Have you looked at this?
Dropping your PP to obtain a higher grid slot is frowned upon.
At Daytona the Z06 /tuned is the car to use, put the PP all the way to 800, utilize the draft from cars in front and know that when you cross the finish line you worked for it and that you crossed the start line at the beginning of the race anything upto 12 seconds behind the lead car. Dropping your PP to obtain a higher grid slot is frowned upon, if you feel your talent is limited and the need to drop the PP to avoid crashes make sure you do not race in GTP scheduled races with the lower PP.
I raced you at Daytona last night and you were not using 800pp.
You must have had 900pp the way you pulled away from me
Agree 100%, i use mostly the Amuse but always at 800pp, i tried the Corvette but could not quite get the balance right, the Amuse is as you say two seconds a lap slower but i find it easier in a 10 lap race to use.You nearly had me then till i saw the bottom part of your post.
There's only three cars i use at Daytona, the Z06 /Tuned, which does not need to be droped lower than the rcommended 800PP, even starting last and at least 12 seconds behind the lead car in a 12 grid race it's enough to catch lead pack UNLESS it's those kind of people who feel the need to drop the Vette's PP lower. The GTLM /Tuned is another with no need to drop the PP what it lacks in the straight compared to the Vette it makes up for in the bends. The Amuse is the only one where i do drop the PP by 1-3 points, this car is so underpowered starting with 800PP and with most people dropping the Vette's and GTLM's PP you would be just making the numbers up, the Amuse is a good 2 seconds a lap slower than the Vette in freeair but by starting with the lower PP you get to mix it up with the leaders or mid pack and let's be honest it's bad enough when an event comes along and is dominated so much by one car at least now we can have 3 cars in the mix. 👍
Agree 100%, i use mostly the Amuse but always at 800pp, i tried the Corvette but could not quite get the balance right, the Amuse is as you say two seconds a lap slower but i find it easier in a 10 lap race to use.
Ive got 2 editions of the Vette, sent a pm with the first Chunkee Choone i did for the Vette, that's the one i have sent to a few GTP members, the 2nd edition is what I'm using and still doing fine, very fine tweeks to gut the time down more, down to a 42.694 maybe a little more left
At Daytona the Z06 /tuned is the car to use, put the PP all the way to 800, utilize the draft from cars in front and know that when you cross the finish line you worked for it and that you crossed the start line at the beginning of the race anything upto 12 seconds behind the lead car. Dropping your PP to obtain a higher grid slot is frowned upon, if you feel your talent is limited and the need to drop the PP to avoid crashes make sure you do not race in GTP scheduled races with the lower PP.
Hey ... My tune and choice of tires limits me to 798... R1's S2's... I drop hp lower only when a lot of bashers are about. Dropping pp is frowned upon? Honestly that's news to me, but I hear you. When I find myself behind because of a mistake, either by me or another I then run to see how fast my laps are compared to the leaders, if I'm falling farther back then I have work to do to correct it. I noticed you in a couple of races yesterday, next time your on I'll make sure my pp is at 798, maybe you can do the same and give it a go.
Would that be on the Corvette? if so i admire you, i cant keep the back end in check with R2's letalone S2's.
Yup, on the Vette. Are you saying your using R2's on the rear or front. I can't keep the car straight at low speeds using the R2 S2 combo, if I can get the car up to speed, read that as making it past the first turn I can race fine, but it is very tricky and more often than not I windup out of the race by the 1st lap . Using R1 S2 works really well, less oversteer and max hp and yes it will hold it's line in the turn. The one prob. is you can't get it to 800pp unless you lower the aero or raise the weight, both throws off the set up... so I run it at 798 a tick or two less if bashers are about.
Corvette Z06 Tuned on R3 with 800PP please. Don't do like most of the people who put lower PP to start in front of the grid.
tuned on R3, what is R3. tires?
i am never in front so dont worry about that :-)
I got a tire combo from a bud, R3s frt and S3s rear. Pretty stable an can win a lot as long as I dont start 12th because everyone sets pp at 790 ish so to start up front. thats why the current format of single file rolling starts really is a deal breaker for me. Referring to the tuned ZO6, set camber around 1.2 frt and .65 rear and very little -toe.Downforce all the way front springs really soft 1 or 2.
I really wish the pp system would be set so that you MUST have your car exactly at the pp # set for race, so no more guys going lower just to start up front. Because lets face it if you are way back in the grid chances are pretty good that a few cars are going to crash,or decide to run the track backwards or etc,and you are 12 sec back with no one to draft off of.
With the Amuse you can use R3's all around, max out the power and use min weight, i adjust the aero to get to 800 pp, using Chunkees tune i manage low 43's
No doubt about it the Amuse is a great car, my problem with it is that at the D it's top end speed. Even with max hp your not hitting 220 clean air down the straights, if you lose the draft you'll never catch a decently driven Vette that is at max hp. Maybe I shouldn't say never, but I have yet to see it happen.
Hope to see you on the track, I'll be looking
You are right there mate, unless i have a draft i hit about 205mph but it will corner faster than the Corvette and that is where i normally catch the draft going into the straights, will look out for you tonight mate 👍
Nope, not tonight as I work overnight my time and I'll be going to bed fairly soon.
I will be on sometime tomorrow a.m. eastern standard time for a few, need my speed fix