S18 - General Discussion

krusti · Aug 29, 2017

Which track @Rui Santos, Monza? And which tire, front left?

Rui Santos · Aug 29, 2017

krusti said:
Which track @Rui Santos, Monza? And which tire, front left?

Zandvoort, i'm doing the event today and my front left tire gets much hotter on the outside no matter what camber i use...

krusti · Aug 29, 2017

I was thinking to sign up for the event, btw i noticed the same behaviour in Monza. Zandvoort, as Monza, has more right turns than left ones, and i noticed this behaviour after Lesmo 1. I don't remember the camber setting, i'll try later and do a report.

Rui Santos · Aug 29, 2017

krusti said:
I was thinking to sign up for the event, btw i noticed the same behaviour in Monza. Zandvoort, as Monza, has more right turns than left ones, and i noticed this behaviour after Lesmo 1. I don't remember the camber setting, i'll try later and do a report.

I've tried with maximum (-4.5), still the outside hotter than inside, this is not normal in an open wheel car...

David Turnbull · Aug 29, 2017

if your suspension is very soft youll still have the body leaning into corners and pushing on the outside edge of the tyre regardless of camber adjustments.

Rui Santos · Aug 29, 2017

David Turnbull said:
if your suspension is very soft youll still have the body leaning into corners and pushing on the outside edge of the tyre regardless of camber adjustments.

Yes it is David, but if i stiffen it will become more unstable to drive, and i'm not pushing it too hard into corners...

David Turnbull · Aug 29, 2017

how is it affecting tyre wear? if its not affecting it too much then i wouldnt worry about it tbh, there are still some thing with rf2 tyres that dont make much sense but alot of times it makes us think its affecting things but in practise it doesnt affect much.

my own preference with the r3.5 tyres is to run max -2.8 camber front and max -1.2 camber rear, this helps me alot with tyre wear but i stopped paying much intrest in the heat patterns a while ago (probably before update) and ive never went back to find out if they work better than before.

Rui Santos · Aug 29, 2017

David Turnbull said:
how is it affecting tyre wear? if its not affecting it too much then i wouldnt worry about it tbh, there are still some thing with rf2 tyres that dont make much sense but alot of times it makes us think its affecting things but in practise it doesnt affect much.

my own preference with the r3.5 tyres is to run max -2.8 camber front and max -1.2 camber rear, this helps me alot with tyre wear but i stopped paying much intrest in the heat patterns a while ago (probably before update) and ive never went back to find out if they work better than before.

Yes, i use same cambers as you and believe me, it wears a lot! But my main concern is that it doesn't make sense, with a camber with -4.5 your contact patch should be inside only, even if the car was sliding too much in corners...

Rui Santos · Aug 31, 2017

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jego · Aug 31, 2017

There is a discussion about this going on on the studio397 forum.

jego · Aug 31, 2017

Oh that was started by you.

Rui Santos · Aug 31, 2017

If you're talking about me, yes, i've made same question at Studio397 forum, but no reply so far...

krusti · Aug 31, 2017

Hi Rui, after the race at Zandvoort and more practice at Monza, it seems to me that the outside gets much hotter only in some banked turns (Lesmo 1, 2 & Parabolica for example). Leter i'll try in a flat track like Singapore.

Rui Santos · Aug 31, 2017

krusti said:
Hi Rui, after the race at Zandvoort and more practice at Monza, it seems to me that the outside gets much hotter only in some banked turns (Lesmo 1, 2 & Parabolica for example). Leter i'll try in a flat track like Singapore.

Thanks mate

Brandon Landey · Sep 1, 2017

This may already be answered somewhere but where do I find the name for the monza server for some practice? I tried searching rf2 by typing in racedepartment but I only came up with the one for the club races? Thanks