Vantage v12's brakes

[adamotten]

I've just been on gt5 all night last night and found the vantage v12 a bit squirrelly under heavy braking. I have tuned it, and was wondering if it would go away with a bit of break bias settings and maybe a wing on the back?

 

[Phoenix]

Why don't you try adjusting the brake bias and throw a wing on it? 💡

 

[Thomas2012]

Why don't you try adjusting the brake bias and throw a wing on it? 💡

👍

 

[adamotten]

Why don't you try adjusting the brake bias and throw a wing on it? 💡

Will do, and I'll update you if it improves lap times

 

[XPOWER180]

Should be illegal to stick a wing on a Vantage! Try a full weight reduction then add some back on - it'll hardly affect the overall performance. I've added 103KG and i run regular 550pp sessions. Then set the weight for a rearward bias, mine is 53% rear with braking stronger on the front, 7 to 5 in my case. It's made my Vantage a genuine M3 CSL beater with some careful tweaking and not a single ugly wing in sight!

 

[Phoenix]

Will do, and I'll update you if it improves lap times

Yup

Also remember to adjust the downforce of the wing you put on, to high or low depending on the track.

 

[Skython]

Should be illegal to stick a wing on a Vantage! Try a full weight reduction then add some back on - it'll hardly affect the overall performance. I've added 103KG and i run regular 550pp sessions. Then set the weight for a rearward bias, mine is 53% rear with braking stronger on the front, 7 to 5 in my case. It's made my Vantage a genuine M3 CSL beater with some careful tweaking and not a single ugly wing in sight!

👍 The V12 Vantage is wrong with visual modifications in my opinion. Try setting the brake bias to the front a little more.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Adding weight to the rear will probably make it more squirrelly under braking. Change your brake bias to 5/2 or 4/1 or something close to that. I took my Aston online around the 'Ring last night and had no problems with stability at all.

 

[XPOWER180]

Hasn't made mine worse under braking, counter acting that with the brake bias has taken care of that. The weight shift helps it corner better though as it's naturaly a very nose-heavy car and at 1st was a big dissapointment. Had big understeer, braked like an oil tanker and just felt wrong. Now it's my car of choice and is extremely stable and competetive!

 

[Rockspeny]

I find camber and softer springs on the rears help with curing twitching under braking.