Car too fast for me

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I just bought a Nissan GT-R 07 and tuned it up but now when I try a race with bends on I cant seem to control it properly. I have just ordered my first ever steering wheel a Logitech Driving Force GT Wheel will this help me control the car easier if so will have to wait for Christmas to use it :sick:
 
It sounds like you need to practice a little with less powerful cars. Using a wheel will ultimately give you better control, but it is a steep learning curve and you would be well advised to learn the ropes using cars you are comfortable with before moving on to more powerful ones.
 
The Nissan GT-R 07 fully tuned is my go to, best handling high performance car !
I also have the DFGT wheel.
 
Do you drive a real car (you might be a youngster from the question!)? If you don't, even the wheel will be a learning curve. But it will DEFINITELY help you get faster. No-one drives a real car with a gamepad for a good reason!
 
I have been driving for 25 years so hopefully the steering wheel wont be too alien to me, will probably start the game again when I get my wheel. Cant wait for Christmas now lol
 
There is a steep learning curve when switching to the wheel. One thing that I found difficult at first was controling oversteer especially when it was oversteer due to wheel spin out of a corner. Early on I would just spin the car out where with the game pad a quick flick of the thumb was all it took to snap it back. Once you get the feel for the wheel you will be more precise in your corners but it will take some practice for sure.

I also would suggest using a weaker car at first before moving on to high HP cars especially high HP RWD with high rpm turbos as these are the hardest to handle out of corners.
 
you can also keep yout GTR and tune it down. thats also a good time to learn and mess with suspension setting that may help you getting those corner faster
 
Tune the suspension, get softer tires and balance the brakes.....
 
Mate don't worry if you are slower with a wheel at first, after a year of practise I'm only now starting to be better with a wheel than with a controller.
 
Took me about 6 months to learn a g25, and my 07 gtr is lurvly, havent got the cash for a V spec yet....

Got to get a dtm car, LFA is the way forward I think, with RM mmmmmmmm not stricly dtm but gonna need it for my b-spec

G25/27 is the way forward!! I still have a time drifting thought ( dont use a clutch as its not greatin gt5)

Lap times will drop and drop the more you use it, and the advantage of having a pedal for throttle is better, the amount of times Id over rev or not be quick nough or smooth enough, with a wheel all that has gone!

I just wish leaderboards were up. I was 11th with a dbr drifting top in UK on eiger!!50th with f40!
 
Try getting used to the car with no upgrades other than suspension and sport soft tires first. It's actually really fun to drive just like that.

I seem to be the complete opposite of most as far as getting used to a wheel over a controller. I had it pretty dialed within a couple hours. Definitely faster with a wheel than I ever was with the pad.
 
Touring Mars
It sounds like you need to practice a little with less powerful cars. Using a wheel will ultimately give you better control, but it is a steep learning curve and you would be well advised to learn the ropes using cars you are comfortable with before moving on to more powerful ones.
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Definitely this. Leard to walk before you run, young grasshopper. Start out with a more forgiving car -- a low-to-mid power FF, for example -- and work your way up. Good luck!

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I just purchased a GT-R SpecV and tuned it up to 851 HP. It took me a couple of practice laps to get the hang of it. I had to lightened the load with a stage 1 and carbon hood. Now it's my new baby!
 
This sounds slightly fatuous... but drive more slowly.

When you brake (if you're not depressing a clutch) the engine is still 'pushing' against the wheels. On a 4WD car all four wheels are being 'pushed' and the fronts will understeer.

Get used to aiming for a pretend apex that's way inside the actual apex because once you're turning you'll get neutral steer across both pairs of wheels.

Once you're exiting the corner don't put any power into the wheels while you're turning.

Jackie Stewart's advice is don't touch the throttle until you're 100% sure that you can STAY on the throttle!
 
It's AWD so it'll understeer more than an FR, go and have a look at the tuning forum and there should be some tunes to make it a little more pliable in turns. Soft tyres, downforce (buy some Aero parts from GT Auto), brake balance, LSD, torque distributing centre differentials with a rearward bias and weight reductions will all help handling one way or another, by which I really mean that downforce only works at speed, on slow corners like London's you won't notice much benefit, but on the Speedway circuits you will.

Also if you turn the racing line on and compare it to how you were driving, you may see where you were going wrong. That adjusts according to your car so if you're really struggling it'll tell you when you're going too fast. It's not the best line, though, it's roughly accurate but there's often a better approach to a corner, especially depending on your driving style.
 
TenEightyOne
Jackie Stewart's advice is don't touch the throttle until you're 100% sure that you can STAY on the throttle!
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What he didn't say, though, was 'Don't MASH the throttle until you can stay on the throttle!'. If you are stepping out too much, try accelerating out a little gentler. You can apply power (and settle the car down) a little earlier than if you are waiting for the first opportunity to apply max power...

BTW, Sir Jackie said that to Captain Slow while they were driving a FR car. I wonder what his advice would have been if they were driving an AWD car..? There's no ONE ring to rule them ALL...
 
I would say feather the throttle until the car is heading in a straight line out of the corner to start out, after mastering getting out of the corner feathering the throttle, start to find a point in the corner (just after/at the apex) where you can give it some full throttle without losing back/front end stability. With practice this becomes easy.
 
I would take your engine upgrades out of the car until it is bone stock dry and run some races with it.After you've run these races and feel comfortable gradually re-install some of the parts and do more races.Next just keep doing this until you've got complete control of your car.

Sometimes having your completely beefed out isn't such a wise choice.Some cars can handle it and some cars cannot.
 
Touring Mars
It sounds like you need to practice a little with less powerful cars. Using a wheel will ultimately give you better control, but it is a steep learning curve and you would be well advised to learn the ropes using cars you are comfortable with before moving on to more powerful ones.
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- Soften your rear spring rates
- Increase front toe angle a bit and reduce rear toe angle a bit
- Since it is a 4wd(i think) you can buy the torque sensing center differential, and give more power to the front wheels
- shift brake balance to the front

play around with this and tailor it to your needs, trust me this car will win you a lot of races if you can get it right
 
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I had the same problem but I just spent about an hour running the same course endlessly to finally get enough finesse to use the pressure sensitivity of the X button.

I got a car that I could not handle in the least bit and forced myself to learn the feathering of the throttle on the same turns. After you get it down, what you learned will apply to the other tracks as you'll understand when and how much to throttle out of certain types of turns. The reason I like to use only one course to start though is it gives you comparison for what you're doing wrong and right until you figure out those sweet spots.

Usually I'm in the gradually work yourself up there camp. For this one though, once you learn how to handle something with little control concerning throttling, anything less will be extremely easy. If it was for something like learning how to enter and exit turns concerning angles and braking, I'd definitely go the gradually work yourself up method though.
 
The problem ive seen with newbs driving fast cars (my friends etc) is that their steering isnt smooth in the corners. They are most likely to yank and let go of the analog stick to change direction. The steering movement should be smooth when cornering (something to be learnt from the gokart and nascar races) your thumb should never leave the analog stick.

Traction control should take care of the accelerator problem. you could use the R2 trigger for acceleration which will give you a range of acceleration. But i doubt thats the major problem. Increase traction control if your car gets out of control while accelerating out of a corner or from a standstill.
 
stormbringer
The problem ive seen with newbs driving fast cars (my friends etc) is that their steering isnt smooth in the corners. They are most likely to yank and let go of the analog stick to change direction.
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I'd agree. I find keeping your thumb on the stick and rolling it smoothly back and forth is smoother than pushing the stick and letting go. Also learning the feather the throttle/brake while on a practice lap is useful; without the pressure of a race event.
 

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