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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 24, 2019 18:01:06 GMT
Sorry for my absence from the forum this week, i've been busy with family and working on the finale video to the last couple rounds of the TCR cup. I will post my engine settings as soon as I practice hopefully by tomorrow night.
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Post by mrblondev on Feb 24, 2019 21:51:13 GMT
I'll be there.
Josh Mr Blonde V Team Zipanol #8
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 24, 2019 22:41:59 GMT
Good test session tonight Uncle De4dly (Ian) 👍 Strange to see that sudden loss of pace in the second half of the session, can only put it down to a change of environment as the setup was exactly the same. Let me know if you find anything that improves the setup. mrblondev i'll add that forum area for you tomorrow.
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Feb 25, 2019 1:20:22 GMT
Yes, that was great. I sent a couple suggestions to try that helped my setup but I haven’t tried them on yours yet.
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Post by niblips on Feb 25, 2019 2:26:54 GMT
I should be home for this. Been outta touch with the forum this past week due to work....not sure if it will settle down anytime soon unfortunately
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 25, 2019 9:08:03 GMT
Yes, that was great. I sent a couple suggestions to try that helped my setup but I haven’t tried them on yours yet. Yep, got your Discord suggestions and will certainly give them a look tonight if I get a chance to get on at all.
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Post by y22rydr on Feb 25, 2019 19:04:40 GMT
Not sure if I am going to make it this week. I got volunteered for some meetings this week which will keep me late at work. Not sure what time I will get done. I will have a better idea how Wednesday will go after I get the firm schedule tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 12:49:35 GMT
Out of interest what has everyone got their gearing at i keep getting stuck about 290kph
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Feb 26, 2019 15:30:09 GMT
I’m getting up to 312 from all the tweaks. I’ll check out my gearing and post up.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 26, 2019 19:56:38 GMT
I'll be posting my sh!t tonight. No if ands, buts or butts! I want my last big video for TCR to be a good one. I'll be going back down to short clips or just my onboards like I originally had done back on the P.cars2 formus.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 26, 2019 20:39:37 GMT
I’m getting up to 312 from all the tweaks. I’ll check out my gearing and post up. Final drive is the one below 4 and 2nd gear I think at 917. Gives abt 309 fine the straights.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 27, 2019 4:37:03 GMT
I got in an hour of practice just now. Best time of 0:51.405 and consistent at 52.
It's definitely a challenging experience as you have to watch out for the bump before the North banking or turn 1. Any mistakes are likely to be damage or race ending so be very careful if you're on the outside at the beginning of the race. That left rear tyre needs to be carefully looked after as well.
My Engine is as follows:
RADIATOR - 100% ENGINE BREAKING - 3 FINAL DRIVE - 4.000 1st - 1.400 2nd - 0.846
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 10:41:46 GMT
I got in an hour of practice just now. Best time of 0:51.405 and consistent at 52. It's definitely a challenging experience as you have to watch out for the bump before the North banking or turn 1. Any mistakes are likely to be damage or race ending so be very careful if you're on the outside at the beginning of the race. That left rear tyre needs to be carefully looked after as well. My Engine is as follows: RADIATOR - 100% ENGINE BREAKING - 3 FINAL DRIVE - 4.000 1st - 1.400 2nd - 0.846 Cheers for the help. may not actually make it though despite all the practice =[
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 27, 2019 10:54:18 GMT
I now have the car pretty settled all the way round the track and am around the mid 50 mark once the car has settled in. Final drive is 3.769 1st gear 1.231, 2nd Gear 0.917 No problems whatsoever with tyres. All getting very even wear and temperatures have been nicely balanced. There's a really nasty little bump as you come off turn 4 and make your way down the start/finish straight... check out my stream from last night highlighting the problem. Hit it wrong and it really unsettles the car and can send you right into the barrier which I have had happen several times now lol. mixer.com/Hammerpgh?vod=87894885I doubt very much that any of us will survive this one without incident so it's really going to be a case of who can keep it cleanest over the 69 laps. Very tight track especially with the way these cars can get into a wobble so passing is going to be tight.
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Post by y22rydr on Feb 27, 2019 12:23:29 GMT
Not looking like I will make it tonight. The event I must attend has a full schedule. Good luck to everyone!!
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 27, 2019 13:49:54 GMT
Not looking like I will make it tonight. The event I must attend has a full schedule. Good luck to everyone!! That's a shame Rob but hope to see you on the grid at the next one.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 27, 2019 18:28:58 GMT
I got in an hour of practice just now. Best time of 0:51.405 and consistent at 52. It's definitely a challenging experience as you have to watch out for the bump before the North banking or turn 1. Any mistakes are likely to be damage or race ending so be very careful if you're on the outside at the beginning of the race. That left rear tyre needs to be carefully looked after as well. My Engine is as follows: RADIATOR - 100% ENGINE BREAKING - 3 FINAL DRIVE - 4.000 1st - 1.400 2nd - 0.846 Cheers for the help. may not actually make it though despite all the practice =[ Did you try switching your right and left sides for the clockwise oval? It's slightly a pain to do but it helped me out a lot. Just take a picture or memorize the setting you're switching from the left to right amd vise versa. Much of the suspension is locked because the car is specifically designed for Indianapolis. Hard breaking is not our friend with this car and the railings love to suck us into them so i'm trying to be very aware of the turn exits. I forgot about the bump on the main straight like Pete mentioned and showed ( mixer.com/Hammerpgh?vod=87894885 ), it can easily send you into the pit entrance wall especially if your turn exit is bad, it also has happened to me.
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Post by niblips on Feb 27, 2019 20:05:33 GMT
Lots of snow today so I might be a little late getting on. For some reason people completely forget how to drive when it's snowing....lol
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 20:07:20 GMT
I didn't. Not going to make this now sorry guys, Good luck with the race
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Post by hurtmagurt on Feb 27, 2019 23:47:55 GMT
Sorry guys. Sorry Tyler. This car baffles me. Can't drive straight, all 3 crashes on the back straight. 15 laps down, decided to retire.
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