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Check out Alisons site (see above about three or four posts for the
URL). It has several good setups for the Eagle. I'm still looking for a
good setup for Watkins Glen. I posted to this board a few days ago and
asked if anyone had it. The only response I got was from some clown who
saw fit to repeat the old chestnut about how you get to Carnegie Hall
.... practice, practice, practice. I thought about responding that it
doesn't matter how much you practice if your piano is out of tune but
didn't ... :)
If you come across anything else let me know, I like the Eagle too.
Joe
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Basically I think the key to Watkins is smoothness especially through the
esses, you have to carry as much speed as possible into that straight,
a good setup can help you but it won't do a thing if you're driving
the wrong lines, not braking in the right places or not carrying enough speed.
Personally even when I do get a good setup from someone, it still takes
a lot of tweaking before it works well with my personal style since I
trail brake a lot, and I tend to follow the black lines for the most
part, not scrubbing as much speed by throwing the car sideways like some
of the Hotlap replays I've seen, so setups for these replays usually don't
fit me well. I've found however that it is *still* possible to be fast
by being smooth, which to me feels more realistic than driving that
aggressive style which I could never keep up for more than 1 or 2 good laps.
Since you are looking in specific for an Eagle Watkins setup here follows
my Watkins Eagle Setup, it is good for 1:06:17 at Watkins (done in a race),
and by driving for the most part smoothly along the black lines, no
excessive car tossing.
It's based on Doug Arnao's setup which I downloaded off of Alison's site,
it's tweaked a bit to allow trail braking, and adjusted things here and
there to my tastes. That's the thing with downloading other people's setups,
they are good to get ideas from, but odds are they won't be geared for the
same driving style you use. You can gain a lot more time by practicing the
tracks and learning how to drive them smoothly at the 99% of the limit.
One interesting thing I found is that my Zandvoort setup works well
for me at Nurburgring, better than the default, so it just goes to show that
the only way to figure this stuff out is to practice experiment practice :-)
Anyhow here follows my setup, thanks to Doug Arnao and Alison Hine for
making these available to us, hope it helps you or at least gives you some
ideas.
Seeyas on the track.
--John (Joao) Silva
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Car Setup: Joao Eag Glen,
Track: Watkins Glen
Steering Ratio 16:1
Start Line Weight 1363 lb.
Front Brake Bias 59%
Ramp Angles 85/30
Clutches 2
Per Wheel Setups
Wheel Tire Wheel Bump Rebound Camber Bump
Pressure Rate ***
Left 80 -0.50
Front 20 psi lbs/in. 2 3 deg 1.50 in.
Right 80 -0.25
Front 20 psi lbs/in. 2 3 deg 1.50 in.
Left 100 -0.50
Rear 21 psi lbs/in. 2 4 deg 1.50 in.
Right 100 -0.50
Rear 21 psi lbs/in. 2 4 deg 1.50 in.
Per Axle Setups
Axle Toe Anti-Roll Bar Rate Static Ride Height
Front -0.025 in. 100 lbs/in. 2.50 in.
Rear 0.125 in. 80 lbs/in. 2.75 in.
Gearing
Gear Gear Ratio Decimal Ratio Final Drive Ratio
Reverse 13/35 2.692:1 9.274:1
First 15/38 2.533:1 8.726:1
Second 16/30 1.875:1 6.458:1
Third 18/26 1.444:1 4.975:1
Fourth 19/24 1.263:1 4.351:1
Fifth 29/32 1.103:1 3.801:1
Differential 9/31 3.444:1 -
Fuel
Current 5 gallons 13 Laps
Fill To 5 gallons 13 Laps
