My setup for Stretch Up And Down. It's meant more as a reference (see below) than anything else. I may not stick to it myself, since the transmission is a little short, for I felt that for a start I needed a reminder to not fly out of the Conrod straight in an unfortunate sense. I did a 2 minute 9 second lap (last one of that race) with it. Since Mount Panorama Circuit seems to be one of the better tracks in the game as far as surface detail and thus force feedback goes, this setup is supposed to accentuate that. So the feeling is of a very light weight race car. A practice lap on an empty track might be useful even for determining if you agree with this, or if it's just too out there.
Tyres as they come from the car and the race limit, racing hard.
Suspension height 90/90
spring rate 7.82 / 13.72
dampers comp. 6/6
dampers ext. 5/5
ARB 3/3
camber < 0/0
toe < 0 / 0.12 (a stretch?)
Brake balance 8/7
Transmission easy mode: top speed 290 km/h (which gives a 0.901 6th gear if you are not with the metric)
Differential gear standard (7 / 30 / 15)
Engine tuning #3, High RPM Turbo kit, makes for a usable rpm range of 7000..9500 except for top speed to ten thousand.
Downforce 200 front, 266 rear.
From memory and the replay of my best lap (where I was first throughout):
For turn one I can't say where I brake, I look into the corner and there's just that opaque barrier on the left.
The end of Mountain Straight, I'll mean to brake at the latter service road, just before the left side billboard, which means fourth gear when I get to have the racing line, but third won't be a major drawback.
Turn three can be full throttle, but that leaves little margin for any error, and if I do it with even one car ahead I consider my chances of a clean getaway slim. Changing to fifth gear may just increase that margin a little, depending on if that extra downshift then is detrimental or advantageous for The Cutting.
I want to use third there, but on this lap I came in a little hot, skidded and that wild turbo thing made me shift to second.
I remember doing an outside pass in the fast entry left, where the track dips down for a second, but I don't think I knew what I was getting INTO. Avoid this, especially if you aim to not knock your/any car.
Down then.
(I tend to) Brake a car length before the banner, but cease and apply "some" throttle in 4th to have the rear tyres participate soundly. The Esses (hey, it says so in huge letters) include a sharp dip and should again be under some throttle but in third gear. This is one of the most treacherous parts with or without company, be prepared to do anything. Failure will easily cost you - and others - over ten seconds, as you become a flimsy road block and the walls prevent you from ducking out.
The next braking ideally is at Forrest's Elbow, that opens to the fast section. Stay smooth in third gear. I was surprised when I once passed three on lap two, I don't know if that's deliberate to give more opportunities for low power cars that don't have high top speed.
That's the reason why Conrod Straight should be approached with caution, now. The contestants drive very differently than on the Mountain Straight. They move sideways a lot, so counterintuitively, the higher your relative speed, and the wider the gap, the safer the overtake. If it's A. Polo or another high powered one, it's quite alright to wait until the braking game to pass.
This chicane is in third gear and the red & white is so steep it may be best to avoid grazing all that.
The last corner it's fine to start braking when past the divider, on the left. Probably a tenth of a second later, too.
So whether it's because of similar or different things and regardless of which settings you pick, I hope you enjoy.
even more at rain events and my mistakes are more when it needs to slow down and control a run.
