The Rolex Sports Car Series, Season 3! Finished! Thanks Everyone!

I'm used to the understeer in the car from running the Viper. Best way to tune it out is adjusting the weight balance, firstly. I think my Rolex Viper had 48 / 52, and aside from Laguna Seca, the tyre wear was rock solid even.

I had one more lap in me in terms of tyres last night, and given you pitted either 1-2 laps further into the race with a massive gap last night, my tyres were really good.
 
Tez_SP17
I'm used to the understeer in the car from running the Viper. Best way to tune it out is adjusting the weight balance, firstly. I think my Rolex Viper had 48 / 52, and aside from Laguna Seca, the tyre wear was rock solid even.

I had one more lap in me in terms of tyres last night, and given you pitted either 1-2 laps further into the race with a massive gap last night, my tyres were really good.
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Yea I saw that. My rear tires had 7-8 good laps left when my fronts were on the cords with about 3 to go.
 
Just curious am I a reserve or no? I forgot & was wondering if I was or what we decided.
 
My ethos is that you're only as good as your weakest link. If the fronts go off quicker, the car understeers and you lose time. what's more, you lose the potential to do more laps if one end drops off quicker than the other.

I always try to make sure of even tyre wear before anything else; a lesson learned from my maiden Rolex and ALMS seasons. Then I go for getting the pace.
 
Tez_SP17
My ethos is that you're only as good as your weakest link. If the fronts go off quicker, the car understeers and you lose time. what's more, you lose the potential to do more laps if one end drops off quicker than the other.

I always try to make sure of even tyre wear before anything else; a lesson learned from my maiden Rolex and ALMS seasons. Then I go for getting the pace.
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My tire wear was even on the first stint when there was more weight in the rear of the car because there was more fuel in the car. That's a good lesson for the GT class in the Rolex series too. Fast is great, but if it doesn't last then you get passed :lol:
 
cnd01
My tire wear was even on the first stint when there was more weight in the rear of the car because there was more fuel in the car. That's a good lesson for the GT class in the Rolex series too. Fast is great, but if it doesn't last then you get passed :lol:
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Which is my main struggle with the audi. I can either have more power going to the front wheels which gives me better corner exit speeds or have less power going to the front and have better front tyre ware.
 
R0ssingt0n
Which is my main struggle with the audi. I can either have more power going to the front wheels which gives me better corner exit speeds or have less power going to the front and have better front tyre ware.
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I'm not an expert at AWD tuning simply because I don't use a lot of AWD cars in GT5. I'd focus on tire wear equality like Storm says. That way, the car's handling stays consistent through the entire stint.
 
R0ssingt0n
Which is my main struggle with the audi. I can either have more power going to the front wheels which gives me better corner exit speeds or have less power going to the front and have better front tyre ware.
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Make it 30/70. It retains the AWD drivetrain but gives you more leeway in terms of cornering and front tire wear.
 
ghskilla
Make it 30/70. It retains the AWD drivetrain but gives you more leeway in terms of cornering and front tire wear.
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It's not as cut 'n' dry as that sometimes, though. The R8's weight at its lowest makes it impossible to adjust the weight balance, otherwise going deep into the 44 / 56 balance would be my solution, among others.

Making the LSD more sensitive give a little more tyre life. 8 / 40 / 12 at the front should give you a nicer feel but gives a little understeer, but trade that off with about 15-20 front torque, and a 6 / 30 / 12 rear LSD. If you're not feeling any fishtail going into turn 1, use a little less brake balance at the front, and fiddle about with the front springs. If you can, push what little weight you can add straight to the back of the car as well.

All this risks oversteer under deceleration though, I think, so it's a very delicate balance to strike thereafter. At Daytona, Turn 1 should be everyone's top priority to make it safe and fast through there.
 
Just tweaked the suspension slightly and changed the torque distribution to 30/70 and gained pretty much a second!

And at turn one I let of the brakes a little after every gear change. That for me seems to be the safest way round.
 
I might have some overlap is all, but the other event is a pre season sort of thing, I'm just trying to work out if I will with the regular season,
 
I mis spoke earlier. I said that 47's in GT should be pole and 48's would be pace. For me, I was getting 49's in practice. Might be able to take a shot at 48's if I get a good draft.
 
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