Tire conservation

[Salmaan595]

What kind of suspension settup is best for tire conservation?
Soft or tight?
And any other tuning tips
Im a tuning noob :S

 

[zodicus]

The set up should be one that you can drive well and keep control of. A few big slides or brake lock ups can really hurt you're tires. Aside from that its all up to you, don't push the car to 100% all the time or the tires will wear out no matter what you do to the set up.

 

[Merquise]

Generally speaking softer is better for tire wear.
If you have hard springs for example the G-forces on the tires are shorter, but much higher. For wear, long and low g-forces are better than short and high g-forces.
Also, with softer springs, higher ride height and less stabilisers etc etc it's easier for the car to keep contact with the road.
Loosing contact for fractions of a second, e.g. when braking or cornering is a killer for conservation. The directional changes really put on the g-forces which result in fried tires.
In technical terms thats called 'fricandelliseren'.

In mij experience if you make extreme setups, like slamming car to the floor at -45 -45 ride height and then making springs to the max 18.0 18.0 thats a tires killer.
But when you have to choose between ride height -10 or -12.. thats not much of a difference.
In my experience, driving style is a lot more important than setup untill we're talking about extremes.

*disclaimer: some cars need some hefty tuning/setupping before they are good to drive. In that case I'd say setup is equally important as driving style.
But generally speaking, with a normal car driving style is more important.



In my experience braking 10 meters earlier, accelerating more smoothly
and not making abrupt steering changes are the best way to conserve tires.

Example: suppose you're driving 240km/h, and you know you can get that next hairpin when you brake at the 140 meter sign.
If you want to drive a qualifying lap, you brake at 140. But if you want to conserve your tires, brake at 150, and ease off on braking earlier. So don;t brake all the way to the point where you have to start steering into the hairpin, relax the brake 5 meters before that and go smooothly..

Same with corner exit.
If you wanna qualify-lap, hit throttle the second you know can you make that corner and don't take your foot off the throttle.. From 'neutral to full throttle in like 5 meters *BAM*
But if you want to conserve, wait 2 meters extra.. then smooooothly power on the throttle.. gradually increasing power over a longer distance .. like 15 meters.. smoothly..

Same with steering itself. Don't yank the wheel slamming it to the left in a lefthand corner. Graaadually.. smoothly steering. (requires braking earlier so..) ALso, instead of cornering with 50km/h, corner it with 47km/h.
Just a little slower. Tires last a lot longer.

A good and easy way to conserve tires is: focus on not revving all the way to the max. Lets say the re line starts at 8200rpm, just shift at 7800rpm.
Makes you calm down, relax.


Try it out good luck

 

[ItsHim]

Low camber settings.

 

[StefanBellof]

Listen to Merquise, he knows what he's talking about!

 

[GTP_Monkey]

Generally speaking softer is better for tire wear.
If you have hard springs for example the G-forces on the tires are shorter, but much higher. For wear, long and low g-forces are better than short and high g-forces.
Also, with softer springs, higher ride height and less stabilisers etc etc it's easier for the car to keep contact with the road.
Loosing contact for fractions of a second, e.g. when braking or cornering is a killer for conservation. The directional changes really put on the g-forces which result in fried tires.
In technical terms thats called 'fricandelliseren'.

In mij experience if you make extreme setups, like slamming car to the floor at -45 -45 ride height and then making springs to the max 18.0 18.0 thats a tires killer.
But when you have to choose between ride height -10 or -12.. thats not much of a difference.
In my experience, driving style is a lot more important than setup untill we're talking about extremes.

*disclaimer: some cars need some hefty tuning/setupping before they are good to drive. In that case I'd say setup is equally important as driving style.
But generally speaking, with a normal car driving style is more important.



In my experience braking 10 meters earlier, accelerating more smoothly
and not making abrupt steering changes are the best way to conserve tires.

Example: suppose you're driving 240km/h, and you know you can get that next hairpin when you brake at the 140 meter sign.
If you want to drive a qualifying lap, you brake at 140. But if you want to conserve your tires, brake at 150, and ease off on braking earlier. So don;t brake all the way to the point where you have to start steering into the hairpin, relax the brake 5 meters before that and go smooothly..

Same with corner exit.
If you wanna qualify-lap, hit throttle the second you know can you make that corner and don't take your foot off the throttle.. From 'neutral to full throttle in like 5 meters *BAM*
But if you want to conserve, wait 2 meters extra.. then smooooothly power on the throttle.. gradually increasing power over a longer distance .. like 15 meters.. smoothly..

Same with steering itself. Don't yank the wheel slamming it to the left in a lefthand corner. Graaadually.. smoothly steering. (requires braking earlier so..) ALso, instead of cornering with 50km/h, corner it with 47km/h.
Just a little slower. Tires last a lot longer.

A good and easy way to conserve tires is: focus on not revving all the way to the max. Lets say the re line starts at 8200rpm, just shift at 7800rpm.
Makes you calm down, relax.


Try it out good luck

Exactly what he said. 👍

 

[FishHunters]

Go slow and turn smooth. But if you're out to win then drive hard and fight for the lead.

 

[herrwazza]

turn the controller sensitivity up or get a wheel . Helps with smooth cornering. If you already have a wheel/high sens. controller, *thumbs up*

 

[chuyler1]

Learn to drive without ever putting the tires into the red. Brake early and with less force. Ease into the throttle to prevent wheelspin. Draft other drivers when possible to save tires for late race passing. These are all obvious tips for saving tires...and they work quite well. A smooth driver that doesn't spike the gas and throttle usually does better on tires than a driver who is on the edge diving into every turn and spinning the tires on exit.

As far as tunes go. If you tune for a fast and balanced ride, it will wear tires evenly. If you run 10-20 laps on a set of tires, check to see which ones wear more. It is usually a good indicator as to what you need to fix. If the front tires wear too much, the car likely understeers too much. If the rear tires wear too much, the car likely oversteers.

Also pay careful attention to the LSD. High settings will cause unnecessary outside wheelspin. The LSD will keep you from spinning that inside wheel, but too much and you'll make things far worse than they were to begin with.

 

[Crazed_Coupe]

I'm not big on tuning either but as far as tire conservation goes while racing just try to keep the turns smooth and try not to brake late, crashing also effects tire ware because you can be sideways sliding across the track or roasting the tires trying to recover from an accident so try and race clean as well.