Alrighty fellas, *plays intro to eminem's 'without me'* I'm back from the big holiday and ready to jump into the supra and have some fun to finish this season. You're all wayyy ahead on the tuning stuff but I've got all week to catch up on the stuff and should be ready for next weeks event.
Hey guys sorry that I haven't been able to make it to the last two races. I'll make sure that I'll be hitting the track for the rounds to come
Great race. It feels nice to be back amongst the pack after changing my seat to a much more functional position. I tried to sit it in the f1 position all the way back in season 11. Started realising I couldn't brake properly like that so I hope the upward trend continues. @StigsTC is so damn fast it's going to be very hard to beat him in any race.. seriously look at those lap times! @ssman244 u should try stigs setups they're very fast. I've altered the skyline so it is stiffer which suits my driving. It's probably faster the way stigs has it buy I'd rather sacrafice a few tenths for the car to feel right for me. I wouldnt get close to those Stig times with either tune anyway!!
Having the car suit you is always the faster way to complete a race. A couple of tenths on a good lap looks great on paper, but isn't enough to overcome dropping a second with a big moment or 5+ seconds with a spin. Racing tuned race cars is what I do normally, all my stuff with MWM, the endurance series on GTP is race cars with tuning so I have heaps of experience. I know how I like to drive, and I know how to tune to give me what I need to drive that way. Still haven't worked out how to drive stock cars with no tuning yet lol. Forgot to ask about your strategy of carrying worn tyres for the extra few laps past half way, was interested to hear why you'd done that knowing the undercut is pretty powerful here.
Yeah ok, wow thats a lot of tuning experience. It's been quite insightful seeing what you've done. I think Ive been stuck in a rigid methodology when tuning and your tunes have opened up some possibilities I would never have tried. The strategy to run longer was more to just do the opposite of what you did. The gap was growing even in the first stint and, trying not to have a defeatist attitude (more of a realistic assessment) I thought the only option was to run longer and have those last few laps of low fuel and newer rubber to hopefully bring down the gap. But realistically the pace difference meant it was a plan of desperation - check mate - unless you had 1 or 7 big spins haha
BoP for TSUKUBA Car-------Power----Weight Skyline --- 515 --- 1150 Supra ---- 500 --- 1150 Viper ----- 505 --- 1180 NSX ------ 495 --- 1150 Diablo --- 537 --- 1200
Me and @WOLFYDADDY007 wont be making it if what they are saying is true about the Blackouts. Apparently we won't have power for the weekend.
@Hatfield, how does the reverse grid work in the sprint round if we use one room? Does the faster division get to start in front of the slower division, or is it a simple reverse grid of the first race?
