Weekly Race Series, Week 38

[HeinrichII]

hmm I am very impressed by the way the Zonda Race Car behaves, my first attempt was a like 0'43.4xx

btw guys is the TCS and ASM useful in powerful race cars like the Zonda?

 

[-Spool-]

Originally posted by HeinrichII
hmm I am very impressed by the way the Zonda Race Car behaves, my first attempt was a like 0'43.4xx

btw guys is the TCS and ASM useful in powerful race cars like the Zonda?

I barely ever use ASM on my cars, its a power sucker.... but for the Zonda, I found that a TCS of 3 gave the best results.

 

[Jpec07]

TCS 1 here, of course I do have it tuned kind of loosely by comparison to what I usually like. I dunno, I'll tune it a bit more to get it more down to earth and then post what I have...

 

[HeinrichII]

Yeah I was noticing it too that ASM kinda slows down a bit your car, but the TCS is something I must have, well only on power cars like this one.

I haven't done anything yet with the suspension yet, I wonder what will it be like toeing the car, gonna try that.

 

[-Spool-]

Originally posted by HeinrichII
Yeah I was noticing it too that ASM kinda slows down a bit your car, but the TCS is something I must have, well only on power cars like this one.

I haven't done anything yet with the suspension yet, I wonder what will it be like toeing the car, gonna try that.

I thought I would help some of you out. since I am not using the Zonda anymore because I want more of a challenge, I will give you the setup that got me to a 41.

Spring Rate: 16.0, 14.0
Ride Height: 60, 64
Shock Bound: 4, 5
Shock Rebound: 5, 7
Camber: 2.0, 1.0
Toe: -0.5, 0.0
Stabilizer: 5, 7
Brake Balance: 24, 21
LSD: 15, 40, 15
Gearing: Auto Setting 42
Downforce: 1.00, 1.21
ASM: 0
TCS: 3

Now this setup suits my driving style, I tend not to slow down for corners that much, so I like a car that is forgiving , this one did the trick. It does brake slow, so if you are more cautious brake early. It has oversteer but it is very controllable.

The gearing gets me to the max of 6th gear right before the braking point of turn one, if you nail the turn good you should get a low 11 to real high 10 second T1. On the next turn I found it faster to turn into it, and then tap the brakes while getting on the gas quickly, It loosens the back end for a slight moment and is much faster than braking early. The next turn is essential to a good T2 time, brake early and you should be able to get through the entire turn at WOT without touching a wall, you will come close near the end of the turn. On the next turn tap the breaks for about a second while turning in, it will give you a QUICK powerslide around the corner and you will have control for the straightaway, hug the walls and make a nice T2. I think you can figure out the rest of the track.

Again, this is my driving style, if it doesn't work for you, change it up a bit.

Hope this helps some.

I'm still tuning my new car, its a beast that doesn't like to turn but is giving some nice numbers.

 

[Jpec07]

That is interesting, I currently have my shock bound and rebound all at ten and my LSD all at 5...

 

[HeinrichII]

Well I think I'm gonna call it for the night, I need some sleep.

 

[-Spool-]

Originally posted by Jpec07
That is interesting, I currently have my shock bound and rebound all at ten and my LSD all at 5...

Different setups for different driving styles.... I drive like a mad man who doesn't know what brakes are

 

[Jpec07]

Well, that explains the problem then. I gotta do some "lightning typing" and disolve 15 or so enhanced-definition vocab words and a pagelong essay before the night is out, so You won'te be seeing a faster time out of me tonight...

 

[-Spool-]

well I'm out for the night, hopefully tomorrow I can get a clean 42.xxx run in my street car... I keep hitting walls

 

[Kent]

Spool, I'm dying to know the secret car. Don't say anything just yet (as if you would) I'm gonna end up looking through the game for what your racing.

However, if I was to guess right now, I would put my money on the speed twelve or the zonda c12s.

As for me... just got home from class and hopefully I will get in a session tonight. But can't say whether I will or not right now, so until later...

 

[Der Alta]

Managed a whopping eight laps last night before Matrix 3. Four laps in the Diablo, and hung that up to dry. Four laps in the Zonda and I was sporting a 42.9. If Jpec is aiming for a 40.8, it looks like I've got some work to do.

The car is very nice and dialed in almost right. I've got to eliminate some understeer issues at two key points and then work my times down with the gearing.

If anyone's worked up a good gear ratio for the transmission, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

AO

 

[-Spool-]

Originally posted by GoKents
Spool, I'm dying to know the secret car. Don't say anything just yet (as if you would) I'm gonna end up looking through the game for what your racing.

However, if I was to guess right now, I would put my money on the speed twelve or the zonda c12s.

As for me... just got home from class and hopefully I will get in a session tonight. But can't say whether I will or not right now, so until later...

You wouldn't guess it I don't think, I for one did not think it would pull good times at all, but I changed that.

But I think with the suspension right now I wont be able to get it into the 42's.... it needs more work.... its a toughy.

After the competition is over and you know what I'm running, I will give you my setup. I just wish I had a sharkport to show you guys a replay of it. thats definately on my to buy list before GT4.

 

[Kent]

Who knows, I might actually have an idea about what your putting down times with. Last night I went through the game looking at all of the normal road cars, and there is one that stuck out to me.

1000+ hp and ratios that are on par with the rest of the racers. Unfortunatly, the car just can't keep up with the racers. I think the wheels could be the culprit since they might be setup to match the stock size on the car and not the usual size of your average racing wheel.

I have no clue what the deal is with the car since it should keep up, but oh well. It's also a very real possibility that I didn't play with the right car and this whole time I've been wasting my testing efforts.

Well... Im gonna take the time for a lap or two, and maybe come back with results. till then...

 

[-Spool-]

Well my car has traction, with a tcs of 1, and somehow I got the damn thing to balance perfectly between oversteer and understeer..... its fun now! But 1000+ HP is something that I dont have.

I think I know what you are talking about though.... the jaguar? If so, I tried that, if you spent some time on it it could keep up well, but it wasn't for me.

 

[hippyneil]

I've been trying a few different cars but I cant get anything to match the Zonda - not even close. Although I'm not saying it can't be done it's difficult to see anything beating it.
I've tried out most of the LM cars (FTO, Impreza, Altezza) as well as NSX and Supras and they all seem to be reasonably even but I just cant get a sensible time compared to the Italian beastie.

I kind of agree that the Zonda should be included with the Toyota GT1 et al as it does seem to stand well above the rest.

But then if everyone drives it, it's still a test of who can setup / drive it the best. It'll just basically end up one make race.

So, as sad as it might be, I'm gonna stick with the Zonda - besides, it makes a nice noise )

 

[Kent]

Nothing at all wrong with the zonda being your car this week, I actually went back to it for fun earlier and sucked. Couldn't even match my 41.??? from the first session I did.

I'm not settled in on the castrol supra, breaking it in as we speak.(959hp) Nothing good with it at the time since I haven't had my mind on racing. Research paper due next thursday along with a test about 3 hours from now.

Hopefully I will have some good supra times, but at the moment I am still having trouble matching and beating the 43.0 mark. That goal should come with time and work.

Gotta run... bye.

 

[zer0h]

Well i've decided to go with the zonda but ill do a few laps in the denso aswel to see if i can break my current time. I've seen some T2 sectors of 40.5 alot and one 40.3 but thats probably as far as i'll go. No clean runs yet but i'll get one over the weekend, wish there was some more ppl running the zonda

 

[GT3mich]

Ok, I'll run the Zonda. I haven't ever driven it before so here goes.

 

[T13R]

If I have time, I'll take out the zonda for a quick spin, but I have limited amount of time for TORC already, so I'm not sure I can, but I'll try.

 

[Jpec07]

Every time I drive it I am nearing my eventual goal. Here are my latest T times:
T1: 0'11.167
T2: 0'41.838

Only 1 second to go!

 

[HeinrichII]

Yesterday I made a very good lap, I improved like 1.9 secs of my previous best lap, I only changed downforce, ASM and TCS.

T1=0'11.139
T2=0'41.686

I am confident that I can improve this time, but it has been like 2 hours already trying to do it

 

[-Spool-]

just got the old street car to 42.932, I'm really pushing the thing now, I don't think I will be able to improve much from now until monday.

I'm glad to see a lot of you guys really working that Zonda, zer0h those are unreal times.

My goal from now until monday is to get the ol' T2 down to a 42.6. That should bring this car into good competition with the denso's... but I don't think it can be done.

 

[Speedy Samurai]

I love the Zonda racer. It's all set up for me because I've driven it alot. So I changed the horsepower up to 1122 and headed to Tokyo. The very first lap I did yielded a 42.xxx. Of course, I think I can improve on it but I'm gonna try some other cars first.

 

[chimeleon]

with my zonda i'm on :

T1 : 11,3xx
T2 : 42,3xx and the lap is clean
i'll try to run tomorow to do better

 

[Jpec07]

Well, well, well, It looks like I'm just gonna have to keep getting faster. The setup I'm using is a good one; granted, it's not the best, but It's a huge improvement over the stock sets. My new goal is a 40.5, and then if I make that I will shoot to get into the 39 range...

 

[HeinrichII]

I love the engine sound of the Zonda Race Car, it's relaxing

I just got a 40.087 but screwed it at the fast two consecutive turns after the T2

 

[-Fred-]

Houston, we've got a problem. My GT3 disk went berserk and refuses to work (must be the stress cracks from 2 years worth of playing...) so i'm not sure if i'll get a lap in or not, depending on when i can replace it. Bummer, i had just gotten myself a Sharkport and was eager to try the Diablo.

 

[zer0h]

Nice time HeinrichII that time will for sure put your at top at the end of the week.

 

[HeinrichII]

yeah thanks, it's because I have found two key turns for a time under 41, but geeze, it's very tough to take it as perfect as I took it in that lap, I drifted like a pro