AS Club -- FXO Help

[Mischief007]

Since I'm not making this week's race (working), I've started to play with next week's track and car combo. I've decided to go with the FXO.

What I need to do is to make the car more stable. Through the chicane I sometimes loose the rear end with a quick change from right to left in the middle of the chicane. She'll just drift wide.

If I'm locking up the brakes on downshift, do I just need to take some brake out of it in order to stop that or are there any other tricks to it.

If you need the replay (warning, 17 laps of testing), I'm 98th currently for the S2 Hotlaps so you can just download it from there.

Again thanks. (and this time I'm really going to try to set up my car properly).

[pdanev]

If you loose the car in mid corner, the thing you can adjust is antiroll, and camber. If the rear kicks out, reduce rear antiroll, or try putting a bit more negative camber on the rear. I didn't drive the track/car combo yet, but I guess it's lift of in the chicane, so you can also adjust the coast side of the diff to controll lif off oversteer.

For braking, just reduce a bit braking power, or shift the balance a bit to the rear. You can also set the front stiffness softer, but that will have consequences on the handling as well.

Hope this helps somewhat.

[andyhui01]

where's the chicane for the track? You mean the long sweeping one?

[FireFox]

Originally Posted by pdanev

For braking, just reduce a bit braking power, or shift the balance a bit to the rear.

I watched a few of your laps not 17, but you got flatspots at the rear after a few laps.
So reduce the brake-power a bit.
Otherwise look over here
I'm trying to find a more detailed one still.

[pdanev]

I posted a LOT of stuff in this thread, you guys should really pay more attention.

http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic.php?t=9285

Just read through the posts in that thread.

[Mischief007]

I do look at those things you guys posted. I do the adjustments but I also need more help

And no I don't lift off during the chicane. It's full throttle through the chicane.

And yes Andy, the right left change

[pdanev]

Ok, few things.

1, Braking & Downshifting
!!!!"Heel-toe"!!! You want to keep the revs up, and not let them drop down to the cellar. Especially not with a Turbo car. You need to stay on boost, so when you downshift, blimp the throttle. Or if you don't want to do it on your own, you can turn it on in the help - "Throttle blimp on downshift" or so it's called in LFS. I'd recommend you to do it manually, but either way, do it!!!

2, Driving line
Why on earth do you pull back to the left in the last corner, when exiting onto the finish line? You don't need to go to the left edge on the track there at all, and especially not so early. You are accelerating out from the corner, onto the main long straight, barely leaving the corner, and already steering as if you wanted to enter the pits. Let the car accelerate, go out, hit the curbs at exit, and stay right. Once the car has some speed, very very VERY slowly turn to the left, so that you cross the finish line in the middle. No need to go any further to the left of that, and especially not when you are still exiting the corner. And especially not with FWD.

Same goes for exit from turn 1. You are still accelerating out from the corner, but you are already pulling to the right sharply. Exit the corner, and keep it almost in a straight line, 1-2degrees to the right on your steering wheel. There's pleanty of road till the next corner, no need to make such early, shap, and unnecessary exit.

3, The car seemed pretty stable to me, I didn't see any sudden rear kick outs, at least from the first 5-6laps that I watched. Once you hit the wall in the 1st chicane but that was it. Also, 2nd chicane, is flat out, you lift off a tiny tiny bit, I barely noticed it, not always though, but often you do. Keep your foot down no matter what.

4, You don't seem to be pushing the soul out of the car. I didn't hear the tires scream. Braking is slow, and I don't hear any tire noise while cornering. Push the crap out of it, at least in hotlap mode. Take the thing to the limit, and maybe even just a tiny bit beyond.

[Mischief007]

Progress report:

1:12.59 And I can keep up mid to high 12s consistently.