I was wondering becaus i fount out that there are quite a bit of ordanary guys in lfs that dont realy have car knowlage.
By this i mean when u get to the complicated stuf

My sugestion and possible solving to this is to actualy to provide a stable base setup for every track combo and very car, mayeb that is a bit much but as i found out al the fe combos have very similair suspension setups.
But for the length and the way a certain combo goes the gearbox is always difrent.

So what i would find veryy usefull is to give base setups for al the cars and tracks not all but the importand stuf such as gear ratio base and tyre presdure stuf and supsension base for one long track version and a long version(tracks like Fernbay, Aston, Kyoto, Westhill and leave the rest up to the divers.
So that leaves brakes and stufs to do for your own becaus for me it took alot of times to finally understand what the setupmanual actualy wanted to tell me.
So its kind of for yourself to set the car up in those ways those extra seconds are made by your setup work becaus the sets would not be able to do world reccords for sure
I think this base sets whould be great combo with the setupmanual. to make a good set to be as fast as u can and feel confident in the car


Thanks for reading Chrisuu

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

I was wondering becaus i fount out that there are quite a bit of ordanary guys in lfs that dont realy have car knowlage.
By this i mean when u get to the complicated stuf

My sugestion and possible solving to this is to actualy to provide a stable base setup for every track combo and very car, mayeb that is a bit much but as i found out al the fe combos have very similair suspension setups.
But for the length and the way a certain combo goes the gearbox is always difrent.

So what i would find veryy usefull is to give base setups for al the cars and tracks not all but the importand stuf such as gear ratio base and tyre presdure stuf and supsension base for one long track version and a long version(tracks like Fernbay, Aston, Kyoto, Westhill and leave the rest up to the divers.
So that leaves brakes and stufs to do for your own becaus for me it took alot of times to finally understand what the setupmanual actualy wanted to tell me.
So its kind of for yourself to set the car up in those ways those extra seconds are made by your setup work becaus the sets would not be able to do world reccords for sure
I think this base sets whould be great combo with the setupmanual. to make a good set to be as fast as u can and feel confident in the car


Thanks for reading Chrisuu

You want gearbox ratios for specific tracks. Am I correct here !?
The problem about gearbox ratios is that they are personal. Also the tyrepressures and camber/casting are personal, depending on your driving strategy.

So I would want everything, but gearboxratios, so I can tune it for my simple driving style.

If you got the WR set, and that gearboxratio, maby you can`t drive it. Today I drove a good set on SO Town. But I couldn`t hit the thirdgear turns in third gear - I had to go round in second gear. The elite drivers has so much speed out of the corner, that they can drive the third gear all the way round ! That`s the difference.

Same with the tyres. You must study wear and temperatures and so on, regarding to your driving style, and not Bawbags

Then you will be faster. Same goes for the gearbox ! Slow drivers tends to make more mistakes, and they will suffer if the gears are to long

So if I get hold of a WR set - I often "gears down" the set. I don`t know the correct term for this, but if overall is 3.15 - Then i make it 3.25 and takes it from there.

And after som races on a track, you can feel where the gear is not rigth.
Then go adjust !

I, personally, think that enhancing your car knowledge is part of the game experience.
I've been messing with setups since I got the game, and it took me around 4 to 5 monthes to figure out how to build a good setup (A.k.a. which suits me). A base setup wouldn't really work for people, because as alland44 said, there are too many little preferences. For instance, lots of WR setups tend to have a general slight understeer, while I prefer slight oversteer. And even with such a set, I can't do good times, because they are tuned for another style.
Also, when you mess up with something, it affects the overall handling and behavior so you might need messing up with something else, no to screw the stability of your car. For instance, i changed my gearbox once to a pattern I liked better, but as the gears where different, the torque applied to the wheels made them spun with my suspension settings, so I had to tune it again to get the same effect.
I think the good point to start with is either Race_S or Hardtrack, depends on how you like to drive, copy them, they behave quite good, but don't expect too much of them Tweak some bits to bits, to see how it affects the handling, and you wil end up with a set that is very close to what you expected.

You can generally get away with having 3 or 4 setups for any one car.

Short Geared/Higher downforce
Longer Geared/Lower downforce
Softer (kerb hopping)
Harder (fast/smooth tracks)

Then just mix and match gearboxes/cambers etc as you become more comfortable with what affects what.

What about having a rFactor style set of sliders that adjust the other values based on their position? Like a speed setting (top speed/acceleration and grip), suspension (stiff/soft) and so-on. The first would affect DF settings and gear ratios, the second suspension etc.

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What about having a rFactor style set of sliders that adjust the other values based on their position? Like a speed setting (top speed/acceleration and grip), suspension (stiff/soft) and so-on. The first would affect DF settings and gear ratios, the second suspension etc.

The overall setting in gearbox, does just that

id like a base wheel, mouse, and keyboard setup.