GT4 Tuning - An interesting little test - Volunteers needed

[Der Alta]

This seems like an interesting study that I would like to take part in.

I'll PM you the two set-ups and let you have a go at it.

 

[VTRacing]

PM sent to Der Alta.

2.1 seconds difference between the setups for me.

*Devils Advocate Mode*

And in the real world most race engineers would give body parts for a 2/10ths a lap gain, over the course of a ten lap race that's a clear 2 seconds advantage. Look at it in F1 terms (say 60 laps) and that's 12 seconds. That sort of gain wins races.

*Devils Advocate Mode Off*

Indeed, though that 2/10ths gain came after another 60-odd km driving, so it's conceivable that if I'd simply stuck with the baseline setup I might have gained the same 2/10ths simply by driving better.

I'm not having a go at either of the setup providers here; I'm aware that outright laptime doesn't mean a lot to this exercise. It's been enlightening to me in any case, reinforcing my own thoughts on what does what in terms of GT4 tuning.

 

[Metar]

I've got notes completed for one car, now heading to the other to refresh the memory. Won't be 'War & Peace', though.

 

[Azuremen]

What time do you guys want these at on Friday? If its in the evening (for pacific time zone), I could probably do some testing at TM or Midfield (I would prefer TM due to its less perfect surface, letting the whole setup be tested)

I have yet to drive the Caterham, so would be interesting for me to fiddle with it some finally.

 

[daan]

What time do you guys want these at on Friday? If its in the evening (for pacific time zone), I could probably do some testing at TM or Midfield (I would prefer TM due to its less perfect surface, letting the whole setup be tested)

I have yet to drive the Caterham, so would be interesting for me to fiddle with it some finally.

Have you read the thread. You get given 2 setups to compare at Midfield. No driving at TM. And no fiddling with them.

 

[Azuremen]

You mis understood me Daan on the fiddling. I just meant driving the car around and seeing how I like it. My bad on using fiddle that way.

Ahh, sorry, I did read the first few pages, and saw

Car & Track
The car will be a modified and tuned Caterham Seven Fireblade running at Trial Mountain (possibly Midfield as an alternative).

After reading through a few pages and seeing the discussion on Midfield vs TM, I figured Scaff would have changed his original post.

And yes, I am aware of the premise of getting PMed two separate setups and seeing which one you like more. As I do not have time today to fid... erm, test them, I was wondering what the dead line is for submitting comments and thoughts.

Sorry for the confusion.