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Well, I did one of these for the Porsche Cup Races and thought it would be fun to make a Ferrari version since there are the Ferrari Circuit Challenge events. Based on what Ferrari cars are available and what of these cars may be missing from the game, I made a F430 Challenge clone to run in the events.
Search “F430 Challenge” in the Showcase section and you can download my livery.
Now, there isn’t a ton of information on the F430 Challenge cars. Most sites say they have the same HP and torque as the stock F430, yet they have upgraded intakes and exhausts. Hmm…. I couldnt find any dyno sheets online to check if my power curves are accurate to the car, but I managed to get the power numbers in line with the power numbers I found on Wikipedia. I also did the weight reduction like the car has and needed to add a bit of ballast back to match the weight of the real life car.
Apparently the gearing in the Challenge cars is the same as the factory car for the first 4 gears but 5th and 6th have been changed and the final drive was adjusted IRL, so after a small amount of testing I went with the customizable manual transmission and made the appropriate adjustments. The car tops out in the 190’s unless you have a big tail wind.
After that I gave it an adjustable suspension but not the fully customizable suspension. Just the height adjustable suspension. I figured Ferrari wouldn’t send you home with 10 different front and rear sway bars if you bought one of these. The car doesn’t need them anyway. It drives great with this suspension.
The one caveat I made was the tires. Yes, this car would come with racing slicks from the factory. However, in testing the races are a complete joke with RH tires on the car. You get in to first place in just a few laps and run solo the rest of the way. That’s no fun. So I put on sport medium tires to make the races harder. The car is slippery like the GT4RS but it has a lot better high speed traction than the Porsche. It still drives really well with these tires.
Here is the tune:
No aero, wide/wide center lock wheels, tow hooks
As for the races, they are all pretty engaging. Boy, does the AI like to block the racing line. The bobbing and weaving I had to do at Lake Maggiore was glorious. Anyway, I didn’t win them all, but they were close races:
Best of luck to you all. Have a good drive.
Edit: If you want to have more fun with this car, put on some RH tires (making it a true Challenge car), increase the natural frequency of the suspension accordingly and go race against the Gr.4 cars. This is a really competative vehicle against them. You need to run at FM5 if you want your fuel to last anywhere close to theirs, but you have very similar braking, accelerating and handling as the Gr.4 cars do. I just did LeSarth and missed the win by 2 seconds and just finished a custom 10 lap race at Dragontrail Seaside (8x fuel and tires) and won by 3 seconds. I grid started in 10th.
It’s a fun car.
Search “F430 Challenge” in the Showcase section and you can download my livery.
Now, there isn’t a ton of information on the F430 Challenge cars. Most sites say they have the same HP and torque as the stock F430, yet they have upgraded intakes and exhausts. Hmm…. I couldnt find any dyno sheets online to check if my power curves are accurate to the car, but I managed to get the power numbers in line with the power numbers I found on Wikipedia. I also did the weight reduction like the car has and needed to add a bit of ballast back to match the weight of the real life car.
Apparently the gearing in the Challenge cars is the same as the factory car for the first 4 gears but 5th and 6th have been changed and the final drive was adjusted IRL, so after a small amount of testing I went with the customizable manual transmission and made the appropriate adjustments. The car tops out in the 190’s unless you have a big tail wind.
After that I gave it an adjustable suspension but not the fully customizable suspension. Just the height adjustable suspension. I figured Ferrari wouldn’t send you home with 10 different front and rear sway bars if you bought one of these. The car doesn’t need them anyway. It drives great with this suspension.
The one caveat I made was the tires. Yes, this car would come with racing slicks from the factory. However, in testing the races are a complete joke with RH tires on the car. You get in to first place in just a few laps and run solo the rest of the way. That’s no fun. So I put on sport medium tires to make the races harder. The car is slippery like the GT4RS but it has a lot better high speed traction than the Porsche. It still drives really well with these tires.
Here is the tune:
No aero, wide/wide center lock wheels, tow hooks
As for the races, they are all pretty engaging. Boy, does the AI like to block the racing line. The bobbing and weaving I had to do at Lake Maggiore was glorious. Anyway, I didn’t win them all, but they were close races:
Best of luck to you all. Have a good drive.
Edit: If you want to have more fun with this car, put on some RH tires (making it a true Challenge car), increase the natural frequency of the suspension accordingly and go race against the Gr.4 cars. This is a really competative vehicle against them. You need to run at FM5 if you want your fuel to last anywhere close to theirs, but you have very similar braking, accelerating and handling as the Gr.4 cars do. I just did LeSarth and missed the win by 2 seconds and just finished a custom 10 lap race at Dragontrail Seaside (8x fuel and tires) and won by 3 seconds. I grid started in 10th.
It’s a fun car.
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