Trackside signs and curbs can serve as track markers

Once you've got a feel for controlling your car, you'll want to start paying attention to the things around it. With that in mind, let's practice looking for track markers.

Launch Gran Turismo 7 and access the 'Starting and Stopping' challenges in 'License' mode (B-1, B-2). Were you able to make a clean stop within the goal area? The faster you drive, the longer it will take for you to come to a full stop, so knowing exactly when to apply the brakes (i.e. the braking point) can be tricky.

If you're having a hard time finding the right braking point, try paying attention to trackside elements, such as the curb and signs, as they can be used as braking point markers.

For example, on some tracks you'll find signs reading '100m', '50m', and so on, indicating the distance to an upcoming turn. Try to use these signs as braking point markers. If you find that you're braking too early and are stopping before the goal area, you should move your braking point to just after your marker. Conversely, if you're braking too late and overshooting the goal area, you should think of your braking point as being ahead of your marker. By practicing this technique, you will learn how to brake more intuitively and will be able to stop in the same spot consistently.

On some tracks there are signs indicating the distance to the next corner. Use these as markers to show you when to brake.

Of course, you won't always find distance markers on a track. So try to use whatever is available to you as a makeshift marker. This could be a marshal post, a curb, a spectators' stand, or even some flowers growing at the side of the track.

Even F1 drivers are known to spend time walking about a track prior to race day. In doing so, they are scouting for any visual marker that might give them a leg up on their rivals.