Tips for Formula GT Championship?

[John5788]

Hello,

I've been practicing Fuji for a few days with the Formula Gran Turismo, but I seem to be only setting consistently 1:19 laps. I think I need to be doing around 1:15 on Fuji in order to get first place.

Anyone have video commentary tips on what to do in the corners to be faster? I cant seem to be faster than 1:19.252.

 

[1241Penguin]

This particular championship is one of the only races where you will not get a power advantage. I advise you to drive as best as you can.

 

[Midnight Snacks]

Just use Skid Recovery Force. It might not be fair, but it basically guarantees a win.

 

[IceMan PJN]

Just use Skid Recovery Force. It might not be fair, but it basically guarantees a win.

I really hate seeing people submit "turn on driving aids" as tips. That's essentially "turn on Easy Mode". Naturally easy mode would be easier. That doesn't make him better, though. If he wants to get better, he needs something other than "turn on Easy Mode".

EDIT:

 

[Senojelyk]

Another thing you can do is head over to the tuning forum. There are some good tunes over there that will make your FGT handle significantly better through the turns. When I did it I was beating them by almost a second each lap.

 

[John5788]

I really hate seeing people submit "turn on driving aids" as tips. That's essentially "turn on Easy Mode". Naturally easy mode would be easier. That doesn't make him better, though. If he wants to get better, he needs something other than "turn on Easy Mode".

EDIT:

thanks for the video, but it looked like he did a 1:20 or so lap in that car. i've been taking the same lines more or less doing 1:19, but i cannot beat A spec mode.

 

[FishHunters]

I know very little about F1's, however, from what I've heard from Adrian Newey (Red Bull Chief Tech) modern F1's have some form of traction control. Anyone know the real deal? When I do that race I'd definitely like to set up the car exactly like a real formula car would be.

 

[Tonkz]

I suggest you practise on the Monaco track folks...

if you can win that race, you'll breeze the rest of them

 

[BLACKNESS78]

I had only got 5th on Monaco with a ds3 until last night with my new g27 wheel and I managed to come first after crashing and coming from dead last.

So much better with a wheel! Otherwise use srf, asm and tc1.

 

[hywelkidd]

I know very little about F1's, however, from what I've heard from Adrian Newey (Red Bull Chief Tech) modern F1's have some form of traction control. Anyone know the real deal? When I do that race I'd definitely like to set up the car exactly like a real formula car would be.

F1 cars up until about 2008 had TC (the FGT is based on the 2004 regs). I think the 2004 cars had TC.

 

[Jose']

Turn the ASM on and leave the skid recovery off.

 

[isildur]

Bro..I will not start quoting tuning tips as I know zilch about them. What I do know though is that I completed this championship about 3 weeks ago using the settings as they were when I bought the fgt. I then set everything to off except abs at 1 and steering sensitivity at 5. I found its all in the mind. You have to believe you can do it. You cannot win it in the first lap of Fuji. Be consistent with your lap time and avoid spinning out. Also draft whenever you can.

I actually convinced myself I could not do it. Then 3 weeks ago I thought, hold on, I have bronzed the redbull challenge and driven the car on nurb, surely I can win the fgt. Three hrs later I had golded all except bronze at cote d'azur.

Goodluck with it. Let us know how you fare.

 

[GTBJW]

I was stuck on this for awhile until last week. I tuned the FGT according to Jorday's tune at http://www.gt5-tuning.com/index.php?title=Formula_Gran_Turismo and I beat every race on the first try. The closest margin of victory was on Cote d'Azur with 3 second lead and I crashed into the chicane one time. I raced each one to practice and gold them, then I ran through the championship and won easily.

 

[Lambob]

I stumbled upon this in the tuning subforum today,
Here is a new winning thread, IMHO:
credit to platinum member: Budious

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5172136#post5172136

p.s, if you drive with a wheel, most if not all driving aids actually impede your driving inputs, resulting in lackluster feel and performance, of the car on track. Keep all aids to off, and learn to drive and tame the car with your eye on the speed and lines.

 

[TheFlyingKiwi]

Does anyone know if it's similar to the seasonal Ferrari Formula events in terms of AI pace. (I already know the fgt isn't that great handling comparative to the Ferraris).

 

[jpressley101]

If you come upon a race in the rain, soften up your suspension. It helps a lot.

 

[zuperkiwi]

What I did:
-TC: 1
-Slip recovery: on
I did not change any other settings (suspension etc.)

Some see it as cheating, I see it as using what the game provides
The car is much to powerful for me to drive without TC.

 

[JTSnooks]

Skid recovery is like turning on arcade mode. You lose any semblance of reality, but it makes the game really easy and let's any monkey control the car.

You could always try that.

 

[budious]

I stumbled upon this in the tuning subforum today,
Here is a new winning thread, IMHO:
credit to platinum member: Budious

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5172136#post5172136

p.s, if you drive with a wheel, most if not all driving aids actually impede your driving inputs, resulting in lackluster feel and performance, of the car on track. Keep all aids to off, and learn to drive and tame the car with your eye on the speed and lines.

Hope you find it of use. Tire choice is very important per track with this car as well as this is an example car of when Race Soft can be too much. I posted my tire option per suspension setup on particular tracks where I felt those combinations produced stable lap times. I use DS3 so wheel users probably fair better times on top of mine. I can drive the car with DS3 with no aids, only ABS=1 for me. Since I do tweak for DS3 play, I do hear wheel users opinion that my tunes can understeer, I have added a fifth foot note with camber and toe fine tune options that may assist. Also, I will look to get a rain specific suspension setup posted in the next day or two as I know the current options are a bit stiff on wet surfaces.

Rain Suspension Setup is now available.