Motor City Tunes

Do you have a specific request? In the middle of a FITT Challenge right now then planning to tune a few Minis. What car did you have in mind?

I was thinking about the Dodge Challenger TC, Hami. I wanted to use the Challenger mainly in online races with limited PP (630 tops). Would be cool to the others too, like the Honda CRZ TC but take your time, mate. Cheers, Ray.
 
I have to say, your tunes are amazing, and your guides are pretty much perfect in terms of detail and comprehension. I find myself having to adjust my driving style, because I'm counter-steering like I usually have to, when in fact my car now has plenty of traction left.

I don't think that I can give you much higher praise than saying that you've made me have to change the way I drive to accommodate the improvements you've allowed me to make.
 
I was thinking about the Dodge Challenger TC, Hami. I wanted to use the Challenger mainly in online races with limited PP (630 tops). Would be cool to the others too, like the Honda CRZ TC but take your time, mate. Cheers, Ray.

Wow! I am liking the Challenger TC. I have it in a nice bright green color. Super surprised that it has a decent front/rear balance right out of the box. Early into tuning it, but first impression is that I think there will be a lot of room for adjustment vs. the typical GT5 car that needs extreme settings to rid the understeer.

I have to say, your tunes are amazing, and your guides are pretty much perfect in terms of detail and comprehension. I find myself having to adjust my driving style, because I'm counter-steering like I usually have to, when in fact my car now has plenty of traction left.

I don't think that I can give you much higher praise than saying that you've made me have to change the way I drive to accommodate the improvements you've allowed me to make.

Thank you. I appreciate the kind words.
 
Audi RS 4 '01
506hp, 1400kg, 525PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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This car was built for the FITT Wagon/SUV Tuner Challenge at Deep Forest Raceway. These 4wd wagons are really difficult to remove all of the understeer. I went extremely aggressive with this tune. It drives very nice with my DS3, but with a wheel, it is a handful. Ride height proved to be very important at Deep Forest. Lower ride heights will struggle to keep up with the many hills and bumps on this circuit. Toe angle was also very useful to encourage rotation. I used quite a bit of it.

GT Auto Services
369 mile break in
Engine Rebuild/Oil Change
Chassis Maintenance
Deepblue Perleffekt paint
Ray Volk Racing Rims

Installed Parts
Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 2
Sports Intake Manifold
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Carbon Drive Shaft
Suspension Fully Customizable
Sport Medium Tires

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2.11 Offline Tune
RH +15/+20
Springs 13.5/5.0
Dampers ext 10/4
Dampers comp 5/4
ARB 3/6
Camber 2.8/1.0
Toe -0.35/-0.19
LSD Front 10/15/7
LSD Rear 7/10/8
Front/Rear Torque Split 40/60
Brake balance 2/9
Ballast 82
Balast Position 35
Weight Distribution 56/44
Power Level 98.2%

Final Gear to 4.500
Top Speed to 112
1st gear 3.700
2nd gear 2.550
3rd gear 2.000
4th gear 1.645
5th gear 1.415
6th gear 1.260
Top Speed 180km/112mph
Final gear 3.000
Top Speed Window 161mph
good choice:tup:
 
can you help me out with the ruff yellowbird? is there a tune that makes the handling of this car suck less? for a fully tuned version with all parts added.

thanx in advance.

p.s. if you dont have this car you can borrow mine.
 
can you help me out with the ruff yellowbird? is there a tune that makes the handling of this car suck less? for a fully tuned version with all parts added.

thanx in advance.

p.s. if you dont have this car you can borrow mine.

I have three of these and have never been happy enough with the tunes to post. I built a stock powered, a mid powered and a fully modded version. I should get back to tuning it and just post the versions. Sometime over this next month.
 
I have three of these and have never been happy enough with the tunes to post. I built a stock powered, a mid powered and a fully modded version. I should get back to tuning it and just post the versions. Sometime over this next month.

thanx, ill be checking out your garage.

do you think a full powered one can be tuned to not suck?
 
Dodge Challenger SRT8 TC
775hp, 1285kg, 630PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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This car was built upon request from thewheelman83. Thank you so much for requesting this car. I have owned it since the DLC download in October of 2011, but never drove it. I have been missing out. It is a fantastic car. It didn't take long to build this tune and have it handling like on rails. This car has now been added to my favorites list. Wheelman, I went very aggressive with this tune, so if it ends up being a bit tail happy for you, there are many, many ways to tame it. Build one and take it for a drive or let me know if you'd like me to put mine on share. I would love to enter this thing into a racing series of like cars. Just fantastic.

I test drove mostly on Grand Valley Speedway, but with a quick final drive change, it will handle well on most tracks.

GT Auto Services
only 65 miles on it (didn't have time this week to break it in)
Oil Change

Installed Parts
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Supercharger
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Carbon Drive Shaft
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Racing Soft Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -5/+5
Springs 12.5/5.5
Dampers ext 9/3
Dampers comp 5/3
ARB 3/6
Camber 3.0/1.2
Toe -0.17/0.00
LSD 11/15/7
Downforce 15/20
Brake balance 4/8
Ballast 0
Balast Position 0
Weight Distribution 56/44
Power Level 95.9%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 5.000
Top Speed to 112
1st gear 3.300
2nd gear 2.400
3rd gear 1.900
4th gear 1.580
5th gear 1.375
6th gear 1.225
Top Speed 180km/112mph
Final gear 2.650
Top Speed Window 204mph
 
Mini Cooper S '11
256hp, 1140kg, 450PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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GT Auto Services
only 85 miles on it (didn't have time this week to break it in)
Oil Change
British Racing Green II Metallic

Installed Parts
ECU Tuning
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Sport Hard Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -20/-10
Springs 11.5/5.5
Dampers ext 8/3
Dampers comp 4/3
ARB 2/6
Camber 2.7/1.0
Toe -0.15/-0.25
LSD 9/18/5
Brake balance 4/7
Ballast 0
Balast Position 0
Weight Distribution 60/40
Power Level 100%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 4.000
Top Speed to 112
1st gear 3.800
2nd gear 2.600
3rd gear 2.025
4th gear 1.680
5th gear 1.445
6th gear 1.270
Top Speed 180km/112mph
Final gear 3.300
Top Speed Window 130mph
 
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Mini Cooper S '07
239hp, 1030kg, 450PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

Awarded GT Planet Tune of the Week April 4, 2013

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GT Auto Services
only 25 miles on it (didn't have time this week to break it in)
Oil Change
British Racing Green Metallic

Installed Parts
Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Sport Hard Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -20/-5
Springs 11.5/5.5
Dampers ext 8/3
Dampers comp 4/3
ARB 2/6
Camber 2.7/1.0
Toe -0.15/-0.25
LSD 11/17/5
Brake balance 4/8
Ballast 0
Balast Position 0
Weight Distribution 60/40
Power Level 100%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 4.500
Top Speed to 112
1st gear 3.425
2nd gear 2.400
3rd gear 1.855
4th gear 1.525
5th gear 1.305
6th gear 1.150
Top Speed 180km/112mph
Final gear 3.725
Top Speed Window 130mph
 
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Mini Cooper S '05
251hp, 1091kg, 450PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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GT Auto Services
only 50 miles on it (didn't have time this week to break it in)
Oil Change
Le Mans Green

Installed Parts
Weight Reduction Stage 2
Window Weight Reduction
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 2
Sports Intake Manifold
Sports Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Sport Hard Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -20/-5
Springs 11.5/5.5
Dampers ext 8/3
Dampers comp 4/3
ARB 2/6
Camber 2.7/1.0
Toe -0.20/-0.20
LSD 11/17/5
Brake balance 4/8
Ballast 39
Balast Position 50
Weight Distribution 58/42
Power Level 100%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 4.500
Top Speed to 112
1st gear 3.425
2nd gear 2.400
3rd gear 1.850
4th gear 1.525
5th gear 1.305
6th gear 1.150
Top Speed 180km/112mph
Final gear 3.750
Top Speed Window 130mph
 
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Mini Cooper S Countryman '11
261hp, 1125kg, 450PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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GT Auto Services
200 miles break it in
Oil Change
Oxford Green/White stripes

Installed Parts
Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Sports Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Sport Hard Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -25/+10
Springs 12.0/5.0
Dampers ext 9/3
Dampers comp 5/3
ARB 2/6
Camber 2.2/0.5
Toe -0.20/-0.15
LSD 7/16/5
Brake balance 4/7
Ballast 9
Balast Position 0
Weight Distribution 60/40
Power Level 97.4%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 3.000
Top Speed to 112
1st gear 5.400
2nd gear 3.775
3rd gear 2.950
4th gear 2.440
5th gear 2.085
6th gear 1.840
Top Speed 180km/112mph
Final gear 2.580
Top Speed Window 125mph
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Mini Cooper 1.3l '98
178hp, 726kg, 450PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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GT Auto Services
200 miles break it in
Oil Change
Lime Green Metallic

Installed Parts
Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Turbo
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Sport Hard Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -15/-5
Springs 10.0/5.0
Dampers ext 8/3
Dampers comp 5/3
ARB 2/6
Camber 2.2/1.0
Toe -0.25/-0.25
LSD 6/10/6
Brake balance 4/7
Ballast 74
Balast Position 25
Weight Distribution 52/48
Power Level 100%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 4.000
Top Speed to 87
1st gear 3.650
2nd gear 2.700
3rd gear 2.150
4th gear 1.800
5th gear 1.560
6th gear 1.395
Top Speed 140km/87mph
Final gear 2.450
Top Speed Window 140mph
 
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Mini Cooper S '02
237hp, 1000kg, 450PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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GT Auto Services
18,000 miles
Engine Rebuild/Chassis Refresh
Sparkling Silver Metallic paint

Installed Parts
Weight Reduction Stage 2
Window Weight Reduction
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 2
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Sport Hard Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -20/0
Springs 12.0/5.0
Dampers ext 9/3
Dampers comp 4/4
ARB 2/6
Camber 2.5/0.5
Toe -0.10/-0.17
LSD 11/17/5
Brake balance 4/8
Ballast 74
Balast Position 25
Weight Distribution 52/48
Power Level 100%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 4.500
Top Speed to 112
1st gear 3.450
2nd gear 2.400
3rd gear 1.850
4th gear 1.515
5th gear 1.300
6th gear 1.150
Top Speed 180km/112mph
Final gear 3.375
Top Speed Window 145mph
 
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Hami, why did you not enter the Clubman S in the FITT Shootout? At 450PP, the thing is by far the quickest and rotated the best of the FF cars. I was running consistently 2 seconds faster than the next fastest one. I was able to pull a 1:21.6xx at one point. Amazing tunes you do, man.
 
I love the countryman tune hami. It won every mini seasonal without a problem. Thanks for sharing hami. I am going to use the other tunes as well.
 
Wow! Great pack, Keith! 👍

I love the countryman tune hami. It won every mini seasonal without a problem. Thanks for sharing hami. I am going to use the other tunes as well.

Thanks guys. I like the Mini. I plan to do the events this weekend with the '98, with PP cranked as low as I can get it.

Hami, why did you not enter the Clubman S in the FITT Shootout? At 450PP, the thing is by far the quickest and rotated the best of the FF cars. I was running consistently 2 seconds faster than the next fastest one. I was able to pull a 1:21.6xx at one point. Amazing tunes you do, man.

I just wasn't that happy with it and only had time to refine the Audi for the FITT shootout. Wish now I would have just thrown it out there. Thanks for the feedback.
 
I linked your garage in my posted tune at Clueless. I hope you don't mind :nervous:. I just decided to tune the ONE Mini you didn't :dopey:
 
RUF CTR "Yellow Bird - Green With Envy"
480hp, 1150kg, 533PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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I simply cannot race a yellow car. My first real race car was yellow and one of the first things that I did with that car was to sand all of that ugly yellow paint off the car and paint it green; obnoxiously bright green. So, if I owned a Yellow Bird, I would do the same; paint it green.

I have tried tuning this car about five times before, but could never get it quite right. I spent hours with this car in the past, but wasn't happy enough with the tune to post it. This week, I went back to square one and started fresh. Gained three seconds over the stock configuration just from the LSD tuning. This car is LSD dependent. I learned something else during this tuning session. The Yellow Bird will never be perfect, but it can be made more fun to drive. I can get pretty aggressive with this tune, but there is a line - step over it and she will bite.

Tuned on High Speed Ring and Grand Valley.
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GT Auto Services
30,000 miles
Engine Rebuild
Chassis Refresh
Verde Ithaca Paint

Installed Parts
Titanium Racing Exhaust
Fully Customizable Transmission
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Sport Soft Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -20/-20
Springs 9.5/10.0
Dampers ext 5/6
Dampers comp 3/4
ARB 3/4
Camber 2.6/2.2
Toe +0.12/0.18
LSD 15/8/28
Brake balance 6/3
Ballast 0
Balast Position 0
Weight Distribution 40/60
Power Level 100%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 5.500
Top Speed to 124
1st gear 2.300
2nd gear 1.700
3rd gear 1.335
4th gear 1.110
5th gear 0.955
6th gear 0.850
Top Speed 200km/124mph
Final gear 3.275
Top Speed Window 200mph
 
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Yellow Bird - "The Evil Black Bird Within"
736hp, 1081kg, 595PP
DS3, FPS Freek stick extenders, ABS 1

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If you read the post above this one, you will know of my dislike for yellow cars. Since this tune is a maxed out Yellow Bird, I thought it deserved an evil title.

Tuned on High Speed Ring and Grand Valley.

GT Auto Services
14,800 miles
Engine Rebuild
Chassis Refresh
Melanitschwarz (Black) Paint

Installed Parts
Weight Reduction Stage 3
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Turbo
Fully Customizable Transmission
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Racing Soft Tires

2.11 Tune
RH -20/-20
Springs 10.0/11.5
Dampers ext 7/7
Dampers comp 4/5
ARB 3/4
Camber 3.2/2.5
Toe +0.12/0.18
LSD 15/8/28
Brake balance 6/3
Ballast 0
Balast Position 0
Weight Distribution 40/60
Power Level 100%

Reset to default
Final Gear to 5.500
Top Speed to 124
1st gear 2.500
2nd gear 1.800
3rd gear 1.420
4th gear 1.170
5th gear 1.005
6th gear 0.885
Top Speed 200km/124mph
Final gear 2.850
Top Speed Window 230mph
 
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awesome, will try it.

on a note, i hate all the rufs in this game. i have them all now, except i havent driven the boxer yet as i dont consider it a real porsche. what seems true for all these cars is that they handle terrible when fully tuned to max power and least weight. especially the older models like the btr and the angry bird. the rgt and ctr2 are relativelly better but still not that great.

im even driving these cars with srf on and on racing softs (everything else off, cept abs1). im really starting to hate these cars fully tuned. i think im gonna give up trying to find a right tune for these cars and just use one of your guys tunes which are not tuned to the max.

what i dont get is ive owned 2 porsches, both the last model air cooled 911 carreras, one 4 and one 4s. both had great driving charactereristics, especially the 4s. i dont get how these cars in gt5 handle this bad. and why cant we add aero on cars that just wont grip to the ground no matter how hard you try. with a wing and front spoiler these cars could potentially made good drivers cars.

peace.
 
You deserve it Keith, you're quite welcome! 👍

I cranked the Mini Cooper S '11 tune down to 380PP last night and re-ran the Mini Seasonal. Cote d' Azur was super, super fun at this low PP level. I can see that becoming a go to event anytime I become bored with the game.
 
I cranked the Mini Cooper S '11 tune down to 380PP last night and re-ran the Mini Seasonal. Cote d' Azur was super, super fun at this low PP level. I can see that becoming a go to event anytime I become bored with the game.

Yes, it is true. For me, the Super Car Festival Seasonal 620PP runing with a 550PP car is the same. :)
 
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