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What if the thing holding back your driving isn’t your technique—but a software setting you’ve never looked at? In part 2 of my interview with Suellio Almeida, you’ll learn why even one incorrect software setting or pedal calibration can completely ruin your driving, as well as how to avoid common mistakes. Suellio shares the exact techniques he uses with students to diagnose bad inputs, eliminate delay, and train precise braking and steering control so your sim becomes a tool that actually makes you safer, faster, and more consistent.

Listen in to discover core driving principles that apply to every car—GT, formula, high downforce, low downforce—and why great drivers don’t reinvent their style for each vehicle. We also dive into the psychology behind fear of steering, how to master corner entry without oversteer trauma, and the secret to clean exits. Don’t miss hearing how to move through the frustrating “initial adjustment phase” with confidence.

What You'll Learn:

• How incorrect sim settings can destroy your driving.
• The step-by-step method to properly calibrate brake pedals.
• How to identify and fix input delay, clipping, and posture problems.
• Why you should adjust one sim setting at a time, not all at once.
• The “string theory” technique to link brake release to steering angle.
• Why drivers fear steering input and how to overcome corner-entry oversteer trauma.
• How to maximize rotation mid-corner to prevent exit understeer or spins.
• Why sim practice works like music practice.
• How racecraft, defensive driving, and situational awareness are trained in Suellio’s academy.

Ideas Worth Sharing:

• "You need to make sure that the equipment and the software is well sorted before you even judge it." - Suellio Almeida
• "Another very, very big mistake is to add more steering while staying on the brakes. The car does not like that. The car immediately punishes you for it." - Suellio Almeida
• "You can go on YouTube and watch some fast driver doing it. But what is the thought process inside your head that will lead to that input without you having to be a copycat all the time? How can you become the reference rather than need a reference? I want you to become the benchmark." - Suellio Almeida

Resources:

• Suellio Almeida: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Email
• iRacing
• Shelby GT350
• Radical SR3

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