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^ if SRF was allowed, I don't think anyone used it. Certainly we didn't even check
P1, when lapping GT-S or GT-P - Position your car on the side of the tack you are going to overtake. Overtake out of corners, not into them.
5 - Heavy vs Light Mechanical Damage
I am on the fence, and would welcome your feedback.
SameAgreed, heavy damage on, and SRF disabled.
I just think it's kinda ridiculous that the 908 gets a big power limit every time this happens.30/6 - Balance of Performance Update
Having listened to feedback, and based upon my own experiences at Silverstone and Spa over the weekend, it has become obvious that the current BoP is not working.
Higher class cars are having to take risks lapping lower ones, by either diving late on the brakes into corners, or not being able to take opportunities to go through, this is holding up both parties.
With any contact leading to a trip to the pits with ‘Heavy Damage’ on, this is also creating a lot of tension and frustration.
I’ve taken time today to completely redo the BoP with the aim of making the GT cars slower in a straight line, and relatively quicker in corners, as well as creating more of a lap time gap between the 4 classes.
As always I welcome your feedback.
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Same where but with the LMP-1I would like to know how you determined the BOP for the cars within each class? I was getting my doors blown off by the two gt500's at spa yet we now have even less horsepower (yes I know we are 50 kg lighter). Makes no sense.
I'm thinking a Bop test on tracks that weren't Sarthe might not be completely accurate... But that's just my opinion. Doing a short (1H?) race on an upcoming Sunday with the more proficient drivers at the wheel might be a better indication. We kinda made a tune to be fast at Spa because we expected a fuller room. We'll be readjusting for Sarthe.
On the other hand, I'm not too upset about having a less powerful, but more stable car.
Ran into the problem of "invisicars" (at least for me) with two drivers, and accidentally destroyed one at Spa.
At Sarthe, heavy damage shouldn't be a problem unless you miss a braking point, someone else misses a braking point, or you lose concentration. Just be careful and pay attention to *other people's* braking points. Try hanging back 50-100m to see where they brake so you can put pressure on the next lap. It's what I try to do.
Also: LM cars will probably have shorter braking zones than the GT+ cars, and so on. Just keep that in mind on track.
First problem is the elise doesn't tune to 350bhp?
I like the idea of having every teams fastest in one lobby and do a hour long race to see where all the cars are. This way everyone has their setup. Then @AJ can make a few adjustments and then see if things get better.
If you'd rather cheat and give your car a clear advantage rather than having a close and fun race, then so be it.Then it comes down to who can sandbag the best. I surely wouldn't show my full capabilities in a practice race.
If you'd rather cheat and give your car a clear advantage rather than having a close and fun race, then so be it.
The Toyota is 4 seconds a lap faster than the second fastest car, and you say that nothing needs adjusting? Plus the fact that the Toyota is incredibly good on its tires.While it is impossible to miss the cries of persecution and unfairness, I for one hadn't actually driven another car so far so I thought I'd give them all a go this evening and see what the fuss was about.
At the risk of blowing my trumpet, I've done a few specs in this game and GT5 that proved to be fairly decent and with not only my team-mates but GORE as referees to my driving, I feel fairly secure as a reasonably accurate yardstick.
The test itself involved giving each car an identical set-up, with minimum aero for each car respectively at the new spec. Then taking each car and doing an outlap and two flying laps to get the tyres up to temperature, I recorded the laptime of the third lap and the speed at which I hit the brakes into the first chicane on the Mulsanne. I didn't have time tonight to do the GT-S class, I will do tomorrow, but in the meantime here is what I found:
TS030 3:28.5 208mph
Audi R8 '05 3:32.8 201mph
Peugeot 908 3:33.6 200mph
Audi R18 3:34.5 198mph *set-up not ideal
F1 GTR 3:49.6 182mph
GT-R GT500 3:48.4 180mph
HSV GT500 3:48.3 180mph
Supra GT500 3:49.9 183mph
*As mentioned I used a uniform set-up, while this more of less suited most cars, the R18 was a little too oversteery, so there is probably a decent amount of time to be gained through set-up work.
So all in all we have a 1.6s (0.7%) and 3mph (1.6%) difference between the GT-P class and a 4s (2.9%) and 10mph (5%) difference in laptime and speed in the LMP class, which falls to 1.7s (0.8%) and 3mph (1.5%) difference if you count the LMP-L class separately.
All of which is to say, this is easily within reach of set-up and driver skill improvement, for a solo effort and the short amount of time he's had to react to changing demands (which let's not forget he didn't have to), these specs are remarkably good and do not need adjusting for these classes to be balanced.
If anyone is still doubting I can provide video proof of the process, however you'll have to endure a bit of a delay while I rerecord and upload them.
The Toyota is 4 seconds a lap faster than the second fastest car, and you say that nothing needs adjusting? Plus the fact that the Toyota is incredibly good on its tires.