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04-20-2020, 10:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-20-2020, 10:55 AM by Simon Meisinger.)
What's your approach regarding top speed? I have my final gear set up for 315 km/h at the moment, my real top speed at 80% boost is around 300 km/h.
But with a low downforce setup it should be much faster on the straights. I'm yet to test that though.
And don't forget to practice your starts with that car.
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Depends on track really, with 100 % boost on some tracks you wanna be able to do 350 other tracks 300 -320. With lower boost it will be lower ofc. This car can be set in a lot of different ways and resulting laptimes will be simmilar. From heavilly oversteering to understeering, with high top speed to lower top speed and better cornering perf. You should set the car so that it suits your driving style and its possible to do consistent laps.
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yeah, I was talking about Silverstone of course
the car feels like it generates much more downforce than the Williams FW37, or am I wrong? feels heavily planted as long as you're above 200 km/h (at medium and high downforce at least)
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Does air temp really matter in AC, engine-wise? Never really thought about it, I just assumed it dictates how the track temp change.
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It does. that is why all the best laps are done at 10 C. You get a bit more engine power and higher topspeed.
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Hey, you're the second fastest on RSR with that combo!
… and on all the other tracks we'll race this season as well, damn you're busy
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05-03-2020, 07:57 PM
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That was real great behavior of the backmarkers in today's race.
I was chasing Marco within a second when we ran up to three of the backmarkers who were also fighting for themselves but they let us through savely and without making us lose too much time.
And in general it was a very clean race, which is quite astonishing given how close everything was in general and how difficult those cars are. One of the best sim races I had so far, quality wise.
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Well its a bit of a lottery all the time, mostly people try to make room but still the race is heavilly affected by big speed difference, it may seem safe to go for corner when you see fast car aproaching 200 metres behind, but if you brake 100 metres too early he will catch you even before you get to the corner. So for next race guys please practice a bit, i do get that not everyone will be super fast but at least try using somehow correct braking points. Its ok to break early (10-20m) but not really 100 metres. Also trying to make space in fast corners by slowing down in racing line is not the correct way to do it, the fast car doesnt expect you to slow down, he is trying to get close so he can overtake after the corner and in racing speeds there is only 1 line that is doable so if you slow down there is high chance he will just collect you without having any chance to do anything.