A-spec Expert Level Rain Meisters: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

[cjr3559]

The difficulty of this event is greatly increased with the use of rear wheel drive cars (compared to using AWD vehicles). And, as always, if you're using driving aids but finding the event "easy", then turn them off.

Personally, I've had a lot of fun with this event. Normally, I don't enjoy driving in the rain that much, but I think because it's Spa that I haven't really minded it much. I don't mind admitting that I've struggled a bit with some rear wheel drive cars. Using the Yellowbird, for instance, with no driving aids (even ABS turned off) was a mighty struggle for me. I tend to have a heavy right foot.

Good post which made me think about those that lament the absence of a PD difficulty slider:

Easy --> 4WD
Medium Easy --> FR
Medium Hard --> MR
Hard --> RR

 

[MJdoEgito]

Tested many cars... again. Mostly Ferraris and Lambos.
The F40 is nice to drive, and fast too. The GTO was another fast one, and more stable than the F40. The 512BB was meh.
The Countach LP400 is the fastest car i drove in here, with a 2:38 time. The Gallardo was one of if not the funniest.

Then i got bored. I bought a Aston Martin DB7 and had an idea. Tuned with all customizable parts available, got it to 500 PP, and tuned all parameters on max (suspensions, brakes... everything i could except ballast weight)... i mean every parameter you can tune all the way to the right, so the bars are all filled up... just to see how the car would behave.

Well, it's basically a mini Tank Car lol
Do this with any car you want and then look at the wheels. Try not to laugh.

 

[RobertM525]

Good post which made me think about those that lament the absence of a PD difficulty slider:

Easy --> 4WD
Medium Easy --> FR
Medium Hard --> MR
Hard --> RR

Eh. I didn't think RGT was that bad. Sure, it was nowhere near as easy as the Subaru WRX STi S206 NRB Challenge Pack, but it was still a car that my average skills could get gold in.

Now the old RUF 911s... Those are quite a different beast.

 

[bluelightning]

I had an almost supernatural thing happen today in this race.

I was coming up to pass a car in the fast section before the final chicane when I slid wide and rammed him - instant 5 second penalty.

However, the car I was trying to pass went off. When he rejoined next to me I thought he was going to run into me but since I was now a "ghost" car, I found I could drive straight through him like he wasn't there, and take the place!

 

[dave2319]

Kind of surprised, tried the maserati and without traction control its capable of 2:35's here. Also it's fun to drive and has decent interior

 

[Dr Fourtrack]

However, the car I was trying to pass went off. When he rejoined next to me I thought he was going to run into me but since I was now a "ghost" car, I found I could drive straight through him like he wasn't there, and take the place!

Had the same thing happen to me on the final hairpin; went a little wide,got the penalty, got back on track and had the 'ghost' drive through me. I cornered fractionally better, accelerating out of the ghost and crossing the line in first. The penalty caught me at the point that I was having to go slow anyway so i didn't notice the difference.
Another 730,000, thanks.

 

[Delphion]

Used this tune but with 500 PP: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...ting-tune-requests.292731/page-4#post-9321567

Really understeered and I made a lot of mistakes but the opponents were just really, really slow so I could still win.

 

[skeagracing]

For me the "Yellow Bird" or any other RUF" is the class of the field for this seasonal.
All you need is brakes, gas and transmission to point the RUF in the corners.

 

[ALB123]

Ugh...Just my luck. I literally just crossed the finish line with a victory and the message popped up on my screen that I had been signed out of PSN, so I couldn't collect the x2 bonus and only received 365,000CR for my victory. Seems I had a hiccup with my home internet. It was back on about 45 seconds later.

I have a question for everyone who's been running this event... Do you guys make any changes to your brake balance when racing in the rain? Have you noticed that you're better off with a different brake balance than normal here at Spa in the pouring rain?

 

[TripleE63]

Ugh...Just my luck. I literally just crossed the finish line with a victory and the message popped up on my screen that I had been signed out of PSN, so I couldn't collect the x2 bonus and only received 365,000CR for my victory. Seems I had a hiccup with my home internet. It was back on about 45 seconds later.

I have a question for everyone who's been running this event... Do you guys make any changes to your brake balance when racing in the rain? Have you noticed that you're better off with a different brake balance than normal here at Spa in the pouring rain?

Yes, definitely. I noticed that reducing the rear brakes to say, 3, eliminates or reduces, my rear end sliding out. Most cars I reduce braking on the LSD also.
Bummer about being signed out of PSN, talk about bad timing!

 

[JaseScott]

BTR v F40 v CTR on a bad day at Spa.

 

[skeagracing]

Ugh...Just my luck. I literally just crossed the finish line with a victory and the message popped up on my screen that I had been signed out of PSN, so I couldn't collect the x2 bonus and only received 365,000CR for my victory. Seems I had a hiccup with my home internet. It was back on about 45 seconds later.

I have a question for everyone who's been running this event... Do you guys make any changes to your brake balance when racing in the rain? Have you noticed that you're better off with a different brake balance than normal here at Spa in the pouring rain?

I do 6 front 3 rear.

 

[dave2319]

I use 5 front 7 rear for most FR,MR, and RR cars here. I don't know why but the rgt is crazy fast here, I think I have ran faster I it here than anything else.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Surprisingly impressive for this event, if you are in trouble:

 

[PopPunkPoser]

GSX-R fully tuned with power limiter at 60.8. I finish this race in 8:41 minutes on average and I'm in 1st place by mid second lap.

 

[PopPunkPoser]

I'm loving this challenge, although I think I've gone as far as I can go. Might need a faster car. Suggestions?

What's your tune if you don't mind sharing. I bought the ZZII'00 after seeing your post but I'm still running about 8:41-47 minute race time.

 

[skeagracing]

Increasing Front bias: Shown as a larger number, increasing brake bias to the front will put more braking force into the front tires. This will stabilize the car in braking zones and increase understeer at corner entry. The compromise is that with too much front bias the rear tires are being under‐utilized and overall braking efficiency will suffer. This can also cause rapid front tire wear due to front tire lockup, especially of the inside tire which is the first to lock up.

Reducing Front bias: This puts more braking on the rear tires, which, within limits, improves braking efficiency. Too much rear brake bias, though, hurts performance in two ways. First, it reduces overall braking efficiency. More seriously, too much rear brake bias, particularly if the driver is not braking in a straight line or has weak footwork on downshifts, can cause the rear tires to lock up, which puts the car in a dynamically unstable condition that can easily result in loss of vehicle control. Note that with a moderate amount of rear‐brake bias, the car will have a tendency to rotate (OVERsteer) at corner entry upon brake release.

 

[PopPunkPoser]

So the Tommykaira ZZII'00 is pretty bad ass! I'm still working on the tune but it beats hearing the scooter engine of the GSX-R/4.

 

[UltimateLurker]

What's your tune if you don't mind sharing. I bought the ZZII'00 after seeing your post but I'm still running about 8:41-47 minute race time.

It's Exeter's tune IIRC, just with a few tweaks for my personal driving style.

 

[dave2319]

New seasonals later tonight. I better do some grinding beforehand and milk this cash cow seasonal while I can.