11-16-2022, 10:48 AM
Unfortunately I'm equally as puzzled as you are as to how the aliens are so fast this series but that's for them to tell if they wish, however, the default setup of the car is actually perfectly fine for running in the mid-pack and you can set some pretty respectable laptimes using it once you're more confident in the car.
This car in general though is not easy to drive and requires a lot more care and precision than you'd expect from a slow box on wheels. The rear suspension setup on this car is diabolical but you can't change it so you kind of have to live with it, which does mean you have to be very smooth and delicate under braking and when picking back up the throttle again, being abrupt with this car will only result in you ending up pointing the wrong way very quickly. The car also gets very easily unsettled over kerbs and bumps so be careful of those too.
My advice would be if you're struggling with driving the car is to spend a little bit of time in solo practice with the car and to basically start from 0. Start doing some slow laps on the default setup and try and be delicate with the car and then steadily increase the pace as you find confidence in keeping the car on the road, as having some degree of confidence in the car is very important to being able to squeeze more speed out of it.
If you want some small setup tweaks to make the car a bit more manageable, I'd recommend the following:
- Decrease tyre pressures, if you're unsure of what numbers get the ProTyres app, do a couple of laps and it'll tell you what to set them to, by default they're too high and make the car more unstable.
- Tweak the brake bias and brake pressure until you find a setting that works nicely for you, if you're locking up too much then reduce the brake power and if you're getting too unstable under braking you can increase the bias (increasing diff coast can also sometimes help in this regard).
- Increase the rear ARB, as at least in my testing I found in this 86 making the ARB stiffer at the back makes the car more stable under rotation compare to removing it (which is usually the other way around in other cars).
Some people may be able to give better tips, but this is what I've found out at least to help me be less rubbish in the car, hopefully this helps out to some extent.
This car in general though is not easy to drive and requires a lot more care and precision than you'd expect from a slow box on wheels. The rear suspension setup on this car is diabolical but you can't change it so you kind of have to live with it, which does mean you have to be very smooth and delicate under braking and when picking back up the throttle again, being abrupt with this car will only result in you ending up pointing the wrong way very quickly. The car also gets very easily unsettled over kerbs and bumps so be careful of those too.
My advice would be if you're struggling with driving the car is to spend a little bit of time in solo practice with the car and to basically start from 0. Start doing some slow laps on the default setup and try and be delicate with the car and then steadily increase the pace as you find confidence in keeping the car on the road, as having some degree of confidence in the car is very important to being able to squeeze more speed out of it.
If you want some small setup tweaks to make the car a bit more manageable, I'd recommend the following:
- Decrease tyre pressures, if you're unsure of what numbers get the ProTyres app, do a couple of laps and it'll tell you what to set them to, by default they're too high and make the car more unstable.
- Tweak the brake bias and brake pressure until you find a setting that works nicely for you, if you're locking up too much then reduce the brake power and if you're getting too unstable under braking you can increase the bias (increasing diff coast can also sometimes help in this regard).
- Increase the rear ARB, as at least in my testing I found in this 86 making the ARB stiffer at the back makes the car more stable under rotation compare to removing it (which is usually the other way around in other cars).
Some people may be able to give better tips, but this is what I've found out at least to help me be less rubbish in the car, hopefully this helps out to some extent.