RKM Motorsport - Tuned Tuners - May '13

[kingmoshoeshoe2]

First of all great work right there! I have tried several tunes and they all worked perfect for me~ I have a question about the transmission setting for the R34 Black Edition though, after I have set the top speed to 320 km/h (199 mph), I found that I am not able to tune the remaining gear ratios according to the stated values (1st: lowest available = 3.920; 2nd: lowest available = 2.695 and so on...). Any fix on this? Thanks in advance!

Yes - after setting the top speed, go for final gear ratio next, before the individual gears - worked that way for me

 

[danlimski]

Apparently it's access to a naked chics forum, 'nuff said!

👍 Woo hoo ... go naked chicks.

 

[VTiRoj]

First of all great work right there! I have tried several tunes and they all worked perfect for me~ I have a question about the transmission setting for the R34 Black Edition though, after I have set the top speed to 320 km/h (199 mph), I found that I am not able to tune the remaining gear ratios according to the stated values (1st: lowest available = 3.920; 2nd: lowest available = 2.695 and so on...). Any fix on this? Thanks in advance!

Yes - after setting the top speed, go for final gear ratio next, before the individual gears - worked that way for me

This.

Also, if you're using a different turbocharger or engine tuning, instead of what we've used, you may find different gear ratio ranges. The best thing to do is to get as close as possible with what you have. 👍

👍 Woo hoo ... go naked chicks.

Wooooooo!

 

[VicioustC]

Any plans with tuning an FC RX-7? You guys did wonders with the FD and the RX-8 so I was surprised the FC got skipped out on. It's fun to drive in stock form, but I know it's got tons of potential if you guys work your magic on it.

 

[smalldave]

major thankyous are due to the member(s) of the team who made the Peugeot 908 tune - finally I can consistently lap at Sarthe without TC btw, is a 3:31.xxx good round there? The car needs £1mill repairs, and I was using ABS 1, racing hard tyres. there's still plenty of time over one lap to come as i wasnt pushing very hard, but after using your tune I could drive that time for about 7 laps ... till it began raining.
once again, thankyou muchly!

 

[VTiRoj]

Any plans with tuning an FC RX-7? You guys did wonders with the FD and the RX-8 so I was surprised the FC got skipped out on. It's fun to drive in stock form, but I know it's got tons of potential if you guys work your magic on it.

I think RJ is going to do one, not sure. I've got one that I tuned for the seasonal but it's using RX-8 suspension settings. If RJ doesn't want to do the FC, I'll get round to doing one. 👍

major thankyous are due to the member(s) of the team who made the Peugeot 908 tune - finally I can consistently lap at Sarthe without TC btw, is a 3:31.xxx good round there? The car needs £1mill repairs, and I was using ABS 1, racing hard tyres. there's still plenty of time over one lap to come as i wasnt pushing very hard, but after using your tune I could drive that time for about 7 laps ... till it began raining.
once again, thankyou muchly!

You're welcome! Although I cant take any credit, it's all RJ's work. 3:31 is pretty good, even better that you can consistantly do it. 👍 And don't worry about repairs, it takes ages before you'll notice any loss in body stiffness anyway.

Audi R8 V10 updated. The NSX LM Road Car is next, but I need to contact the owner so I can borrow it again.

 

[Akmuq]

I'm reviewing the TVR Tuscan Speed 6 tune. It's like an awesome car, made better. I use it for my TVR league and it's almost impossible to spin. It's faster then Ferrari's and Lambourghini's at most tracks. It's extremley fun to drive and it's buetiful(unrelated, I know)
Overall, perfect tune 10/10:tup:.

 

[thesrdic]

Would it count if I did a review of the spyker rotary junkie tuned for me for an earlier review?

 

[Rotary Junkie]

Any plans with tuning an FC RX-7? You guys did wonders with the FD and the RX-8 so I was surprised the FC got skipped out on. It's fun to drive in stock form, but I know it's got tons of potential if you guys work your magic on it.

It'll be getting some love soon. Sadly, it doesn't have near as much grip as the FD so it's as a result rather slow by my standards.

major thankyous are due to the member(s) of the team who made the Peugeot 908 tune - finally I can consistently lap at Sarthe without TC btw, is a 3:31.xxx good round there? The car needs £1mill repairs, and I was using ABS 1, racing hard tyres. there's still plenty of time over one lap to come as i wasnt pushing very hard, but after using your tune I could drive that time for about 7 laps ... till it began raining.
once again, thankyou muchly!

Honestly, I've no idea as to Sarthe lap times as I almost never make a complete run there (occasionally use Mulsanne to check gearing) but it's great to hear you find it comfortable. In theory, a stronger accel setting would make it faster... In practice it results in you pointing towards the inside wall every time you look at the gas.

I'm reviewing the TVR Tuscan Speed 6 tune. It's like an awesome car, made better. I use it for my TVR league and it's almost impossible to spin. It's faster then Ferrari's and Lambourghini's at most tracks. It's extremley fun to drive and it's buetiful(unrelated, I know)
Overall, perfect tune 10/10:tup:.

I hope that's not your entire review.

Would it count if I did a review of the spyker rotary junkie tuned for me for an earlier review?

Indeed it would sir. 👍

That said, know there's no way for me to fix any issues you find without you resending it or putting it on share.

 

[thesrdic]

Indeed it would sir. 👍

That said, know there's no way for me to fix any issues you find without you resending it or putting it on share.

ok cool, I've got the afternoon off uni tomorrow so I shall get on it then 👍 I'll post the settings on the review, and probably put the car on share as well, although it should still be tradeable, it was just under 250K in the used garage (would probably be 250K new)

 

[GavBlade]

Got my first win online tonight in the 430 Scuderia. It was at Daytona Road Circuit and I won by 0.057 seconds in an epic race. What a car it is, and I'm not a good driver at all but fortunately I managed to hold it together for a full race.

I was leading for virtually the whole race before I got slipstreamed going into the bus stop on the final lap but I managed to get in the slipstream myself in the final corner and take the lead back for the win.

I'm not very good at writing but I'll try and do a review of it and if I can, I'll get a video of the race in there cause I've got the replay saved.

Awesome car, thanks guys.

EDIT - The guy who came 2nd is the guy who wins almost all of the races we have

 

[Turtle]

A review of the March Super Turbo tuned by RKM Motorsport.
Pictures to come later.

Your heart thuds into your chest 300 times a minute. You squeeze your head through the helmet. Your in California at Mazda's Laguna Seca race track. Home of the infamous corkscrew. No one knows what your driving, just that it's on sports tires. The rumors that have spread are of some Concept road car with a race car version to come later. A grin creeps up on your face, "Oh, how wrong can they get?" You open the door, climb in, and sit in silence, waiting to get the green light to go out and show off your car to the crowd before the rolling start.

It isn't just your car out of place, two Nissan cars that are relatively unknown will make a special show here today. One starting in first, the other in second to last, your in last. The first car comes out: a Nissan R390 road car. Having less than 400 horsepower, it has one of the slowest acceleration times of the pack, but with a performance engineered suspension, it out-corners most of its rivals. Most. The crowd goes wild, and the cheering continues for the rest of the pack. Zondas, M5s, AC Cobras, Vipers, R8s. Typical. The last thing you say to your self before firing up the racing exhaust is "Oh, what have I gotten myself into?"

The engine revs loud and proud, no person in the crowd knowing what it is on account of the smoke surrounding the car. The SECOND your car is exposed, the cheering stops. A red, tiny, ricey, MARCH. Some giggle, others roll on the ground laughing, and although you don't hear it, one man whispers to the guy next to him:
" Dat guy on crack?" Barely touching the gas, you slowly drive around the track, letting all see. You pretend to be frustrated with the car, but you can hardly keep from cracking up.

The rolling start is under way, There is just one question: "It's a five lap race, do I have enough time to pretend like it's a normal hatchback?" The growl from the the Cobra two places in front of you snaps you back to reality, and as the Nissan GT-R Concept in front of you goes full throttle you get your answer: NO!

Your foot slams the gas pedal like it weighs a ton, and your just a little slower in the little straight at the start of the track, but that isn't what shocks the crowd, you take the hairpin at least 10 miles per hour faster than the cars here, but the question is: How? The answer is that the people at RKM Motorsport are mad geniuses, and I have the up most respect for them. Back in California, the little beast (I declare this to be the new nick-name for this car) dominates the competition, blasting past it's rivals in every bend and corner. By lap three, your in 5th place and y- Whoops, looks like you taught that Zonda a Lesson about how to tackle the corkscrew.

The only things between you and the Nissan are a Viper in 2nd, and a Yellowbird in 3rd. But in the final corner of lap four, you overtake them both. Easily. The Nissan has some major ground on you, so you put all of your attention on the road getting closer by the second after the corkscrew your up on him, and you overtake him in the next corner. victory is short lived though, it powers through the corner with its 150 hp advantage and you've been overtaken. The next seconds tell a magical tale. In which your tiny, little, ricey March passes the race-tuned Nissan. You block it and keep him from passing you on the straight, just long enough to get the win.

After the shock and disbelief dies down, you show the crowd your tires, the same sports tires that everyone was equipped with. After being handed the gargantuan solid gold trophy, you thank your friends and family. Then, you thank Roj and Rotary junkie at RKM Motorsport for the tune. Your asked if there is anything you want to say. "Yeah, next time, I'm going to bring a Mazda.


THE END
I hope everyone enjoys, I won't focus on getting pictures until after the contest. Can you guys Guess what the next review will be on?

Any way the car gets 9/10 But there is NOTHING you could do to make it better. I blame Nissan for not giving it a more powerful engine for you guys to play with. I also didn't set independent gear ratios. This race is a true story, and I raced it before you guys got around to doing independent gearing on this particular car.

Next Review: A Mazda of some-sort.

 

[kingmoshoeshoe2]

Just wanted to post some first impressions of your '08 Honda CTR of the turbocharged variety. Reading UK car magazines, the stock JDM CTR of this generation seems pretty much to be the best thing happening to the FF world more or less ever. I even considered getting the car at some point myself (not sure it is a good thing I did not - registering a JDM car in Germany after my move here from the UK might have been a nightmare).

Just for clarity, I use a DS3 controller and would not call myself a wizard behind the wheel, having started playing driving games with the GT5P. So I will most certainly accept comments of my hamfistedness as a driver, if I come to different results than most of the others

So how did the turbocharged Civic work for me? I started off by installing all the parts but leaving the settings completely stock. Which was a mistake - I should at least have modified the gearing, which I painfully found out on the first lap at GVS, when it started bumping into the limiter at ca. 230kmh. In any case the base settings, even with almost double the power were free of vices and the car would not bite. Hopping over kerbs in turn 2, or in the section between the first sector time measurement and the first tunnel left it unperturbed as did all varieties of corner mistreatments I did these in the lvl 15 Tuner Challenge race and when understeering out of the first corner on lap 3 and already far behind a chance of a good result I decided to call it a day.

I applied your settings next and went for another try. I did not feel the car was completely transformed, just a bit sharpened. I was hoping (against better judgement, really) that there was a chance for the ~400bhp FF car to work without understeering but it unfortunately did not. I guess this is not an auspicious start to winning myself the reviewer of the week title

Hugging the inside line at turn one allowed me to recapture some places lost due to the faster accelerating opponents at the rolling start and I emerged fifth. The car works quite well in the fast section between turn 1 and 3 - in fact my first sector times were only a smidge slower than the best ones with your NSX Type-R tune I tried later in the day (talking about 0.2 seconds).

It was sections 2 and 3 of GVS where I was really losing time to the others (still lvl 15 Tuner Challenge). I somehow did not manage to find an optimal way through turn 4 (much earlier braking than indicated, combined with a split second of coasting, turning in and then nailing the throttle seemed to work best for me, although that by no means indicates that this is the optimal approach).

The entry into the first tunnel was good - one of the few places where the car somehow did not show any understeer, no matter how hard I charged in. The exit from the second tunnel, onto the bridge was a place where I traditionally managed to gain quite a bit on the opponents in an FF car, however it somehow did not translate to the Civic - slowly getting on the power after the tap on the brakes mid-tunnel simply had it gradually push to the outside of the turn and depending on the severity I either had to lift or brake to ensure I did not kiss the wall upon exiting the tunnel.

Same on the exit from the third tunnel - I almost inevitably landed much further on the inside of the corner after than I wanted. The last corner then necessitated a slight lift before entry and an early turn in but the speeds both at entry and exit were solid. I tried the race twice but good results somehow did not seem forthcoming - I was running as high as fourth in the first lap but then slowly but consistently slipped down the ranks

I tried the car on two more circuits with the Tuner Challenge - Suzuka and Tokyo R246. While the 1st, 2nd and S curves on Suzuka worked well in my opinion, I had some trouble with the Gyaku, Dunlop and the second part of Degner. In each case it was understeer that I battled. The rest was OK, although I always emerged pretty badly mauled on both the Back Stretch and the Main Straight - Various unAmuse-ing S2000GT-1s do that to you I guess I abandoned this one after plowing off into the sand at Degner at lap 3 as well

Finally the Tokyo race - the speeds are up, which somehow does not suit my driving the CTR. Miss the braking zone for turn 1 and the wall beckons - I did not find a way to unsettle the car and get it somehow sideways to avoid this. Same for turn 2, although there is luckily more space for finding alternatives in this case. The car also seemed to really groan (as if it flexed) during the direction change in the fast chicane next to the Akasaka Palace (although time wise this was one of the better sections). I felt what worked best with the car on this circuit (and to a lesser extent the other ones) was pretty much a 'no, it's still too early to get back on power' approach. Disregard it and understeer on corner exit bringing you closer to walls, barriers or gravel than you initially desired is generally the result. Still, this was a circuit where I came closest to matching the other Tuner Challenge machinery.

I then decided to change my approach and took the same car to the lvl 18 Japanese Championship. There it was definitely too powerful for the group but that at least meant something was not constantly hounding you, which allowed for a more relaxed drive - and it turns out the car was no slower this way. If you take things a bit more leasurly the car simply works better - seemingly not one for the hooligan driver (or maybe just not for this particular one ). I eventually managed a low 2.05 time on GVS, which for me is a decent time with a FF car - roughly comparable to what I achieve in the MFT Focus and C30Rs (both at ~360hp, 1186kg). Admittedly I was hoping for more from a CTR with a better P/W ratio but such is life In the end it was still some 2 seconds faster per lap than with the components only, sans setup (the lower top speed will account for some but not all of that).

I also did a race on Monza and without the pressure to push in every corner it worked well overall, with my only problem being the Parabolica - again, as long as I did more braking than felt necessary and only gingerly got back on the throttle, it worked, otherwise a trip to the gravel trap ensued. The Ascari chicanes also got me into the odd 4 wheel drift but were manageable as long as you allowed for a split second breather between the braking and the turn in.

Final verdict? It is a FF car and needs to be treated as such. I felt it difficult to push in it, yet it worked very well when I relaxed a bit (i.e. when the competition was not too strong).

It is rock solid under braking, even from high speeds and pretty much no matter what you do, oversteer is not part of the repertoire (whether lift off or any other kind).

In spite of being lowered completely it still rides bumps and kerbs well and your driving line seem not to suffer too much from that.

If you do produce understeer, lifting off or a tap on the brakes both tuck the nose in somewhat, which is a definite plus - if you badly overdid it, well hope you have enough space and no walls directly adjacent.

Compared to a FR it lost ground on corner exits in my hands, simply due to not allowing you to get on the throttle equally early. And it works best if you separate your braking and steering - do them separately and clean lines are definitely possible, try both at once and it will often result in understeer or a 4 wheel drift, neither of which makes for good lap times.

Another bonus point is that the wheelspin, while rampant, somehow still produces less shaking in the controller than other fast FFs - your fillings are quite safe with this one (I seem to remember the DS3 vibrating for pretty much the whole lap at GVS for the fast Focus and C30R)

In essense it is a safe car for a novice driver in the sense that it never serves up nasty surprises, yet it also demands keeping to your braking points and separating steering from braking - not necessarily skills novices tend to have in abundance.

It is probably a good representation of a turbocharged FF car that overburdens the front wheels due to the power on tap, yet manages to remain controllable and produce very respectable lap times at the same time. As mentioned, it mirrored some sector times of your NSX Type R, which for a FF car, even if at the same P/W ratio, is simply amazing (in that regard it really is a great sleeper).

Had I not harboured such (unrealistically) high expectations for the CTR I would probably have liked it all the more 👍 As it is, it looks like I will continue spending more time in GT5 with machines propelled from the other end (or both ends) but that is not meant as a criticism of your tune, just personal preference

 

[thesrdic]

ok cool, I've got the afternoon off uni tomorrow so I shall get on it then 👍 I'll post the settings on the review, and probably put the car on share as well, although it should still be tradeable, it was just under 250K in the used garage (would probably be 250K new)

Actually scrap that, turns out I'm busy for the next few weeks, out of nowhere I've got tonnes of work to do, so I probably won't have time for a good review, good luck to all others entering though 👍

 

[kingmoshoeshoe2]

Just as a contrast to the review above, here's one of the NSX-R 3rd Anniversary. While the turbocharged Civic represented an exercise in how to manage too much power going to the wrong wheels, this is more like adding finishing touches on something already close to perfection out of the box.

Again, I used a DS3 controller and my driving skills were by no means better 2 hours after I tried the Civic.

I started by adding all the specified components to the car and doing an introductory lap on GVS to establish a baseline. As I have not yet driven a NSX in GT5 this was somewhat essential. But in a Fawlty Towers Manuel'esque moment of 'but I learn' I at least used the gearing ratios supplied by you to make the comparison fair

What can I say - slapping on the components, stock setup, same P/W ratio as the Civic, yet no issue whatsoever at whipping the opposition at the lvl 15 Tuner challenge. The NSX is just so superior a base to work from that it will easily keep a now not all that Amuse-d S2000GT-1 Turbo behind. The only issues (and we are talking splitting hairs here) I had with the base car on GVS were the need for quick steering adjustments when braking into the first corner and some easy stepping out of the rear end when accelerating out of slow corners (such as number 3, or before the entry into the third tunnel). Nothing that cannot be managed by even a reasonable novice, where the corrective opposite lock is not spot on immediately.

I then applied your settings to see how things improve. And here it starts getting problematic - I love the car but somehow that gives me less to write about

Back to GVS - the braking into the first corner is much more asured - you cannot let go off the steering wheel but it does not require constant corrections to keep in line either. Exiting tight corners, you can practically mash the throttle as hard as you please - most of the time there is no countersteering required, it just grips and goes. The car has a hint of autorotation when braking hard from high speeds but it works wonderfully as an aid to turn in. And finally, you always seem to have options available - you can get the back to step out a bit to modify your line, you can keep the car steady, you can drive it cleanly or take it by the scruff of its neck, everything goes.

Just like the Civic it rides bumps and kerbs well in spite of the maximum lowering and in spite of not being Citroen pliant, the suspension will not have the car skipping around and it seems pretty unperturbed when a wheel loses contact with the ground.

As said in the other review, the NSX was not notably faster than the Civic in the first section at GVS but absolutely murdered it elsewhere, for a time over 7 seconds faster a lap overall. And while I found it difficult to build a lead over the GT-1 Turbo, I could both easily keep it behind, or re-catch it, if I was to park off-track for not easily explained reasons I was faster in it than with the stock setup but not by nearly as much as in the Civic - the difference was on the order of 0.5 seconds per lap. However my consistency was certainly better and I can see shaving another 0.5 secs off with time.

As with the CTR I also drove the car at Suzuka and Monza. Monza was part of the lvl 18 Japanese championship, practically meaning being first at the start of Curva Grande already. With competition out of the way, I could test for behaviour more - again, the car has the same characteristics as seen at GVS. Here the difference to the CTR is perhaps most spectacular in the Ascari chicanes - the exit speed is more than 15kmh higher in the NSX and whether one steers while braking or not, there is no hint of gravel exerting a magnetic pull on the car. I had an off at Parabolica once but that's more due to my eagerness than anything to do with the car.

Nothing really new emerged about the car at Suzuka apart from the usefulness of the slight rotation under braking for the Casio Triangle. This was another Tuner challenge race and like GVS it was a doddle. It really flies through the curvy first sector and will allow very different driving lines (admitedly some probably faster). It is dragged far to the outside in the 200R but not so far for it to be a problem and a slight lift prior to the braking zone for Spoon will be enough to ward off any unwanted surprises.

Overall one of the easiest fast(ish) cars I have tried in GT5 so far and really, really great fun. Probably also a very good learning tool - the fact that you can push it harder and harder from lap to lap, and that it (at least as far as I can tell) caters to various driving styles, that it will forgive the odd late braking and early throttle application makes it both educational as well as enjoyable. And it is deceptively fast at the same time. I'd say whatever it was (apart from making the car difficult to drive), mission most certainly accomplished

 

[Turtle]

@Kingmoshoeshoe2

Great review my friend, we both took drastically different approaches but I really do like yours. Best of luck to you.

 

[kingmoshoeshoe2]

@Kingmoshoeshoe2

Great tune my friend, we both took drastically different approaches but I really do like yours. Best of luck to you.

I just made a review, not responsible for (or capable of) making the tune - your thanks really should go to the respective tuners

 

[VicioustC]

I had 20 million credits, so to clear up some space in my wallet I purchased a Volvo C30 more out of amusement than curiosity. I remember seeing your tune and how a few members absolutely loved the car.
I took it to a two lap race on the nurburgring against a few of my friends and a quarter of the way through Green Hell I found myself behind the pack, understeering into corners and losing even more ground on the straights. Regardless of these problems I was still barely managing to follow the line of TVRs, Audis, and BMW M cars that were fighting it out at the front thanks to the car's overall stability on the track and predictable understeer.
"What's going on? Was RKM and the other reviewers making a joke?"
I started to notice that the car was giving ground each time I shifted, then I remembered reading that shifting at redline wasn't how to drive the C30!

I couldn't remember what the magic RPM was, so I decided to only shift at 7k rpms. By the time I came to this realization I was already on the long home stretch of the first lap and a good 8 seconds behind the lead car.
Going into the first few sections of lap 2, I felt the car transform immediately once I started shifting before the redline. The understeer was drastically minimalized when I stopped fighting the Volvo's urge to kick its back end out and began drifting through the corners. Normally I would never let the rear slide in a front wheel drive car, but among most of RKMs FF road cars the Volvo felt incredibly stable and gave me the confidence to do it. The engine felt a lot more powerful shifting at 7k as well, the gap began to close up steadily as I was catching a few M cars in the straights! I began climbing my way to the top and ended up having an extremely heated battle against a Tuscan and an Audi S4. I couldn't believe that the humble and practical Volvo was right beside these cars battling for first!
After passing the Audi it only became a matter of biding my time and waiting for the TVR to go wild and try to kill its driver, and sure enough it did!
After the long stretch I ended up braking earlier on the slight s-curve before the right hander. The brake balance RKM chose on this hatch was genius, because as the rear kicked out, I managed to ride the oversteer into the right hander as the TVR slid out of control and into the tire wall! An upset victory over the fire spitting supercar conglomerate!
RKM has truly made a formidable machine out of the unassuming Volvo C30. If you don't have one in your garage, I highly suggest adding it NOW!

 

[VTiRoj]

A review of the March Super Turbo tuned by RKM Motorsport.

Can you guys Guess what the next review will be on?

Any way the car gets 9/10 But there is NOTHING you could do to make it better. I blame Nissan for not giving it a more powerful engine for you guys to play with. I also didn't set independent gear ratios. This race is a true story, and I raced it before you guys got around to doing independent gearing on this particular car.

Next Review: A Mazda of some-sort.

You answered your own question there. Anyway thanks for the detailed review! Very good to see the March holding it's own against powerhouse supercars. More power would be great for the March. A 6-speed gearbox would be cool too. Glad you liked it!

Just wanted to post some first impressions of your '08 Honda CTR of the turbocharged variety. Reading UK car magazines, the stock JDM CTR of this generation seems pretty much to be the best thing happening to the FF world more or less ever. I even considered getting the car at some point myself (not sure it is a good thing I did not - registering a JDM car in Germany after my move here from the UK might have been a nightmare).

Thanks for the long and detailed review! I completely understand about the understeer the CTR Turbo has. It's mainly the turbo's fault. It peaks right at the rev limiter so there's no safe zone from the inevitable wheelspin that comes with a turbocharged VTEC motor. If you remove the turbo and bump up the final ratio by 0.3, it pretty much solves everything, but it'll be slower. That said, thanks for noting the car's strengths and weaknesses, I'll definately have to tweak the understeer out. 👍

Just as a contrast to the review above, here's one of the NSX-R 3rd Anniversary. While the turbocharged Civic represented an exercise in how to manage too much power going to the wrong wheels, this is more like adding finishing touches on something already close to perfection out of the box.

Not really much I can say about this one, except that I'm sending you my next opticians bill. But yeah, thanks for another detailed review! I'm glad my constant tweaking has made a difference with the car, even if it's not that much faster but a whole lot more consistant.

Thank you both for the reviews!

In other news, NSX LM Road Car updated.

 

[axle]

I know it has been a while since my last review, there will definately be an amazing review I will be posting hopefully tonight. The main reason fory absence is that I have been hammering away with a new toy to play GT5 with.

I didn't want to post up any reviews until I got the hang of using the G25 first. Then after that I decided that the h pattern shifter and clutch should be used also which also gave a bigger learning curve. Tonight once my daughter goes to sleep I will hopefully jump on top on the review and its follow up by Thursday.

On a side note, I was wondering if anyone using a wheel, or specifically the g25/27 have a problem keeping the RKM Evo X going in a straight line. Out of all the tunes I have been testing and trying to get a hold ofthe g25, this is the only car that sways left and right going down a straight. If there is a setting or calibration, I would appreciate the help. :-)

 

[Rotary Junkie]

On a side note, I was wondering if anyone using a wheel, or specifically the g25/27 have a problem keeping the RKM Evo X going in a straight line. Out of all the tunes I have been testing and trying to get a hold ofthe g25, this is the only car that sways left and right going down a straight. If there is a setting or calibration, I would appreciate the help. :-)

Supposedly 1.06 or 1.07 was meant to fix that, apparently it hasn't.

I don't believe there's a workaround for us Logitech users but Fanatec users can set a slight deadzone in the steering which will solve it. (The Logitech wheels have zero deadzone so AYC always thinks the wheel's turned slightly... Pushing the car off to whichever side)

@VicioustC: The "correct" shift point for the C30 is 6000-6250rpm; 7000 is actually STILL costing acceleration. Also, the diff is set more for speed than consistency; you may find it "less" understeery and generally easier to drive at the original settings of 7/22/5. The current settings will ultimately be faster but make it noticeably more difficult to balance.

 

[Revelation1115]

Wow!! I love that IS-F/ALTEZZA tune! Thanks guys! It works with my IS-F RM!

 

[GavBlade]

Just doing the CR-Z tune now. Finding it hard to resist whacking a turbo on it.......!!!

 

[Turtle]

I just made a review, not responsible for (or capable of) making the tune - your thanks really should go to the respective tuners

LOL, sorry typo, I meant great REVIEW, sorry.

You answered your own question there. Anyway thanks for the detailed review! Very good to see the March holding it's own against powerhouse supercars. More power would be great for the March. A 6-speed gearbox would be cool too. Glad you liked it!

I meant which Mazda will I review? But I guess I should just tell you it's the Miata. I love that car. I'm also a sucker for a good, tossable car. Say, when you guys are done updating the current tunes, would you guys be interested in tuning a Ginetta G4?

 

[nomis3613]

After a long week of ferrying the kids to school, picking up self-assembled Swedish furniture and carrying enough groceries to feed the Russian army, the RS6 Avant was let off the leash at Suzuka. For just long enough to write a...

RS6 Avant Ikeamobile Review
Parts only (default settings)
Soft and slightly understeery, but still quite well balanced and very predictable. Brake in a straight line, then release the brakes for enthusiastic turn-in. Mid-corner, the gentle understeer can be overcome by lifting off the throttle, which tucks the nose in nicely. Suzuka turn 1 suits this handling style particularly well: gently ease the car around the first half under brakes, and then release the brakes to turn in for the second part of the “spoon” corner.

However, the understeer turns excessive at high speed. In most cars, Suzuka’s turn 7 (left hand sweeper following the S bends) is taken flat. However, as speed builds in the RS6, understeer also builds and a lift of the throttle is necessary.

I totally agree with RKM that the default gear ratios are good enough that the whiney FC transmission isn’t needed for this car. I’m sure the driver gets enough whining from the kids throughout the week, so the sound of the turboed Lambo V10 must be a welcome relief! Suzuka lap time 2:11.9

RKM Settings
The most noticeable change at the beginning is the car is a lot more eager to yaw. Suddenly the mood has changed from “stable” to “agile”. Those brake settings are quite radical, and they work well. This is another example of awakening the beast within, now the rear dances around under brakes.

High speed understeer is thankfully also gone 👍

As for the improvement against the stopwatch, ahem, that’s a bit of a complex story! I only recorded a 1.2 second improvement (2:10.7), still an impressive improvement, but well short of the car’s potential I expect. I think this car has transformed from a car that is easy to drive at the limit to a more demanding drive. Experts will extract far better times from it (compared with default settings), but beginners may actually fare worse.

Wheelspin out of tight corners is now something to be wary of (it was never a problem with default settings). I suspect the car would be slightly faster with more power going to the front wheels. But it would also be less fun, so don’t mess with the setting! This is a similar story to RKM’s tune in general, I enjoyed it a lot but my skills weren’t up to the task of extracting it’s full potential.

 

[mcm127]

What are the chances of getting a Subaru WRX STi 07 wagon tune out there guys? I can send car with full aresenal of parts to go through.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

What are the chances of getting a Subaru WRX STi 07 wagon tune out there guys? I can send car with full aresenal of parts to go through.

Without a review of an existing car? Exactly zero. I don't want to deal with yet another Kia Impreza; they're absolutely no fun compared to the older models.

With a review? 100% chance you'll get it tuned if you request it. Just... We have rules as to what constitutes a review and what doesn't.

Edit: Simon, I'll pick on that in a bit, expect a further edit.

Edit 2: @nomis3613: Thanks again for the review. There's a certain amount of understeer that you will have with 900hp going to all 4 tires in a car this long and it's good to hear it's worked out for you reasonably well. Also, are you sure it wasn't wheelspinning a bit before the settings? Slight slip of the front tires is still spin/slip, just much more difficult to notice.

 

[mcm127]

Without a review of an existing car? Exactly zero. I don't want to deal with yet another Kia Impreza; they're absolutely no fun compared to the older models.

With a review? 100% chance you'll get it tuned if you request it. Just... We have rules as to what constitutes a review and what doesn't.

Edit: Simon, I'll pick on that in a bit, expect a further edit.

I gotcha chief, that's absolutely my bad, I use your RX-7 and the S2000. I used your S2000 for all of the FR catagory races I will put up my review on that car right away.

 

[kingmoshoeshoe2]

Thanks for the long and detailed review! I completely understand about the understeer the CTR Turbo has. It's mainly the turbo's fault. It peaks right at the rev limiter so there's no safe zone from the inevitable wheelspin that comes with a turbocharged VTEC motor. If you remove the turbo and bump up the final ratio by 0.3, it pretty much solves everything, but it'll be slower. That said, thanks for noting the car's strengths and weaknesses, I'll definately have to tweak the understeer out. 👍

Will try it without a turbo and those settings - thanks! Not sure I can help with the optician (wearing glasses myself), though I guess the pun was lost on me, not being a native speaker and all.

EDIT: Actually tried it without the turbo and the modified final gear. This is much more like it The car does lose out a bit in acceleration but it no longer seems completely overburdened when steering and full throttle inputs coincide. Understeer, while still there (well, 331 bhp in a FWD car) is less of a defining feature and one can generally get on the throttle sooner than in the turbo-ed one. At GVS the first section was really slower - talking of ca. 1.5 seconds worse than the turbocharged one. However this was practically won back in the second and third sections. While my best time was just a whiff off the best with the blower, it had more to do with me not having found the perfect line for the final corner than the car not having the potential.

Took it to Suzuka and Monza as well. At Suzuka, the Dunlop curve still needed lifting or slight braking and care was still needed at Degner. Still, the best time was pretty much the same - with 70bhp less one needs to add.

Monza was the only track, where I could not match the charged times - given that it is a collection of straights, not much of a surprise However, I managed to reduce the speed difference at corner exit in the Ascari chicanes to your NSX tune to a mere 5 kmh, which is a significant improvement, simply by being able to gently get back on the throttle without the nose washing so wide. Parabolica was also a much easier take in this configuration.

In any case, thanks for the settings for the car without a turbo - for me it is certainly much more enjoyable and it is likely to get much more use in this guise

 

[VTiRoj]

In any case, thanks for the settings for the car without a turbo - for me it is certainly much more enjoyable and it is likely to get much more use in this guise

I'm glad you like it.

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