R8 5.2 FSI Quattro
- Thread starter sagaper
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I turned a 6:59 yesterday on the Nord with this setup... same car you're using obviously... my driving style on the race tracks has always been to take tight lines so I find myself on the curbs a lot, which given all the negative camber and descents you do at Nordschleife I found myself in the air or out of control a lot... fixed that by loosening the suspension up. This is the setup I used for the first Extreme Series race and I routinely beat everyone on the track by like 40+ seconds. For other tracks I drop the ride height maybe another 5mm, and increase the compression dampers maybe one click... I've been grinding on the Lv22 Extreme Euro Championship and winning with this car no problem...
All mods maxed out, w/Racing Softs:
Aero/Body-
Rear downforce: 40
Transmission-
Top Speed: 236mph
LSD-
Same as your setup
*EDIT*
Torque Sensing Diff: 50/50
Suspension-
Ride Height (F/R): -12/-10 (eliminates AWD oversteer)
Spring Rate: 10.0/10.0
Dampers Extension: 4/4
Dampers Compression: 6/5
Anti-Roll: 4/4
Camber Angle: 0.3/0.0
Toe Angle: 0.00/0.05
Brake Bias-
7/5
All driving aids off, just 1-ABS
Hope it works, let me know how you do
All mods maxed out, w/Racing Softs:
Aero/Body-
Rear downforce: 40
Transmission-
Top Speed: 236mph
LSD-
Same as your setup
*EDIT*
Torque Sensing Diff: 50/50
Suspension-
Ride Height (F/R): -12/-10 (eliminates AWD oversteer)
Spring Rate: 10.0/10.0
Dampers Extension: 4/4
Dampers Compression: 6/5
Anti-Roll: 4/4
Camber Angle: 0.3/0.0
Toe Angle: 0.00/0.05
Brake Bias-
7/5
All driving aids off, just 1-ABS
Hope it works, let me know how you do
When I want it to oversteer more I'd drop the car down and even it out (maybe -13/-13, or a little more assuming it doesn't slide around after you drop it), maybe mess with the toe setting on the front end, I believe if you toe OUT a little bit (like 0.05-0.10, not a lot) you'll get more steering response... camber will help with oversteer too. in the suspension settings there should be a help menu and it lays it out for you, what to do for stability in the corners vs. in the straights... Everything I've learned about suspension tuning comes from the online help menu...
I basically take the stock car, set everything to defaults and then run laps on a track I need to master, or one I know really well... make one change at a time until it's exactly how you want it... my process is usually, ride height first, dampers, roll bars, then once I have it as tight as I can get it or it feels good there, figure out what "wrong with it"... if it slides in the rear and you don't want it to, play with brake bias or toe and camber settings one at a time until it's doing exactly what you want... after all that I play with transmission, diff, lsd settings, etc until speed is what I like...
Hope that helps...
let me know if you have any other questions...
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I don't know if the Chrome ones are different, I can't imagine these settings would effect it too much, but I'm honestly not sure...
I just made these changes to my original setup and ran a 1:38.0 at Monza...
Ride Height: -14/-14
Dampers (compression): 7/6
The reason I keep the 50/50 differential setup is that I like to point and shoot with the AWD drive cars... when I'm going through a chicane or something of that nature I let off the throttle or tap the brakes to "snap" the car loose while steering, the car will change to the direction I want and then I jam the throttle to lock it down... works for me, but, we all drive differently
I just made these changes to my original setup and ran a 1:38.0 at Monza...
Ride Height: -14/-14
Dampers (compression): 7/6
The reason I keep the 50/50 differential setup is that I like to point and shoot with the AWD drive cars... when I'm going through a chicane or something of that nature I let off the throttle or tap the brakes to "snap" the car loose while steering, the car will change to the direction I want and then I jam the throttle to lock it down... works for me, but, we all drive differently
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- Merciless.Fire
I used someone's tuning for the R8 5.2 quattro, managed a 6:50 on Nord being fairly cautious:
Aero: 10/40
Transmission: 360
LSD: 10/40/20
Torque: 35/65
Ride Height: -10/0
Spring 10.0/10.0
Dampers (Extension): 4/4
Dampers (Compression): 6/5
Anti-roll Bars: 4/4
Camber: 0.3/0.0
Toe: 0.00/0.05
Brake: 7/5
Used Racing Softs
My driving style is fairly straight forward, trying to brake straight and then going into the turn slowly accelerating for a smooth exit, car handles very well, but tires do lose their mojo fairly quickly
EDIT: Actually, I used your tuning, and used sagaper's suggestions, so I guess I tested it out numerous times, and I can say, GREAT SUCCESS!
Aero: 10/40
Transmission: 360
LSD: 10/40/20
Torque: 35/65
Ride Height: -10/0
Spring 10.0/10.0
Dampers (Extension): 4/4
Dampers (Compression): 6/5
Anti-roll Bars: 4/4
Camber: 0.3/0.0
Toe: 0.00/0.05
Brake: 7/5
Used Racing Softs
My driving style is fairly straight forward, trying to brake straight and then going into the turn slowly accelerating for a smooth exit, car handles very well, but tires do lose their mojo fairly quickly
EDIT: Actually, I used your tuning, and used sagaper's suggestions, so I guess I tested it out numerous times, and I can say, GREAT SUCCESS!
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- WhiteHawk1889
LSD - Same as your setup?
Whats that then?
This is not good at braking at high speed. Just given it a run on Grand Valley Speedway and if I brake at speed going round the little kink leading into the first hairpin then I end up hitting the wall. I always brake late going into that hairpin and its a fantastic overtaking place but if I try to do it in this then I'll end up crashing. What can I do to change this so that its stable under braking?
EDIT - Even when I turn the turbo off it still does it. Same applies when I restore all the settings to default. I guess it just doesn't like going round that little corner
Whats that then?
This is not good at braking at high speed. Just given it a run on Grand Valley Speedway and if I brake at speed going round the little kink leading into the first hairpin then I end up hitting the wall. I always brake late going into that hairpin and its a fantastic overtaking place but if I try to do it in this then I'll end up crashing. What can I do to change this so that its stable under braking?
EDIT - Even when I turn the turbo off it still does it. Same applies when I restore all the settings to default. I guess it just doesn't like going round that little corner
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