Sliding/drifting slows the car, so do it the least possible whether trail braking or just having fun.
My preference is to use a very quick little drift to change the direction of the car just after minimum slowdown at entry. With a little drift it is possible to come into the turn a little faster with less or no braking.
Use diff coast to turn car. Put car into coast by relieving throttle slightly after minimum slowdown, then trail brake just enough to set car up for acceleration on thru the turn. "Set the car up" means balance the car so the slip angles on all four tires are the same. It all happens at once as part of turn in.
Get back on throttle smoothly and accelerate while maintaining slip angle balance using throttle and steering input.
Grand Prix Legends tracks generally have a surface rise on outside at entry. Use the rise to assist brakes in slowing the car. From then on its power on.
Recently watched a video of various cars going thru Canada Corner at Road America. There were two groups of cars and each took a different line.
First thru were some sort of probably high power mid-engine cars that came in very fast with what appeared to be heavy trail braking on entry. They all took the same line, slowing very deep into the corner, tight on the inside, with a very late apex. It looked like they were almost coming to a stop, then they would blast off into Thunder Valley as if on a drag strip.
The next group of cars were an assembly of vintage front engine sports cars, no doubt with much less power. They all slowed in a straight line before entry, turned in early, and accelerated thru an apex well away from the inside of the corner. They were obviously, (to me), trying to maintain a higher average speed thru the turn.
So just my guess, the more power available to quickly get the car back up to speed, the less necessary it is to get back on throttle before an early apex and the more advantageous it is to trail brake. With less power, any braking, sliding, or drifting, will result in slower lap times.
All of the above is questions and guesses...
Edited by John Woods, Aug 10 2016 - 12:25 PM.