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mariohomoh
Hero (Retired)
3 years ago

Re: Understeer on wheel - looking for advice - new player

@AussieMercedes A clip would go a long way here, pal. Anyway, from your description I'd take a wild guess here and say you're probably inducing understeer by releasing the brakes too early and/or too abruptly.

Issue relying on your braking and not slowing the car down enough or not keeping the front tyres loaded up enough to get good rotation.
Specially coming from controllers directly to a G29, that can be quite jarring with the stiff brake pedal the set has.

I did a similar jump just recently, from Dualshock to Dualsense and now G923. The first day the brake pedal gave me hell. Now I got used to it and braking feels like spreading butter on a hot toast relatively to how much it felt like stomping down a fire before. And it wasn't the application of brake pressure the issue, but how quickly I would release brakes on corner entry.

So basically, perhaps work on your trail braking and pay attention to the need of not unloading the front so abruptly?

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  • TotosHeadphones's avatar
    TotosHeadphones
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    I concur with @mariohomoh , the pedals on the G29 are a bit of weak point in trying to attain consistent lap times. I moved from pad to the G29 last month and I had the same problems trying to guage braking as the pedal is so stiff causing a lot of locking up in heavy braking zones. I ended up voiding the warranty and changing the springs and now have far less issues braking and trailbraking. 

  • Jpk123456's avatar
    Jpk123456
    Rising Traveler
    3 years ago

    What adjustment do you mean exactly,
    I want to modify my G29 as well.
    I already have an F1 steering wheel mounted,  https://mvhstudios.co.uk/
    Plus magnetic shifters.
    The only thing not complete yet is the brake.....

    Maybe you can give me some good advice.

    Regards,

  • TotosHeadphones's avatar
    TotosHeadphones
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @Jpk123456 wrote:

    What adjustment do you mean exactly,
    I want to modify my G29 as well.
    I already have an F1 steering wheel mounted,  https://mvhstudios.co.uk/
    Plus magnetic shifters.
    The only thing not complete yet is the brake.....

    Maybe you can give me some good advice.

    Regards,

    There are a number of mods that make the brake pedal less stiff and manageable if you find you have problems with it. There are plenty of videos and sites which show you various mods. Search for progressive spring mod for G29 on YT. It's probably the most popular mod for the G29/G923 wheel.

    You can swap the clutch spring and the brake springs around but you get far less resistance in the pedal. Or you can remove the rubber block where the spring is seated. This is used to create progressive feel but the rubber block is a bit too hard for a lot of people so you end up having to put so much force into pushing the pedal down. Additionally, you can remove the block and purchase (or 3D print) some preload spacers. This will give you resistance when you push down on the pedal and would feel far better than swapping in the springs from the clutch. Or you can buy a progressive spring online (I bought one from AliExpress for £10). This for me was the best option as it gives ample resistance without having to feel like you need to go to the gym for Leg day. Trailbraking is a breeze with this mod.

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