- 15,481
- UK
You do have to gradually feed the throttle back to full power with these cars. Much harder on a DS3, no doubt.
GTP_WRS (GT5) Week 11 : NASCAR - WRS Style
- Thread starter EDK
- 459 comments
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You do have to gradually feed the throttle back to full power with these cars. Much harder on a DS3, no doubt.
- 2,029
- England
- GTP_Insatiable
- InsatiableFiend
@nine_hundred
Map the throttle and brakes to the triggers is essential. You may have already done this - makes a huge difference if you can be a bit granular with input.
With this car I use TCS 2 or 3 - no more than that is required, don't be fooled by the immense slipperyness the first few laps.
Key thing for powerful, race cars on a DS3 is Active Steering - it really helps and you don't lose much speed.
So far I've used TCS: 3, ABS: 5, Active Steering: Strong, STM: Off, Controller Sensitivity: 0
The above in conjunction with Chuk's settings (Page 2 of the thread?) got me to this, so far
T1: 22.853
T2: 21.622
T3: 17.972 (Didn't realise this was quite so good til I saw the other times!)
Still don't understand turn 4 - there's like....nothing to spot with !? Rest of the lap is coming together quite nicely.
Didn't think I'd like this weeks event, but I do - I quite like the track and despite the fact the car feels like a cathedral on wheels, it's fun to drive on the soft racing tyre and not that tough to control. Still need to find some more time to be division-competitive.
Map the throttle and brakes to the triggers is essential. You may have already done this - makes a huge difference if you can be a bit granular with input.
With this car I use TCS 2 or 3 - no more than that is required, don't be fooled by the immense slipperyness the first few laps.
Key thing for powerful, race cars on a DS3 is Active Steering - it really helps and you don't lose much speed.
So far I've used TCS: 3, ABS: 5, Active Steering: Strong, STM: Off, Controller Sensitivity: 0
The above in conjunction with Chuk's settings (Page 2 of the thread?) got me to this, so far
T1: 22.853
T2: 21.622
T3: 17.972 (Didn't realise this was quite so good til I saw the other times!)
Still don't understand turn 4 - there's like....nothing to spot with !? Rest of the lap is coming together quite nicely.
Didn't think I'd like this weeks event, but I do - I quite like the track and despite the fact the car feels like a cathedral on wheels, it's fun to drive on the soft racing tyre and not that tough to control. Still need to find some more time to be division-competitive.
- 3,057
- USA
- GTP_CarlosF
Frustrating - can't lend a car from my other account as the PSN is still down, and I'm only level 17. Seasonals would have been a good way to level up, but...need that PSN again!
It's going to be Friday at this rate before I even turn a lap
It's going to be Friday at this rate before I even turn a lap
- 379
- GTP_Sidplayos2
Yeah, but you don't have to level up to lend a car, I just noticed you have to be lvl 21 to do the last NASCAR challenge.
I'm getting up to lvl 21 now with the Zonda R I've lent before the online breakdown so I can just buy one.
poolhaas, I'm in the same boat with the PSN outages. Have a Nascar in my other account. I have the credits but need to be level 21 to buy. What events are the quickest to level up on? I've got the gallardo and the super evo rally 03, that's the only cars I've got in this account.
Looking forward to this, will be quite a challenge, don't know this track and I'd say this NASCAR will be quite the handful. Love the events I'm bad at to improve my skills.
@Carlos, I see your educating our fellow WRS'ers (chuck) on horlicks, haven't had that since I was a kid. Better then Bonox though
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- 2,114
- England
- NINE_HUNDRED
- 3,984
- Frankfurt am Main
- GTP_mcfizzle
- LotsaMcfizzle
I don't have a NASCAR car on this account and don't have the money to buy one so I thought, 'I'll just do the NASCAR special events.'. Everything is going fine until I get to the expert races and ASM is locked on and ABS can't be set to 0! Mother:censored:. I may not get a car until PSN is back up. Good luck all.
- 4,962
- Nelson, England
- GTP_ASH32
You can set the brake balance to 0/0 though and that improves things a little according to a post in here:- A plead to PD to turn ASM off in Nascar Driving School
Usual Suspect
Premium
- 732
- Portugal
- GTP_UsualSuspect
Don´t really remember how i did it, but look at this, maybe can give you some help:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=184492&page=2
- 8,642
- London
- GTP_Stotty
1st and probably my only session... I like the challenge of managing the throttle, but just can't seem to get the front end to bite no matter what I do with the settings!
T1: 22.456
T2: 20.847
T3: 17.883
T3 was very rough... sideways with smoke everywhere
Settings...
Aero: Max f & r
Gears: Max speed 236 mph
LSD: 5 30 5
Ride: -20 0
Spring: 15.5 11.0
Rebound: 8 6
Bound: 5 5
Camber 3.0 1.6
Toe: 0 0
Good luck anyone using a DS3
T1: 22.456
T2: 20.847
T3: 17.883
T3 was very rough... sideways with smoke everywhere
Settings...
Aero: Max f & r
Gears: Max speed 236 mph
LSD: 5 30 5
Ride: -20 0
Spring: 15.5 11.0
Rebound: 8 6
Bound: 5 5
Camber 3.0 1.6
Toe: 0 0
Good luck anyone using a DS3
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- 3,984
- Frankfurt am Main
- GTP_mcfizzle
- LotsaMcfizzle
I golded the the first event by turning on to the track immediately after exiting the pits and having the third place car crush me up to speed. I think Joey Lagano is dead but hey, I have a car to use for this week so it was worth it. Brake balance of 0/0 seemd to help also. Thanks guys.
- 2,809
- LoomRock, CA
- GTP_LeftyWright
Yah I'm driving a NASCAR mystery car,
I am just doing my version of a horsepower test as I sort the car out. As I increase the horsepower certain traits about the car will make its presents known and I can see the progression of improvement and not just write it off to massive HP.
The game I am playing is that I can't increase the HP until I can knock out consistent times that are significantly faster then the lesser hp version, after I have absorbed the change in driving brought about by the extra go I can then increse the C-ya. It may be my new trick when we are using such high horsepower cars that we can get access to the power limiter.
I've always said that "you have to sneek up on speed to find it, not just reach out and expect to grab it"
I was thinking about the same thing but I think that you have to actually make it weigh something. With all the HP that this car has it shouldn't slow it down enough that the offset of placement of additional weight will more then make up for and bring in rotational balance IMO.
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Usual Suspect
Premium
- 732
- Portugal
- GTP_UsualSuspect
First splits:
T1: 22.619
T2: 21.621
T3: 18.169
What a huge difference from the rally. The worst part is that i´m trying to drift some corners and looking for the grass to slow down the car
T1: 22.619
T2: 21.621
T3: 18.169
What a huge difference from the rally. The worst part is that i´m trying to drift some corners and looking for the grass to slow down the car
chukabilly
Premium
- 1,080
- Canaan, CT
- GTP_CHUK
New splits.
T1: 22.537
T2: 20.952
T3: 17.834
I'm loving this.
T1: 22.537
T2: 20.952
T3: 17.834
I'm loving this.
- 3,057
- USA
- GTP_CarlosF
Frustrating - can't lend a car from my other account as the PSN is still down, and I'm only level 17. Seasonals would have been a good way to level up, but...need that PSN again!
It's going to be Friday at this rate before I even turn a lap
OK, so after I typed the above I realised I had a lvl 21 ticket on this account
When I'd used it before all I ever got was NASCAR. In my haste I didn't back-up save the account and what did I get - the HKS C230R time attack car! So now I'm spamming the tuner car challenge and the turbo cup to level up Maybe this is a sign I should wait until next weeks challenge...
EDIT: Chuk, awesome splits man 👍
- 1,762
- NG9
- Shin_Roh
Very interesting.
I've never been any good at tuning. I really appreciate the insight as I'm now convinced I need a new approach 👍 cheers Lefty.
