darkos
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i know my grammar is bad but i did my best and still working on to improve, so forgive me for any mistake in language grammar
Hi there. After a while i finally finished some hard core tests and I'm very proud to announce my first significant improvement for Zonda R targeted in 102% for Nordschleife Track. I'm called it Easy, Steady and Ready
For very long period of time i was hosting On Line race at Nordschleife. First i drove an Aston Martin DBR9 and won in this car every single race.
I've lost only three out of maybe 50/70 races. But those lost races are because i encounter very good drivers and i lost to Zonda R. After i did my personal best of 6:23:160 in DBR9 i felt like nothing could be done to go faster. There is no tune option for this car because it's a reward car.
I stuck in routine lap times 6:26:xxx for standing start if no one hit me in first corner and 6:24:xxx in second lap. Some how i felt like maybe i should change the car because DBR9 was so smooth and so easy to drive, especially without any aids, no ABS on PRO mode. So i decided to swap DBR9 for Zonda R. On the best lap times (at needforspeed.com site) there was two times better than mine, but for some reason i didn't know how to shake off 6 second to first player who done 6:17:062
Zonda R is Much more faster, much demanding and most important thing this is the car that i could actually setup for my style of driving. But i was painful road.
Little as i know about tuning the car at first but for 102% i knew that famous tune thread is not for me. Every thing was wrong in my opinion and car in my hands behaved worse than stock car without any changes.
So i decided to dig in deep into every single aspect of setting the car for this specific track. I wanted to be fast in the straights and stick to asphalt in tight turns. I've tested this setup for more than 60 laps of actual On Line racing/ time trials / single races at Nordschleife.
This setup is for Nordschleife only I've never take this car into another track. Never host a race at other track that Nordschleife. So this is it, like i promised i'll give you my tune for Zonda R capable to go at Nordschleife in less than 6:15:500
As a proof I'm posting actual replay of my setup in action, this is from flying start. If you have a stop timer, you can measure from crossing the Finnish line to crossing it again. It will show 6:15:something but that's should be treated as reflex margin for starting and stopping in the right time. But the actual record will appear in the end of the movie.
Sadly in replay there is no evidence of no Aids being used, but you have to trust my words, i didn't use those and there is one more crucial thing that I've notice about going fast. It's the driving lane, thats shows us when to brake. What i did is turn that OFF because some time it' will change color from green to red to soon and this will corrupt entire 6 minutes lap.
And now about the drive.
For very long time i felt like I'm didn't driving this car like DBR9, I'm didn't push to maximum, not even close, there are parts of track that you must take foot out off acceleration pedal, and let it just go smoothly. In single race mode for 2 laps i was careful and delicate with throttle and brakes. But my times where 6:20:xxx and that was quite fast for me but only for second lap. Not god at all.
When i first attempt to finally push to 90% of my skills i did 6:22:xxx in first lap from standing start i race mode and the second was 6:18:xxx. This gives my an idea, this might be it! So i setup time trial and then from flying start i did 6:15:500. But still i did few mistakes, cut 3 corners at very beginning of lap. But the big difference was at Nurburg section, how the car behave there, i was amassed, this was what i was looking for but didn't have the courage to finally try push the car to it's limits.
No aids have been used, no ABS, PRO setting, G25.
Tire and Brakes
F. Tire Pressure - 28.70
R. Tire Pressure - 28.99
Brake Balance - 58.50
Alignment
Steering Lock - 27.00
Caster Angle - 3.50
F. Toe Angle - 0.60
R. Toe Angle - 0.60
F. Camber - -2.40
R. Camber - -2.00
F. Ride Height - 80.00
R. Ride Height - 90.00
Springs and Dampers
F. Sway bar - 228.41
R. Sway bar - 85.66
F. Spring Rate - 399.73
R. Spring Rate - 485.38
F. Bump Stop Length - 2.00
R. Bump Stop Length - 1.00
F. Damper Slow Bump - 4,700.00
R. Damper Slow Bump - 3,800.00
F. Damper Fast Bump - 2,800.00
R. Damper Fast Bump - 2,800.00
F. Damper Slow Rebound - 10,900.00
R. Damper Slow Rebound - 11,000.00
F. Damper Fast Rebound - 5,600.00
R. Damper Fast Rebound - 6,200.00
Differential
L. Slip Acceleration Lock - 40.00
L. Slip Deceleration Lock - 40.00
L. Slip Preload - 90.00
Visco Electronic Lock - 65.00
Gearing
1st - 3.31
2nd - 2.13
3rd - 1.45
4th - 1.13
5th - 0.90
6th - 0.87 edition change closer to Acceleration from 0.78 --> to 0.87 this is important !! It will squeeze absolutely every thing from Zonda R in straight line.
Aerodynamics
F. Downforce - 6.00
R. Downforce - 6.00
Cooler Radiator Opening - 1.00
Brake Duct Opening - 1.00
There is more about that drive you have to know. And that's rest of the details:
I did that time on G25 Wheel, my setups for Adjust control in options are:
Steering Dead Zone 0%
Accelerator Dead Zone 0%
Brake Dead Zone 0%
Steering Sensitivity 100%
Acceleration Sensitivity 100%
Breaking Sensitivity 100%
Speed Steering 0%
Force Feedback 5
Turning lock 360*
The car is smooth at straights and front of the car did not jump up over 285 km/h. It will go to max speed of 318 km/h which is enough on straights. But big difference is in going into a corner, and exiting from a corner, it's hard to make it over steer and loose control. On bumpy section of track it's steady and if you take your foot off the accelerator it will go like ice skater through ice hockey field. That's the only rule you have to remember, and i actually point out those parts of the track in Nordschleife Lap Times thread.
But the best i left for very end of this post. This setup gives me in On Line race 06:13.231 Just like i wrote earlier, if i could be much brave in the corners, and brake little late i could cut off a second off. And i did, the time is in official needforspeed shift leader board. So if you are looking for some extreme racing at Nordschleife in very easy to drive Zonda R. Just go to garage and in Tunning section, hit the Reset button, it's probably R3 Apply those changes and then attack.
This setup is for wheel and i don't know how it will behave with pad.
Now a very important thing. The tune would not give you a 10 seconds off your time but it' will cut off some time at first. Nordschleife is a long track, it takes 6 minutes and 15 seconds of constant high level of concentration. Perfecting that every corner is a long process, learn how to push a car to it's limits also will take some time. But still i did not find any set up for Zonda R that would let me go in such easy way. Using other setup only make things worse for me.
Just like i did promise next is setup for CCX, for the same track. I'm already likes how it goes into, and go out of corners, but some heavy duty testing must be done before i will introduce to public eyes. I was very busy with Zonda R and now I'm busy with CCX.
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but time did not go to on line board 
but i did one change to Gearing wile i work with McLaren F1 preparing for Silversone i did discovered something rather shocking !!! 💡 If you go to Gearing and change last 6 gear to 
