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At my last (and first) track day, I was advised not to bother going with Super Blue, because chances are at my first event I wont be driving hard enough for it to matter.
Wrong advice. For street driving I highly doubt you need Blue, but if you are going to be doing any sort of track days, you WILL want it.
During one of my 30-minute sets, we got a red flag because of a car that had broken on course. After it was cleared, they had us proceed back to the start line to start off at 30 second intervals (this was a beginner group, so we were just getting seat time). I stopped at the start line and let my instructor-passenger out to do some runs on my own (this was my now ex-boyfriend, so it wasn't a professional by any means). I noticed that my brakes were making a squeaking noise, even when at a stop, whenever I pushed the pedal in. I called to my ex and asked him what that was, and he said that it was probably just the brakes getting hot, but not to worry about it.... "you aren't pushing it THAT hard."
Okay, no biggie... but it still felt weird. My turn came to start out, and around turn 2, when I tried to brake... I got nothing. Brake went straight to the floor with no response. Thankfully I wasn't at full speed because of the restart, but it was still NOT fun... I held it through the turn and pulled off to the side where we got another red flag.
I really can't imagine, in non-track driving, getting my brakes to that point... but I guess it's not impossible. My first, and only warning, was the brake pedal squeaking, so I would be very carefuly. I can't say for certain this is what you should be looking for, but this was my experience.
Hope it helps a little!
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