improving your slowest speeds?

I have been hotlapping lately with FIA GT V3 and not having much sucess. Using the telemetry I compared my best lap to one that was less than 2 seconds faster. (still well off world record pace) and the biggest difference seemed to be my slowest speeds around the sharper corners at Imola. My top speed and mid range seemed to be fairly close to the other lap but my lowest speeds were between 5 to 10 mph LOWER than the other guys....I feel if I try and go any faster on the 90 degree turns then my back end will come around. The telemetry program checks for curb cutting so I haven't been very agressive on the curbs but I just have this fundemental problem carrying speed through the corners.... Is there anything I should be concentrating on to adress this? thankyouverymuch dave henrie

On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 06:28:25 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Is there anything I should be concentrating on to adress this? >thankyouverymuch Have you compared the input graphs? That's usually the first place I look. Jason

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> I have been hotlapping lately with FIA GT V3 and not having much sucess. > Using the telemetry I compared my best lap to one that was less than 2 > seconds faster. (still well off world record pace) and the biggest > difference seemed to be my slowest speeds around the sharper corners at > Imola. My top speed and mid range seemed to be fairly close to the other > lap but my lowest speeds were between 5 to 10 mph LOWER than the other > guys....I feel if I try and go any faster on the 90 degree turns then my > back end will come around. > The telemetry program checks for curb cutting so I haven't been very > agressive on the curbs but I just have this fundemental problem carrying > speed through the corners.... > Is there anything I should be concentrating on to adress this? > thankyouverymuch > > dave henrie > > >

Hi Dave, I noticed that you drive a "SanMarino" at San Marino. What kind of car is that :-) I guess the trick (at least it works for me) to drive around those slow corners is to use a well balanced throttle input. What I basically mean is to use just enough throttle to "push" the car gently around the corner. If you apply too much throttle or too litte then the cars are behaving pretty nasty. If you feel that pushing the car a bit more will lead to a spin, then *maybe* opening the differential a bit might help. Good luck, Norbert

"Norbert D�rer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <dS8Y8.187433$Uu2.41613@sccrnsc03>, [email hidden] says... > > I have been hotlapping lately with FIA GT V3 and not having muchsucess. > > Using the telemetry I compared my best lap to one that was less than 2 > > seconds faster. (still well off world record pace) and the biggest > > difference seemed to be my slowest speeds around the sharper corners at > > Imola. My top speed and mid range seemed to be fairly close to theother

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> > lap but my lowest speeds were between 5 to 10 mph LOWER than the other > > guys....I feel if I try and go any faster on the 90 degree turns then my > > back end will come around. > > The telemetry program checks for curb cutting so I haven't been very > > agressive on the curbs but I just have this fundemental problem carrying > > speed through the corners.... > > Is there anything I should be concentrating on to adress this? > > thankyouverymuch > > > > dave henrie > > > > > > > > Hi Dave, > I noticed that you drive a "SanMarino" at San Marino. What kind of car is

that :-) That is some bug I have. I left a post for Siphi, he said he would look into it. Every track I go to lists the country, not the car. For the RECORD, it's the Red, Racing Box Viper GTS-R. Last I checked,hehehehahah, I was the WORLD'S Fastest V3 Viper Pilot at Monaco..(probably cuz nobody else is stoopid enuf to try and manhandle a Viper around Monaco.) > > I guess the trick (at least it works for me) to drive around those slowcorners is > to use a well balanced throttle input. What I basically mean is to usejust enough > throttle to "push" the car gently around the corner. If you apply too muchthrottle > or too litte then the cars are behaving pretty nasty. > > If you feel that pushing the car a bit more will lead to a spin, then*maybe* > opening the differential a bit might help. > > Good luck, > Norbert ok...just so I understand the terminology, by opening the diff, do I increase the # or decrease it? thanks dave henrie

In article <nhhY8.920$Wt3.266@rwcrnsc53>, [email hidden] says... > Last I checked,hehehehahah, > I was the WORLD'S Fastest V3 Viper Pilot at Monaco..(probably cuz nobody > else is stoopid enuf to try and manhandle a Viper around Monaco.) Apparently very few people want to try Monaco at all! Just ten entries, pathetic ;-) > ok...just so I understand the terminology, by opening the diff, > do I increase the # or decrease it? AFAIK the percentage shown is how much the diff locks, which means you need to _decrease_ the diff lock percentage. That would allow the inner tyre to slip before you spin. But too much slip would also overheat your tyre, so be careful. Norbert

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> In article <nhhY8.920$Wt3.266@rwcrnsc53>, [email hidden] says... > > > Last I checked,hehehehahah, > > I was the WORLD'S Fastest V3 Viper Pilot at Monaco..(probably cuz nobody > > else is stoopid enuf to try and manhandle a Viper around Monaco.) > > Apparently very few people want to try Monaco at all! > Just ten entries, pathetic ;-) > > > ok...just so I understand the terminology, by opening the diff, > > do I increase the # or decrease it? > > AFAIK the percentage shown is how much the diff locks, which means you

need to > _decrease_ the diff lock percentage. That would allow the inner tyre toslip before > you spin. But too much slip would also overheat your tyre, so be careful. > > Norbert > Great, I'll give that a try...... dave henrie

>In article <nhhY8.920$Wt3.266@rwcrnsc53>, [email hidden] says... > >> Last I checked,hehehehahah, >> I was the WORLD'S Fastest V3 Viper Pilot at Monaco..(probably cuz nobody >> else is stoopid enuf to try and manhandle a Viper around Monaco.) I drive Monaco constantly, I just think hotlapping is wimpy. Jason

"jason moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >In article <nhhY8.920$Wt3.266@rwcrnsc53>, [email hidden] says... > > > >> Last I checked,hehehehahah, > >> I was the WORLD'S Fastest V3 Viper Pilot at Monaco..(probably cuznobody > >> else is stoopid enuf to try and manhandle a Viper around Monaco.) > > I drive Monaco constantly, I just think hotlapping is wimpy. > > Jason Yeah I prefer a good race over lapping anyday. That is where the poor multi just KILLS the ISI products. I have attempted several small group races with the FIA mod and each time either I was laggy or there was somebody out there so slow that the entire experience became a slideshow. I had somewhat better luck with the alms mod so I'm guessing I just got UNlucky those days when I did find somebody hosting. My times are all over the place. On TECHNICAL tracks like the Hungaroring, I'm not that far off(relatively speaking--this is ME after all) the pace. But at some of the faster tracks, I'm just a slug. I've got at least 3 tracks where I'm over 10 seconds behind the best times...bloody awful. So I'm attempting to find out why......FWIW Norbert's hint about the differential has already knocked a second off My Imola disaster. dave henrie

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > > I drive Monaco constantly, I just think hotlapping is wimpy. > Jason, I fully and wholeheartedly agree! Unfortunately the GT World Ranking Database is the only thing which allows to compare laptimes at the moment. Online racing is ... hmmm ... sub-optimal. I just wish that Simon Phillips would change WRD a bit for the GT 2002 version. For instance just allow upload of laptimes if one drives at least 5/7/10 consecutive laps and then upload the average times. Maybe only allow to upload times if those consecutive laps don't differ more than 3/4/5%. There are several way to get rid of "just one lucky lap". Norbert