rec.autos.simulators

> Hi,

> I have been tinkering with gear ratios for the MOnza track in GP2.
> However, it seems that the maximum speed I can obtain is around 204mph,
> with 6th gear set at 65 and 5th gear at 60. Does anybody out there have
> any ideas on the best gear ratios?

> Hi,

> I have been tinkering with gear ratios for the MOnza track in GP2.
> However, it seems that the maximum speed I can obtain is around 204mph,
> with 6th gear set at 65 and 5th gear at 60. Does anybody out there have
> any ideas on the best gear ratios?

> Secondly, it seems that the best lap times using auto transmission is
> about 3 seconds off the times recorded by manual transmission. Can anyone
> verify this? A friend did around 1:22 using manual transmission, but I
> can only manage around 1:24.5 using auto transmission. I also cannot
> cross the start/finish line at more than 200mph. What is wrong?

> Cheers,
> Allan Tay

>Hi,
>I have been tinkering with gear ratios for the MOnza track in GP2.
>However, it seems that the maximum speed I can obtain is around 204mph,
>with 6th gear set at 65 and 5th gear at 60. Does anybody out there have
>any ideas on the best gear ratios?
>Secondly, it seems that the best lap times using auto transmission is
>about 3 seconds off the times recorded by manual transmission. Can anyone
>verify this? A friend did around 1:22 using manual transmission, but I
>can only manage around 1:24.5 using auto transmission. I also cannot
>cross the start/finish line at more than 200mph. What is wrong?
>Cheers,
>Allan Tay

>> Hi,

>> I have been tinkering with gear ratios for the MOnza track in GP2.
>> However, it seems that the maximum speed I can obtain is around 204mph,
>> with 6th gear set at 65 and 5th gear at 60. Does anybody out there have
>> any ideas on the best gear ratios?

>This depends on the rest of the setup. If you leave the wings in the
>pits you might go with 66 in 6th gear. But then you'll have the hardest
>time to come out of parabolica at a decent speed.
>Even in Monza top speed isn't everything.

>> Secondly, it seems that the best lap times using auto transmission is
>> about 3 seconds off the times recorded by manual transmission. Can anyone
>> verify this? A friend did around 1:22 using manual transmission, but I
>> can only manage around 1:24.5 using auto transmission. I also cannot
>> cross the start/finish line at more than 200mph. What is wrong?

>The auto transmission shifts *reasonably* while with manual trans. you
>can shift down to first gear at any speed, what the auto trans. doesn't
>do. So many gp2 racers use the gears as extra brakes and manage to brake later.
>This can easily make those 2 seconds. Concerning s/f, it's probably that
>the auto transm. shifts to 6th earlier.

>Regards
>Frank