Caterham setup for British Lightweight Seasonal

DouggieAfr0Man

DouggieAfr0Man

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I've been trying to do the 500pp B-L Seasonal with my Caterham (it seems the best car to do it in :dopey: ) but it has been tuned to the max which has made it bad when you tune down.

As you can get stock ones in the current OCD, I am going to buy a new one to attempt the races again. Does anyone have a good setup they have used for the event?

By the way Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sly:
 
Having driven a Caterham on track IRL, the GT5 version is nothing like the real car.

I tried one, untuned and tuned early on in my GT5 career and have never turned a wheel on one since. The GT5 rendition is rubbish.
 
I don't know if you've tried other cars but I found it very tricky on comfort tyres. There are better cars to do it with, the Elise probably being the best. Any MR lotus, e-type, TVR, even a tuned Spitfire were better than the Caterham for me, and I love the Caterham. With sports or racing tyres it's great fun but on CS I couldn't keep it pointing in the right direction. Good luck but I think you're heading for a lot of frustration.
 
Well I have tried two of my Elises, the Spitfire and even an Esprit, which is super fast but I can absolutely not catch the Elise Sport 190 in 1st place.

I'm second on Grand Valley and sixth in the second race, where I seem to stay the same distance behind the lead car the entire race... and I am really driving it at the edge of losing it when I do well.

I have tried driving like my uncle (conservative) and like my mom (slow), fast like my friend and fast like I do when I race, nothing yields me results... and this is the only championship I have not won...

What. The. Heck?

Any suggestions?
 
Synapticgap
Well I have tried two of my Elises, the Spitfire and even an Esprit, which is super fast but I can absolutely not catch the Elise Sport 190 in 1st place.

I'm second on Grand Valley and sixth in the second race, where I seem to stay the same distance behind the lead car the entire race... and I am really driving it at the edge of losing it when I do well.

I have tried driving like my uncle (conservative) and like my mom (slow), fast like my friend and fast like I do when I race, nothing yields me results... and this is the only championship I have not won...

What. The. Heck?

Any suggestions?
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I tried many of the cars you mentioned, but I found the Evora the best. It qualifies once you perform weight reduction.
 
Synapticgap
Well I have tried two of my Elises, the Spitfire and even an Esprit, which is super fast but I can absolutely not catch the Elise Sport 190 in 1st place.

I'm second on Grand Valley and sixth in the second race, where I seem to stay the same distance behind the lead car the entire race... and I am really driving it at the edge of losing it when I do well.

I have tried driving like my uncle (conservative) and like my mom (slow), fast like my friend and fast like I do when I race, nothing yields me results... and this is the only championship I have not won...

What. The. Heck?

Any suggestions?
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The 190 is a very hard car to beat. I used this video to get all 5 1st places, each on 1st try. Basically if the grid you are up against has a 190 in it, it will be hard. If not, it's an easy win.

Hope this helps

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YWl5lqwV0vo
 
Synapticgap
Well I have tried two of my Elises, the Spitfire and even an Esprit, which is super fast but I can absolutely not catch the Elise Sport 190 in 1st place.

I'm second on Grand Valley and sixth in the second race, where I seem to stay the same distance behind the lead car the entire race... and I am really driving it at the edge of losing it when I do well.

I have tried driving like my uncle (conservative) and like my mom (slow), fast like my friend and fast like I do when I race, nothing yields me results... and this is the only championship I have not won...

What. The. Heck?

Any suggestions?
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Have you done the third Top Gear Challenge? Have you worked out how to drive the Elise that fast (trail braking, being very conscious of the way the traction changes as you brake/change gear etc)? If you have then I would expect you to manage this one. Btw, have your uncle and your mum golded these? 👍
 
SirAlanClive
Have you done the third Top Gear Challenge? Have you worked out how to drive the Elise that fast (trail braking, being very conscious of the way the traction changes as you brake/change gear etc)? If you have then I would expect you to manage this one. Btw, have your uncle and your mum golded these? 👍
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Nobody I know personally has golded them, lol.

I don't recall if I did do the 3rd Top Gear, I thought I did. My current favorite car just happens to be the Elise 111R, so yes, I would expect myself to win easily, hence this post...

As far as the starting lineup... I suppose it does change after all then, but I have yet to race one where there isn't a Sport 190 in pole...

The video is likely going to help immensely, thanks a lot.

I must say it borders on sadism to force us to race these with comfort tires...

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All done. Slight modification to my syspension and the car was no longer a low flying aircraft.
 
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The Fireblade will not be competitive in this race at 500PP. That's why I used a tuned Elise 111R and won them all first time except for the Trial Mountain Reverse track, had to learn it first.

As for the Sport 190 starting in Pole, he always started in pole for every race I did. I didn't know that there was an alternative lineup.

And the Top Gear Special Event, I managed to Gold all three - the Elise one was really tough, but I watched a video on YouTube and copied the lines/speeds/gear changes etc. and managed it. This may have helped me win the seasonal, I don't know. But I already loved driving that car before I did the Special Event with it - I just had it tuned properly.

Plus I'm not fast. I just got lucky with the Top Gear Special Event and persevered until I got Gold.

But back on topic, the Caterham Seven Fireblade is an awesome car, but against powerful Elise's at the same PP it can't keep up unless you've got an awesome setup and are an awesome driver. I wouldn't even attempt it, yet I love the Caterham and have a good setup on it.
 
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