I didn't like/understand the 488 when I started driving it. Revved and sounded like a diesel. And the a slow spin out of nowhere, which is impossible to save.
But now I really enjoy driving the 488. A sound mod form Fonsecker makes it sound much better. I've slowly been improving the setup to suit my driving. Normally run a wing of 5, sometimes 4. Any less and it's deadly for me. Have to soften or raise the suspension for the bumps, without going wallowy. Next step would be to improve the damping.
But of course, Sophia does throw a strop every now and then just to show who is still the boss, and round and round we go, slowly like Bambi on ice
Of course lot's to improve in my driving as well.
Taken Claudia out for this weekend, think she's a bit miffed that I've ignored her for so long, have to rebuild my relationship with her
You are not alone. Loved setting it up, wing 2 and 3 is faster, but trying to get a lap where the wing worked, was for me a no go.
I found that 4 gives the best overall lap times and best stability.
5 is a bridge too far, and best stayed away from, unless maybe it is a slow twisty track.
It took a lot of juggling to stop the back coming around and losing time, but eventually I got it so slides were at least neutral and generally did not happen.
Gearing is difficult to get right, still not happy with that,
If I was running this car I would put a lot of effort into getting the gearing spot on. Calculating max gear change rpm.
So much time is lost by over reving this engine, or come to think of it under revving it.
I did not tempt aero with the front wing, best left at 0 , when high down force is being used in a corner I don’t want too much aero at the front thus keeping it a bit of aero under steering car.
Especially noticeable in the last corner.
If you base your setup around wing 4 rear and front 0 and go from there.
Getting front camber and especially rear camber correct is another important thing , other wise you will constantly get rear slides and not be able to use full power.
It is very good on the brakes, that I noticed too.
There is so much left to play with in this car, that is what I like about it.
Power diff I ran at 15% I think , with TC at 2 or 3.
Again there is time in the diff , but for me there starts to be a lot of juggling setup once I get radical with diff power and TC.
I ran with 60% coast, again there is time there, because the diff coast will not help turn in.
But searching for tenths, and losing 5 tenths in one slide soon focus’s you on stability rather than fractions of a second.
The best we can do is drive to our ability, making a car unstable may be good for lap times, unfortunately you need the skill to go with it.
It takes me about 10 seconds to bend down a pick something up , fast twitching muscle response left me about 25 years ago . :-/
I also ran a lot of toe in at the back to help with stability, but you start to get into the realms of making small adjustments that assetto corsa may not take into account.
Dampers are a strange one in assetto corsa too, I ran my Nissan with all dampers set to 0 , and still did the same lap times. I still play with them, but because I don’t know if I am wasting my time, tend to not put much effort in.
But I do it because that is what you are supposed to do. So I treat FWD, RWD , RWD engine overhang cars and mid engine cars with what generally amounts to theoretical changes, rather than measured with lap after lap of testing.
Could waffle on for ages about the Ferrari, which I have really grown to like.
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