GT4 WRS Week 16: "Alright, Who's NSX'd?"

[RedWolfRacer]

Wish I had someone rooting for ME like that. lol Of course, I'm far less deserving anyway.

The NSXs were always a fun drive, though they are a bit cheeky in certain corners and situations. It's just a sort of problem they've always had. Just adjust your line because if you change your setup to drive better at one or two places, you'll ruin the older setup that worked better for everywhere else. Find a set up good for most of the track and adjust your line where you need to. The section between the two hairpins at the beginning of the course is a prime example: I've found that even though I let off the throttle a bit for the first one, I have a quicker time out of the left handed turn after the right at the top of the hill.

Hope that helps some of you folks! Of course, you may or may not want to take my advice with a grain of salt as I'm in Division 3 and could be using a very different line than the rest of you... lol

 

[SHigSpeed]

Improved my overall time by 0.5" last night. Did much better exiting the first tunnel onto the bridge and through the second tunnel.

T1: 31.573
T2: 1'01.699

Here are my settings so far:

Mobil1
Brakes 3/3
Springs 12.5/16.5
RH 55/57
Dampers F 4/8
Dampers R 3/7
Camber 2.1/1.4
Toe 0/0
Stab 6/5
ASM 0/0/1
DF 50/70
LSD 5/35/35
Ballast 70
Balance +35

I may try no TCS and see what happens tonight.

-Scott

 

[Jump_Ace]

Ur not gonna like it SHig, unless u ave driven without it before its a wild ride! Nice splits tho Scott, good work. And I would agree with Tuff on this one, KLR has been matching my splits or even better (like this week thus far) and I would second the notion for a promotion.

jump_ace

 

[tuff240]

I may try no TCS and see what happens tonight.

Ur not gonna like it SHig, unless u ave driven without it before its a wild ride!

It didn't seem to want to spin the tires much to me at all.

 

[KLR142]

Uhm, Tuff, that replay you left me to chase? Hahahah, thanks for the tip in one place... Other than that, I was faster through T1 almost every time easily, your speed through the last turn of the track lets you down a lot.(ok, I guess you were only at 873hp you say... lol, makes sense now) Anywho, I managed to stay ahead the whole time, using a mostly stock suspended car(I could probably do it with my other settings as well though) and beat your final time by .55 seconds... The main change I made though was turn the balast balance down to 0, and use the ASM Oversteer setting on 1. I can see another half a second overall with time...

About traction control, you don't need it. With the LSD set on 5/6/5, the only time it wants to spin the tires is when you bump a curb in lower gears. Stay off them in most cases and you're fast, in other places it's better to use them...

Definitely not anywhere near division three this week:
T1: 31.183
T2: 1'00.846

I don't mind one bit if you decide to promote me before the end of this week. I think the chances of me being promoted last week were a little less because CFM is probably the one who usually takes charge of that... So, just say the words bosses.

Oh, and that one spot where I gained some speed due to watching Tuff's replay? For that part before T1, the uphill right/left that leads down to the hairpin to T1? Stay on the gas and tap the brakes hard at the same time... You can keep your speed up and not lose your rear at the same time.

 

[ppucci]

just printing some setups for tonight... I hope I improve my time a little I already memorized the track (btw, very different than GT3 version...) So let's see what will happen... any last minute advise?

 

[gt_masta]

I'm not good with settings so I can't really compete....

 

[KLR142]

How can you say that? We've got settings posted up here that you can use, and even if you don't want to use them, just use the stock settings! Just turn down the LSD to the around minimum, turn up the downforce, and then tune the tranny to make it so you don't bounce off the rev limiter on the front straight. If you're moving fast enough on the last turn, make sure you can go 201+mph. You'll also want to possibly run an ASM oversteer setting of 1 or so...

Other than that, it's mostly the driving skill that makes the biggest changes. I have two very different setups(one VERY stiff, and the other basically stock) that both follow the above paragraph and my times are very close to each other.

 

[Tyre King]

OK!
I'm a lot p***ed off,

Did my back in on sunday (went to the doc's and got some great painkillers) But now got sciatica in left leg and every time i try to brake my leg and back muscles go into spasm!

No more racing until it clears up, can't right-foot brake to save my life! And for the life of me, i cannot use the DS2 anymore, got too used to the wheel.

Bugger!

Neil

 

[Z]

Z., can you post your car settings?! 💡

Sure.. they aren't exact as I'm not near the PS2 at the moment, but should be close. I have switched to the Loctite Mugen -- seems to have a little better front grip.

Springs: 15.5/17.5
Ride Height: 65/75
Bound: 3/8
Rebound: 5/5
Camber: 3.6/4.1
Toe: 0/0
Stabilizers: 6/3
Ballast: 70/0
Brakes: 4/4
Downforce: Maximum
Transmission: Auto 13. Adjusted final a bit, lengthened 5th (for the high speed hill section).
LSD: 25/40/60

Hope that helps..

 

[MisterWeary]

OK!
I'm a lot p***ed off,

Did my back in on sunday (went to the doc's and got some great painkillers) But now got sciatica in left leg and every time i try to brake my leg and back muscles go into spasm!

No more racing until it clears up, can't right-foot brake to save my life! And for the life of me, i cannot use the DS2 anymore, got too used to the wheel.

Bugger!

Neil

That sucks, hope you recover soon. I personally have a wheel as well but can't get used to it, nothing but DS2 for me (despite the arguments my thumbs are giving me)

 

[Jump_Ace]

Honda Mobil 1 NSX '01

T1 - :31.126
T2 - 1:00.896

Hot off the press, finally I hit a decent lap, now I am really getting into this combo, one of the best yet CFM!

My condolences (sp?) Neil, I hope u can get better soon man. But atleast we know ur sacrificing your body for a good time and I REALLY respect that.

Holl01, I didn't change a thing with our settings we talked about last night. I'll go ahead and post it;

Brakes
5/5 (my personal preference)

Tranny
ONLY changed to Auto 14 NOTHING else (no tranny trick *[INSERT CAT HISS HERE]*

Suspension
16.0/14.0
55/60
8/7
8/7
2.0/1.0
0/0
6/4

Downforce
47(found my personal balance between speed and control)/70

LSD
5/5/5

Weight
70/0

Aids
0/0/0

That should cover it, one note I found out earlier, with the front downforce to the max the car was really tempermental, so I dropped it to 35 as a test and then I found just could NOT take the very last right turn at full speed. So I found 47 was a great balance for me; depends on driving style I guess. Hope this helps someone out.


jump_ace

EDIT: Kyle man we are just far too close to call, hurry up and get into d2 man!

 

[jumpputt]

Ran a few laps this evening and I'm finally getting comfortable with my new Mobil 1.

T1 0'31.988
T2 1'02.687

 

[holl01]

i'm glad jump ace found my settings useful, even though i'm still yet to turn on the PS2 since monday night (umm early tuesday morning actually) i do plan to race this combo tonight, even though i will sacrifice sleep, i atleast want to submit a time this week, but i can say for certain that i wont be up there on the podium this week, i have alot of studying to do at uni this week and most likely the weeks to follow.

i will post a full setup soon, probably in 24hours time. untill then, i'm off

 

[Puck927]

Spent most of tonight rounding up the cash to get ONE of these things, went with the Mobil 1 for now. Quick ran a few laps to see how it is, I see what you guys mean when you say it's "twitchy". Managed to get a high 1:02 at T2, I'll really dive into this combo come the weekend when I have time to mess with the settings. Didnt notice if anyone already mentioned this, but I did find that if you add the 70 kilos of ballast and shift it in the balance to -50, it helps stop the car from wanting to flip on itself, mostly.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Wacked on Z's settings, used my custom gears, lowered the spring rate by 1.0 front and rear and brakes at 3/3 yay, can make the S bends between the 2 hairpins flat all the time now. Just figured out how to run the corner after T1 properly. Lost .2 in T1 and about .2 in T1 - T2 and about .2 again in T3. Got most of the lines down, now i just need to excute them.

31.237
1'00.422

Aiming for some sub 1min T2's

Edit

Had another go, reduced rear springs by another 1.0.

30.963
1'00.341

though .5 faster at the line. Another .5 off and i will be satisfied.

 

[MisterWeary]

Gee some nice splits by people, I'm itching to have another crack at it. Looks like I'm gonna need a T2 in the 1'00.xxx to be competitive...that's cool, I like a challenge

 

[KLR142]

Small Fryz, I think I'mma have a wack at your+holl's settings... lol, sounds interesting, I'll see what I can do with it.

About being at the top of division 2 in the leaderboards while still labled as a d3er! Now that I wasn't expecting. I guess I like this track that much, I didn't realize it though. It's my second favorite track from GT2, with Apricot Hill being my most favorite. My fav combo on GT2 was the Legacy GTB in Racing trim(awesome blue/yellow scheme) on Grand Valley Speedway. Ok, enough about the Kyle history lesson... I like the car too, I guess it shows eh?

Keep it up guys!

 

[Casio]

About being at the top of division 2 in the leaderboards while still labled as a d3er! Now that I wasn't expecting.

I think you've got the D3 win this week, looks like I'll have to aim for the podium. I hate set-ups so it's the best I could hope for. I'm actually running my own set-up though, doing pretty much the polar opposite to you guys, I've moved my ballast back a long way! (Oooo Arrrr)

Yes, I go into the wall on pretty much every corner, but it suits my driving style alot.

Anyway, I can beat both these splits by at least a second, but I've never got a full lap as I keep spinning around!

T1: 32.601
T2: 1.03.081

I clocked 5 seconds of my time today, and got under a cirtain second mark I was aiming for.

I also tried manual, for about 2 laps. Turns out I am about 25 seconds slower on average per lap with it. I've only ever used manual on the Superbird WRS, so i'll have to wait and practice abit longer before my full speed comes to the clock.

Real men can win using auto

Bah, I've had enough of this for one night, I'm going to watch Escape from LA....

 

[Tedehur]

My GT3 experience showed that power/weight ratio is not exactly representative of a car performance. That is, when several cars have the same PWR, the one with the highest power runs usually faster.
Of course settings, driving skill and so on can make things different, and I didn't check this situation in GT4 yet.
However, I think newbies who still try to figure out which NSX they should be using should be considering the Mobil1 and the Loctite first.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[ppucci]

Hehehehhe a lot to learn... spend 2 hours last night adjusting settings and racing.... could not get below 33" and 1.05"... those uphill left-left after the second hairpin are just killing me...

I think my settings are the problem, too... I worte those down but forgot the paper at home... I will try someone else's settings and see what happen. My car just loves to whiplash!

 

[ls2_297]

well i have been lapping around for the past hour now and ive been trying to work out how everyone can do 31.xxx and sub 1'01.5xx and i cant get below 32.6xx abd 1'02.5xx... so i decided to go through my settings making sure i had fitted everything... and to my horror TCS and ASM where on!!! now everythings normal.. my times so far...

T1: 0'31.571
T2: 1'01.218

still got at least a second to gain by the end of the week

 

[bhawk776]

Well we can't have a D3er on top of D2 now can we.

T1: 30.990
T2: 1'00.583

 

[Jump_Ace]

God knows I tried there hawk...lol. Excellent time!

jump_ace

 

[Drifting 4 Ever]

I'm going to take a stab at it while I take a break from the JGTC championship Round 6 race. I am using the loctite.

 

[ppucci]

Brakes
5/5 (my personal preference)

Tranny
ONLY changed to Auto 14 NOTHING else (no tranny trick *[INSERT CAT HISS HERE]*

Suspension
16.0/14.0
55/60
8/7
8/7
2.0/1.0
0/0
6/4

Downforce
47(found my personal balance between speed and control)/70

LSD
5/5/5

Weight
70/0

Aids
0/0/0

Jump_Ace, I will give it a try at your settings tonight... I am convinced I am a lousy car engineer

 

[Androoos]

I'm sorry but can someone explain this "Tranny Trick" and it's benefits?

 

[fasj6418]

Well we can't have a D3er on top of D2 now can we.

T1: 30.990
T2: 1'00.583

yes, he was very excited with the times, but the thruth is that not many div2 drivers that finish in the top 5 had their splits... so... now back to normal life of WRS...

tomorrow, i´ll be racing and planning on having a T2 of 0´59 something... 👍 i don´t know if i can, but we´ll have to shoot for the best... 👍

KLR142, i know what you feel, i also coulds be promoted... but, since i´m replay-less, i´m going to stick around div 2 until i find my max drive... hope to see you here next week 👍

 

[KLR142]

Well we can't have a D3er on top of D2 now can we.

T1: 30.990
T2: 1'00.583

Maybe we can... Hehehe, we shall see... I've got the time to put into this this week, so I think it'd be funny if I push the D2 drivers so hard that they get suprised into competetive D1 times... But, then someone from there might get promoted... Bah, who knows what'll happen! RACE ON! w000!

Oh, and I think I might be cheap(well, I feel cheap using it), and use ASM Oversteer set on one instead of every aid off like I normally do... Just to improve the number of clean laps per lap started...

 

[MagpieRacer]

im gonna have to concede to the girls........i suck at this one. i put the NA tune in rather than turbo so i can actually get a clean lap.