New Seasonals: All Elise, WRX and Fiat 500 Setups Inside!

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This was my "setup" for the Subaru. No real special suspension setting needed in my case, but I found that increasing rear brake strength (with ABS on) helped a lot. This helped using the rear tires more efficiently on corner turn-in after braking as most of the load was going on front tires, overheating as a result:

SHIRAKAWA Akira
I won the Impreza STI challenge on the first try!
(but first, I practiced some time alone on Laguna Seca with the realistic grip reduction setting)

There isn't really anything needed in particular. Just practice and be clean, letting the car slide as little as possible; slow-in, fast-out; outside-inside-outside (keep an eye on the red markers at the apex on each corner as they help a lot!). This was my setup:

Stage 3 Chassis Weight Reduction
Window Weight Reduction
Carbon Bonnet
Rigidity Improvement
Ballast
- Amount 14 Kg
- Position 50

Sports ECU
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Power Limiter 88.9% to 394 hp (might vary)

Catalytic Converter: Sports

High RPM Range Turbo Kit

Fully Customizable transmission
- Max speed: 260 Km/h
- Shift gear at just over 7000 rpm or anyway so that after each gear change rpm drop to 6000 rpm

Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Standard Differential
Driver Controlled Center Differential (stock)
- Front/rear Torque distribution: 40/60
Carbon Propeller Shaft

Standard Suspension

Brakes Balance Controller
- Balance: 5/10
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I've reached the lead on the last corner, however I did some slight errors throughout the whole race, which I finished in almost exactly 8:00 minutes. I haven't cut corners (my practice laps in time trial mode have all been clean). So, again: practice! Drive cleanly!
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ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES WERE COMPLETED USING A SIXAXIS/DS3.

For the Fiat 500 challenge I used this setup:

SHIRAKAWA Akira
I won the Fiat 500 Seasonal on my first try, and without looking here before I figured out that the "trick" is to exploit the regulations to the maximum by rebalancing the weight distribution to the back and adjusting suspensions accordingly. This allows to use all tires more efficiently.

Also, after installing a Low RPM turbo and using the power limiter to 66 hp, the car should be competitive.

These were the settings in my case:

Stage 3 Chassis Weight Reduction
Window Weight Reduction
Carbon Bonnet
Rigidity Improvement

Ballast
- Amount: 147 Kg
- Position: 50

Power Limiter: 68.8%

Sports Air Filter
Low RPM Turbo

Transmission: fully customizable
- Max Speed: 230
- Shift gear at maximum 4800-5000 rpm

Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Fully Customizable LSD
- Initial Torque: 10
- Acceleration: 12
- Braking: 5

Suspension: fully customizable
- Ride Height: -10/-15
- Spring Rate: 4.0/3.3
- Dampers (extension): 2/3
- Dampers (compression): 1/2
- Anti-Roll Bars: 1/3
- Camber angle (-): 1.2/0.8
- Toe Angle: 0.00/-0.25
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With the 500 completely stock, I got up to second place but without tuning the 500, I could go nowhere further. You can ignore most of the gear indicators for the corners. On the first few corners, you can gas it all the way, no matter what speed. For the corner entering the tunnel only lift off the gas no braking is needed, my exit speed averaged at around 96-98 KPH. For the next corner I would brake a bit early, and then shift to 2nd (make sure that in 2nd, it's revving high). Then I put the power down all the way to the long straight, the corner before that, I just cut it. At the turn after the long straight, I found that the later I turned, the more speed I would carry out. I could exit at about 100 KPH, and probably maxxed out at around 101 KPH on the hill. The corner after, I would shift down one gear and brake early. For the corner after the steep hill, I would brake down to about 87 - 90 KPH, by the time I apex'd the hill, I was at about 91ish KPH. It is foot to the floor all the way to the finish line, before the first turn I averaged about 141 KPH. I passed the A2 on the long straight.

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I won the Elise 111R challenge with this setup:

SHIRAKAWA Akira
This is my Elise 111R setup for the Expert Seasonal Event (did it at last):

Rear Wing: none

Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
Carbon Bonnet
Rigidity Improvement
Ballast
- Amount 101 Kg
- Position -50

Engine Tuning Stage 3
Power Limiter 89.8% (may vary)

Low RPM Range Turbo Kit

Fully Customizable Transmission
-Max Speed: 240 Km/h (shift gear up at maximum 8300 rpm)

Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Fully Customizable LSD
- Initial: 10
- Acceleration: 9
- Braking: 5

Fully Customizable Suspension Kit
- Ride Height: 0/0
- Spring Rate: 4.2/4.8
- Dampers (ext): 3/3
- Dampers (comp): 2/2
- Anti-Roll Bars: 1/1
- Camber: 1.0/0.8
- Toe: 0.00/0.00

Brake Balance 5/5

Tires: Sports Hard
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I passed the first place Elise on the last corner, on the last lap. When I first tried the event, my car was mainly stock except for a few upgrades. At that point, this car was VERY tail-happy. This setup pretty much corrected that, and the car is pretty easy to handle. I can throw it into corners at high speeds and it somehow finds the grip to get back in line.

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I won the STI event using this setup:

Greycap
Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI '10

394 bhp, 53 kgfm, 1250 kg, PP 518

Parts to fit:
Oil Change
Chassis Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
Carbon Bonnet (Body Colour)
Sports ECU
Racing Air Filter
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Sports Exhaust Manifold
High RPM Range Turbo Kit
6 Speed Close-Ratio Transmission
Twin Plate Clutch
Semi Racing Flywheel
Carbon Propeller Shaft
Torque Distributing Centre Differential
Fully Customizable LSD
Fully Customizable Suspension Kit
Sports Hard Tyres

Weight Adjustment Ballast
Ballast Amount (kg): 14
Ballast Position: 50

Engine Power Limiter
Power Level: 96.5 %

Fully Customizable LSD
Initial Torque: 5 / 10
Acceleration Sensitivity: 20 / 40
Braking Sensitivity: 5 / 5

Torque Distributing Centre Differential
Front / Rear Torque Distribution: 25 / 75

Suspension
Ride Height Adjustment (mm): 0 / 0
Spring Rate (kgf/mm): 7.0 / 9.0
Dampers (Extension): 8 / 5
Dampers (Compression): 3 / 5
Anti-Roll Bars: 3 / 5
Camber Angle (-): 1.5 / 1.5
Toe Angle: -0.10 / -0.20

Brake Balance Controller
Brake Balance: 4 / 8

Driving Options
ASM: Off
TCS: 0
ABS: 1
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Compared to the stock suspension, I found that the understeer was slightly improved, although it's not perfect. I did it after about the 2nd try. If you can make a pace that you can pass the 300ZX by the corkscrew and then pass the Subaru a little bit before the corkscrew, you'll be ok. I passed the R34 on the last corner on the final lap. (no bumping)
 
im gonna have to give these tunes a go! ive managed to get a silver on both the 500 and the scooby race but i cant stand driving that lotus 111r! only missing the 500 by a few seconds =(
 
herrwazza
I'm now on my 4th attempt at Subaru race but a, finding it HARD to tune. Understeers sooo much. Il try stock suspension as suggested, but ive been been lowering the rear -25 and raising front +25 so far!
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Use the weight trick. Make (buy) the car lighter as allowed then set ballast at -20 or -30. Then it will turn better.
 
Yea i used ballast aswell but in the end I used SHIRAKAWA's tune for the eubaru event BUT i had far better lap times with the low end turbo (consistent 1:33:xxx and 1:35:xxx 1st lap).
 
Just golded the Fiat and Elise - working on the Subie now - Just noticed that with the Subie Low RPM turbo vs Hi RPM you get 445lb/ft(low) vs 425lb/ft(high) of tq.

Thanks again for the excellent setups and comments!!
 
Here are my setting for Fiat @ Trial Mountain

【Fiat 500 - newly from Dealership】
※　new car from dealership 63hp / 5,500rmp；73.8 ft.lb / 3,200 rpm
※　window weight reduction ( from 1,010kg → 1,000 kg )
※　sport air filter ( from 63hp → 65hp；76 ft.lb / 3,200 rpm )
※　Twin-plate Clutch
※　Semi-racing Flywheel
※　Fully Customizable Transmission ( decrease top speed from 160km/hr → 150km/hr )
※　Height-adjustable Suspension Sports Kit ( ride height -10/-5；spring rate 5.0/4.0 )
※　win 2nd car 2 seconds +


【already run-in Fiat 500】
※　65hp / 5,500rmp；75.9 ft.lb / 3,200 rpm
※　window weight reduction ( from 1,010kg → 1,000 kg )
※　Twin-plate Clutch
※　Semi-racing Flywheel
※　Fully Customizable Transmission ( decrease top speed from 160km/hr → 150km/hr )
※　Height-adjustable Suspension Sports Kit ( ride height -10/-5；spring rate 5.0/4.0 )
※　win 2nd car 2 seconds +

p/s : no delimiter and weight adjustment are needed.
 
Won the Elise challenge with RKM's setup. Took over the last Elise just before the last straight.
Now trying to finish the Fiat race with SHIRAKAWA's setup. Tried it 4 times yesterday and went from +30 seconds in the first run to +1 second in my last. Ran out of time yesterday so another attempt today :)
Haven't tried the Subaru challenge yet but thinking of using Greycap's tune for this.
 
How are you guys getting around these race restrictions? JR 500 setup asks you to do all three engine upgrades and an oil change, amung all other HP increasing buys: hell, the oil change and racing filter alone put me above the 65 HP limit
 
I have all cars setup for the seasonals put in my Online sharing list, feel free to add me and use them.
 
Thanks once again for the tunes,got gold on all 3 of them with a little concentration from the PiG,level 21,22,23 tickets...i only need Ford MARK IV
 
I was playing with the other seasonals first then I tried this one well the Elise one and well they dont allow you to use a RM elise on it (IT probably would allow the areo package)..
 
Bill G
How did you get it to meet regulations?
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hadisami8
can someone please explain this to me? the creator of this thread said he won with JG's fiat 500 setup , but how could he have? JG's 500 setup would increase its horsepower way over the limit on the challenge :confused:
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invalid76
How are you guys getting around these race restrictions? JR 500 setup asks you to do all three engine upgrades and an oil change, amung all other HP increasing buys: hell, the oil change and racing filter alone put me above the 65 HP limit
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Don't try to use the power limiter and ballast features to meet regs or anything...
 
Finally got the Elise race last night. I looked at my log and I think it took me about 4 hrs total. I switched to Adrenaline's tune last night and after about 40mins was able to pass the lead car on the final turn. I think the tune gave me 0.1 - 0.2 secs a lap and that was enough to finally get them. I think the biggest difference was the LSD settings. With Adrenaline's tune I was able to get on the gas a little sooner coming out of the corners compared to my own.

After finally finishing that I tuned up an STi and gave it a quick go. I did 4 laps and went off so restarted. Then I did another 5 laps and finished around 9th. I was getting 1:40-1:41 and was driving decent. I think I'll likely just take a pass on this one. It's looking like it will take me another 4-5hrs just to get gold, and I just don't have the time.
 
I must be doing something wrong, obviously. I just can not manage gold at any of these new challenges. Think I may just need to stick to a tune and stop trying to tweak them after every race. You know just sort of get used to a right/certain feel. I refuse to use my DS3 just to try to win these events.

*edit* Finally beat the Fiat 500 race. The trick ended up being changing my gearing so I was able to use 3rd more efficiently. What a great feeling of accomplishment!
 
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The secret with the Subaru is braking very hard, and for the mid-high speed corners you want to only get on the power AFTER your rear slips out a bit and your car is properly lined up to exit.
 
My final gold tunes. All thanks to Shirakawa Akira, Ugabugaz, Greycap, RKM's Juliet Elise and Adrenaline's advice.

Fiat
All upgrades except turbo, not needed but I had them anyway.
147 KG ballast at -50 position.
No turbo
Gears at 1 - 3.766 2 - 2.648 3 - 1.965 4 - 1.535 5 - 1.263 Final 4.1 max speed 99 mph

LSD at initial 5 accel at 10 braking at 5
Suspension
Height -20 and - 20
Springs 7.6 and 6.0
Dampers ext 5 and 5 Dampers Comp 4 and 3 ARB's 3 and 4
Camber 2.5 and 2.0 Toe - 0.25 and -0.2
Brakes 4 and 5

Manual gears are a must.

Crucial corners for losing speed are the right hander after 1st tunnel. Try to keep 50 mph through it.
Left hander after long staight. Cut close and try to keep 60+ mph through it.
Right hander after the little chicane heading towards the lake. Try keeping 55+ mph here and the next left hander. Try keeping above 50 mph through the corner.

Elise
All upgrades except turbo again. Not needed but I think easier with.
Aero rear +20. 101 KG ballast at -50 setting.
No turbo. This keeps the wheelspin down when flooring the car out of corners.
Gears
1 - 3.652 2 - 2.568 3 - 1.923 4 - 1.506 5 - 1.233 6 - 1.056 Final 4.530 Max speed 149 mph
LSD set at initial 10 Accel 9 braking at 5
Suspension
Height - -25 and -25
Springs 6.5 and 10 Dampers ext 7 and 8 Dampers comp 6 and 5 ARB's 3 an3
Camber 1.3 and 1.5 Toe -0.1 and -0.15 Brakes 5 and 6

Very hard race for me. I used 1 on traction control so I could get a bit more push through the corners.

Subaru
All upgrades again.
Aero 20 ballast 14 KG at -50 position.
Gears - just final gear at 3.860 and max speed 137 mph
LSD settings - Initial 5 front 10 rear
Accel 20 front 40 rear
Brake 5 front 5 rear

Torque setting 35 front 65 rear.

Suspension
Height +20 front ( not a typo) -20 rear
Springs 9.5 and 8.0
Dampers ext 7 and 6 Dampers comp 6 and 5 ARB's 5 and 5
Camber 2.3 and 1.0 Toe 0.00 and 0.00
Brakes 4 and 8

I found this easier than the Elise. It's very important to clip the red apex markers. Trickiest corners are the first hairpin, important to keep some momentum here. You should be on the bumper of the first car for the next corner where track position is everything to roll through the apex and easing throttle on. The next right hander isn't to bad but the following long left is difficult to judge right, bake - roll to apex and get on the throttle as soon as you're able.
Next left hander is fast, brake, turn to clip red marker on throttle.
Up to corkscrew where you should be on the tail of the next car. Brake late just before the top of the hill, all the way to the left at the start of the screw. You can now floor it through the right hander at the bottom of the section clipping the kerb. It is much faster than cutting the corner and losing all momentum and position due to sand for the next crucial left hander.
Brake twice for this corner, once to pull the car in for the apex and one little dab to make sure you don't overshoot to the other side of the track and hit sand ruining the position for the final fast turn.
On up to the slow final left. Brake late and roll through the apex getting on throttle as soon as possible for the straight.
Mid to high 1.37 first lap followed by consistent mid 1.35's will see you passing the lead car at the second to last corner. So there is still some margin for error left. A mid 1.36 lap should still see a win.

Phew. Sorry for the long post. I hope the st ups and tips help some people. Easiest race for me, after trying many tunes, was the STI. With that tune and an hours practice I got gold and a rubbish car. 👍 Have fun folks.:)

Edit - All on a DS3, auto gears on Elise and STI, as I'm still rubbish with a wheel. As said I am rubbish at driving so there is light at the end of the tunnel. All the best.

Edit edit - after several restarts on the STI I saw the bhp up at 398 so put the tune in and don't exit the race. Just restart.
 
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AndyT
My final gold tunes. All thanks to Shirakawa Akira, Ugabugaz, Greycap, RKM's Juliet Elise and Adrenaline's advice.

Subaru
All upgrades again.
Aero 20 ballast 14 KG at -50 position.
Gears - just final gear at 3.860 and max speed 137 mph
LSD settings - Initial 5 front 10 rear
Accel 20 front 40 rear
Brake 5 front 5 rear

Torque setting 35 front 65 rear.

Suspension
Height +20 front ( not a typo) -20 rear
Springs 9.5 and 8.0
Dampers ext 7 and 6 Dampers comp 6 and 5 ARB's 5 and 5
Camber 2.3 and 1.0 Toe 0.00 and 0.00
Brakes 4 and 8
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Just wanted to say thank you, I tried many set ups and this one was gold. I found that this one minimized the understeer most. The key with this setup is throwing the weight around, that +20 Front really helps. Tap the brake TWICE in turns, it really kicks the front in and makes it a cinch.

I was averaging 1:35:50 per lap, had a 1:36:00 opening lap (was really happy with that one). Took two tries and I beat first place by about 4 seconds!
 
I tried the famous Sub STi tune above in previous posts, with the -20/-20 ride heights, and although it has "improved" the understeer, and lap times to late 1:35xxx, I feel there is MUCH room for improvement,.... somewhere! It just doesn't quite sit well with my driving style and G25 wheel. I upped the front brake my 1 notch, and that helped.

I'm going to start raising the front end a bit and see how it goes. And I was thinking too about putting in a low turbo, as it Should help out the low HP line, to make it consistent. Drive and learn everyone!

Oh, the Audi A4 tourning car sounds Wicked! What a tasmanian devil! it sounds like the engine block is slurping the gas, hilarious.
 
AndyT
My final gold tunes. All thanks to Shirakawa Akira, Ugabugaz, Greycap, RKM's Juliet Elise and Adrenaline's advice.

Fiat
All upgrades except turbo, not needed but I had them anyway.
147 KG ballast at -50 position.
No turbo
Gears at 1 - 3.766 2 - 2.648 3 - 1.965 4 - 1.535 5 - 1.263 Final 4.1 max speed 99 mph

LSD at initial 5 accel at 10 braking at 5
Suspension
Height -20 and - 20
Springs 7.6 and 6.0
Dampers ext 5 and 5 Dampers Comp 4 and 3 ARB's 3 and 4
Camber 2.5 and 2.0 Toe - 0.25 and -0.2
Brakes 4 and 5

Manual gears are a must.

Crucial corners for losing speed are the right hander after 1st tunnel. Try to keep 50 mph through it.
Left hander after long staight. Cut close and try to keep 60+ mph through it.
Right hander after the little chicane heading towards the lake. Try keeping 55+ mph here and the next left hander. Try keeping above 50 mph through the corner.

Elise
All upgrades except turbo again. Not needed but I think easier with.
Aero rear +20. 101 KG ballast at -50 setting.
No turbo. This keeps the wheelspin down when flooring the car out of corners.
Gears
1 - 3.652 2 - 2.568 3 - 1.923 4 - 1.506 5 - 1.233 6 - 1.056 Final 4.530 Max speed 149 mph
LSD set at initial 10 Accel 9 braking at 5
Suspension
Height - -25 and -25
Springs 6.5 and 10 Dampers ext 7 and 8 Dampers comp 6 and 5 ARB's 3 an3
Camber 1.3 and 1.5 Toe -0.1 and -0.15 Brakes 5 and 6

Very hard race for me. I used 1 on traction control so I could get a bit more push through the corners.

Subaru
All upgrades again.
Aero 20 ballast 14 KG at -50 position.
Gears - just final gear at 3.860 and max speed 137 mph
LSD settings - Initial 5 front 10 rear
Accel 20 front 40 rear
Brake 5 front 5 rear

Torque setting 35 front 65 rear.

Suspension
Height +20 front ( not a typo) -20 rear
Springs 9.5 and 8.0
Dampers ext 7 and 6 Dampers comp 6 and 5 ARB's 5 and 5
Camber 2.3 and 1.0 Toe 0.00 and 0.00
Brakes 4 and 8

I found this easier than the Elise. It's very important to clip the red apex markers. Trickiest corners are the first hairpin, important to keep some momentum here. You should be on the bumper of the first car for the next corner where track position is everything to roll through the apex and easing throttle on. The next right hander isn't to bad but the following long left is difficult to judge right, bake - roll to apex and get on the throttle as soon as you're able.
Next left hander is fast, brake, turn to clip red marker on throttle.
Up to corkscrew where you should be on the tail of the next car. Brake late just before the top of the hill, all the way to the left at the start of the screw. You can now floor it through the right hander at the bottom of the section clipping the kerb. It is much faster than cutting the corner and losing all momentum and position due to sand for the next crucial left hander.
Brake twice for this corner, once to pull the car in for the apex and one little dab to make sure you don't overshoot to the other side of the track and hit sand ruining the position for the final fast turn.
On up to the slow final left. Brake late and roll through the apex getting on throttle as soon as possible for the straight.
Mid to high 1.37 first lap followed by consistent mid 1.35's will see you passing the lead car at the second to last corner. So there is still some margin for error left. A mid 1.36 lap should still see a win.

Phew. Sorry for the long post. I hope the st ups and tips help some people. Easiest race for me, after trying many tunes, was the STI. With that tune and an hours practice I got gold and a rubbish car. 👍 Have fun folks.:)

Edit - All on a DS3, auto gears on Elise and STI, as I'm still rubbish with a wheel. As said I am rubbish at driving so there is light at the end of the tunnel. All the best.

Edit edit - after several restarts on the STI I saw the bhp up at 398 so put the tune in and don't exit the race. Just restart.
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I think I've got my tune close to being good enough. I can run 135s with it but I need to work on consistency and just a hair more speed.

I love these challenges because they really give you a reason to want to play around in the garage and master a track. With the lotus I was able to get a tune I really enjoyed driving and that made the challenge fun to retry. Plus the sense of satisfaction in winning is great.
 
Wedge598
I think I've got my tune close to being good enough. I can run 135s with it but I need to work on consistency and just a hair more speed.

I love these challenges because they really give you a reason to want to play around in the garage and master a track. With the lotus I was able to get a tune I really enjoyed driving and that made the challenge fun to retry. Plus the sense of satisfaction in winning is great.
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135s should get you a win. I won with 135s and a 136.

Also, finished the Elise race on my second shot... I found it quite easy, car barely spun at all... :)

Again, I used AndyT's tune.
 
With Subaru people need to understand they can still pass on the exit of the last corner as our car has better acceleration, there's no need to ram off the leader.
 
176OES
Here is my WRX setup so far:

Mods:
Stage 3 Weight Reduction
Lightened Glass
Carbon Bonnet
All Aero gear incl rear wing
Sports ECU
Stage 3 Engine Tuning
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Sports Cat
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Mid Range Turbo Kit
Fully Customisable Trans
Twin Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Fully Customisable LSD
Torque Distributing Centre Diff
Carbon Prop Shaft
Fully Customisable Suspension

Settings:
Aero: 20
Ballast: 14kg, -15
Power Limiter: Whatever % to drop to 395hp
Transmission: Standard gearing, Max Speed 280kph
Front LSD: 10, 20, 10
Rear LSD: 25, 50, 15
Torque Split: 35F, 65R
Height: -25, -25
Rate: 11.2, 12.3
D Ext: 7, 7
D Comp: 7, 7
Swaybars: 5, 5
Camber: 2.5, 1.5
Toe: 0.00, 0.20
Brakes: 8, 5

Assists:
Trans: Auto (yeah, I'm lazy)
TCS: 2
Active Steering: Off
ASM: Off
ABS: 1
Sensitivity: 0


So far... 2.4 seconds behind 1st place. Personally love the feel of the car with these setting... just need to work on my driving I reckon
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You my friend... are a LEGEND! Beat the lead car at the corkscrew 👍

Now I can sleep soundly tonight! DS3 users try this tune! Highly-recommended!
 
To wrap up, can somebody tell me what are the minimum lap times each race to get gold all those events? I just can get silver on the Elise 111R, first lap 1:04xx, average 1:04xx. I know that getting constantly 1:03xx lap time is required to get gold.
 
AndyT
My final gold tunes. (snip)

Subaru
All upgrades again.
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It's very important to clip the red apex markers. Trickiest corners are the first hairpin, important to keep some momentum here. You should be on the bumper of the first car for the next corner where track position is everything to roll through the apex and easing throttle on. The next right hander isn't to bad but the following long left is difficult to judge right, bake - roll to apex and get on the throttle as soon as you're able.
Next left hander is fast, brake, turn to clip red marker on throttle.
Up to corkscrew where you should be on the tail of the next car. Brake late just before the top of the hill, all the way to the left at the start of the screw. You can now floor it through the right hander at the bottom of the section clipping the kerb. It is much faster than cutting the corner and losing all momentum and position due to sand for the next crucial left hander.
Brake twice for this corner, once to pull the car in for the apex and one little dab to make sure you don't overshoot to the other side of the track and hit sand ruining the position for the final fast turn.
On up to the slow final left. Brake late and roll through the apex getting on throttle as soon as possible for the straight.
Mid to high 1.37 first lap followed by consistent mid 1.35's will see you passing the lead car at the second to last corner. So there is still some margin for error left. A mid 1.36 lap should still see a win.

Edit edit - after several restarts on the STI I saw the bhp up at 398 so put the tune in and don't exit the race. Just restart.
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Nice tune & nice advice.

Got gold on Subaru seasonal with your tune with DS3 in AT on 3rd attempt. Would have been 2nd attempt but ran wide into sand in last corner on last lap while madly celebrating a little too early.

Edit: Lead car finishes race in 8:00 which is an average lap time of 1:36.
 
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I'd like to thank everyone for sharing tips and ideas. I finally golded the Lotus tonight to finish up all three.

I based my tunings off ugabugaz' Suburu (main difference was I was 50/50 torque converter instead of his 10/90), SHIRAKAWA Akira's suspension and LSD for Lotus, and watching a video super moderator Daan posted of a Fiat 500 run which helped me figure out my over braking.

Beat Fiat and Subie by about 2.5 seconds, but Lotus only by .8.

i use a DS3 so other DS3 users struggling, i'd suggest checking those out.👍

Now I need more challenges!
 
Morsolo
135s should get you a win. I won with 135s and a 136.

Also, finished the Elise race on my second shot... I found it quite easy, car barely spun at all... :)

Again, I used AndyT's tune.
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ARRRRRRGHHH!

I can't win this race! I just lost by .6 seconds. I ran a 1:37.4 then all mid 1:35's with one low 1:36 where I caught two cars in a bad place. I can't run the race any faster than that. I've tried a dozen times. It seems the AI is teasing me because I can run a race that's a lot worse and still be within 2 seconds of the guy.

I may have to cheat here and use some traction control. I'm trying to do this with no aids at all. Think that would help?
 
TCS will slow you down.
If you want to use an aid, turn on the driving line and follow it to the T. Don't try to brake late, that slows this car down. If you're within .6 of winning, then I think you can win, just need to make no mistakes, possibly try an alternate tune. Which one are you using right now?
 
i just beat the lotus one and i was 2+ seconds ahead of the 2nd place guy... i borrowed all the lsd, suspension (except for ride height) from SHIRAKAWA Akira (thanks). i had the low rpm range turbo kit, stage 2 engine tuning, power limiter was set to 94.3% and i had to adjust it after every few tries, i had a spoiler on it (didn't touch aerodynamics), i had all the best drive train parts, no body or chassis upgrades, no exhausts etc. and my transmissions final gear was set to 4.529 (perfect imo). i don't post an awful lot but if ne one wants to try this set up they sure can. Oh and i had controller sensitivity all the way up from the driving options menu, everything else on regular (tc off, abs @ 1, manual). i also ran 103.2 average around there
 
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