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Go ahead and try out these gameplay settings and if you have any more questions, feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to answer them as soon as possible. As my crew chief always says, “It’s much better to tune a car to improve it, than to tune a car to make it less-worse!” In this case, I couldn’t agree more. You’ll now have a great foundation to tune from. You can also turn on BRAKING ASSIST if you have issues slowing down for corners, however I left this off as I was simply concerned about keeping the car pointed straight. But early in the game, as you’re more focused on earning XP and leveling up, I recommend some quick adjustments to get you on the track sooner.įor example, in OPTIONS, highlight GAMEPLAY, and set the HANDLING to Novice and turn your STEERING ASSIST on. As you get more comfortable, you’ll be able to tune every car in the game to its unique specifications. But that’s not written in stone, so feel free to tweak and tune to get the controls and cars to feel just right for your driving style. When you do the evaluation race at the beginning of your career, you’ll get a recommended set-up based on how you performed in that race. Tracks that favor extremely long straights or constant high speeds (Dakota Tri-Oval, Enna Pergusa, portions of the Nurburgring, Monza Jr.) Edited Jby PANiC Tracks with a lot of variety (Laguna Seca, Road America, Dubai Autodrome, Shanghai) Short tracks with short straights and/or lots of corners (Hazyview, Suzuka, Brands Hatch, Riviera) Utilize the live tuning options and find what works! It’s a delicate balance, but there is a sweet spot on almost every car and track that will maximize your speed and minimize your lap times. The result from a lap around Mount Panorama was 3 seconds quicker! The Class D cars take so long to hit their top speed, it’s better to just give them a lot of acceleration because it’s rare you’ll find a track you’ll be pinging the rev limiter down the straightaway. I took a bone stock, Volkswagen GTI and set the final drive to 0.0. To see the most dramatic change, take a Class D car and shorten the final drive as far as it will go. At tracks like the Dakota Tri-Oval, Enna Pergusa, or Monza Jr., set your gears to a taller setting (6.0+) because those extremely long straights will give your car the time to climb up to those high speeds.

I use Road America as an example because it only has medium-length straights where you can allow yourself the ability to trim top speed in favor of acceleration. (For fun I also took the Porsche GT3 R to Hazyview and ran. The result: I was 10mph faster at the end of the straights, but I was so slow accelerating out of the other turns that I was about 1 second slower on my lap times. (In the beginning, stick to adjusting only the Final Drive to avoid messing up your shift points!)Īs further proof, I tried setting the final drive to 8.0 and did a few hot laps. To counter this, I shortened the Final Drive of the Porsche from 4.0 to 2.0, giving me more acceleration out of the turns, allowing me the quickness to keep up with the others as they power down the straight. While the Porsche is fantastic in the corners, the power of the Lamborghinis and Corvettes allows them to walk away when we hit the straights at Road America. You give up top speed, but you get acceleration and vice versa.įor example, I like to use the Porsche GT3 Cup R and race in the FIA GT3 category. Like any bit of tuning you do, it’s going to be give-and-take. Depending on the track, giving your car taller or shorter gears can make a huge difference in top speed and acceleration. Gear Ratios can be one of the easiest fixes you can make to slice precious seconds from your lap time.

I’d like to begin by discussing one of the simpler, yet extremely valuable, changes you can make to your car: Gear Ratios.

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