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Originally Posted by shadoquad
According to Bryan, though, the stock brakes, even the base brakes, are more brake than a lot of cars already on the track.
And yeah, brake fade can cause an accident, or you could feel the brakes slipping when they start to fade and safely pull over.
It is what it is. I'm getting a brake upgrade regardless.
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Correct, they are a lot more "brake" (physically in size) than many cars on the track. However, their fade characteristics are fairly scary compared to many other cars. It tends to come rapidly and without warning. This may be a symptom due to PROFESSIONAL drivers pushing it harder, faster - a novice may take longer to heat them up and in turn, overheat them. But the potential easily remains that they can and will fade quickly compared to other cars - even others with smaller overall physical dimensions.
RCZ and I believe TravisJB have both experienced this - they called it "icing up".
BTW, the swiftness in the fade was evident in the Car and Driver test that caused the NISMO to crash - it came on so suddenly and without warning, they COULDNT safely pull over. Scary!