drag times

92ludesi · Oct 15, 2002

does anyone else except me enjoy messing around with their cars just to get the fastest 1/4 mile or 400m time? if anyone has any good settings let me know....also if this topic is on some other part of the site, let me know...so far, my fastest car(not f1) is the ruf rgt, i got it to run a 8.06 or 9.06 in the 1/4 mile. ive found that starting off in 2nd gear in some cars can shave a lot of time off. thanks

DomesticDisturbance · Nov 22, 2002

Yeah that's my fastest non-F1 car in the 400 meter also. I got a 9.07 with my Ruf-RGT, and an 8.89 with my best F1 car. I wish there was an actual drag racing option in GT3!!

ving · Nov 25, 2002

yes............

cant remember my fastest..

have just restarted

GT40racer · Dec 26, 2002

How the hell do you get an rgt to go that fast mines got 1042 hp and only gets about 9.7, but i do have a 8.689 in my '094/S

halfracedrift · Dec 27, 2002

start in a higher gear if your car is extremely high powered because the 1st gear ratio is too low

ving · Dec 27, 2002

enuff downforce on the front to keep the wheels on the ground (you aint gonna turn)
enuff downforce on the rear to get traction... (dont want wheel spin...

simple

truckietrace · Dec 27, 2002

downforce is pretty useless in drags except at high speeds like 300kmph or more

from memory my rgt ruf has done high 8s either 8.8 or 8.9s

92ludesi · Dec 28, 2002

yeah, my 3 fastest times are: f094-8.8
zonda c12s-8.9
ruf rgt-9 flat

GT40racer · Dec 28, 2002

what the hell i start in 2nd but only manage a 9.5

92ludesi · Dec 28, 2002

gt40 racer, you do have stuff like full racing drivetrain, full, lightening, etc., right? If so play with the individual gear ratios but be sure to write the stock setting down in case you make it worse, and you can also make adjustments with the suspension to gain very small amounts of time.

GT40racer · Dec 28, 2002

i know its fully modded 1042 hp

92ludesi · Dec 28, 2002

you might try adjusting the tcs or limited slip......but other than that you just have to play around with it

Frustrated Palm · Dec 28, 2002

Originally posted by truckietrace
downforce is pretty useless in drags except at high speeds like 300kmph or more

from memory my rgt ruf has done high 8s either 8.8 or 8.9s

Downforce is never useless in drags, its very important. You need to keep the wheels planted frimly on the track.

GT40racer · Dec 28, 2002

Thanks to your little 2nd gear trick, my best time now is 8.339, in my F094/S

AlfaGTAm · Dec 28, 2002

my record --> 9.521 sec, with an RUF - RGT with 1071 HP

eghybrid · Jan 2, 2003

I'm pretty good at setting up cars for drag(especially gearing), my best time with my RUF RGT is...

0-400m: 8.887sec
0-1000m: 15.779sec

Fully modified of course! Gearing is not that short suprisingly, with the set-up I run it turns those times and has a top speed of 220mph.

Also this was a FIRST gear start, second gear makes is slower due to the way I have the tranny set-up.

Oh, and I love toying with gears, if you have you have problems with your transmission in a car or you want me to try different gears for your set-up let me know.

GT3isawsome · Feb 1, 2003

How do you chabnge the car to manual in the 1/4 mile test?