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Difference in tyre wear from turning off anti lock brakes using ps4 controller

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So ive decided to jump to not having anti-lock brakes and the difference in tyre wear as gone right up to the point I cant or only just passing my tyre management programme and my tyres are getting hammered on race day so i ask is there any tips on car setups that can counter this or am I p**ing in the wind because im using a ps4 pad. 

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Be more careful under braking. With ABS off, you don't outright need to lock up to put more stress on the tyres. Usually the FFB should tell you when this is happening, and combined with the point where the bar starts to move sharply to the left, you should then be able to easily figure out how hard you can be on the brakes.

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Coffer said:
Be more careful under braking. With ABS off, you don't outright need to lock up to put more stress on the tyres. Usually the FFB should tell you when this is happening, and combined with the point where the bar starts to move sharply to the left, you should then be able to easily figure out how hard you can be on the brakes.
Ok will give this a try thanks for the tip. ive just done 2 runs in the race strategy test, one with and one without abs and on the tyre wear graph on the left there's a big difference in tyre wear above average with abs and way below without ..I'm going to play about with brake pressures also see if that helps I really want to get used to not having abs because things like brake pressure and brake bias are more or less hopeless with abs on.

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You also can lower break pressure in your car setup in order to avoid locking up wheels.

Break pressure means the pressure break does on wheels when pedal (or pad trigger) is pressed at maximum course. 

As faster as your car goes it can support more pressure without lock up due to downforce from front wing. When your car get slower you are going to have less downforce in front wing then it is easier to lock up front wheels. That's why when you press hard the break it locks up when your speed is low. Less break pressure helps you avoid locking up wheels at low speed, but prevent you to benefit from high downforce during high speeds.

I am not sure if I explained it clearly.

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