is it just me, help

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ok, i bought the skyline GT-R V spec II, and i tuned it out to 1077hp, and i was hoping for a nice racing car, not quater mile, but a nice racing car, was i looking in the wrong place? cause i could not steer that thing for the life of me, i've driven 1000+ hp cars before, i know, atleast somewhat, when to use WOT and not, but does it really handle that bad? or is that just me?
 
Well, you will probably have to tune, it. Remember, power is nothing without control, young grasshopper. ;)
 
lol i had that problem 2 so i just started braking harder and earlier and eventually got used to it.

Dodge aint u a young grass hopper!!:D
 
the skyline is 4WD which ruins the handling but increases power
 
Skylines suffer from understeer. Mess with the settings and slow down upon entering the turns. With the 4WD you can zip right out quicker than most other cars and not loose any time. You just gotta believe.
 
Ok, I bet you bought a Full LSD right? If not, you should. But I bet you took it and cranked all of the LSD values to the highest, thinking it would increase traction right?


Put all of the front LSD values for the front very low i.e. 10 for a 1,000hp Skyline.

Put the rear initial torque to 15

Put the rear Accel to 30

Put the rear decel to 20


Try this out, the lower the value of the LSD the longer the wheels can spin independantly of each other. This will help you turn, and then the LSD will kick in and let you accelerate nicely. For the decel, having it low will make the car more responsive to turn in under braking, but you might notice a very minimal drop in braking distance.

But either way, you should see your lap times go down.


Normally, I dont drive or recommend 1,000hp cars. They suck.

I dont usually go over 650hp unless it is a very balanced car. i.e. Ruf RGT is one of the few cars that should have that much hp.

But a Skyline is generally pretty tame with a shade over 600hp.

A Supra shouldnt have much more than 550hp, or you will be spending too much time keeping it under control, rather than practicing driving techniques and staying on the line.
 
Originally posted by 12sec. Civic


I dont usually go over 650hp unless it is a very balanced car. i.e. Ruf RGT is one of the few cars that should have that much hp.
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12Sec is right. Additionally, dial in some front camber (perhaps 3 - 3.5 degrees) and add some rear toe. Also, tune out some of the rear downforce (which shifts the centre of pressure forward, and reduces understeer).
 
ok, the only reason for the 1000hp, is because i'm trying to keep up with racing cars, and i have a problem with just the falcon XR8, but i'll see if i can trade the viper for the skyline, i like the looks of the skyline too, but i also believe that i can become leathal with a 1000hp car, i know there is a way, and i wanna try, but i know it's not practical, once i get the subaru LM, i'll use it for racing, but till then i need to get it, thanks guys
 
12sec is right.... take some of yer hp off and you will get better control :)
 
also, try messin wit da power distribution. I think it was VCD. Put it to like 25 to have more of a FR feel but still have nice 4WD accel
 
or dont put so much hp on the friggin car...
 
buy vcd and put 10% ok youll loose some acceleration but youll get better cornering and top speed but i use my skyline in a mixed up drift grip setup ..... i can drift when i want and the asm dont slow me down or i could take a real fast corners without any understeer and trash the competition but youre only a beginner as i read so try manual gearing and fit the car to your driving style or if your a deeperated case jsut buy the gt3 guide
 
Well he says he needs it to keep up with a certain car, what series would that happen to be? Maybe we could help with that. ;)
 
nah, blow the "other car" away in the corners.

I have won plenty of races with cars that are slower than the AI by cornering better :)
 
But this isn't really a cornering car ;)
 
it is if u set it up as one...\

I am gonna buy one when i play next to prove it!!\
AND
as per usual i will only use semi-race suspension!!
bet i can make the bugger corner!
 
The skylines can be tamed even with 1000hp. It is all in the setup.

I used the Pennzoil skyline and originally found it awful but made some big changes to the setup and found it drivable.

If you want the setup I will post when I get home but my setups are often different to those that other people rave about. I assume this is because I am an awful driver.

Do you like driving 4wd cars or FR cars ?

I think I am right in assuming that car is 4wd. You can try sending more power to the rear wheels. Try a little at a time because with 1000hp you will get power oversteer if you go too far but a little bit will help you get around corners.
 
shouldnt need to play with that, only suspension... but i will see i guess...
 
Rear springs stiffer than the front. Sometimes by as much as 5-7 lbs difference.

Stabalizers stiffer in the rear than in the front.

Toe: +2 in the rear.

Less downforce on the rear.

VCD set at 10%

Rear ride height higer than front. Sometimes by a considerable margin.

High front bound, low rear rebound. Something like 10/10 bound and 5-7 rebound.

TCS: 1 or 2

This should set up some oversteer to the car. But trying to get a Skyline to handle like anything other than a shopping cart is a hard thing to do.
 
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