Knowing where the track goes is obviously important, but when you're trying to go fast, it's only the first step of learning it. Finding your own visual markers is at least as important.
Having a braking marker for each corner is a great start, but you can and should do more. One marker on the outside and one on the inside when possible will give you the edge in close battles, when you have a car besides you masking your view. It can be the difference between letting your opponent back in front or going off track, and pulling off the overtake. It can also be useful to have your inside marker be prepared for when you're off the racing line and your braking needs adjusting.
While finding braking points the first instinctof a racer, references for other actions such as steering, letting off the brakes or going back on throttle are equally useful. Markers for your turn-in point and for your exit point are often overlooked, but quite valuable as well. They will help massively with consistency and exploring new lines when trying to find more pace.
Markers are personal, because not everyone sees when they "reach" a marker the same way : some people might act on it when it disappears from their vision, some might act when it "touches" a part of the car... and it all falls under preference and habits. What is critical however is that you pick fixed objects or features, like distance boards, curbs, fence gaps, marshall posts, patches of grass... Shadows in simracing can work in short sprint events without weather evolution, but are otherwise unreliable for instance, so make sure whatever you decide on will not move or disappear !
Finally, remember than different conditions, and different cars will affect what you can do on track, so learn how to adjust yourself in reference to your markers.
See you on the race track !🚦🏁
The Race Clutch Center Team