Driving the TVR Tuscan Speed 6

[NihilismOnToast]

Now I love the sheer boldness of this wonderful car but I simply cannot...for the life of me...manouver this car around Suzuka without either coming off the track or slipping far behind my rivals. Does anyone have any advice on how to use this car properly as I can't help but feel I'm missing something. And whoever thought of putting that much torque in such a light car...I believe it may slow down the rotation of the earth just a little bit every time it drives West.

 

[MrSkyline]

I haven't tried it yet, but my guess is: get a logitech wheel and (very very very) very gently press the throttle.
(or just use TC, i wouldnt blame you, alltho it hasn't any in real life )

 

[Ardius]

Try this tune, its for Fuji but it should be a good base start:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3436020&postcount=10

Then all thats left is - practice, practice, practice!
Make sure you keep a steady throttle out of slow corners, always try to keep the steering smooth and try to learn the best average speed for each corner to aim for.

Might be an idea to watch some of the top time trial replays for their lines and their throttle and braking inputs. Even if you are using a controller, it will help knowing where the limits of the car and where to reliably brake and turn in.

Make sure you have Traction control and ASM assits off too, both of these will slow you down rather than help you, they also take too much of the control away from you, giving you no idea of how the car responds. If you start to spin out with ASM, it will just cut the throttle, slowing you down and sometimes making you lose control. Traction control is sometimes helpful but really takes too much feel away, you never really learn how to properly use the throttle with it on.

 

[NihilismOnToast]

Ok thanks for your spiffing advice so far! I'm kind of in the habit of setting TCS to 1 or 2 from GTPSP. Hopefully getting my DFGT Wheel tomorrow too! I shall try out that tuning setup tomorrow with the wheel and see how it goes! Thanks again folks.

 

[Worst_Driver]

Disable the TCS and the ASM. Remeber, your right foot IS the traction control. Just practice and be smooth on the throttle, the brakes and the steering. You should try slower and easier cars to drive like a Fail Wheel Drive (Sorry I had to make that joke ) to begin and get a feel of the wheel and then step up and drive faster cars.

 

[niky]

None of the front-drivers have traction issues that require traction control... none of them are powerful enough. And it's meaningless to practice on them because they require an entirely different technique compared to the Tuscan.

For the Tuscan, you can practice on the 135i first to get a feel for the layout, but in the end, it's practice on the car itself. I find that if you don't have a wheel, using the right analog stick for both throttle and braking gives you the most throttle control... the only issue is that you can't left-foot brake, but it's a minor one... and you can solve it by mapping the brake to the right trigger button.

 

[raceur]

Start off driving slowly. Your laptime for this exercise should be 10 seconds slower than your current best time. Dot NOT attempt to go fast. Instead:

1. Ensure you hit every apex (use the driving line).

2. Be very smooth with the turn in and out of the corners, and squeeze the throttle on progressively as you exit. Don't jab it.

Only when you have that smoothness attempt to increase speed, but only a little. This is the difficult part, you'll want to go too fast, too early.

Any time you miss an apex or slide, kick yourself, slow down and gradually build up speed.

This approach takes a lot of self-discipline but it is more effective than constantly sliding around the track and into the kitty litter trying to run before you can walk.

The TVR is little different to other powerful RWD cars in this respect, such as the F40, Corvette.