Tuner's Block!
Really struggling to make some "new" tunes, as there's a hell of a lot of "transferable" setups.
For example, I had some issues with my Impreza 22b having lots of understeer using someone elses tune for it, so I decided to try something out. I noticed that the
Escort Rally Car tune I made had some nicely controllable oversteer on full power, mid corner tendencies so I decided to throw those settings onto the scooby. It worked a treat!
Super grippy at 45/55 torque split, but with manageable drifting, even with a 10/90 split and SRF off. A few tweaks to the gearing to get the Piranha setup and it was superb.
Full data set and online vs offline video comparison in this post.
The same can be said for the above tune for the Toyota/Lexus Soarer, which is a modified Supra RZ tune.
It's getting hard to find completely new settings because of all the transferable sets, especially since there's some truly versatile stuff already out there. Here's what I'm currently using as general base setups across my entire collection:
Suspension
Find any car of roughly the same size and weight, but also one which you know the handling is really good with. This portion will be a case of trial and error, but if you know your cars it will be quite easy to pick one.
For example, a Ford Focus ST is roughly the same size as a Dodge SRT4. A Jaguar XKR is around the same as a ,,,, well, you get the idea.
Always use a suspension base that you know has a good setup, that will be easily transferable. Models with especially high spring rates are not so easy to transfer, but experiment with taking, say for example, 5 off the value for
both ends of the car. (18.3 becomes 13.3, etc)
Gearboxes
Piranha 6 - for most 6 speed transmission cars. (
From Priano's gearbox tune for the Autaobacs Garaiya)
Set final drive to shortest setting (full right) then get 6th gear to a shortest ratio of 0.710 by moving the top speed slider until the base value is around 0.650 or so. Keep adjusting final drive until 0.710 is all the way to the right of 6th gear.
1 - (longest setting available, 2.500 for 4wd drag tunes)
2 - 1.664
3 - 1.280
4 - 1.019
5 - 0.837
6 - 0.710 (can be up to 0.660 for longer drags)
Adjustable final drive for different circuits
Predator 5 - for most 5 speed transmission cars. (
From Lion's Den gearbox for the Jaguar XJ220)
Set final drive to shortest setting, then get 5th gear to a shortest value of 1.058.
1 - (Longest setting available)
2 - 2.089
3 - 1.579
4 - 1.268
5 - 1.058
Adjustable final drive for different circuits.
Pursuit Special* - 7 speed gearbox, not always attainable.
Set final drive to shortest setting, then get 7th gear to a shortest value of 0.953.
1 - 3.907
2 - 2.681
3 - 2.029
4 - 1.609
5 - 1.308
6 - 1.104
7 - 0.953
Adjustable final drive for different circuits
* The Pursuit Special is a replication of the fully automatic stock gearbox from the Nissan GTR Concept Tokyo Motor Show version, which is superb. It's not always possible to add this to the cars with 7 speed boxes, but works wonders when you can. Where the exact value is not available I use the closest match. For example, if the shortest value for 5th is 1.298 I'd use that, etc etc.
Differential
I use one setup across all my cars now, as it seems to work well for me. It's based on a Lamborghini tune by
Team Shmo.
It's a 4wd setup, so if you're putting it on a rwd car you use the rear values only, fwd use the front only.
Front - 9 / 49 / 41
Rear - 13 / 54 / 44
An example, I used the front values on my 600bhp Dodge SRT4, and dragged it against a guy online who was bragging about how good his Civics were. He offered up the challenge with an arrogance that belied his childlike voice, "Bring out anything you want, fwd rwd, I don't car, I'll p*** all over it!"
Still in first gear, tyres squealing and smoke billowing out from everywhere, I overtook his cleanly launched civic with ease and put some great distance between us. It didn't even trip up during the corners, staying stable and controlled all the way through my Tokyo Apocolypse circuit (
See this entry for a video of the circuit)
Sure, that may have been down to superior power too, but the fact that the diff managed this stupid level of power was all the convincing I needed.
So essentially my current tuning is based on swapping in components from other cars. Coming back to my 22b as an example:
Base car - Subaru Impreza 22b Full tune post here.
It's gearbox comes from an Autobacs Garaiya, the differential is lifted straight from a Lamborghini Murcielago, and the suspension is stolen from an Escort Cosworth. (essentially)
It shouldn't work, but it does for me. Please feel free to try this setup, as it would be good to see if you come to the same conclusions as me.
