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Been thinking about an idea for refining the old Tuner's Challenge. This might belong in the F.I.T.T. thread, but might not. Anyway, I didn't want to clutter their thread and didn't want this to get lost 80 pages deep.
The Tuner Challenge that Adrenaline ran was really good, but had a small flaw. We built a tune for ourselves then gave it to drivers with unknown skill, style, controller, etc. The score was lap time, so as a tuner, you had to hope that your tune was a close fit for enough of the drivers to put you on top.
I recently purchased a wheel, a G27. My tunes were all created using the DS3 and are very agressive from apex to exit. I'm finding with the wheel, I cannot unwind the wheel nearly as fast or smoothly as the DS3 stick, so many of my tunes are loose on exit. I believe in my tuning method, so I immediately know the fixes to the problem and can adjust my tune with a few changes and be fast again.
What I would like to see is a tuning competition that tests the tuning method, not the lap time by the luck of enough drivers being just like me. I haven't thought through all of the details, but wanted to get this bounced around the tuning community.
The idea:
- Same as the old competition, car is selected, tune is built.
- Match a tuner with a driver (or two, or three).
- Driver(s) run laps then provide feedback on what the car is doing. Should be a specific list of questions for them to answer or maybe multiple choice plus a bottom line description.
- Tuner recommends adjustments to the driver(s).
- Rinse and repeat. Maybe give tuners the original tune and maybe three opportunities for feedback?
Not sure how to score this? Lap time(s) from the final session? Most improved?
Would the drivers for each challenge only drive for one tuner? Rotate drives with each month's vehicle?
Lot's of questions.
Any interest?
The Tuner Challenge that Adrenaline ran was really good, but had a small flaw. We built a tune for ourselves then gave it to drivers with unknown skill, style, controller, etc. The score was lap time, so as a tuner, you had to hope that your tune was a close fit for enough of the drivers to put you on top.
I recently purchased a wheel, a G27. My tunes were all created using the DS3 and are very agressive from apex to exit. I'm finding with the wheel, I cannot unwind the wheel nearly as fast or smoothly as the DS3 stick, so many of my tunes are loose on exit. I believe in my tuning method, so I immediately know the fixes to the problem and can adjust my tune with a few changes and be fast again.
What I would like to see is a tuning competition that tests the tuning method, not the lap time by the luck of enough drivers being just like me. I haven't thought through all of the details, but wanted to get this bounced around the tuning community.
The idea:
- Same as the old competition, car is selected, tune is built.
- Match a tuner with a driver (or two, or three).
- Driver(s) run laps then provide feedback on what the car is doing. Should be a specific list of questions for them to answer or maybe multiple choice plus a bottom line description.
- Tuner recommends adjustments to the driver(s).
- Rinse and repeat. Maybe give tuners the original tune and maybe three opportunities for feedback?
Not sure how to score this? Lap time(s) from the final session? Most improved?
Would the drivers for each challenge only drive for one tuner? Rotate drives with each month's vehicle?
Lot's of questions.
Any interest?