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I have both. A coin-flip for me.
La Sarthe and Spa ,weather report and other " stuff "
- Thread starter smoothbore12
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Gone into an FF mode for the Moment
Engine swapped maxed out Civic, Had a dry race start to finish that needs short shifting on FM6 for 3 laps and full beans for 2 laps between FM4-6
Engine swapped maxed out Civic, Had a dry race start to finish that needs short shifting on FM6 for 3 laps and full beans for 2 laps between FM4-6
- 4,125
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Today checking my invitations expiring day , so i get another Bugatti and realise that i never drive one .
So i bought one did weight upgrades ,brakes and few stuff more and put in at la sarthe with some minimum tuning.
Put FM6 from the beginning ( Bugatti are fuel burners anyway ) and choose MT gears since they have tremendous torque and usually are faster on low shifting .
3 laps easy but what a car !!!!!
Its sooooo easy , relax and fast .
And the tyres don't want change!!!!!
Only fuels.
It worth to try it if you have a second copy ( keep one stock ) .
I'll come back with more details.
So i bought one did weight upgrades ,brakes and few stuff more and put in at la sarthe with some minimum tuning.
Put FM6 from the beginning ( Bugatti are fuel burners anyway ) and choose MT gears since they have tremendous torque and usually are faster on low shifting .
3 laps easy but what a car !!!!!
Its sooooo easy , relax and fast .
And the tyres don't want change!!!!!
Only fuels.
It worth to try it if you have a second copy ( keep one stock ) .
I'll come back with more details.
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- mrbabyboyd
I had tried the Veyron a few months back and I was surprised at the fuel usage. It was so fast and it a great LeMans car
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I wasn't aware of how good he is .
Thought that will be a " pig " that only runs fast on straight line ,but today i eat my tongue with it .
Ok he need MT gears and short shift , but many others and especially swapped cars need that to.
Has huge torque and runs faster on MT than AT anyway .
It's now in the category of " hidden" gem for me and i already have 4 of them but ill by a couple more to put different liveries and tunes,with and without permanent mods.
Later ill do a couple of races and ill post my report and impressions.
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As long as you don't have to look at the car everything's fine😄
jrbabbitt
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I guess I will give all my Bugatti a test run....
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This one is wide car .
Am setting and one normal but still struggling for best settings ( both ).
High rpm turbo , shaft, brakes etc.
Weight till stage 4.
Did an 8 lap race since little rain occurs at lap 6 and try last lap at FM1 but gather 3.5 seconds penalty 😂 so was worthless.
Approximately at FM1 " right " lap a 3.51-52 must be doable since at free test i went at 3.49 low.
Worth a shot guys, it's the king of torque.
Am setting and one normal but still struggling for best settings ( both ).
High rpm turbo , shaft, brakes etc.
Weight till stage 4.
Did an 8 lap race since little rain occurs at lap 6 and try last lap at FM1 but gather 3.5 seconds penalty 😂 so was worthless.
Approximately at FM1 " right " lap a 3.51-52 must be doable since at free test i went at 3.49 low.
Worth a shot guys, it's the king of torque.
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@AlexWilmot if you find the " time " i would love to share your settings with us ,you know how much appreciate your tune work 😬
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Normal Bugatti Veyron? Currently redoing my LaFerrari but should have some time tomorrow to give the Bugatti a try
- 4,125
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Normal or wide i don't care that much , whatever is easier for you without the need to spend your credits.
jrbabbitt
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I bought a duplicate Veyron Gr.4 and dumped the Subaru (!) motor in it and did two runs last night before I had to sleep, first was set for power and only got me barely two laps @ FM6. The second was fuel saving at lowest settings on the ECU & power restrictor and it barely gave me a third lap if I wanted to squeeze it out.
Tomorrow I test different Bug....
Tomorrow I test different Bug....
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Current test is giving me this in race:
But I have some tweaking to still do as I have to shortshift to get 3 laps on FM6
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You will test the Veyron 16.4 13 ?
Or you don't have copies ?
I think the Chiron model , we use it once with the billionaire piting every lap in order to make 8 lap stint.
Perhaps with lower weight and less HP can also make 3 laps at FM6 but need to test it .
Am waiting @AlexWilmot settings to finalise the tune that suits me and might deal later with Chiron.
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- mrbabyboyd
After seeing @smoothbore12 talk about the Veyron I took mine out after buying another one. Which have been unnecessary since I won one last week but sold. 🤣 Anyway I was able to get 3 laps @FM6 with a lot of short shifting. It was pretty fun and it was probably one of my better races in that I didn't get any penalties until the couple of turns on lap 7 when I was really trying to race I was just ready to finish the race. I almost cut the last couple of corners but didn't want to get a 1 minute penalty which might have put my win in jeopardy
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The weather at Spa 1 hour race was horrendous yesterday. Probably the worst torrential rain that I've ever driven in. From about lap 7 to 14 it was chucking it down virtually non-stop. It then resumed a bit more on about lap 18. Even on wet tyres I had to drastically slow down. Not sure if that's just the 962c's general weakness (bad in the rain) but my God, was it bad...
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Totally different approach my friend, of course i will .
It's a normal car or a wide one ?
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Mission accomplished ,i was right about " mine " 3.51
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Sorry it was normal body
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I don't mind at all , just ask to know where to " put " it .
jrbabbitt
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I have all bugatti
Tired Tyres
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I've beaten hard mode on the 10 lap race with the Toyota. It had a @praiano63 tune on it. I used a 4-4-2 pit stop strategy. Four laps in medium tyres saw me climb to 2nd place. The second stint was also medium tyres and this time I took the lead. I pitted at the end of lap eight for two laps of fuel and soft race tyres. I had a 20 second lead and expected a 20 second deficit but it was less. I got close enough to see the AI Toyota take the lead from the long tail McLaren before I took both of them for the win.
jrbabbitt
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Both cars were hard to stretch an extra lap, I got 3 with the 16.4 and two laps with Chiron.
Both cars I had to do some extreme fuel savings in slipstream and coasting.
Will try to get the VGT bugs (both) down to 700pp for next round of tests.....
Both cars I had to do some extreme fuel savings in slipstream and coasting.
Will try to get the VGT bugs (both) down to 700pp for next round of tests.....
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I have all the cars I really care about so I rarely do the race anymore 'cause I don't really need any more credits at the moment. But I still enjoy the track so I try to find other ways to have fun there. Did this last night, hope anyone likes it:
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That's really something different and looks amazing also .
Nice " touch " my friend, very nice .
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I did a race just for fun with the AMG Black Series today. I gave it a full customisable suspension, raised the natural frequency and lowered the camber a bit. Drives almost like a race car! RHs lasted all 7 laps but I had to refuel twice. Weak point of the car clearly are the stock brakes. Have to replace them with racing ones if I do this again. But overall an amazing car!
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