Basically in non-boosted you just set the ESC up to your personal driving style. I liked throttle profile 4, around 6-10 for neutral width, and depending on the layout I would run either 0 or around 30 drag brake.
Most motors just go max timing and start around a 4.0 final drive and check temps. On flowing layouts I've gone down to 3.6 without heat issues, but I didn't need to use brakes on these layouts. Hope this helps!