vdub4life
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Gamertag: Vdub4life92
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Post by vdub4life on Feb 15, 2020 15:33:11 GMT
Hey guys i've been struggling with alot of understeer through the whole corner. Any suggestions on setup I adjusted the front and rear sway bar a little. It helped alittle bit. Was wondering if there are any other changes I could do?
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 15, 2020 15:48:24 GMT
Hey guys i've been struggling with alot of understeer through the whole corner. Any suggestions on setup I adjusted the front and rear sway bar a little. It helped alittle bit. Was wondering if there are any other changes I could do? Any particular corner you are referring to or just in general? How you cure it is really dependant on the type of corner it's occurring at. You might want to try softening the front springs and/or reducing ride height to start but the fact it's happening all through the corner it could simply be a case of you taking too much speed into the corner or breaking too hard and not having the grip to deal with it. Try taking less speed into the corner and make sure you aren't hard on the brakes whilst making the turn. I haven't started my practice for this one yet but will give some feedback once I have.
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vdub4life
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Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Post by vdub4life on Feb 15, 2020 15:56:45 GMT
Its really bad in t7,t8,t11,t12.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 15:27:50 GMT
Wanted to get in as much practice as possible and figured since me and vdub4life could learn from each other since we are both new and want to challenge ourselves. 🙂. Shad/ G0T Tea (o is a zero)/ Marlboro #12
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vdub4life
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Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Post by vdub4life on Feb 16, 2020 19:05:34 GMT
Well the car feels alot better. Found out I was using the vintage tires lol. So I restarted with the setup. Car is starting to feel better and i'm getting more comfortable with the car and track comb. There is still time to be found but i'm down to consistent 2.05 now for a 2:20. GOT Tea welcome and glad to have you as a team mate can't wait to watch are progress.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 17, 2020 6:56:24 GMT
Welcome to our Vintage corner of the forums Shad, it's nice to see you signed up for WEC too. I probably won't be getting in any practice for Brno until after the WEC race this Saturday but 2:05 is a great start and about where we were in our pre-season online testing. I'm not sure how I managed a 2:00 in my pre-season offline testing but I know I can get there. I'll be posting the signup for the race within the next couple days.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 17, 2020 7:42:57 GMT
Found out I was using the vintage tires lol. This is the first season that we're allowed to use tyre compounds other than Vintage. It was around 1971-72 that they started using the slicks
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 17, 2020 11:42:35 GMT
Well the car feels alot better. Found out I was using the vintage tires lol. So I restarted with the setup. Car is starting to feel better and i'm getting more comfortable with the car and track comb. There is still time to be found but i'm down to consistent 2.05 now for a 2:20. GOT Tea welcome and glad to have you as a team mate can't wait to watch are progress. lol that would explain the understeer. As Tyler mentioned this is our first season not using the vintage tyres. They were actually a lot of fun but it did make it more difficult with the AI who you cannot force to use them. 2:05 sounds like a good start
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 21:26:19 GMT
Well the car feels alot better. Found out I was using the vintage tires lol. So I restarted with the setup. Car is starting to feel better and i'm getting more comfortable with the car and track comb. There is still time to be found but i'm down to consistent 2.05 now for a 2:20. GOT Tea welcome and glad to have you as a team mate can't wait to watch are progress. Thanks, same here 🙂
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 20, 2020 0:18:54 GMT
It never hurts to search online and youtube for setups. Even if it isnt the exact track, it can be useful for a base setup and tweak it from there.
Understeer and oversteer typically will be roll bars and springs. Toe can help, too. Downforce is really different from driver to driver and track to track.
With these cars, and really all if road racing, trail braking is the one skill you really want to work on more than anything. There are tons if videos online. Throttle steering after that, but that's something that can come naturally I think (throttle pushes the car our, off throttle puts the weight on front tires and pushes the car tighter)
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 20, 2020 0:27:30 GMT
Trail braking is one thing i've been working on lately. It's harder than it sounds to get right, a lot of times I end up braking too much but you can tell it helps keeps the car under control.
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Post by iang0355 on May 6, 2020 4:13:03 GMT
Hey guys, throwing my name in the hat for tomorrow's race at the Nordschliefe. If all goes well I'd love to do the rest of the races that I'm available for. I already posted a sign up in the race's forum post, forgot about the sign up post lol. If I can, I'd like to run the Williams #9 but if anyone wants or needs a teammate I'd be willing to join up with them.
Ian Gizowski/itzEEEONNN355/BRM #12
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 6, 2020 17:39:27 GMT
Hey guys, throwing my name in the hat for tomorrow's race at the Nordschliefe. If all goes well I'd love to do the rest of the races that I'm available for. I already posted a sign up in the race's forum post, forgot about the sign up post lol. If I can, I'd like to run the Williams #9 but if anyone wants or needs a teammate I'd be willing to join up with them. Ian Gizowski/itzEEEONNN355/Williams #9 Hey Ian, you're more than welcome to join us this afternoon. Would you be okay with driving the #12 BRM so that way Tyler Smith has a teammate?
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Post by iang0355 on May 6, 2020 18:49:04 GMT
Hey guys, throwing my name in the hat for tomorrow's race at the Nordschliefe. If all goes well I'd love to do the rest of the races that I'm available for. I already posted a sign up in the race's forum post, forgot about the sign up post lol. If I can, I'd like to run the Williams #9 but if anyone wants or needs a teammate I'd be willing to join up with them. Ian Gizowski/itzEEEONNN355/Williams #9 Hey Ian, you're more than welcome to join us this afternoon. Would you be okay with driving the #12 BRM so that way Tyler Smith has a teammate? Absolutely, I'm gonna get some practice in before the race and see how I feel before I fully commit, not feeling super hot but I'm definitely interested in running the last few races too if schedules line up well
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 7, 2020 4:24:34 GMT
Hey Ian, you're more than welcome to join us this afternoon. Would you be okay with driving the #12 BRM so that way Tyler Smith has a teammate? Absolutely, I'm gonna get some practice in before the race and see how I feel before I fully commit, not feeling super hot but I'm definitely interested in running the last few races too if schedules line up well It'll be good to see you on the grid with us for as many races a you can make Ian.
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