rF2 V8 Supercars @ Melbourne - Monday March 21st 2011

[Tommi Ojala]

wait what.. Ryo is driving..

 

[Ryan Callan]

I'm coming to kick your ass

 

[Erik Tveit]

Noo, Ohala will be beaten! :tongue:

 

[Tommi Ojala]

haha... nice to see you driving too Ryan! have to even start practise melbourne with these been driving that bathurst only now.. fantastic track that is!

 

[Nikola Ilivanov]

Man, I'm having a blast driving these ... things
Even that my left wrist is still hurting quite a bit, I keep grinding mid 1:56s with race setup and a huge grin on my face
Screw pain - V8 is the cure !

 

[Steve O'Malley]

Can anyone divulge any setup tips that might help me complete a lap?

 

[Tommi Ojala]

not yet but what i have now driven this mod on bathurst and yas marina.. best advice is... be easy on throttle and wait wait wait until car is straith until flooring it

 

[Nikola Ilivanov]

Best thing I've figure out so far - don't touch the initial default setup and try to get used to the car. Instead of making the car work the way you think is best, try setting yourself to work best with the car

The only change I've made was to move the brake bias slightly forward, because I suck at braking and that makes me safer under braking. Yes, brake distance gets bigger, but at least I'm not sliding my back out when I try to brake hard. If you have troubles with the really fast corners, where you're feeling like you're loosing the back end, try a bit more wing, if you can't get your right foot to work gentler on the throttle. Also, if you need to upshift while cornering, you might wanna ease off a bit to help stop the car suddenly make an oversteer snap at you. The rest is just practice with the right foot really.
I can of course, send you my current race setup together with a hotlap if you still need it, but the setup is still under works I feel. Haven't touched anything in the suspension and advanced settings yet. Too scared to touch there I think

 

[Tommi Ojala]

Man, I'm having a blast driving these ... things
Even that my left wrist is still hurting quite a bit, I keep grinding mid 1:56s with race setup and a huge grin on my face
Screw pain - V8 is the cure !

I know what you mean i have samething with WTM mod.. only difference here is that these cars have way more power

 

[Adam Eggbeer]

Can anyone divulge any setup tips that might help me complete a lap?

Best thing I've figure out so far - don't touch the initial default setup and try to get used to the car. Instead of making the car work the way you think is best, try setting yourself to work best with the car

That is probably the best bit of advice you could get. You need to remember that these cars are heavy and powerful so take a while to stop and can be twitchy on the throttle.

 

[Ryan Callan]

They only have steel brakes too, which makes braking so much harder.

 

[Roy Magnes]

Adam, you can take me off the list. I will do the rally as originally planned this monday, and be back blowing your hats off the next monday instead :wink:

 

[Tommi Ojala]

They only have steel brakes too, which makes braking so much harder.

yea, i would add to this that they take much more heat and as they are steel, they will lock-up way more easily, i did look for my brake temps for few laps and they were around 700... and locked almost instantly i pressed pedal.. after putting cooling to the brakes to 3-4 there was much more traction in brakes itself and didint lock-up

 

[Ryan Callan]

Optimum temp is 600.

 

[Tommi Ojala]

yeh, but i had more confidence with cooler brakes under braking btw there is a huge cap between controll tyres and sprint tyres.. almost like 3seconds or something

 

[James Johnson]

yeh, but i had more confidence with cooler brakes under braking btw there is a huge cap between controll tyres and sprint tyres.. almost like 3seconds or something

I guess in R/L V8's you would need to run Both sets of tires in a Race but it can't be simulated in RF.

 

[Chris Butcher]

Sign me up pelase (I know it's a reserve slot atm)

 

[Ryan Callan]

I guess in R/L V8's you would need to run Both sets of tires in a Race but it can't be simulated in RF.

Some races are mixed, some are all sprint, some all control.

 

[Gary Lennon]

Can that Johnson bloke even drive a bloody V8?....

 

[James Johnson]

Erm Maybe.

I'm Pretty Slow.