General guidline to tuning cars ???

[9ine Deuce]

Ive owned and played all the turismos, i currently have about 200 fully tuned rides in garage. this is my first post in GTP, ive done searching and i really cant find a general guidline to tuning cars with different platforms. usually I slam my rides to the ground (bad) increase camber, etc but now ive strarted reading tips on settings on this forum was looking for a general guide to tune cars in terms of suspension and LSD. i set my TCS to 1, ASM to 0 with med. racing tires on all my cars. i usually like my rides to oversteer a bit 👍

so can someone gimme some tips to setting up FF, FR, MR, and AWD cars ?

 

[Ske]

People here can't seem to agree how everything works, and tuning for DFP is pretty much different from d-pad tuning etc... Also, some cars seem to react to tuning differently from others. I won't get technical with this one, as I'm sure others who reply will...

This is what works for me on a fair share of the cars in gt4:
- Softer rear suspension to make the car steer easier (looser) and stiffer rear for more understeer (tighter).
- Softer stabilizers also seem to get rid of some understeer.. I often use 1/1.
- Softer LSD all around for more maneuverability/less understeer.. try something like 8/20/10 and work from there..
- I like softer spring rates, front set to 8-10 depending on weight, and the rear adjusted from that..
- Don't overdo camber..

Some starting points:
FF: 1 way lsd, soft rear
FR: 8/20/10 or 1.5 way LSD, a little softer rear springs, halve the rear damper values
AWD: Same as FR, but even softer front LSD
MR: These vary a lot, but see if my tips work for you, and take it from there.. To generalize a lot: MRs are good with about equal front/rear suspension and a little tighter LSD (10/40/20 may be fine)

All in all very general, and may not work for you but worth checking out as a guideline. Some people swear by real life suspension tuning (softer end gets more grip) but I don't agree at all, especially if you like oversteery cars like I do (I tune for drifting mostly)...

PS: I don't drive a lot of FFs, I pretty much only use N type tires these days (tuning for R tires may be totally different)... and I won't get into bound/rebound balance cause I don't feel I get very convincing results from tuning these, but the "standard" way of doing it is making the rebound stiffer than the bound..

 

[dudejo]

some of the more agressive MR cars work well with downforce settings at a 1:2 scale.

i put 15/30 on my lotus elise and it almost handles like it has racing tires.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

I always set downforce like this; front x 1.4 = rear. And like Ske pointed out, suspension is very much up to how you want you car to behave. Do you drift or grip? Grip racing mostly - not always though - require harder front springs. Try to avoid overdoing things, like rideheight. There is no need whatsoever, for any car, to be lower than 60! Depending on car and track I usually go from 60 - 80. If I tune at all that is.
Most cars are more fun if left alone and fitted with N2 or N3 depending on performance level on the car. Racecars are different matter though, and most of them need some setup tinkering to fit your own style of driving.

 

[9ine Deuce]

i dont mess wid downforce cause i dont like any of the spoilers.

so just by increasing spring rate higher where ever the engine sits will help out alot ?

 

[dudejo]

front engine cars will understeer less and rear engine cars will become more stable.

MRs are a mixed boat since not all of them behave the same.

 

[Ske]

i dont mess wid downforce cause i dont like any of the spoilers.

so just by increasing spring rate higher where ever the engine sits will help out alot ?

Pretty much yes.. but think of it this way: the end with the highest spring rates will seem grippier... so harder front springs would make the car steer easier...