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I know it's terrible but I'm so e***d with the idea of, y'know, doing it
myself! <blush>.  But where do I begin?  Will I be any good after all this
time?  Will the other chassis respect me??

Are there any websites I can visit which will show me the way?  Somewhere
where I can learn to please a chassis, taming understeer or perhaps even
bringing on full oversteer?!!  No credit card sites, please.

p.s. I am over 18.

Jonesy

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"Movement is Tranquillity" - Stirling Moss
GPLRank (F1): 15.73
Monster handicap: 559.63

I am no setup guru, and prefer to just tweak Huttu setups, but I still like
to read about it in the hope that some of it might sink in. Here's what I
recommend:

1. Alison's site (http://www.racesimcentral.net/) - there is
lots of info on setups there if you look around.

2. Gpl Race Engineer (GRE) which can be downloaded from Alison's site. The
Help file is quite good.

3. The "GPL Foolishness" site, by Richard Nunnini, which used to be at
http://www.racesimcentral.net/~richardn/ but has apparently moved or gone down.
Sorry, I don't know the new URL but if it's out there somebody on RAS will
know it.

I hear that this one covers your needs to a T - www.simbin.com
Specifically, you can get info on dialling in/out oversteer/understeer etc.
here:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/;act=SF...

Good Luck

Ian

Sometimes I just wish for r.a.s. to be moderated!

/Jens

P.S: Carroll Smith's book "Drive to Win" has some nice general info on
you-know-what though the pictures are less than hot. But some of the
drawings...! :-O

It think Richard Nunnini has the market cornered...

http://website.lineone.net/~richardn/index.html

Every setting and it's effect on the attitude of the chassis is explained
there. However, as a rule and IMO, slight understeer is desirable for cars
that have to be raced against other cars.

I'd also like to refer to an earlier post of mine and point out setup is a
two way thing. To maximally benifit from a certain setting, a slight change
in style/approach may be required. Which may prompt yet a further change,
which.... ;-))

Jan.
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"Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn.

Jens, I went there, but it was full of "XXX speed satisfaction", "you'll
love how fast our cars go" and "break the limits of adhesion with these
*** replays" spam.  >8-0

http://www.theuspits.com/files/race/index.html

David Brock

Irony appreciated here Ian :-)

Try reading this article by Paul Jackson:

http://www.racesimcentral.com/guides/gpl/windy/windy1.htm

Phil Lee
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Race Sim Central Administrator
http://www.racesimcentral.com

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