Yes the brakes are more gooder I was paying extra attention this week, even on the autozone pads, I was starting my braking 10 feet later then the 911 porsches, I know I am loosing 5 seconds on turn 17. I'll be honest it still intimidates me it's just 1/2 of a flat track oval. So it's not the walls that unsettle me it's not being able to look through the turn.