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Lotus 98T track guides - Ted Haggard - 04-23-2020

Thought i'd make this coz i got nothing better to do. Its a bit amateur but i'm not a professional youtuber. 
I'll do em a few days before the round. Hopefully will help people to get up to speed quicker. 

https://youtu.be/vIKrdp43BiU


RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Simon Meisinger - 04-23-2020

Nice, thanks!

just some friendly feedback: 18 minutes is a bit too long I think


RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Michal Ringes - 04-23-2020

Good effort on video, maybe next time show the whole lap at the end. And not using the jps skin is blasphemy Smile


RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Fabian Tiele - 04-23-2020

I like the idea of these videos. Even though I'm not going to race this particular race, I can totally see me watching these if I don't know the car/track combo or know I'm struggling in specific corners, etc.. 

I also have two suggestions for the next videos:

First it would be really nice to see a full lap without pausing the replay in the end or beginning of the video to get an overview and to get the flow of the whole lap. This doesn't have to be commentaed or can serve as a background replay for your closing thoghts just as you already did at the end of your video, but I was sad it stopped after half of the lap :/

It also might be helpful for viewers if you put a timestamp on the explanation of every corner/corner-combination so it is easier to find for people looking for a specific corner to improve on like:  0:00 Intro, 1:00 Setup, 2:48 Club Corner, 3:36 Abbey, and so on.

Thanks for the content


RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Ted Haggard - 04-24-2020

all excellent comments thank you.
Yeh video is way too long and i should have done whole lap first.
also i was a bit wrong too - this car is very setup dependant, i just did another 20 laps and found whole seconds...... race pace is early 40's/high 39's.....

will do a better guide and setup walkthrough for next time.


RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Simon Meisinger - 04-24-2020

damnit, I hoped you didn't find more speed until the race Big Grin


RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Ted Haggard - 04-25-2020

Video up for Race 1 - https://youtu.be/AdjwOJtp7Ys

setup here
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VALUE=100

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VALUE=230

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VALUE=200

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RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Michal Ringes - 04-25-2020

its not about setup Smile my setup is totaly different, like different universe, rolbars,cambers, diff and even wings, and it doesnt really help if someone else gets the setup, he will still do the same laptimes (or worse) like before but now has even more trouble controling the car (because my setup is really oversteery with fairly low wings). its about practice and understanding how to drive this car. This is what i drove with yesterday, gonna do some small changes for today.
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VALUE=17
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VALUE=17

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VALUE=17

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VALUE=17

[PRESSURE_RR]
VALUE=17


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[WING_2]
VALUE=11


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[TOE_OUT_LF]
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[CAMBER_RF]
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[TOE_OUT_RF]
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[CAMBER_LR]
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[TOE_OUT_LR]
VALUE=4

[CAMBER_RR]
VALUE=-19

[TOE_OUT_RR]
VALUE=4


[DAMP_FAST_BUMP_LF]
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[DAMP_BUMP_LF]
VALUE=11

[DAMP_FAST_REBOUND_LF]
VALUE=75

[DAMP_REBOUND_LF]
VALUE=13

[DAMP_FAST_BUMP_RF]
VALUE=19

[DAMP_BUMP_RF]
VALUE=11

[DAMP_FAST_REBOUND_RF]
VALUE=75

[DAMP_REBOUND_RF]
VALUE=13

[DAMP_FAST_BUMP_LR]
VALUE=20

[DAMP_BUMP_LR]
VALUE=6

[DAMP_FAST_REBOUND_LR]
VALUE=100

[DAMP_REBOUND_LR]
VALUE=8

[DAMP_FAST_BUMP_RR]
VALUE=20

[DAMP_BUMP_RR]
VALUE=6

[DAMP_FAST_REBOUND_RR]
VALUE=100

[DAMP_REBOUND_RR]
VALUE=8


[DIFF_POWER]
VALUE=75

[DIFF_COAST]
VALUE=25

[DIFF_PRELOAD]
VALUE=35


[BRAKE_POWER_MULT]
VALUE=97

[FRONT_BIAS]
VALUE=52

[ENGINE_LIMITER]
VALUE=100


[ARB_FRONT]
VALUE=11

[ARB_REAR]
VALUE=4

[SPRING_RATE_LF]
VALUE=50

[ROD_LENGTH_LF]
VALUE=3

[SPRING_RATE_RF]
VALUE=50

[ROD_LENGTH_RF]
VALUE=3

[SPRING_RATE_LR]
VALUE=70

[ROD_LENGTH_LR]
VALUE=5

[SPRING_RATE_RR]
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[ROD_LENGTH_RR]
VALUE=5


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VALUE=35

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RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Simon Meisinger - 04-25-2020

setups can definitely help, I was a second faster with Ricardo Morelli's setup in the FW37


RE: Lotus 98T track guides - Michal Ringes - 04-25-2020

Well it can happen that it suits you driving and helps a bit. But here we are talking 10 secs in most cases,you can try mine and see if its good for you or if its undrivable Smile