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Titanates are currently used in friction materials worldwide. This study investigates the effects of titanates in friction materials with Low Steel (LS) formulations. A kind of titanate compound is examined with a LS formulation. Test pieces both with and without the titanate are examined using small rotors of gray cast iron. The frictional performance tests use a 1/7 scale dynamometer. The surfaces and the cross-sections are closely observed using a Scanning Electron Microscopic analyzer. Results of the testing on samples without the titanate suggest that frictional effectiveness is sensitive to the load value especially in high speed braking conditions. A Metal Pick Up (MPU) phenomenon, which is one of the significant problems of friction materials, also occurs. The millimeter-sized picked-up metals consist of micron-sized wear debris of iron. The crystalline transformation of the steel fibers around the picked up metals is investigated.