turn? Scrub it. Medium straight into an increasing radius turn? Tap and go. Long straight into a hairpin? Use the brake. Personally, I tend to rely on using yaw to scrub speed too much.... There have been numerous times when I found people gaining time by braking at places I didn't think it was useful. We may have the same exit speed, but they went a little deeper in and took a slightly shorter line to get there. The transmission type and condition can also play a role in what is fast - you can have widely variable transmission operation in a fleet of identical rental karts. Another factor is that many rental karts have a system for retarding the engine when the brake and gas are pressed concurrently, and the sensitivity or operation of that system will also vary widely. Often the kart just won't let you make the transition from brake to throttle as fast as you need, so you make compromises. If you step up to TAG, shifters, or cars you will certainly need to be braking effectively.

definetly especially if the karts are slower. therefore you don't need to slowdown as much to make the turn

@@cxcre thanks for the input. I suppose I wondered the difference say lifting off only for the turn, or keeping your foot flat for longer, then brake to scrub speed before turning in?

@@stevesas632 with braking around a turn you don’t necessarily need to you are essentially braking late. Which means you will be exiting the turn with less speed than just letting off. I’m not a pro kart driver or anything but that’s just my theory. I play a decent amount of sim games

@@cxcre thanks for the info. It's great to see ppl helping each other on this channel.

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if you talk about no throttle when braking. it's a good thing to prevent 1:people burning cluchs 2:peoples overheating brakes.

if its a quite wide and ,as you said, high speed then there may be no need to brake at all, you could even keep abit of throttle aslong as you can maintain the racing line ofc

Debends on how much speed you have coming to the and how tight the corner is. Trial and error is the only real method of finding the breaking point. First just pick a point to break and try it. If you over shoot the corner and aren't able to turn quickly enough for the corner, pick a new breaking point that's earlier than the last one. If you lose too much speed before the turning point and have to accelerate before the apex to maintain speed, pick a breaking point that comes later than the last one. Then just repeat this until your breaking point feels perfect.

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@@kartingtips oh ok, it was just the lights that got me

Here you go! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2P9lhkAWrIw.html

Congrats! That is significant.

Depends on track, you could have a similar skill where on a turn you have to put some little pressure on brake (but often a lift-off works too), but its cleary different breaking style than in a racecar

Right? I almost never press the brake while karting seems as if I can take almost all turns by just slowing down enough with a lift off the throttle

Trail braking only works if you have front brakes. The other two answers are nonsense

Trailbraking is about Weight transfert on the front mate, so brakes on the front or rear change the effect yes Indeed but you’re always have a transfert, also in go kart ! and Its principaly dampers on race cars that allows that type of driving, on kart you don’t have lot of flexion and move due to châssis. And the initially question was if there some SIMILAR skill in kart. So read please before comment

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