Without racing brake fluid you won't get the benefit from the performance pads. Pushing hard on the track with say red stuff pads and normal Dot 5, it's the fluid that boils first giving the dreaded long pedal!
I don`t agree about the fluid. I run cheap Comma 5.1 fluid, bleed it twice a year and change it annually. Never had any issue with fluid boiling.
I do disagree about pad compounds discussion in aprts too. I`ve run many different types of pad over the last few years and have found Carbone Lorraine RC6`s to be head and shoulders above the others I`ve tried. I can brake HARD, have great pedal feel and can brake to almost the point of locking up whilst still feeling what the tyres are doing. When running some other pads, you don`t get that feeling so have to brake more gradually, this means braking earlier and losing time. Saying that, i`m trying some RC8`s next year
I often trail brake into a corner, but this has been after a lot of practise. Its also harder when running pads with less feel, you can`t feel the approaching lockup as easily.
If I can brake 5m later than someone else, in the similar cars
and we both slow to the same entry speed, I`ll gain on him.