I posted a race report for this car a few days ago, but just realised (reminded by Surokias "making a Ferrari" thread) that I haven't posted the setup. So, for those who might be interested....
The British Touring Car Championship is, for me, one of the most entertaining racing series there is. The cars could be thought of as a step below the DTM-type vehicles, they are production models modified within a pretty tight set of rules - a summary can be found here. In a nutshell we're talking 2000cc, 270bhp max, 1150 kg minimum weight for fwd, at least a 4 seater, and more than 4.1m long. Turbo/Super chargers are banned.
The number of cars that fit within these limits in GT4 is pretty small. I settled on the Honda Civic Type-R, which as a bonus competed in last years championship and a couple of examples can be seen this year too. So it's a "real" BTCC entrant
Taking the base car, after an oil change, the changes to bring it up to BTCC spec are as follows:
R2 tyres - 10,000Cr (my best guess at what are used in the real thing)
Wing - 1,200Cr
Wheels - 500Cr (not necessary really, but they look cool
)
Stage 1 Weight Reduction - 1000Cr (ballasted back up to 1150kg)
Rollcage - 30,000Cr (mandatory for the BTCC)
Racing Exhaust - 4,500Cr
Racing Chip - 1,000Cr
Port Polish - 5,000Cr
Engine Balancing - 10,000Cr
Racing Brakes - 4,500Cr
Semi-Racing Suspension - 7,000Cr
Fully Customised Gearbox - 10,000Cr (BTCC gearbox rules are complicated, I think this is closest)
Triple Clutch - 4,500Cr
Semi-Racing Flywheel - 500Cr
After this little lot, I'm getting 262bhp and 179lbft of torque. All I've done tuning wise is to drop the ride height as far as it will go (BTCC minimum is 80mm, the SR kit only allows me to go down to 100-ish, from memory), and set the downforce to 25 on the assumption that it's measured in kilo's (25kg is the maximum allowed).
Here she is...
And the result - I'm delighted with it. It feels and sounds about right for what I see on track in real life, although obviously I'll never get a chance to try one for real (if Plato/Neal/Chilton etc would like to make an offer, I wouldn't say no ). It's certainly the nicest FF I've driven in GT4. Next job - an IS300, another car from last years championship
If you try this setup out, it would be great if you could let me know how you get on with it, and any improvements I could make - within the rules of course
The British Touring Car Championship is, for me, one of the most entertaining racing series there is. The cars could be thought of as a step below the DTM-type vehicles, they are production models modified within a pretty tight set of rules - a summary can be found here. In a nutshell we're talking 2000cc, 270bhp max, 1150 kg minimum weight for fwd, at least a 4 seater, and more than 4.1m long. Turbo/Super chargers are banned.
The number of cars that fit within these limits in GT4 is pretty small. I settled on the Honda Civic Type-R, which as a bonus competed in last years championship and a couple of examples can be seen this year too. So it's a "real" BTCC entrant
Taking the base car, after an oil change, the changes to bring it up to BTCC spec are as follows:
R2 tyres - 10,000Cr (my best guess at what are used in the real thing)
Wing - 1,200Cr
Wheels - 500Cr (not necessary really, but they look cool
)Stage 1 Weight Reduction - 1000Cr (ballasted back up to 1150kg)
Rollcage - 30,000Cr (mandatory for the BTCC)
Racing Exhaust - 4,500Cr
Racing Chip - 1,000Cr
Port Polish - 5,000Cr
Engine Balancing - 10,000Cr
Racing Brakes - 4,500Cr
Semi-Racing Suspension - 7,000Cr
Fully Customised Gearbox - 10,000Cr (BTCC gearbox rules are complicated, I think this is closest)
Triple Clutch - 4,500Cr
Semi-Racing Flywheel - 500Cr
After this little lot, I'm getting 262bhp and 179lbft of torque. All I've done tuning wise is to drop the ride height as far as it will go (BTCC minimum is 80mm, the SR kit only allows me to go down to 100-ish, from memory), and set the downforce to 25 on the assumption that it's measured in kilo's (25kg is the maximum allowed).
Here she is...
And the result - I'm delighted with it. It feels and sounds about right for what I see on track in real life, although obviously I'll never get a chance to try one for real (if Plato/Neal/Chilton etc would like to make an offer, I wouldn't say no
). It's certainly the nicest FF I've driven in GT4. Next job - an IS300, another car from last years championship If you try this setup out, it would be great if you could let me know how you get on with it, and any improvements I could make - within the rules of course
- when I looked at it in the dealer I thought I remembered seeing 300+ bhp listed, and disregarded it.
