Tuning Competition - Week 14

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Welcome to Week 14 of the GT4 Tuning Competition. Here is everything you need to know to participate.

How it Works

I start the competition every Tuesday, listing the name of the car you are to tune, and which track the settings will be tested at. You will not have to tune at that track, but it is highly recommended, since the judges will be testing there.

The judges are:
  • Fat Boy Drifter
  • inferno
  • GT40 MKII
  • Gingiba
  • Ev0 4 drifter
Once the judges are finished testing all the settings, they will rank each of them on the following categories:
  • Turn-in (entry to corners)
  • Mid-Corner response (whether the car under/oversteers mid-corner or holds the racing line well)
  • Corner exit (how quickly you can exit a corner whilst staying in good control)
  • Stability (rear end staying in line, car not 'jumping' or feeling skittish in turns)
  • Grip (start-offs, how much power can be used without the drive wheels losing traction? Does the car oversteer excessively?)
  • High-speed controllability (whether the car becomes 'frantic' and turns far too sharply at high speeds)
  • Handling while braking (are you able to easily turn the car while braking, and without going into oversteer?)
  • Acceleration (how good is it? Is there a lot of traction while doing it?)
Each category will be rated on a scale of 10 (with 10 being the best). Once the ranking is complete, all of the seperate ratings for a set-up from each judge will be compiled together for that one set-up. This is done with all the other settings, and the one with the highest ranking wins.

The judges will also write a mini-report about the settings, and how they felt driving them.

What to Tune, and Where to Tune At

You will have to tune the Holden Monaro @ Tokyo R246. You must use S3 tires, and no ASM.

Rules

  • No ASM, ballast, or nitrous is allowed.
  • You can tune the car in any way you wish, as long you use a reasonable amount of parts (ie don't slap on a sports suspension and a 1.5 LSD and expect to be judged)
  • You must list every single part you used in the PM to me with your settings. Failure to do so will result in a deduction of points.
  • You must PM Me your settings, do not post them here. PM them in the following format:
Code:
Tuner: Your Username

Car: Holden Monaro

Part List:
 
[B]Suspension[/B]
-Spring Rate: 12.0 / 12.0
-Ride Height: 100 / 100
-Bound: 6 / 6
-Rebound: 8 / 8
-Camber: 2.0 / 1.0
-Toe: 0 / 0
-Stabilizers: 3 / 3
 
[B]LSD[/B]
-Initial: 10
-Acceleration: 40
-Deceleration: 20

[B]Downforce[/B]
Amount: 30 / 30
 
[B]Driving Aids[/B]
-TCS: 0
 
[B]Brake Controller[/B]
-Brakes: 3 / 3
 
[B]Transmission[/B]
Gear Ratios
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
6th:
Final Gear:

Autoset 10
Deadline

Deadline is Saturday, October 7th.



Good luck!

 
Very interesting combination, I'm looking forward to seeing how you guys can cope with this one! ;) Well chosen, Duck. Good luck to everyone taking part!

DE
 
Sounds good. I've already got a Monaro, but it was tuned for the 'Ring(like just about everything I have). I'll have to just tweak it a bit.
 
Haha settle down :P Compared to other cars they are.

And yeah they are a bit boaty to drive :D
Trust me, the Monaro is probably an F1 car in comparison to a Ford Expedition. Now that's the definition of "boat".
 
Duċk;2441263
Trust me, the Monaro is probably an F1 car in comparison to a Ford Expedition. Now that's the definition of "boat".

God yes! I'm a Ford man, but I've driven a mates Monaro CV8 about 6 months back, and they're a true Aussie sports car all the way - they have so much torque it's crazy! :dopey:
 
I live in New Zealand, every 2nd car is a Holden. Here they are known as what older-upper middle class men and suits drive, just not an exciting car... Guess I'm just inundated with Japanese crap all day every day, so a 1500kg 'sports' car doesn't make sence haha
 
God yes! I'm a Ford man, but I've driven a mates Monaro CV8 about 6 months back, and they're a true Aussie sports car all the way - they have so much torque it's crazy! :dopey:

awesome car but i'm sick of seeing them. if i see another yellow one i'll go crazy.:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: should be good to tune though.
 
I had a time with the understeer on this car, especially off the brakes or throttle in mid corner. Anyone else? I really had to work on my transition from braking to acceleration to get some decent laps out of it. Still, I'm happy with a 1'44.453.
 
I bagged a 1.40.9xx with N/A Stage 2.. This car is actually all right, good fun to drive, I worked 99% of the understeer out :P
 
I had a time with the understeer on this car, especially off the brakes or throttle in mid corner. Anyone else? I really had to work on my transition from braking to acceleration to get some decent laps out of it. Still, I'm happy with a 1'44.453.
Me too. Not enough suspension range to cure those load transfer understeer...........
 
Really? For me, it ws like the car understeered if I wasn't transferring weight.

If I braked early and turned in off of the brakes, I would get understeer. When I trailbraked, the car turned in okay. Then I would lift off the brakes mid-corner to transition to the throttle, and I would get understeer. Once I got back on the throttle, the line tightened back up again.

I had to try and get back on the throttle faster just to drive around and not understeer into the walls.
 
Okay everyone, Week 14 is finished, and it's now time for the one month break.

EDIT: :dunce: I thought it was Tuesday, not Monday. Still at least 12 hours left until I send out the settings.
 
Well, at least you're not desperate for judges this week. :dopey:
You're going ahead with the one-month break, then?

DE
 
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