Im a fairly good driver and can compete with the front runners in most races, but ive got to the point where no matter how hard i try i cant shave a few tenths off my lap times in order to get down into the 1.07.XX ON BW GP or 1.00.XX on AS CLUB in the fox's or any number of cominations of tracks and cars in the STCC server to make a really fast lap time. I typically just you Setup Field on Inferno's Website, but now i wanna start catering setups to my driving style instead of me changning my driving style to conform to the setup, so i was wondering if there are any good articles/tutorials that can explain to me the effects of changing suspension settings on a car for example + Toe or - Toe, Caster, camber, diff settings and how the effect the car etc, etc.

and how to cater to the needs of a specific track

Or one of you could just become my personal Mechanic

Worth mention:

http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Basic_Setup_Guide
http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Advanced_Setup_Guide

Quote from Darkkness :

Or one of you could just become my personal Mechanic

If you get one really good for you, please share him with me.

Go with what Meanie posted. Read them, study them, print off a cheat sheet to post by your PC and start playing around. You'll get it.

It's what I did to learn some of the stuff. I still have a cheat sheet printed out I think from the Basic setup guide that is sitting beside me when I race.

I've got this printed out and stuck to my monitor.

Quote from mrodgers :

Go with what Meanie posted. Read them, study them, print off a cheat sheet to post by your PC and start playing around. You'll get it.

It's what I did to learn some of the stuff. I still have a cheat sheet printed out I think from the Basic setup guide that is sitting beside me when I race.

Mind posting that here?

Quote from delusion_xhpb :

I've got this printed out and stuck to my monitor.

Thanks much that is a good cheat sheet you got there.

Quote from Meanie :

Worth mention:

http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Basic_Setup_Guide
http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Advanced_Setup_Guide



If you get one really good for you, please share him with me.

I will let you know as soon as i find him, in the mean time thx much for your posts.

Quote from geezer45 :

Mind posting that here?

Sure...

Quote from Meanie :

Worth mention:

http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Basic_Setup_Guide
http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Advanced_Setup_Guide

There you go .

There is a section in the Basic guide. Hint, scroll down to the "Quick Reference" section.

Quote from delusion_xhpb :

I've got this printed out and stuck to my monitor.

Gotta say thats a pretty good and informative peice of paper. Saved to my desktop now

I have learned how to setup a car but sometimes i do forget. I also use Colcob's excel suspension analyser that Bob modified. Its very handy as it shows you by entering you lfs setup data how the car will behave and more inportant car setup data.

mad

Quote from delusion_xhpb :

I've got this printed out and stuck to my monitor.

I don't know how much I agree with the part about stiffening the front to cure mid-corner understeer. At least, that doesn't seem to be the way it works in LFS.

Quote from mrodgers :

Sure...


There you go .

There is a section in the Basic guide. Hint, scroll down to the "Quick Reference" section.

Thanks mate

Quote from Forbin :

I don't know how much I agree with the part about stiffening the front to cure mid-corner understeer. At least, that doesn't seem to be the way it works in LFS.

It works for me, both in real life and in LFS. The hardest part about is making sure the suspension has settled into a turn, if it hasn't, than its still corner entry understeer. Its very hard to diagnose properly without data aquisition. I haven't played with replay analyser enough to see how much it actually exports, might have to try it out again.