01-24-2019, 09:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-24-2019, 10:01 PM by Roman Yakubovich.)
I am neither a master of this car nor a master of Mugello, but ...
When we talk about 5 seconds, setup is nothing. From what I see on the video the main problem is that you are not attacking the corners - you are more or less coasting through them.
You are losing at least couple tenths in T5 because you are not using all the road on the exit, thus not standing on the gas as soon as possible. You are losing I don't know how much time in T6 (and following corners) because you are exiting too narrow, thus not carrying any speed. Only from simple "Use all the road" you can gain at least 1.5 seconds. Also don't lift in the middle of the corner - it's a massive waste of time. Lift before if you need to, then pedal to the metal until a following corner entrance zone.
The essential question I would ask myself in such a situation is "Can I feel/catch a slide?" If the answer is no, I will never be able to be fast (which means to break late on the edge of grip, thus making some micromovements with your steering wheel and your feet to control the rear end; to open up the gas as soon as possible, thus controlling your pedal and steering to keep the wheels in the right direction etc.). If the answer is no, I can see two reasons for this:
1) I have bad force feedback settings (or steering wheel with none of it);
2) I can't feel (can't map it to what actually happens to the car) the torque (FFB) that a steering wheel gives to me.
Sometimes I can see guys streaming something on Youtube in racing simulators which brake as soon as the car starts sliding a bit without even thinking to correct it with a steering wheel - that's a completely wrong strategy. To be fast you have to control the slide.
Play with FFB, play drift, learn tracks (and their tricks), iterate as much as you can/need. I believe it's possible to catch a slide with anything equal to or better than Driving Force GT.
Upd. Also watch your steering angles - don't overturn front wheels. I have set up my new system recently and first try I had in AC was with 200 degrees (of steering wheel rotation) instead of my usual 420 due to some glitch with drivers - I was losing more than 2 seconds only because of this as I was turning front wheels too much, way past the top grip point.
When we talk about 5 seconds, setup is nothing. From what I see on the video the main problem is that you are not attacking the corners - you are more or less coasting through them.
You are losing at least couple tenths in T5 because you are not using all the road on the exit, thus not standing on the gas as soon as possible. You are losing I don't know how much time in T6 (and following corners) because you are exiting too narrow, thus not carrying any speed. Only from simple "Use all the road" you can gain at least 1.5 seconds. Also don't lift in the middle of the corner - it's a massive waste of time. Lift before if you need to, then pedal to the metal until a following corner entrance zone.
The essential question I would ask myself in such a situation is "Can I feel/catch a slide?" If the answer is no, I will never be able to be fast (which means to break late on the edge of grip, thus making some micromovements with your steering wheel and your feet to control the rear end; to open up the gas as soon as possible, thus controlling your pedal and steering to keep the wheels in the right direction etc.). If the answer is no, I can see two reasons for this:
1) I have bad force feedback settings (or steering wheel with none of it);
2) I can't feel (can't map it to what actually happens to the car) the torque (FFB) that a steering wheel gives to me.
Sometimes I can see guys streaming something on Youtube in racing simulators which brake as soon as the car starts sliding a bit without even thinking to correct it with a steering wheel - that's a completely wrong strategy. To be fast you have to control the slide.
Play with FFB, play drift, learn tracks (and their tricks), iterate as much as you can/need. I believe it's possible to catch a slide with anything equal to or better than Driving Force GT.
Upd. Also watch your steering angles - don't overturn front wheels. I have set up my new system recently and first try I had in AC was with 200 degrees (of steering wheel rotation) instead of my usual 420 due to some glitch with drivers - I was losing more than 2 seconds only because of this as I was turning front wheels too much, way past the top grip point.