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Back to the subject at hand...
Last night I PM'd Rotary Junkie my current progress with the car, and explained what I was experiencing, some tests I had tried, what worked, what didn't etc etc.
He replied with some suggestions, and I just got finished testing them out.
RJ, who has no access to GT5, just obtained the new fastest lap for Deep Forest, snaking his way in with a 1:11.652...
BUT... It took too much work RJ!
The variation of slump & praiano's tune I sent you last night, is much more controlled and easier to drive.
I applied your settings and headed back to Deep Forest. Braking is slightly improved, and the car seems to handle better through the 3/4 section of the turn. (Assuming you split it 4 ways, rather than 3 like usual)
Your aggressive rear spring forced me to re-adjust the LSD, to something a bit more conservative, which I just defaulted back to the old 8/18/5 we were using previously in the thread and that worked well enough, to complete the test laps. The main issue I had, was the rear end doesn't ever feel like it's getting into the track, if you know what I mean. It's rather skate-y, which is magnified by uphill inclines at full throttle, oddly enough and especially difficult on 'landing' at the few places you catch air here. It also seems to wander in the straighter sections of the track, which cause me to have to chase the car a bit, which is where the work comes in a bit. It's a lot less confident inspiring, I suppose is the best way to describe it. Also, if we were to stick with these springs, I'd have to adjust the brake balance as well, but that was a minor issue.
Test #1 - Softer Rear Spring
So, I softened the rear spring by 10% from what you initially suggested. Doing so, helped to an extent. It also let me swap back to the updated LSD I've been using as well. The car is a bit more comfortable, but I feel, overall your tune is still more prone to bigger accidents. The softer rear spring helps the car rotate through the center, and this was greatly appreciated on the long double sweep, where we all end up eating a mountain side a time or two
This is where I was really able to distinguish between the ghost, allowing me to pull a few car lengths, and then even farther in the last two 90's thanks to that help in the center. So while being nearly identical in sector 1, this adjustment really paid off in sectors 2 & 3, with a final time of 1:11.281, which is very impressive. Maybe with some more seat time, I can grow to love this tune, if it's gunna be that much faster. It wasn't worth it for the same lap times, but for a 4 tenth gain, I can adapt
Test #2 - Toe
*First I should mention, I left the rear spring rate at the -10% value.
RJ disagree's with the extreme toe used by the other tunes. I'm inclined to agree, because I'm not personally a fan of toe values that exceed .20. BUT... in the last tests, the toe helped this car immensely and I'm willing to give up my beliefs if it means a faster car
So, since I found Praiano's toe value to be the best so far, even when combined with slump's tune, I decided to throw them back on this tune and see what happens. (-70 / +50)
Doing this, makes the car feel extremely more stable. Straight line stability is enough that I can actually let go of the wheel, the car is much less likely to slide on hard corner entry as well, which is a nice comfort. Finally these toe settings help with the ability to get back to the throttle, with better traction, less sliding around. However... The downside of the toe, is that it creates some understeer from the center out. Which ended up making the car slower in the big picture. I think it would be best to find a happy medium between the 2 extremes, to get the best handling, while retaining the most amount of control, so I'll focus on that later, once we get further down the tuning line. Now, I believe I'm still using the 0/-50 ballast right now, so possible taking that off, may help with the understeer a touch, but even so, the toe needs to be dialed in to a happy medium.
Tl;dr GET TO WORK RJ! I want to break the 10's! No excuses, play like a champion, rule #17!
Seriously?
