AC FWD vs RWD: Abarth500/Swift/MX5@Albert Park, Wed 3rd April 2024

[HF2000]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

As voted for track of the month we're going down under to Melbourne to race on the city circuit Albert Park. It's well known for the F1 races that are held there.

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• 20:00 CEST, 19:00 BST (18:00 UTC) | 60 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:05 CEST, 20:05 BST (19:05 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
• 21:30 CEST, 20:30 BST (19:30 UTC) | 60 minutes - Race
• Practiceserver available during the week. Same password.

Event details:

• Cars: Abarth 500 Assetto Corse/Mazda MX5 Cup/Suzuki Swift R3 Sport
  • Country skins for Abarth
  • RaceDepartment skin for Abarth
  • F1 skins for MX5
  • Suzuki Swift mod
• Track: Albert Park, Melbourne Australia
• Pit stop: Mandatory (at least 1 liter of fuel)
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 37 Celsius
• Track grip: 100%
• Track limits: No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please. You will be penalized if you break this rule.
• Damage: 10%
• Fuel Consumption: 40%
• Tyre wear: 10%

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Entry list (tab entrants)

 

[HF2000]

And if anyone wants to help me, please try this car as a potential competitor in the RWD class: https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/fso-borewicz-street-rally.68126/

 

[KDiesel]

And if anyone wants to help me, please try this car as a potential competitor in the RWD class: https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/fso-borewicz-street-rally.68126/

It´s very much made like it´s real life counter part, badly!

 

[HF2000]

It´s very much made like it´s real life counter part, badly!

Ah realism! That's nice. How about the laptimes compared to your Abarth?

 

[KDiesel]

Ah realism! That's nice. How about the laptimes compared to your Abarth?

Very good question indeed, it goes like hell but they forgot put some kinda braking system in it.... I didn´t get lap time before frustration hit me.

 

[gearwhine]

I refuse to drive an effin FSO. We do have standards here. I will drive a Panda, even a 2cv at a push but please no FSO

 

[Elmar3rd]

Sued my driving school after I tried it. They didn't prepared me to this.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

@HF2000
I,ll give it a go,see what it can do.

 

[HF2000]

@HF2000
I,ll give it a go,see what it can do.

Well, you as a driver who likes a loose end, you might be able to tame it.

 

[zn1zn2c]

This track is quickly becoming my Brands Hatch. I'm about 2 seconds off pace, no matter what I try.

Does anyone have any tips to combat the understeer in the Mazda? Like, does this track require some specific setup settings or should I just adjust my driving style?

 

[stigs2cousin]

if you have specific questions, come again

I personally soften the front and stiffen the back, but I like a gentle onbrake oversteer aka "Rotation"

 

[HF2000]

Does anyone have any tips to combat the understeer in the Mazda

Switch to the Swift!

 

[stigs2cousin]

Switch to the Swift!

 

[zn1zn2c]

Switch to the Swift!

I've seriously considered doing that. Even lapped around a bit. But I'll need more practice before I take it to a race.

 

[zn1zn2c]

I personally soften the front and stiffen the back, but I like a gentle onbrake oversteer aka "Rotation"

OK, that has helped a bit. Thanks for the resource. Can't really seem to get a good balance though. It's either oversteering or understeering, even with the slightest of changes. I'll try again tomorrow.

I wish I could make it feel more like I'm driving around Kleine Nordschleife or most other tracks. But maybe it's due to how the track surface differs between tracks? Like how there was zero grip at Prinzen park. Is there any way to check what the grip levels are of a track?

 

[stigs2cousin]

I wish I could make it feel more like I'm driving around Kleine Nordschleife or most other tracks. But maybe it's due to how the track surface differs between tracks? Like how there was zero grip at Prinzen park. Is there any way to check what the grip levels are of a track?

Other than by the numbers given by AC?
I actually don´t know.

You could check your gas/brake application for smootheness, when you "drive the wheight transfer" you need to be gentle.
This might help:

AC pedal telemetry overlay

AC pedal telemetry overlay Assetto Corsa app that show the pedal telemetry in a graph with many config options. Is compatible with vanilla Assetto Corsa, but works best when using Custom Shaders Patch. Includes Gas, Throttle, Brake, Steering...

www.overtake.gg

 

[zn1zn2c]

I've been looking for an app like that for a while! Only found ones you have to pay for.

Did some searching around and found out every track has a surfaces.ini file in the data folder of a track. This tells you the friction levels (among other things) of every surface found on the track.
Looks like the road on Albert Park has a friction level of 0.99, compared to 1 for Kleine Nordschleife. So I guess it's a "me" problem after all

 

[Elmar3rd]

I've transfered two of my (trial and error) setups from similar tracks (only adjusted the psi for this track and conditions).
They can be found in the Setup Exchange. If anyone is interested.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

stiffen the back

Stiffening the back on a rwd car will give wheel hop,soften it and drop ride height to about 2

 

[stigs2cousin]

Stiffening the back on a rwd car will give wheel hop,soften it and drop ride height to about 2

Veeery different driving styles, I presume.

I may concurre with you in the real world ( that´s I put my rear subframe and suspension arms in PU to mitigate wheel hopp), but AC does not react like a "real car"