Help tuning a TvR tUsCaN SpEeD 6
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The Tuscan is a pretty special car whatever setup you use. Really all you need to do is tone down the power oversteer by turning up the LSD Acceleration setting and the TCS and turn off the ASM (it only makes the car hard to turn and actually encourages 4 wheel sideways slides!). I tend to use a trail braking setting for my TVR's (i.e. rear brakes set harder than the front) to get the nose turning in whilst I gently squeeze on the power and a relatively soft damper setup to discourage break-away if I have to press into a corner a bit more vigorously than I'd like.
The real trick with something as responsive as the Tuscan is to drive smoothly with gradual braking and acceleration and no sudden steering movements (which break traction). If you can't control the power oversteer then put a softer compound tyre on the rear and use a pit strategy that allows you to split a race up into fairly even sections. I wouldn't recommend using a tyre so soft that you have to pit twice on a 15 lap race though, you'll lose too much time that way.
I'll post a full setup if you'd like but there is no magic formula in GT3 that'll make a given car handle. It's all down to experimentation about what suits you I'm afraid and your driving style and skill has a much greater effect than car settings. The only purpose to fiddling with the setup is to emphasis where your driving is good and minimise your weaknesses but the one thing they wont do is make a car do the racing for you (unlike in GT2 where the setup was half the battle)!
The real trick with something as responsive as the Tuscan is to drive smoothly with gradual braking and acceleration and no sudden steering movements (which break traction). If you can't control the power oversteer then put a softer compound tyre on the rear and use a pit strategy that allows you to split a race up into fairly even sections. I wouldn't recommend using a tyre so soft that you have to pit twice on a 15 lap race though, you'll lose too much time that way.
I'll post a full setup if you'd like but there is no magic formula in GT3 that'll make a given car handle. It's all down to experimentation about what suits you I'm afraid and your driving style and skill has a much greater effect than car settings. The only purpose to fiddling with the setup is to emphasis where your driving is good and minimise your weaknesses but the one thing they wont do is make a car do the racing for you (unlike in GT2 where the setup was half the battle)!
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*Sigh* Well, for the millionth time: 
(Please excuse the glaring spelling errors)
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TVR Touscan Speed 6
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Parts:
Full Customizeable Suspension
Sports Brakes
Brake Balence Controller
Raceing Muffler
Computer Chip
Na Tune Up Stage 3
Port&Polish
Full Engine Balencing
Full Raceing Transmission
Stage 2 Lightweight
Carbon Driveshaft
Limited Slip full customization
2 plate clutch
Raceing Flywheel
Spring Rate: (f)8.6 (r)7.5
Ride Height (f)69 (r)69
Shock Bound: (F)6 (r)6
Shock Rebound (f)6 (r)6
Camber Angle (f)2.0 (r)1.0
Toe Angle (f)0.0 (r)0.0
Stabilizers (f)4 (r)4
Brake Balence (f)9 (r)12
limited slip initial (f)0 (r)5
accel: (f)0 (r)30
decel (f)0 (r)30
Gear Ratio
1: 3.771
2: 2.587
3: 1.910
4: 1.477
5: 1.196
6: 1.014
7: -----
Final: 4.002
ASM: 12
TCS: 5
Or alternatively, try these settings - everything as above except for the
following (for better handling):
Suspension
Spring Rate (f)11.8 (r)10.8
Ride Height (f)55 (r)55
Shock Bound (f)10 (r)10
Shock Rebound (f)10 (r)10
Camber Angle (f)1.0 (r)1.0
Toe Angle (f)0.0 (r)0.0
Stabilizers (f)5 (r)5
TCS: 9
For even more better handling:
Suspension
Spring Rate (f)7.8 (r)5.8
Ride Height (f)101 (r)94
Shock Bound (f)7 (r)7
Shock Rebound (f)6 (r)6
Camber Angle (f)2.0 (r)1.3
Toe Angle (f)0.5 (r)1.0
Stabilizers (f)7 (r)7
Brake Balance (f)9 (r)8
Limited-Slip Initial (f)0 (r)49
Limited-Slip Accel (f)0 (r)41
Limited-Slip Decel (f)0 (r)17
Gear Ratios
1) 4.869
2) 3.238
3) 2.226
4) 1.691
5) 1.325
6) 1.091
7) -----
Final: 2.738
ASM: 20
TCS: 9
Tuned by Dark Cloud Freak
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Excellent setups, very easy to control the car... you will easily win the TVR cup with any one of these... :thumbsup:
(Please excuse the glaring spelling errors)
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TVR Touscan Speed 6
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Parts:
Full Customizeable Suspension
Sports Brakes
Brake Balence Controller
Raceing Muffler
Computer Chip
Na Tune Up Stage 3
Port&Polish
Full Engine Balencing
Full Raceing Transmission
Stage 2 Lightweight
Carbon Driveshaft
Limited Slip full customization
2 plate clutch
Raceing Flywheel
Spring Rate: (f)8.6 (r)7.5
Ride Height (f)69 (r)69
Shock Bound: (F)6 (r)6
Shock Rebound (f)6 (r)6
Camber Angle (f)2.0 (r)1.0
Toe Angle (f)0.0 (r)0.0
Stabilizers (f)4 (r)4
Brake Balence (f)9 (r)12
limited slip initial (f)0 (r)5
accel: (f)0 (r)30
decel (f)0 (r)30
Gear Ratio
1: 3.771
2: 2.587
3: 1.910
4: 1.477
5: 1.196
6: 1.014
7: -----
Final: 4.002
ASM: 12
TCS: 5
Or alternatively, try these settings - everything as above except for the
following (for better handling):
Suspension
Spring Rate (f)11.8 (r)10.8
Ride Height (f)55 (r)55
Shock Bound (f)10 (r)10
Shock Rebound (f)10 (r)10
Camber Angle (f)1.0 (r)1.0
Toe Angle (f)0.0 (r)0.0
Stabilizers (f)5 (r)5
TCS: 9
For even more better handling:
Suspension
Spring Rate (f)7.8 (r)5.8
Ride Height (f)101 (r)94
Shock Bound (f)7 (r)7
Shock Rebound (f)6 (r)6
Camber Angle (f)2.0 (r)1.3
Toe Angle (f)0.5 (r)1.0
Stabilizers (f)7 (r)7
Brake Balance (f)9 (r)8
Limited-Slip Initial (f)0 (r)49
Limited-Slip Accel (f)0 (r)41
Limited-Slip Decel (f)0 (r)17
Gear Ratios
1) 4.869
2) 3.238
3) 2.226
4) 1.691
5) 1.325
6) 1.091
7) -----
Final: 2.738
ASM: 20
TCS: 9
Tuned by Dark Cloud Freak
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Excellent setups, very easy to control the car... you will easily win the TVR cup with any one of these... :thumbsup:
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Sorry I didn't reply to your request for the full set-up I offered. It wasn't deliberate bad manners - for some reason the thread notification wasn't sent to me and I never looked back at the thread after the first few days so I didn't realise you'd asked! My apologies.
The set-ups that have been posted illustrate what I was saying in that they are quite a bit different from what I use but they obviously work well for whoever devised them. The one I've got dialed in at the moment is as follows:
Springs: 15.2/13.0
Ride: 72/72
Damper B: 5/5
Damper R: 9/7
Camber: 3/1.2
Toe: -0.5/1.5
Stabs: 4/4
Brakes: 16/16
LSD I: 10
LSD A: 60
LSD D: 15
Gear 1: 3.719
Gear 2: 2.552
Gear 3: 1.884
Gear 4: 1.457
Gear 5: 1.180
Gear 6: 1.000
Final: 3.030
Auto: 28
ASM: 0
TCS: 6
This is run with Super Hard tyres all round (which will last a 15 lap race).
Give it a go and see what you think. It may not suit you so don't be afraid to experiment. Alter a setting and see what effect it has on the cars handling and speed. I didn't know anything about tuning cars when I first started playing GT but now, by virtue of hours spent reading articles on the subject and trying set-ups out in the game, I think I'm reasonably good at it.
The game engine is good enough that the set-ups used on cars on the track in the real world handle pretty much the same with the virtual cars on the Playstation! So point your browser at tuning sites and you'll soon pick up the principles that'll help you come up with set-ups of your own that suit your driving style. Good luck.
The set-ups that have been posted illustrate what I was saying in that they are quite a bit different from what I use but they obviously work well for whoever devised them. The one I've got dialed in at the moment is as follows:
Springs: 15.2/13.0
Ride: 72/72
Damper B: 5/5
Damper R: 9/7
Camber: 3/1.2
Toe: -0.5/1.5
Stabs: 4/4
Brakes: 16/16
LSD I: 10
LSD A: 60
LSD D: 15
Gear 1: 3.719
Gear 2: 2.552
Gear 3: 1.884
Gear 4: 1.457
Gear 5: 1.180
Gear 6: 1.000
Final: 3.030
Auto: 28
ASM: 0
TCS: 6
This is run with Super Hard tyres all round (which will last a 15 lap race).
Give it a go and see what you think. It may not suit you so don't be afraid to experiment. Alter a setting and see what effect it has on the cars handling and speed. I didn't know anything about tuning cars when I first started playing GT but now, by virtue of hours spent reading articles on the subject and trying set-ups out in the game, I think I'm reasonably good at it.
The game engine is good enough that the set-ups used on cars on the track in the real world handle pretty much the same with the virtual cars on the Playstation! So point your browser at tuning sites and you'll soon pick up the principles that'll help you come up with set-ups of your own that suit your driving style. Good luck.
