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- johnkiller2
Have any of you found out more about what tuning changes Spec 2 has brought? Once digging deeper, there are some very noticable changes but I haven't yet figured out how to optimize the setup in Spec 2. The best way to esperiance the changes is to take a GT500 NSX out for a spin. Before it was quite a challanging drive, but now its much easier to control with the rear being much more stable.
Note that this post is for online and of course with tirewear set to ON.
For a GT500 championship league race yesterday at Suzuka, I struggled with both pace and tirewear. I can usually get into the low 1'51 with a 611PP GT500 car, but I'm now 0.5 sec slower. But what is worse, front tirewear is very high. Prior to Spec 2, tuning the car to oversteer more usually helped front tirewear. But with Spec 2, didn't matter how much oversteer i set, the front tires still wore out much quicker than the front.
This was very noticable in the great but very challanging to take fast, turn 1. In my view, to take that corner fast you have to be late on the breaks whilst balancing the car by tapping the breaks and adjusting the break balance by downshifting using the breaking LDS. If coming a little too hot, it usually works to downshift a little quicker forcing the rear out slightly, but when doing this after Spec 2 the outer front goes overheated. I'm somewhat surprised that sliding the rear will turn the outer front to go overheated.
I'm previously been on the "left columb is backwards" side, but I'm not that sure now. Also the left side seems to a bigger effect now. Before I haven't noticed that much effect on tuning the dampers for under/oversteer through the corner, but it has a bigger effect. They also work correct as softening the front compression and stiffening the rear extension gave a much better turn-in that before on corner entry. Also the springs seems to work correct.
Note that this post is for online and of course with tirewear set to ON.
For a GT500 championship league race yesterday at Suzuka, I struggled with both pace and tirewear. I can usually get into the low 1'51 with a 611PP GT500 car, but I'm now 0.5 sec slower. But what is worse, front tirewear is very high. Prior to Spec 2, tuning the car to oversteer more usually helped front tirewear. But with Spec 2, didn't matter how much oversteer i set, the front tires still wore out much quicker than the front.
This was very noticable in the great but very challanging to take fast, turn 1. In my view, to take that corner fast you have to be late on the breaks whilst balancing the car by tapping the breaks and adjusting the break balance by downshifting using the breaking LDS. If coming a little too hot, it usually works to downshift a little quicker forcing the rear out slightly, but when doing this after Spec 2 the outer front goes overheated. I'm somewhat surprised that sliding the rear will turn the outer front to go overheated.
I'm previously been on the "left columb is backwards" side, but I'm not that sure now. Also the left side seems to a bigger effect now. Before I haven't noticed that much effect on tuning the dampers for under/oversteer through the corner, but it has a bigger effect. They also work correct as softening the front compression and stiffening the rear extension gave a much better turn-in that before on corner entry. Also the springs seems to work correct.
That might be the reason.
