Best track for general tuning

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Does anyone have any suggestions for a well balanced track with a large range of differing corners and conditions with which to get a good general tune for a car.

I know it's best practice to tune a car for every track individually to get best results, but surely there is a track with which you could eliminate tuning combinations that plain don't work, and get about 90% towards a good tuning setup that will work everywhere, and leave the other 10% for a case by case decision.

Perhaps the Nurburgring? (I haven't unlocked it yet so I can't test myself)
 
Nurburg Nordschleife :) can't get anymore varied than that...

then you should only need to change your gearing ratio per track
 
Yeah, the Nurb is the way to go. But I found that lap times can vary greatly because of the sheer length of the track. I do my testing on Rome, because my lap times are pretty consistent and there is a nice mix of corners and straights in there. Personal preference I guess.
 
I've always been using Deep Forest. Fun to drive, not too long but good mix of corners. A car that does well there will also work on the Ring. After the suspension is done go to Daytona to set the gearing and you have a good basic allround setup.
 
well nurb ring is way too long, I honestly havent even memorised the track off the top of my head, which is vital for me when i test run. I use HSR because the long straight shows how fast your car can really go on a long stretch, the corners looks so simple yet its actially technical, and lastly the 2 chicanes greatly tests your car under braking from 140mph to 70mph, and how well it handles oversteer/undeersteer, furthermore, throttle control through the apex and yeah.

I use cape ring too, but i mainly use HSR. I also use tsubka but any cars tuned over 400bhp can never full throttle almost the entire track!!

Last night i tuned my r32's suspension and tested on HSR and tsubka, i dont want my car over the top with bhp so im happy with 600. Ive gotten 58'xxx in tsubka and 1'07'xxx in hsr, Im quite proud of my tuned skyline, its got stock aero parts, and to think my baby goes round these tracks as fast as an altezza touring car & mines R34. Im very happy :D
 
All my tuning is done on trail mountain.

Lovely selection of straights, corners, camber and elevation.

R246 is also useful for higher power cars.
 
Tesla
Yeah, the Nurb is the way to go. But I found that lap times can vary greatly because of the sheer length of the track.
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If your lap times vary so much, then you need to practice on the track some more. The length of the track has no bearing whatsoever on the consistency of your lap times - it is your driving that dictates the consistency.

Besides, If you cannot drive accurately around the Nurburgring, then you will never get a good car set up. You will only truly start to understand your car, and what it is capable of, when you are pushing the limits of your abilities, or at the very least, lapping consistently close to your personal best.

Once you are in that position, you will then have the knowledge to truly understand your machine, and exploit its strengths and weaknesses. 👍

jimy281090
I'm just a sad act and know the Nordschleife like the back of my hand then :P Who needs a map? ;)
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Have you got any tips for Berkwerk? It's the one corner on the game that I cannot absolutely nail. Don't get me wrong, I can move through it at speed, but I NEVER hit the tantalising line that reveals itself, as I turn into the apex. I'm either just under or just over. A couple of times, I'm Nicki Lauder! :lol: 👍
 
Nordschleife is a poor choice for anything but a final test; it's too long and varied and too difficult to be consistent enough to do any kind of valid testing.

You should chose a testing track that 1) you have more seat time than anywhere else (for consistency) and 2) has enough variety of opening and closing radius turns, elevation change, and ideally, some varying road camber. It should also be short enough (1:30 - 2:00 lap times) so that one can run a series of laps under varying tire degradation.

Personally, I use Laguna Seca, as it meets most of the above criteria, plus between rFactor, iRacing and the various editions of Gran Turismo, I have more laps there than probably the next 2 or 3 laps combined.
 
Trial Mountain, it's short, there's some variation, it gives a decent idea of the best set up.

Overall though, you really need to play it by track for gear ratios.
 
magburner
Have you got any tips for Berkwerk? It's the one corner on the game that I cannot absolutely nail. Don't get me wrong, I can move through it at speed, but I NEVER hit the tantalising line that reveals itself, as I turn into the apex. I'm either just under or just over. A couple of times, I'm Nicki Lauder! :lol: 👍
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Stay on the outside far longer than you think, turn in point is about at the end of the rumble strip on the left.
 
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Stay on the outside far longer than you think, turn in point is about at the end of the rumble strip on the left.
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Ahhh! That's what I am doing wrong. I'm gonna give that strategy a try later. Thanks pal! 👍
 
I always use the Daytona road course. Its got low speed and high speed corners as well as some straights which lead to high speed braking zones.
 
Ive never looked purely at lap times when setting up a car. I go for what feels right to me, and to get the car to be predictable for me. The ring i think is very good for this even if you dont know the track. With all the varied sections you can get a feel for the set up in many conditions.
Getting the best lap on a given track is usually not the best racing set up. I like a good race car not a qualifying or hot lap car.
My only grip with the ring is its a bit bumpy compared to most the other tracks. So you cant be as argressive with the stiffness of the suspension as you could on other tracks. It wont ruin the car but if you wanted a little more out of a set up you could stiffen it up a bit.
 
Having used the Extreme European Rome Race well over 100 times to make money I do seem to have got somewhat used to it! When trying some settings on the FGT I went straight to that track.,, looks like I still need some alternative settings for the FGT. It does seem to have a good variety of corners which can make life interesting with settings that do not suit me.
 
Tsukuba for grip tunning, Fuji for fast cars.

The ring is probably the worst track to test your car. It's good for a final test once you figured out all the rest.

The problem with your method Zodicus lies in the fact that you can't mesure the change in your tunning, sure maybe the car feels better, but does it actually goes better, that's another story ? It's hard to put consistent time in a 7-8mn lap times. For example in Tsukuba I know after 5 lap if my setup is faster or not and that's not even a lap on the ring.
 
Yeah when going for a TT type event i agree totaly, and ill go to that track and watch lap times. But to get ready to race some buddys on line for exsample. I take the car to the ring and make it "feel" good. That way I can drive it in traffic and race other people better. Dont care if its faster, if that makes sense.
 
zodicus
Yeah when going for a TT type event i agree totaly, and ill go to that track and watch lap times. But to get ready to race some buddys on line for exsample. I take the car to the ring and make it "feel" good. That way I can drive it in traffic and race other people better. Dont care if its faster, if that makes sense.
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Yeah you want car that you drive and feel good about it, safe and fast, I understand it. I'm just saying the Ring is not the best place to test car that's it. I can understand you like the track and tune car to feel good on that track but that wont make a car that will kill opposition on the other side. That's all I'm saying ^^

Everyone has a favorite track to tune and i'm fine with everyone having a different one but I still think the Ring is not a good test track for most of the driver ^^
 
I prefer Fuji, but I might start using the Top Gear Test Track. It was basically made for that. The test track was designed to induce oversteer and understeer in certain corners, has high and low speed sections, tight corners, a quick weight change going into the hammerhead, etc.

I just use Fuji because it's short enough, has different types of corners, and isn't too hard to drive.
 

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