Most importantly
It has come to my attention that my ballast locations may be wrong! It seems I have added a - sign when there perhaps shouldn't have been. I'll take the time to edit in the changes over the next month.
This month the MX-5 setup was updated (it had been one of the last cars I'd tuned with the controler and not the wheel) and it now has optional powers designed to meet different specifications. While listing the different specs I typed up the tires as "R3" thinking that the game called them "road tires" but I'd forgotten they're listed as "N3" so I used photoshop to quite quickly edit the tables.
I went crazy with the photos for the 300ZX. That car is just so easy to slide around a track. Instead of taking up lost of room on the post itself (like on the Miata) I decided I'd try changing up the format a bit and having a "photo dump" so that the post wasn't so cluttered.
In RL news I got new wheels for my car and am selling two of the old ones.
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/1426250529.html
25 October 2009
19 October 2009
(GT4) Nissan 300ZX (Z32)
Nissan 300ZX (Z32) '89
Power: 305bhp
Parts:
Rigidity Refresh
Sports Exhaust
Racing Brakes
Computer Equip
Close Transmission
Twin-plate Clutch
Semi-racing Flywheel
FC LSD
Carbon Driveshaft
FC Suspension
N3-S3 Tires
Suspension:
Spring Rate: 7.0/7.0
Ride Height: 106/110
Bound: 3/4
Rebound: 7/6
Camber: 2.0/1.8
Toe: -1/0
Stabilizers: 3/2
LSD:
Initial: 10
Acceleration: 32
Deceleration: 10
Notes:
This car was a great build. The stock model seemed to oversteer into corners and understeer out, but it has a good chassis, so this car was the perfect canidate for a little suspenstion makeover. The goal, of course, was to make it handle as good as it looks. And it looks good. It looks like a 1980's supercar even. On the track, like the 350z, it is almost too easy to drive on sports tires. In the end I settled on a more stable setup which does have a slight tendency to understeer but also gives the car a slightly sharper responce. On sports tires the car does tend to feel a bit detached, but on road tires this thing is a ball.
Power: 305bhp
Parts:
Rigidity Refresh
Sports Exhaust
Racing Brakes
Computer Equip
Close Transmission
Twin-plate Clutch
Semi-racing Flywheel
FC LSD
Carbon Driveshaft
FC Suspension
N3-S3 Tires
Suspension:
Spring Rate: 7.0/7.0
Ride Height: 106/110
Bound: 3/4
Rebound: 7/6
Camber: 2.0/1.8
Toe: -1/0
Stabilizers: 3/2
LSD:
Initial: 10
Acceleration: 32
Deceleration: 10
Notes:
This car was a great build. The stock model seemed to oversteer into corners and understeer out, but it has a good chassis, so this car was the perfect canidate for a little suspenstion makeover. The goal, of course, was to make it handle as good as it looks. And it looks good. It looks like a 1980's supercar even. On the track, like the 350z, it is almost too easy to drive on sports tires. In the end I settled on a more stable setup which does have a slight tendency to understeer but also gives the car a slightly sharper responce. On sports tires the car does tend to feel a bit detached, but on road tires this thing is a ball.
10 October 2009
(GT4) Mazda MX-5 (updated)
Mazda MX-5 S-Special Type I '95
Power: 140-199bhp
Parts:
Rigidity Refresh
Rigidity Increase (rollcage)
Racing Brakes
Carbon Driveshaft
FC Suspension
Suspension:
Spring Rate: 5.0/5.5
Ride Height: 112/115
Bound: 3/3
Rebound: 5/6
Camber: 1.2/1.0
Toe: 0/0
Stabilizers: 3/2
Notes:
The NA Miata is a fantastic car (I should know, I own one). They are fun and easy to drive, yet they are cars that a driver can learn a lot in. With the same car and three different setups this car can participate in 3 different races. I decided I wanted one of the setups to closely match SCCA's spec Miata rules. In those rules the car must weigh (driver included) more than the stock models. For this reason I chose a 1000kg MX-5 instead of one of the lighter models. Spec Miata's tend to have around 115 hp at the wheels, and 140bhp with (an estimated) 17% drive train loss is 116hp.
When I setup these cars I was limited by modifications since some are irreversible. Because of this the car is slightly underpowered for all three races this car is setup to participate in. I've yet to do better than 2nd in the Clubman Cup races (not counting Deep Forest), I can only just win some of the NR-A races, and while the Compact Cup races are very difficult I can win them with the spec Miata setup. In a way I think this makes the car all the more successful at what it does best, teach the driver how to become better.
Power: 140-199bhp
Parts:
Rigidity Refresh
Rigidity Increase (rollcage)
Racing Brakes
Carbon Driveshaft
FC Suspension
Suspension:
Spring Rate: 5.0/5.5
Ride Height: 112/115
Bound: 3/3
Rebound: 5/6
Camber: 1.2/1.0
Toe: 0/0
Stabilizers: 3/2
Notes:
The NA Miata is a fantastic car (I should know, I own one). They are fun and easy to drive, yet they are cars that a driver can learn a lot in. With the same car and three different setups this car can participate in 3 different races. I decided I wanted one of the setups to closely match SCCA's spec Miata rules. In those rules the car must weigh (driver included) more than the stock models. For this reason I chose a 1000kg MX-5 instead of one of the lighter models. Spec Miata's tend to have around 115 hp at the wheels, and 140bhp with (an estimated) 17% drive train loss is 116hp.
When I setup these cars I was limited by modifications since some are irreversible. Because of this the car is slightly underpowered for all three races this car is setup to participate in. I've yet to do better than 2nd in the Clubman Cup races (not counting Deep Forest), I can only just win some of the NR-A races, and while the Compact Cup races are very difficult I can win them with the spec Miata setup. In a way I think this makes the car all the more successful at what it does best, teach the driver how to become better.
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