Motegi FIA F4 iRacing Track Guide: Valor Baseline Data

This guide is built from a valid Valor FIA F4 baseline for Mobility Resort Motegi Full Road Course. The lap is a clean 1:56.342 with a Valor quality score of 96 and 3,480 recorded samples. The package contains the full speed, brake, throttle, steering, gear and RPM trace. It does not contain a reviewed turn-number map, so the guide identifies each braking event by exact lap distance rather than inventing corner labels.

Baseline snapshot

• Reference lap: 1:56.342

• Quality score: 96/100

• Recorded samples: 3,480

• Meaningful braking zones identified from the raw trace: 8

• Largest recorded entry speed into a major brake zone: about 134.6 mph

• Slowest recorded minimum in these zones: about 50.3 mph

Braking-zone telemetry

Zone 1 — 3.5% lap distance: about 125.1 mph at brake initiation, 83.8% peak brake, 63.5 mph minimum in 3rd gear. Full throttle returns near 7.6% lap distance.

Zone 2 — 17.6%: about 123.8 mph entry, 87.5% peak brake, 54.0 mph minimum in 2nd gear. Throttle begins rebuilding around 20.0%, with full throttle near 20.7%.

Zone 3 — 32.2%: about 126.3 mph entry, 87.5% peak brake, 57.3 mph minimum in 2nd gear. Full throttle arrives near 35.5%.

Zone 4 — 46.1%: about 120.3 mph entry, 83.1% peak brake, 80.8 mph minimum in 3rd gear. This is a faster speed-management stop; full throttle is delayed until roughly 51.9%.

Zone 5 — 55.4%: about 103.5 mph entry, 83.4% peak brake, 53.9 mph minimum in 2nd gear. Full throttle returns near 58.1%.

Zone 6 — 64.3%: about 109.0 mph entry, 85.4% peak brake, 50.3 mph minimum in 2nd gear. This is the slowest of the major zones in the reference lap; full throttle returns near 67.5%.

Zone 7 — 81.5%: about 134.6 mph entry, 87.5% peak brake, 55.1 mph minimum in 3rd gear. It is the largest high-speed deceleration event in the trace; full throttle returns near 85.0%.

Zone 8 — 89.5%: about 100.6 mph entry, 51.7% peak brake, 64.1 mph minimum in 3rd gear. The reference is much lighter on the pedal here, with full throttle near 92.7%.

What the baseline says about Motegi in the F4

The reference lap repeatedly combines very high brake pressure with relatively low minimum speeds. Zones 2, 3 and 7 all reach 87.5% brake, while Zones 5 and 6 still exceed 83%. The useful contrast is Zone 4: entry speed remains above 120 mph, but the minimum stays around 81 mph. That section is less about maximizing brake pressure and more about controlling the car while preserving speed. For practice, compare your trace first at Zones 6 and 7: one is the slowest minimum-speed event, while the other begins from the highest speed.

How to use this guide in Valor

Use the percentages as anchors in the lap trace rather than trying to memorize all eight zones. Start with one clean lap, compare brake onset, minimum speed and throttle recovery against the reference, then work outward. If your minimum speed is close but you continue losing time after the corner, inspect release timing and throttle pickup instead of simply braking later.

Data basis: Valor baseline pack 55a2ef22-b378-4d28-aed0-544c231d3649, exact combo twinringfullrc_fullroadcourse_formulair04. Recorded as a valid FIA F4 lap with zero incidents.