Season 8 Race 9 - Barcelona Setup Thread

David Turnbull · May 12, 2012

heres my pb lap so far, i messed up the last chicane or it wouldve been an even quicker lap.

p.s dunno why it froze slightly at the start.

heres also my setup, modified slightly from reiks, softer arbs front and rear, more negative camber front and rear, higher coast, brake pressure and bias, and steering lock.

Kennett Ylitalo · May 12, 2012

Thanks guys, with T1 and T5 taking the entry wider and later i lost half a sec... Raised frontwing to 7 (rear still 34...) helped getting better speed thru T3. Losing some time on the last two sectors thou... Going for high 1:18s if i get that last sector right.

Waching F1 and GP2 i really am jealous of T3 and T9 ( i think it's T9, Campsa) they can go to rumbles easily, if we try it, we'll go to grass in T3 and jumps heavily in T9.. The rumblestrip has an awful bumb in the latter and i desperately need that space...

EDIT: 1:18.9 with a ~0.4s mistake... EDIT II: 1:18.4 and could go to 1:18.1... wow, quite an improvement...from 1:19.8 in that video... I'll make a new one.

Kennett Ylitalo · May 12, 2012

Ok, here's the latest. It's now 1:18.4, combined sector times woud give me 1:18.1..

David Turnbull · May 13, 2012

new pb of 1.16.102 with the same setup above, no changes, just being quicker getting the power on and and hitting every apex.

Reik Major · May 13, 2012

Very impressive lap David! Well done!

I see you have more balls taking the right hander over the crest close to flat out. I think I lift it longer there. And of course very clean driving anywhere else.

Are the changes to some softer values the reason you can use more curbs in the final chicane? Or have you already been able to do so with my original setup but have another style than me? I can't use much of the left curb, because it "catches" me and wants to spin the car...

Sean Greenlaw · May 13, 2012

Ye very nice lap David

, I notice same thing Reik if i take to much left curb it throws car and difficult to catch it i tend to just miss the curb.

Reik Major · May 13, 2012

I have to leave it out too...

David Turnbull · May 13, 2012

theres one way to hit that kerb to be able to get through it, its so hard to get right its probably 1 in 10 trys to hit it perfect, before i was staying well away from it as you guys say it would catch you and throw the rear, but a slightly tighter line in and just hope for the best sort of thing.

thanks for the praise

p.s reik, whenever i start with one of your setups the first thing i do is soften it up slightly and add more negative camber, it helps with my style of driving, i prefer some serious understeer, your setups suit me as they understeer already i just like to add more, its probably not best for race situations but for qualifying i like to throw it in early and let understeer take me to the apex, to answer your question...no the softer arbs i think have helped with the change of direction over the crest and fast change from t1-t3, i think that kerb at the chicane is more just getting it bang on, i still dont hit it right every lap yet.

Tim McIver · May 14, 2012

Some praise from me too David, very nice lap, you've inspired me to do a bit more hot lapping. It's a good tip for everyone, just get the power down earlier and you'll go faster! It improved my time last night.

Reik Major · May 14, 2012

Allright... thx for the answer David.

Kennett Ylitalo · May 14, 2012

@Tim McIver : Yup, got it working at the end of stint. It was about tire pressure and 1st&2nd gear one click up. It was so small change, i could've just changed a bit how i took those last corners, it was better to find it thru minor setup change. It's still a handful after 13 laps with mediums but manageable.

To others, i found that my balance got screwed at the end of stints with worn tires. Started to spin even when taking things careful, rear tire pressures were wrong and i had to shortshift a lot, so that's why i changed the 1st two gear ratios. It's was so small and seemed insignificant, the problem only came at the end of stint. At the beginning i got a nice understeer, in middle it felt fast and firm but then it changed very fast.

Now i have only wet weather practice, racepace in the dry will be between 1:20 and 1:21, i guess that's good enough.. Any faster and i'll run out tires.

Reik Major · May 15, 2012

Tonight I had some extra time to test on the server. I very slightly adjusted my latest setup, using now one click more rear wing and few other changes I don't remember yet.

I post it, because it resulted in a new PB. (Sorry David

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Peter Marshall · May 15, 2012

Reik Major said:
....(Sorry David )

I really don't believe you are. J

Reik Major · May 15, 2012

Peter Marshall said:
I really don't believe you are. J

He, he

I'm a very emphatic kind of human being. Do you believe in that?

David Turnbull · May 15, 2012

i notice the tighter line and more kerb at the last chicane helped though

well done

Reik Major · May 15, 2012

Your lap also showed me, that I could dare to take more speed through the uphill right hander, which I do now. thx for the input mate!

Dinca Andrei · May 15, 2012

Hey there speedeviles!...hehehe....What a nice flow you guys have in this cars....its like watching the real deal!!!
Amaizing....nice laps.

Kennett Ylitalo · May 15, 2012

And the racing is amazing too!

Here's a little treat, mine and Reiks laps mashup. You need to put mouse cursor ready to pause/play Reiks video after each corner.. Really shows where my problems still are and i was thinking i hit those apexes..

http://youtubedoubler.com/46hy