RKM Motorsport - Tuned Tuners - May '13

[Lampuhkap]

RKM Motorsport’s Civic VTi-R

I used your LSD and suspension settings on my daily driven Civic Type-R.
As u know, streetlegal is my theme. So its on full weight, is stiffend, bolt on performance upgrades, full suspension and sport soft.

Damn this thing is good! It has good grip, almost 235hp right now, what is more than enough. And its fast. Ok, my tranny needs work, but that would throw me off my streetlegal theme. Its just screams at you, FASTER FASTER! A real great setup man! Thumbs up!

I used it at Tsukuba and Deep Forest and Laguna Seca, this baby eats corners alive

 

[C-ZETA]

By the way, Roj, my stock R10 TDI has 699bhp. You can give it either an oil change or an engine restoration. In case you didn't know, restorations cost 500 Cr. on DLC cars.

 

[Onboy123]

Right…quick heads up on things to come from me if I get out of the uMadson syndrome.
1. 'Bahn stormers' three way review/shootout between the Ikeamobile, Autobahn SL and Wutend Deutsch
2. 'insert weird title' review of the LS6>LS7 and possibly pitting it against a stock 'vette Z06 RM as a bonus
3. 'insert another weird title, probably something like The Art of Evolution or something stupid like that to do with evolving' review of the Type R Zero
4. GCSE
5. More GCSE
6. Getting bored with all these GCSEs
7. Blows up. Stops GTP'ing for a while, logs in, spams RKM with reviews that were being done while I was being blown up.

 

[VTiRoj]

*ahem* GT-R.

Do not want.

I used your LSD and suspension settings on my daily driven Civic Type-R.
As u know, streetlegal is my theme. So its on full weight, is stiffend, bolt on performance upgrades, full suspension and sport soft.

Damn this thing is good! It has good grip, almost 235hp right now, what is more than enough. And its fast. Ok, my tranny needs work, but that would throw me off my streetlegal theme. Its just screams at you, FASTER FASTER! A real great setup man! Thumbs up!

I used it at Tsukuba and Deep Forest and Laguna Seca, this baby eats corners alive

Now you know how I felt when I first bought and tuned the car and couldn't afford to do much to it. "WOAH GT5 HAS EPIC FF PHYSICS!"

Thanks for giving the VTi-R a go!

By the way, Roj, my stock R10 TDI has 699bhp. You can give it either an oil change or an engine restoration. In case you didn't know, restorations cost 500 Cr. on DLC cars.

But then it wont have 666bhp. And yeah, my 787B enjoys it's 500 Cr. refresh every few thousand miles.

 

[GT350GT]

OMG! i've got to use pikachu! anyway where did all these tunes come from!

 

[VTiRoj]

OMG! i've got to use pikachu! anyway where did all these tunes come from!

From the darkness.

Little notice to anyone using the Gallant Allroad tune, it turns out I got the parts list wrong. It's now correct thanks to C-ZETA.

 

[Onboy123]

Little notice to anyone using the Gallant Allroad tune, it turns out I got the parts list wrong. It's now correct thanks to C-ZETA.

Soooo smart Now, for my Celica Allroad! That's it! I've decided. The Celica will be the Gallant's rival!

 

[C-ZETA]

From the darkness.

Little notice to anyone using the Gallant Allroad tune, it turns out I got the parts list wrong. It's now correct thanks to C-ZETA.

Good to help you out.

Soooo smart Now, for my Celica Allroad! That's it! I've decided. The Celica will be the Gallant's rival!

Speaking of which...I have a Celica ST185 which is a full mod currently and could be made into an allroader. Problem is there's already a ST185 Rally Car in the game...and it has SPIKES OF DEATH on it.

But it would be good practice for my shootout

 

[Onboy123]

Speaking of which...I have a Celica ST185 which is a full mod currently and could be made into an allroader. Problem is there's already a ST185 Rally Car in the game...and it has SPIKES OF DEATH on it.

But it would be good practice for my shootout

Well, the one he's doing is the ST165, cuz it's as old as the Galant, which makes it a better rival!

 

[noisiaturismo]

RKM Motorsport’s R10 TDI Stealth

Is it me or do your cars almost always have number 69...

Will try this setup however

 

[VTiRoj]

Is it me or do your cars almost always have number 69...

Will try this setup however

69 is my racing number. I use it on any car that allows custom numbers.

 

[uMadson?]

69 is my racing number. I use it on any car that allows custom numbers.

Go slap that sticker on the RKM turtle's shell then

 

[JackWilson]

Just to let you guys know I borrowed your DC5 LSD settings on my DC2, they fit nicely thanks!

 

[VTiRoj]

Go slap that sticker on the RKM turtle's shell then

.69.e

Just to let you guys know I borrowed your DC5 LSD settings on my DC2, they fit nicely thanks!

Nice to know, thanks! 👍

 

[GT350GT]

GTP Name:GT350GT

Your Car:Elise 96 NON RM only able to use type A aero! Dodge Challenger NON RM no aero kits!
Sending Your Own Car? No
If No, Specify Car Details: 550PP/600PP Endurance racer on racing Hards please
Tuning Request:
Link To Review:https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5763113#post5763113
Is that it LOL?

 

[GT350GT]

Oh well at least you got them right 👍

 

[Highlandor]

Hi Kyle..

I didn't get round to trying the Vette C5 tune today, apologies, but I had a go with your Lotus Esprit V8 tune.

I was impressed how it went round trial mountian in the practice race, if I hadn't of had a very sideways german in front of me for the first two laps I think I might have been able to stick with you a little better in my pimped Cali as once I got past Corse the split times stayed the same (I bet you're gonna tell me you slowed down last 2 laps now ).

Anytime you want a rematch.....

Anyways...

Same issue with the Lotus as with the NSX, nothing wrong with the setup, only problem was sitting infront of seat and behind steering wheel .

Traction issues owing to my rather 'heavy' right foot meant I couldn't appreciate the tune as much as others, but it felt much better than I remember it did when I tried it a few months back.

Then, I tried it a Cape Ring, today, I was having a little play with the crazy young pup Callum (yep, he kicked my ass today too), we had a few laps around the Nurburgring GP circuit practice, before doing some races.

I compared lap times (in race - not free run) between your Esprit tune and mine, they, and the traction issues were very similiar (we were running 8 lap races).

I then did a little experiment, I added my LSD setting to your suspension settings (hope you don't mind, it was just an experiment). The grip levels of the car was transformed, but the natural and balanced feel of the front of the car was gone, it struggled to change direct and turn in as well as with your diff settings, but excited the corner better. Which is only to be expected, as your settings were for guys who have far superior throttle control upon exit than me (I'm presuming).

All in all it was a pretty cool little session, I was surprised how well the Esprit handled and felt with such hard srpings and dampers - mine were alot softer. But the Grand Prix circuit is quite flat and reasonably smooth -however, it was still an eye opener.

Overall, the same problem occurred with all three setups, by lap 6 tyre wear started to kick in, then it was a steep and steady slope (VERY) quickly downhill, quickly ending up with virtually no rear tyres left.

I know this is 'driver' style rather than setups issue, but I still found it interesting how three different setups produced similiar results in tear wear and lap times, but the 'feel' of the car was very different.

I love the way both the NSX and Esprit turns in, if only I could get that mixed with the traction from my LSD settings, the car would be awesome, but I still think the 350 would kick it's (Esprit V8) a55.

Looking forward to trying the Vette, gonna be a bit busy over the next few days as we're testing a whole new class of car for next season in our race series, but I should be able to try the Vette out shortly, might even re-dial in the Emporar's settings into the IV too

Many thanks for popping in last night, appreciate it. 👍

Thanks
H

 

[Rotary Junkie]

Hi Kyle..

I didn't get round to trying the Vette C5 tune today, apologies, but I had a go with your Lotus Esprit V8 tune.

I was impressed how it went round trial mountian in the practice race, if I hadn't of had a very sideways german in front of me for the first two laps I think I might have been able to stick with you a little better in my pimped Cali as once I got past Corse the split times stayed the same (I bet you're gonna tell me you slowed down last 2 laps now ).

I did actually slow down those last 2. I was waiting for Callum. My only flat-out lap was lap 3 and it wasn't particularly good. I think I may tweak the Esprit a bit more soonish to be honest.

Anytime you want a rematch.....

Sure.

Anyways...

Same issue with the Lotus as with the NSX, nothing wrong with the setup, only problem was sitting infront of seat and behind steering wheel .

Traction issues owing to my rather 'heavy' right foot meant I couldn't appreciate the tune as much as others, but it felt much better than I remember it did when I tried it a few months back.

Then, I tried it a Cape Ring, today, I was having a little play with the crazy young pup Callum (yep, he kicked my ass today too), we had a few laps around the Nurburgring GP circuit practice, before doing some races.

I compared lap times (in race - not free run) between your Esprit tune and mine, they, and the traction issues were very similiar (we were running 8 lap races).

I then did a little experiment, I added my LSD setting to your suspension settings (hope you don't mind, it was just an experiment). The grip levels of the car was transformed, but the natural and balanced feel of the front of the car was gone, it struggled to change direct and turn in as well as with your diff settings, but excited the corner better. Which is only to be expected, as your settings were for guys who have far superior throttle control upon exit than me (I'm presuming).

All in all it was a pretty cool little session, I was surprised how well the Esprit handled and felt with such hard srpings and dampers - mine were alot softer. But the Grand Prix circuit is quite flat and reasonably smooth -however, it was still an eye opener.

Overall, the same problem occurred with all three setups, by lap 6 tyre wear started to kick in, then it was a steep and steady slope (VERY) quickly downhill, quickly ending up with virtually no rear tyres left.

Hmmm... My Esprit seems to push a bit instead if I'm honest.

I know this is 'driver' style rather than setups issue, but I still found it interesting how three different setups produced similiar results in tear wear and lap times, but the 'feel' of the car was very different.

I love the way both the NSX and Esprit turns in, if only I could get that mixed with the traction from my LSD settings, the car would be awesome, but I still think the 350 would kick it's (Esprit V8) a55.

Try mixing the diffs around a bit. Keep the initial and decel around where I have them, but turn down accel until you can more safely mat the gas.

Looking forward to trying the Vette, gonna be a bit busy over the next few days as we're testing a whole new class of car for next season in our race series, but I should be able to try the Vette out shortly, might even re-dial in the Emporar's settings into the IV too

Many thanks for popping in last night, appreciate it. 👍

Thanks
H

Looking forward to it. I've got a sneaking suspicion the Vette might be a bit loose on throttle for you (near 500hp on S3s does that it seems) but it should be quite good.

 

[Highlandor]

I did actually slow down those last 2. I was waiting for Callum. My only flat-out lap was lap 3 and it wasn't particularly good. I think I may tweak the Esprit a bit more soonish to be honest.

DOH..... knew it

Sure.

Cool

Hmmm... My Esprit seems to push a bit instead if I'm honest.

Yeah, my bad - sorry Kyle, I totally forgot to tell you that I used a different steering sensitivty for the Esprit from the NSX.

NSX was on default (0) and the Esprit was on maximum (7), so I was turning the car alot more than the NSX - I think this will explain why there's a difference.

I tried both settings on both cars and found the max setting on the Esprit was more similiar to the NSX. so I went with that for the test run..

In future, I think I'll put my sensitivity on default when testing other's cars, it seems this is a more accurate reflection of the settings others are using to tune thier cars. I'm guessing this is going to affect the tunes I give out aswell now....oh dear, hope I don't have to re-do everything for other people from now on..

I'll go back to the Esprit and look at it again with the default settings.

Try mixing the diffs around a bit. Keep the initial and decel around where I have them, but turn down accel until you can more safely mat the gas.

Cool, cheers, I'll give that a go 👍

Looking forward to it. I've got a sneaking suspicion the Vette might be a bit loose on throttle for you (near 500hp on S3s does that it seems) but it should be quite good.

Hmmm, yeah, always is a problem, max BHP for sports softs online for me is around 450bhp-ish for a RWD/MR, but as the Vette is little heavier maybe this will counter balnce it, either way, I just bought a Vette especially for testing this, so looking forward to it..

Look forward to catching up with you soon..

Regards
H

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Whaa, RJ's back in the game? SWEEEEEEET

 

[Dennisch]

I don't know if anybody ever mentioned it, but I used your Enzo tune, loved it quite a bit, but still something wasn't quite right, I added 40kg to -25, so in the front, and it shaved an average of 7 seconds of my times on Le Mans... Just to let you guys know.

 

[XDesperado67]

I don't know if anybody ever mentioned it, but I used your Enzo tune, loved it quite a bit, but still something wasn't quite right, I added 40kg to -25, so in the front, and it shaved an average of 7 seconds of my times on Le Mans... Just to let you guys know.

Just a note if you place your ballast at -50 you can get the same weight distribution for less weight and less weight is pretty much always better.

 

[Dennisch]

Just a note if you place your ballast at -50 you can get the same weight distribution for less weight and less weight is pretty much always better.

Yeah that's something I have been trying,it took me 90 minutes to figure this setup out, but it just seems to be better at -25.

 

[VTiRoj]

GTP Name:GT350GT

Your Car:Elise 96 NON RM only able to use type A aero! Dodge Challenger NON RM no aero kits!
Sending Your Own Car? No
If No, Specify Car Details: 550PP/600PP Endurance racer on racing Hards please
Tuning Request:
Link To Review:https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5763113#post5763113
Is that it LOL?

I cant do you a 2-for-1 with that review I'm afraid. 1-for-1 sure.

I don't know if anybody ever mentioned it, but I used your Enzo tune, loved it quite a bit, but still something wasn't quite right, I added 40kg to -25, so in the front, and it shaved an average of 7 seconds of my times on Le Mans... Just to let you guys know.

Yeah we've been told before. We've not gone back and tested it ourselves though.

 

[Turtle]

My Little Ferrari: A review of the Ferrari 458F by an aquatic reptile thing.
I'm glad I was low on funds and decided to do a bit of grinding at La Sarthe, (By low on funds I mean I was at 5 mil.) and instead of using the Enzo, I used the 458 tune you have. Now I won't lie, my lap times were much slower than with the enzo but to be fair the Enzo was on racing softs and, well, it's an Enzo. What did you expect on a course with such a long straight? But it was so much more fun to drive the 458, I thought I was using racing medium tires when I was on sports soft tires, no joke, the tune is just THAT good. Instead of marathon long braking distances Like the Enzo has, I have braking distances like a proper supercar has. The car is like it's on rails sometimes but it doesn't take crap from anyone. Hammer that throttle too early and it'll throw you like you were on the back of the horse of the famous Ferrari emblem and you pissed that horse off. Overall I give this tune a... 9.5/10


Why not perfect you ask? on some corners it has a tad of understeer, but it really isn't bad at all, I just hate understeer so much you have no idea, now oversteer, that's fun stuff.

But I really wasn't planning on writing this review, but I felt like this tune was very good and I want others to try it, once again, the tune is that good. Keep on tuning guys. Tomorrow or the next day I'll compare the Enzo and SV hopefully.

Pros: Very quick in the corners, fun to drive, it doesn't need racing slicks
Cons: Understeer in highspeed corners (for me), hammer the throttle too early and you could have a problem (though it is fun).
I hope you like this review, not really anything special but like I said, I wasn't planning on writing this, so it was just improvised.

 

[Onboy123]

I cant do you a 2-for-1 with that review I'm afraid. 1-for-1 sure.

Well…you've done something similar for me before…I'd write and post a review, a few days later request a car, and then another car, and you'd never say no

 

[GT350GT]

well Roj wouuld you just do the 1970 Challenger R/T then please, thanks by the way lol i didnt want you to do them both i was giving you a choice but no worries and could you make it a Racing Hard Endurance monster 550/600pp your choice mate 👍

 

[cactusOnR]

RKM Motorsport’s NSX-R 3rd Anniversary

Based on: Honda NSX Type R ‘02

RKM Motorsport’s NSX Type R Zero

Based on: 2002 Honda NSX-R

After doing tests of several peoples NSX-R tunes. I decided I don't really like this car. Here its what I made of the Stock car and the 3 RKM versions.
To see the full NSX right up head over here.


Stock:
High speed ring -1:15.224
Deep Forest Raceway revers - 1:27.716

This car didn't really have any problems on the high speed ring apart from the first right hander after the bridge. The under steer meant I had to slow down a lot more then I thought I should have.
On Deep forest, I got caught out by a few of the tighter turns with both the under and over steer. The car feel slow in acceleration and doesn't corner well. Very disappointing car.


RKM's: - this tune has been updated since test new results to come. currently using settings from (16th Aug 2011 - Revised settings III.)
High speed ring - 1:08.510
Deep Forest Raceway revers - 1:21.744

50 less BHP than the Finn's tune but it is tuned for track racing.
This car kept the handling style of the original car with a lot more BHP begin sent to the wheels. It does of course stick to the track better than the original but with all the extra power I was still getting the under steer issues and over steer on the slow corners. Best track tune I've tested so far, but needs to be driven properly. You need to slow down tooth right speed for the corner and feather the throttle out of the corner. Just not my style.


RKM re-tune this is the updated tune
High speed ring - 1:09.xxx
Deep Forest Raceway revers - 1:19.724

re-tune hasn't helped me with this car on the high speed ring. Tried 7 laps and consistently .5 to 1 second down on each lap. No idea if this is just me or the re-tune that's done this.
Deep Forest reverse, well the drop in lap time gives you a good idea how much better this tune handles the corners. It under and over steers less. This is the sort of car I was expecting from the tunes. Great work RKM. Not so hot on the big open track but this re-tune really does make the NSX-R a car worth tacking out on the feisty tracks.


RKM RJ's tune
High speed ring - 1:09.096
Deep Forest Raceway revers - 1:20.943

Very similar to the first RKM tune on the high speed ring. Deep forest reverse this is where RJ's tune came in to it's own. It knocked almost a second off the first RKM tunes time. This tune feels really good it sticks to the road slot better then the others. The is still under and over steer but both are more controllable. Te over steer is infect quite a lot of fun. It doesn't make for the fastest lap times but if feels good to keep a long drift going round some of the long corners.

 

[GT350GT]

CRIMSON R REVIEW
Well i havnt been using your FF tunes, dont know why but i thought id try this one "The Crimson R" Running on COMFORT SOFTS! at first i thought you had made a typo error but you said "Comfort tyres and front wheel drive don’t usually mix well, but after a few laps in the Crimson R, you’ll reconsider." and seen as its an RKM tune i thought, why not! so off i went and bought a DC5 and placed the RKM tune on it. To the "Ring" i went! at the first corner i understeered right into the wall."Whats wrong here then?" i said,after a few more tries i realised you had to alter your driving style especially with the crimson! but this is NOT a bad thing it teaches you to drive faster, because before i drove the Crimson i was Agressive i Braked and entered at the same time causing almost all cars to oversteer, but after a full lap at "the Ring" i realised that you have to Brake then enter very smoothly, this made my lap times faster by about 1 second, i absolutely love this car! i was online the other day in a "Comforts only lobby" at "The Ring" and i was just cruising in the Crimson R in about 4th Gear, i came out of the Karussel and BAM! a Chavy M5 passed me with Bright Green wheels, i snapped down the gears with my controller and set of in chase, i used every ounce of power as the RKM suspension cushioned and guided my every move. i was catching up with every corner! i got to Eschbach and came round the outside of the M5 and it was neck-and-neck all the way to Pflanzgarten-2 where he pulled away on the straight, he slowed down and we had a race round the "Ring" he bet me by 2 seconds, i asked him how much power the M5 had he said it was pumping out around 750hp, he asked me how much power the Crimson R had, i said 230hp, he didnt belive me! it just shows a good tune is just as good as stupendous amounts of power:tup:i went for a fast lap.I posted an 8.13.644 with a little inspection of the grass at Eiskurve Sorry Juliet, Crimson R is my New Favourite

2 Hours later: Just done a clean faster lap of 8.12.458 round "The Ring" but i reckon if i had a full day i could get lower than 8.10's if i tried my absolute hardest

Well Done RKM for making me belive that FF is crazy fast !

 

[C-ZETA]

Have you heard about the LSD adjustment glitch yet Roj?

Any Civics or Integras are in jeopardy now - you can't change the LSD on FFs. Good thing we did the FF Shootout before the glitch struck