Please HELP

[KvytasK]

Please help me. im at gran turismo world championship with toyota minolta 88c-v, when i race in the event everything is alright until i go about 7laps and then my tires get burned. if i go to pit i lose if no i lose to. please help me. i use settings by duck from this website, thanks for your help.

 

[mustangGT90210]

Please help me. im at gran turismo world championship with toyota minolta 88c-v, when i race in the event everything is alright until i go about 7laps and then my tires get burned. if i go to pit i lose if no i lose to. please help me. i use settings by duck from this website, thanks for your help.

Heres what you do, buy some R1 or R2 tires. They will last longer. Alternatively, dont race so hard on your tires.

 

[Picc84]

You can always just overpower your car somemore' and get a bigger lead if you can manage?

 

[Famine]

Heres what you do, buy some R1 or R2 tires. They will last longer. Alternatively, dont race so hard on your tires.

Spot on. R1 front, R2 rear and qualify first. Use the qualification to figure out how many laps your tyres will last and if they won't last the whole race, pit at exactly half race distance.


An accurate thread title would be nice next time too.

 

[Greycap]

Spot on. R1 front, R2 rear and qualify first.

Erm, shouldn't it be the other way round with the compounds?

Speaking of the tyre and pit strategy, if you find out that you'll have to pit, you can as well try if you can do half of the race distance with the R3 front / R2 rear combination. You'll have to pit anyway, so why not utilize the higher grip if possible?

 

[Famine]

Erm, shouldn't it be the other way round with the compounds?

Although I can't speak of specific cars, every fast race car I've ever used in GT4 ate the fronts first.

Speaking of the tyre and pit strategy, if you find out that you'll have to pit, you can as well try if you can do half of the race distance with the R3 front / R2 rear combination. You'll have to pit anyway, so why not utilize the higher grip if possible?

Also good.

Pitting at half distance will save you about 5s compared to pitting when you think you need to. This doesn't sound like much, but it's the difference between being in front of someone and blocking them and being behind them and chasing.

 

[justsomedude666]

Although I can't speak of specific cars, every fast race car I've ever used in GT4 ate the fronts first.



Also good.

Pitting at half distance will save you about 5s compared to pitting when you think you need to. This doesn't sound like much, but it's the difference between being in front of someone and blocking them and being behind them and chasing.

The Toyota, as well as the BMW LMR, and I'm sure many other race cars, are rear wheel drive and in my experience have burned out the back tires much faster than the front.

 

[daan]

The Toyota, as well as the BMW LMR, and I'm sure many other race cars, are rear wheel drive and in my experience have burned out the back tires much faster than the front.

You would think that wouldn't you? PD seem to think differently...

 

[Picc84]

Yes, I'd belive the back tires would go much faster, espically if you ride your tires like I do....

 

[Famine]

Yes, I'd belive the back tires would go much faster, espically if you ride your tires like I do....

PD would seem to disagree - even the Speed 12 chomps through fronts long before rears.

 

[mafia_boy]

I've done it personally with R2 front & R1 rear and it's a pretty even wear out at those levels. R3 front or R2 rear will get chewed off by Lap 10, and the R1 fronts don't give enough grip for that distance race.

Just personal experience there, not going against anyone's advice.

Mafs!!

 

[CirclesCenter]

The rears only have to put up with acceleration, the fronts have to put up with turning and braking under a bunch of downforce.

At least that's how I see it.

I personally dropped a big black LMP bomb on that race in the form of a GT-ONE and nothing gave me any trouble.

 

[Duke]

I've done it personally with R2 front & R1 rear and it's a pretty even wear out at those levels.

Me too! I definitely ran softer fronts on the 88CV, to good effect, in the GTWC. I never run softer rears on anything because it just makes the understeer worse.

 

[KvytasK]

thanks all for help

 

[AOS-]

Don't use the minolta, the 7 laps is usually the point when your tires get very hot and sticky.. I suggest looking for cars that sit on the other side of the spectrum that categorizes Endurance-to-Top Speed

 

[mafia_boy]

Me too! I definitely ran softer fronts on the 88CV, to good effect, in the GTWC. I never run softer rears on anything because it just makes the understeer worse.

Not to mention your rears turn to mush and driving on dark red worn tyres isn't fun.

Trico Pro, what would you suggest to this poor guy?? R89C?? I did it with that too on the other MC, same tyre settings R2 front, R1 rear.

Mafs!!

 

[Rotary Junkie]

My 787B on R2 tires works wonders...

See sig.

/shameless plug.

 

[SolidSnake15]

My hint: slow down.

You usually don't here that in this forum, but it helps. Just don't slow down too much, just enough to keep your tires working.

 

[Duke]

Yes, being smooth definitely prolongs tire life. Brake early, don't slam the steering, and don't stomp the throttle. You'll probably find that will make your lap times better, too.