1972 Ford Escort RS1600

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I'm driving this in the Historic TC invitational. I'm not good at tuning and I'm having a hard time driving this car and keeping it stable and between the lines. I want to like it since I've always enjoyed driving the historic cars in Gran Turismo.

Has anyone done any tuning of this car yet?
 
buziii
I'm driving this in the Historic TC invitational. I'm not good at tuning and I'm having a hard time driving this car and keeping it stable and between the lines. I want to like it since I've always enjoyed driving the historic cars in Gran Turismo.

Has anyone done any tuning of this car yet?
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I had a little trouble with it also. I don't have an official tune yet but one is on the way. Right now just try raising the ride height front and back, softening the rear springs and sway bar. It should help with the back coming around.

A big help is to also be easy on the brakes when you first hit them. Let the weight settle and then you can push them all the way. It only takes about a 10th longer to be on the brakes fully but it doesn't throw the weight around. That's what was causing a lot if my spins at first. Hope that helps
 
ImToLegitToQuit
I had a little trouble with it also. I don't have an official tune yet but one is on the way. Right now just try raising the ride height front and back, softening the rear springs and sway bar. It should help with the back coming around.

A big help is to also be easy on the brakes when you first hit them. Let the weight settle and then you can push them all the way. It only takes about a 10th longer to be on the brakes fully but it doesn't throw the weight around. That's what was causing a lot if my spins at first. Hope that helps
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Thanks for the advice. I have softened the rear end as you've suggested along with lowering tire pressures. It's better, but I don't really know what I'm doing, so I'm certain it could be better yet. I've actually qualified decently now, but I can't keep it on the track during races! It doesn't take much for those Mercedes to knock me off the track! A couple of of those, and I'm in 20th again.
 
buziii
Thanks for the advice. I have softened the rear end as you've suggested along with lowering tire pressures. It's better, but I don't really know what I'm doing, so I'm certain it could be better yet. I've actually qualified decently now, but I can't keep it on the track during races! It doesn't take much for those Mercedes to knock me off the track! A couple of of those, and I'm in 20th again.
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yeah i have a 15 minute video of me restarting because I can't get through turn 1 without the whacky AI wrecking me bad enough to actually lose a wheel or 2. They are super aggressive too and dive bomb a lot. you'll get through it :) maybe lengthen the race so you have more than 2 or 3 laps to catch them ?
 
I've decided I will never drive this car again in pCars. I use automatic gears, being a DS4 user, and I think that is 40% of the battle. It seems like the downshifts are not right because you are travelling too slow for even the next gear before it shifts. Then it DOES downshift on the next lap and you are already foot to the floor expecting revs to drop, and you end up spinning off instead.

I think the key to a setup for this car is to get the understeer removed from the front end. If the thing got it's nose into an apex every once in a while, there may be hope that a manual downshift and decent throttle control would make this drivable again.
 
Hi guys. First post!

The gears are rubbish no matter the settings but that's cos it's four speed.

Thanks for the tips though, raising the rear ride height and softening the rear suspension transforms the car. Especially in the wet. Needs a lot of tyre warming though,
 
vettefreak95
Does anyone else have any tips for this car? I have tried the suggestions here and still can't get it to work.
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Have you removed as much fuel as you can? It's better lighter.

The Escort takes a lot of practice but once you've mastered it it's good to go. I'm beating the Mercs by about a second in quali with my tune now.. on 60% AI.
 
Hamiltonfan44
Have you removed as much fuel as you can? It's better lighter.

The Escort takes a lot of practice but once you've mastered it it's good to go. I'm beating the Mercs by about a second in quali with my tune now.. on 60% AI.
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I ALWAYS use as little fuel as possible. I have it driveable, but still not fast enough to qualify above last. Maybe I just need to swallow my pride and lower the difficulty.
 

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