04-22-2018, 09:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-25-2018, 06:09 PM by Bram Harmsen.)
I'm also a bit lost on setup with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 2017. I'm just not able to find that last second. To be honest I'm not even sure if it is the setup of the car, but I would like to rule that out. In my view the three main aspects that determine your lap time are:
1. Racing line you take: braking points, gears, where you hit the apex etc.
2. Being able to drive without errors: hitting the apex, no lockups, no wheelspin etc.
3. Car setup.
I guess 1 and 2 are more important than 3 for the Porsche since it has limited setup capabilities. I started the Porsche season after the first race, below are the laptimes I drove:
Brands Hatch - 1:27.144
Laguna Seca - 1:25.596
Zandvoort - 1:40.413
Mugello - 1:51.302
Especially my lap times at Laguna Seca and Zandvoort, I had the feeling that I could not go any faster. I experimented with the setup at all tracks but probably spent most time at Zandvoort. This track is so slippery so I tried a couple things to get some more grip, mainly at corner exit. I drove my 1:40.4 lap with a modified setup. But after testing with a default setup I could (quite easily) do a 1:40.8. So I'm not even sure if the setup made the difference.
I guess that is the main problem with making setups, one to really know if a setup change has a positive or negative effect you have to be really consistent. And two, most people don't really know what they are doing (including myself).
I will attach my setups to this post. But I would really appreciate if someone who can do the quicker lap times (1:25-1:26 Brands Hatch, 1:24 Laguna Seca, 1:39 Zandvoort or 1:49-1:50 Mugello) is willing to share a setup or point me/us in the right direction.
I started looking into telemetry and motec to see if such a tool would help me finding this last second. But I guess this needs some time since it has (quite) a learning curve I suppose.
bram_brands_hatch_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m27s1.ini.txt (Size: 668 bytes / Downloads: 158)
bram_laguna_seca_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m25s5.ini.txt (Size: 668 bytes / Downloads: 126)
bram_zandvoort_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m40s4.ini.txt (Size: 674 bytes / Downloads: 75)
bram_mugello_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m51s3.ini.txt (Size: 667 bytes / Downloads: 195)
P.S. SRS does not let me upload .ini files, so I renamed them to .txt. Just remove the .txt part before usage.
1. Racing line you take: braking points, gears, where you hit the apex etc.
2. Being able to drive without errors: hitting the apex, no lockups, no wheelspin etc.
3. Car setup.
I guess 1 and 2 are more important than 3 for the Porsche since it has limited setup capabilities. I started the Porsche season after the first race, below are the laptimes I drove:
Brands Hatch - 1:27.144
Laguna Seca - 1:25.596
Zandvoort - 1:40.413
Mugello - 1:51.302
Especially my lap times at Laguna Seca and Zandvoort, I had the feeling that I could not go any faster. I experimented with the setup at all tracks but probably spent most time at Zandvoort. This track is so slippery so I tried a couple things to get some more grip, mainly at corner exit. I drove my 1:40.4 lap with a modified setup. But after testing with a default setup I could (quite easily) do a 1:40.8. So I'm not even sure if the setup made the difference.
I guess that is the main problem with making setups, one to really know if a setup change has a positive or negative effect you have to be really consistent. And two, most people don't really know what they are doing (including myself).
I will attach my setups to this post. But I would really appreciate if someone who can do the quicker lap times (1:25-1:26 Brands Hatch, 1:24 Laguna Seca, 1:39 Zandvoort or 1:49-1:50 Mugello) is willing to share a setup or point me/us in the right direction.
I started looking into telemetry and motec to see if such a tool would help me finding this last second. But I guess this needs some time since it has (quite) a learning curve I suppose.
bram_brands_hatch_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m27s1.ini.txt (Size: 668 bytes / Downloads: 158)
bram_laguna_seca_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m25s5.ini.txt (Size: 668 bytes / Downloads: 126)
bram_zandvoort_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m40s4.ini.txt (Size: 674 bytes / Downloads: 75)
bram_mugello_porsche_gt3_cup_2017_1m51s3.ini.txt (Size: 667 bytes / Downloads: 195)
P.S. SRS does not let me upload .ini files, so I renamed them to .txt. Just remove the .txt part before usage.