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PC2Tuner
Jan 30, 2019 15:07:35 GMT
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Jan 30, 2019 15:07:35 GMT
I downloaded and set it up - gotta say it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense at this point.
Is it just for tuning suspension? Seems to just have damping information in that front page.
Also I don’t see anything for NAT setup etc - I guess the xBox is already exposing the data in PC2 through the router and perhaps it’s supposed to just pick it up?
*Edit* Just going to update this post. There is some discrepancy between the app 'help' menus and the user manual between versions. The issue I'm finding is that I can't seem to get it to work if I have the windows firewall on at all - even though I've set the app to accept incoming connections as an exclusion. So if you're starting into PCTuner and you're reading this post, turn your firewall off unless I update again later on or somebody adds a fix.
I'll have to play more as I've been a Mac guy for the last 10 years and F'N hate Windows when I have to go back to it for anything. As an aside I haven't managed to get it working on my Mac running Parallels and WIN10 - seems to have to be on the windows craptacular poverty laptop that I've got. Further aside the app keeps crashing from a memory leak but I'm talking to the developer about it to see if we can sort out where the issue is.
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Post by hurtmagurt on Jan 30, 2019 15:11:17 GMT
Hey Ian, check out this thread which discusses this topic already: consoleracing.boards.net/thread/398/pc2tuner There is an area in the settings page in Project Cars 2 where you need to turn on the UDP...or something like that. If you're on the settings page it should be a little white box in the top right of the page. I'm not on my xbox so doing this from my memory.
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PC2Tuner
Jan 30, 2019 15:21:18 GMT
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jan 30, 2019 15:21:18 GMT
It's for tuning pretty much everything and is very good but in all honesty I stopped using it because I just didn't have the time to fully learn all its in's and out's and therefore was struggling tounderstand everything it was telling me. There is a guide available for it now but it still needs quite a bit of knowledge to be able to use it to it's full extent. Very impressive but if kit though and will with the price. You just need to devote enough time to it to her the best from it.
The guys in the pcTuner Discord set up for it are really helpful providing you can navigate your way through that format of discussion. Everything is jumbled into one large thread that makes finding what you are after a little difficult. But then i'm old fashioned and like a good straight forward and structured forum where you can create threads specific to what you are needing help with as you have just done.
Things like the wheel slip, ride height and steering graphs are really handy tools.
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PC2Tuner
Jan 30, 2019 16:25:53 GMT
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jan 30, 2019 16:25:53 GMT
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Feb 5, 2019 2:16:47 GMT
So I've managed some success with it - I don't think my graphs are quite looking as they should, and tire alignment isn't quite right, but I'm getting there. Definitely took a solid second or two out of my GTE times and I think it's looking good on the Cadillac GT3 I'm prepping. We'll see if it helps to sort out the vintage Lotus.......
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 5, 2019 10:24:50 GMT
Glad to hear it is helping Ian. I think if you can devote the time to it and get used to the way it works it is certainly a good tool and definitely great value for the $10 it costs. I struggled to get any real benefit myself although found the lap data very useful and I think that has been improved as well since I used it. Due to my limited time I found I was spending more time messing about with the tool than enjoying my driving so I abandoned it at that point but would still like to get back to it at some point.
The Discord method of discussion also put me off although I did spend some time on my travels using that and getting a grip on it better. It's a very poor format for actually finding anything though... bit of a needle in a haystack scenario lol.
Keep us updated on your progress.
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Feb 6, 2019 5:14:28 GMT
Yes, agreed. Discord is more of a chat style tool rather than a forum. I find it all interesting how clubs are surviving though as I'm on the DualSportBC executive and have taken over fixing our online presence and forum development. The forum is the heart and soul of that club and it was sadly lacking as it's evolved from the early 90s to now in several iterations.
I'm off topic now but it has been neat to see how several sim racing clubs have gained members from the Facebook page but then I don't think many (if any) of us use the facebook page for anything anymore. This is a perfect scenario. In DSBC we're struggling to get people off of FB and back to the forum.
Anyway, back to sim racing. This tool is adding a much needed element for me. My nerdy engineering brain gets off on this shit even if I don't quite get it all just yet. I mean, the theories make sense enough but the graphs and data don't quite just yet - my results, particularly downforce are a bit askew from what is in the manual. However in the end the difference in setup and drivability I'm really liking so far. I wonder how it'll work out with the vintage Lotus! Lol....should be interesting.
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