rFactor F1 setup philosophies

[Conceptual]

This thread is a branch off of the other thread, but I would like to hear from the community what philosophies and tricks that people have learned setting up F1 cars on rFactor.

To correct slight understeer, move the weight to the rear, 1 click at a time until gone.

To reduce sparking and bottoming out, raise the settings on the packers 1 click at a time until gone.

If anyone would like to contribute, please do so. I would love to hear some about fast/slow bump settings, aero balance settings, differential settings as well as understand asymetrical setups.

Please hi-light your quips of knowledgs so they can easily become distinct from the inevitable questions that will pop up on a thread like this.

Thank you for your contributions!

[red300zx99]

To correct understeer(higher front tire temps compared to rears) theres a combination of things you can do. Stiffen the rear...or soften the front. Move the CG rear. Add front wing or take off rear wing. Id bablance by these means until you get about equal avg tire temps front to rear.

asymetric setup are used when you have unbalanced tire temps right to left. A few different things you can do here. If both tire on a side, say RF and RR are hotter then the LF and LR the first thing to try is moving the CG leftward, towards the colder side. Other then that you may get say a hot LF, which tells me the car is US in right hand turns(on avg). If the RR is hotter then the LR then Id add ride height to the LR and RF, adding cross in NASCAR terms If that rear cross wheel isnt hot then youll need to add a combination of ride heights around the hot 1. Say more ride height at ever corner expect the LF, or just lowering the LF its relative like that.

[Jersey Tom]

http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=296531

Personally I'd only use packers as a last resort to prevent bottoming, and generally use stiffer springs instead. Otherwise you can have bad stuff happens when one wheel, axle, or the other hits the packers and the roll rate at that end skyrockets.

I will say that you will get massive handling improvements from differential.

Coast Lock - Adjust trailbraking and off-throttle balance. Increased lock will stabilize the car and push balance to U/S.

Power Lock - Adjust on-throttle balance. Increased lock will put power down better at the expense of on-throtle U/S (prior to breaking the rear end free).

Preload - Adjusts overall balance. I feel the default rFactor setups have way way way too much preload in general. Makes the cars very tight. If there's understeer you cant get rid of, it's probably from differential.

Pump Lock - Viscous differential locking effect from inside wheel spinning up. Can't see any reason not to run 100%.

As a baseline I run minimal preload, max pump lock, increase coast lock until the car is very settled under braking, and then increase power lock until the car pushes on exit of high speed corners.

[DaveKillens]

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/setups/resources.cfm

[Conceptual]

Thanks for the info!

And guys that linked some other sites. I appreciate those links, but I must say that I was more interested in hearing from the people on this board (many that I have much respect for) instead of reading a strangers words about the settings.

Thank you Jersey Tom because you have effectively eliminated my ignorance on the differential settings!

Would anyone else like to participate? Hilighted in red looks good as well.

Thanks!

[DaveKillens]

Nothing replaces lots and lots of PRACTICE