K nd 4 holden spd - here's a review, as requested, of your R35 Tuning.
First off (maybe I'm being dumb) but you quoted +39 on bhp - this pushes me over the 700pp limit so I dropped it to +19 - (took me to 699) and left all the rest of the settings as in your first post on page3 of this thread. I don't know if that was a typo on your part or difference in regional versions but there you go.
Okay so I've been racing and ghost lapping, exclusively on Fuji 700pp, since I completed the game. Might sound boring but I'm a perfectionist, I spend months on a single track trying for that elusive perfect.
I set up the nissan and off we go...
Rolling start gives me control in the middle of turn 14, heading into Netz. Usually there's a bit of correction required as soon as I take over from the autopilot, not this time - car feels a lot more planted and, when I drop to second for the apex I get a little oversteer but of the kind that actually feels good, easy to catch and quick to get back on the power as I head into the uphill final corner.
Right here the car responds beautifully as I throw the back end out wide and then power on for a fast exit. I usually do this but with the new setup the grip comes back a lot quicker and there's very little correction required. Nice clean, fast exit to the back straight and already I'm loving this setup.
One very long, fast straight line later and I'm passing the second blue bridge at my usual 175mph, no change there. I hit the braking zone at turn 1 and it feels so under control I'm tempted to do a little zig zag just to see if I get away with it but common sense gets the better of me as I turn in and absolutely streak across the apex for the quickest exit to T2 I've ever been involved in!
T3 is looming - this has been a hit and miss corner for me until now, the trick is to brake early then power on and trust the torque to hold you on the road. It's a love-hate relationship I have with T3 - if I mess it up I hate it but when I nail it I feel like Captain Huge! The entry seems a bit vague but, once again, I'm back on the grip a lot earlier and don't have to take such a big bite out the far kerb as I hammer into the long T4 at 115 - I'm usually about 110 but this setup is inspiring confidence.
Whooops! The back end starts sliding as I drop to 3rd in the middle but all it takes is a touch of countersteer and it's caught the road again. I'm usually about mid 90's coming out of here but I'm well over the ton now as I jam on the anchors for the hairpin. Supersmooth! The apex kerb is so easy to catch, I'm been understeering like a sonofabitch here before. This is a whole new ball game!
T7,8 and 9 are probably the most boring pieces of road ever to be called corners, what can I say - I power through them flat out, couldn't really comment on the handling, I think anything would do here.
By the time I hit the braking zone for the chicane I know what's coming ... the deceleration is silky smooth, once again notions of zigzagging flit through my mind. Back on the power a bit to push through the first apex then smooth up through revs, back end steps out a bit (this isn't normal) but, once again it's a lot easier to correct and, even with the loss of grip, I seem to be coming out the corner faster than usual.
T10 is my best corner on this track - run wide , little dab of left foot brake, drop to second, catch the back end then punch out. Again I'm back in the grip zone much sooner than I'm used to.
14, 15 and 16 are the same as before, nice and smooth and on the gas a lot quicker.
I've been trying like hell to get anywhere in the 700TT event on this track, spent most of last night tweaking setups and hit a personal best of 1.42.1 (I'm about 360-odd in the rankings, since they closed the event)
I'd gone under that by a 10th after just 3 laps, another couple and I busted 1.40 with a 1.39.27, on what was still a very messy lap. By my reckoning that puts me just in the top 20 - damn pd all to hell for closing the event and messing up my plans for world domination but god bless you, holden for giving me a lovely setup all the same.
It skids a bit but comes under control so well that it's actually a bit more fun to drive, almost like a RWD.
The grip comes back much quicker than the setup I've been using so the all important corner exits are light years faster.
Only funny bit was the entry to turn 3 but, compared to the way the car performs the rest of the track I'd be loathe to fix it in case it changed the handling on the rest.
All in all - 5 👍👍👍👍👍
Oh and heres a screenie to prove my claims -
Any chance you could set up a ford GT (standard - not the tuned one) for me?