Great Idea for Setup Sheets

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Just came to me.

Imagine we could change between the three setup sheets that we have .... MID RACE :dunce:

You would be able to have slightly varying setups depending on where you were in the race. All it would take is using the function that allows you to change brake balance etc, to change between the setups.

Feel a different transmission would help? Need to stiffen your rear up? Want to loosen it slightly?

Shouldn't be too hard to do. I think this should be implemented.
 
It would have to be a limited subset of the whole setup sheets though. Yes, I can see that you'd want to (and indeed be able to in the real world) change the brake balance or gear shift ratios during a race, but switching turbos or tires while driving is just nonsense.
 
Yep, just thought of that, but still, I'm sure we would all wish to change suspension and transmission more than tyres, turbos or weight for example.

I need this in my GT life :lol:
 
It would be nice to be able to make more changes during a pit stop, other than just tires and fuel, but having to make drastic changes should then result in a lengthy stop.
 
How is that in any way realistic?
 
Could be realistic, if done in the pit and would take forever.
 
Juiposa
Could be realistic, if done in the pit and would take forever.
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Indeed. I can see it being useful in practice mode for tweaking things as you go but in real racing, nope. Major setup changes are done in the pits and take a long time.
 
That would screw online racing if it was mid race! Everyone would be fumbling around with their controllers on every straight to heighten the transmission, then lower it into the corners.

It's a ridiculous idea.
 
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GODfreyGT5
That would screw online racing if it was mid race! Everyone would be fumbling around with their controllers on every straight to heighten the transition, then lower it into the corners.

It's a ridiculous idea.
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Not to mention all the calculations the game would have to be making. The netcode of GT5 isn't great as it is, throwing constant physics changes into the mix would be deadly.
 
SimonK
How is that in any way realistic?
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I was racing down a long straight in this:
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But then I remembered that this was a road course so I pushed a button to swap my car setup and it morphed into this:
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It's amazing how cars can magically transform in mid-race like Optimus Prime. I love having race technology imported from Cybertron.
 
I do wish you could change some things in the pits. But what is the list of things you could do that might really (before the race is over) be possible?

Air filter, oil change, exhaust swap, suspension adjustment (certain settings for sure). Then make it take about 1/3 as long as it would really take, since it is a game.
 
To be fair, in the real world, there are some things you can easily change in a car's behaviour. ESP on/off, "Sports" mode (or any other modes you may have), balance of 4 wheel drive etc.
 
You should be able to make certain adjustments in the pits and in car depending on the type of car. Examples:
F1 cars - change aero kit in pits
Nascar - change wedge in pits
SuperGT - change lsd in car

They do these things very easily n very fast in real life.

I like your idea Knelly!
 
I want to take my wing off in the setting sheet.

I now need two of every car, one with wing and one without. If I wanna drive my 04 vette at 600 pp I'd like a wing, if I wanna drive the same car at 500 I'd like no wing. To get some hp with the pp system.

I know it would mess up the thumbnails so I purpose an adjustment of 0-20 instead of 5-20.
I'm pretty sure you can adjust a wing to give you 0 downforce. If you go further it'll theoretically give you lift. So it sounds feasible..

Know what I mean!
 
kenkwilinski
You should be able to make certain adjustments in the pits and in car depending on the type of car. Examples:
F1 cars - change aero kit in pits
Nascar - change wedge in pits
SuperGT - change lsd in car

They do these things very easily n very fast in real life.

I like your idea Knelly!
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NASCAR was obviously in mind. Cheers Crazy 👍
 
SimonK
Notice he said 'in pits' though. You didn't, you said mid-race.
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Pits is a better idea and more realistic 👍
 
You could change some suspension settings, LSD and the aero in the pits. But would take up extra time :) That would be a great idea!
 
Yeah every other race you see pit workers take the gearbox apart and change cogs around or take the whole rear axle out to change the diff a bit.

Joking aside, this is a feature in Live for Speed. You can change small things like camber and anti roll bars, but that way your pit stops take longer. Don't neccessarily want that feature in GT however.
 
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