Season 8 Race 5 Melbourne - Setup thread

[Reik Major]

Guys I hope you do well with my setup from last year (if you like to use mine), because I have soooo lees free time atm so I hope to have at least one test session the following sunday. That's why I can't post an actual setup. But I assume that I'd do only very few changes, so the one from last year should be ok.

 

[Sean Greenlaw]

Had a few laps this afternoon and managed a 1.21.2 with Reiks old setup slightly edited

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

That's actually demoralizing video.. You brake at 50m board where i break at 100m... In turn 5 you're switching to 6th gear whie i can just about switchto 5th... Totally in a different league.

EDIT: Ok, we had quite a different gearing but the effect is still there. One gear higher in most corners..

 

[Sean Greenlaw]

I brake just at or after 100 boards Kennett and i try and be slight early on brakes so to get apex right to power out i dont think its so important to be the latest braker, i think hard to see in video full speed. I think fastest way round lap is smooth fast out turns and and being on racing line. Also turn 5 is full throttle if get turn in right i use the small extra tarmac on the left to get my turn in timed correctly. The more laps you do the more you will improve, Melbourne is 1 of my all time most practised tracks so dont feel to bad

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

Nah, just frustrated as Melbourne is one of my favourites too and i was expecting a bit faster pace.. But what i gather for one stint with Nico, i don't need a lot to improve race pace. I enjoy a full tank load a lot more than an empty car. And i have to stick to my own setup, it's slower but safer.

 

[Nicolai Nicholson]

This is my race setup:
Tyres f/r: super soft / soft
Wings f/r: 6 / 35
Fuel: 60 liters

 

[Andy Paries]

This is my race setup:
Tyres f/r: super soft / soft
Wings f/r: 6 / 35
Fuel: 60 liters

Thx Nico, big help

 

[Valter Ostman]

I use same tire compound now. Only a late warning on last lap(16) Thanks Nicolai.
In my tin box the compounds for the front changes to same as rear when I go from Q to race session.
Do you guys have the same phenomena.

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

Finally got the setup issues sorted.. With just couple of clicks the car started to almost turn by itself... I had engine brake map too low and too soft diff settings. Raising power and coast by 5 sorted the braking problem, now i can turn in with confidence. Maybe i can even turn pressure up a bit, i did tweak brake and throttle pedal curve.. I closed my eyes and imagined of driving and when i thought i had 50% power and brake i open my eyes and adjusted the curve to fit. Feels a lot better now. DXTweak is wonderful tool, first time that i had to really use it for other than check spiking..

Only thing bothering now is that when i got to the final third of the stint, around lap 13, the rear starts feeling very light and the change does happen quite sudden. Have to do more race practice to correctly spot the small changes in behaviour. Otherwise the drop-off can create a surprise and there's not a lot of room for errors.

Edit: It worked.. Took fuel out and changed to super softs: 1:24.027 and it wasn't even a perfect lap. And just checked that it's 47 lap race.. So L13 tire drop-off isn't quite that bad... I was thinking that i need to do ~18 lap stints..

 

[Andy Paries]

I use same tire compound now. Only a late warning on last lap(16) Thanks Nicolai.
In my tin box the compounds for the front changes to same as rear when I go from Q to race session.
Do you guys have the same phenomena.

Yes Valter, same here.

 

[Nicolas Rouge]

I use same tire compound now. Only a late warning on last lap(16) Thanks Nicolai.
In my tin box the compounds for the front changes to same as rear when I go from Q to race session.
Do you guys have the same phenomena.

Yes, it's probably a bug in the game. I used to always reloading my setup, just to be sure.

 

[Nicolai Nicholson]

Yes, it's probably a bug in the game. I used to always reloading my setup, just to be sure.

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