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I have been playing this game for years but still never managed to be
competitive in the wet :)

Robert York
Tokyo

Chris.

Joe

|>
|> >Can anyone offer any help as regards car setup for a wet race at Imola.
|> >I qualified on pole in the dry but in the wet warm up I cant get within 3
|> >seconds of the other cars.  So far, I have increased the wing by 10 - 15
|> >points from my dry settings and tried lengthning my gear ratios to try and
|> >cut down on the whel spin and snap oversteer when accelerating out of
|> >acque minerale for example.
|>
|> >I have been playing this game for years but still never managed to be
|> >competitive in the wet :)
|>
|> >Robert York
|> >Tokyo
|>
|> I have the same problem. I think it is a poor implementation of wet
|> conditions on the computer drivers. I use F1ED.EXE to alter the
|> opposition grip settings so I get a more even race. Not much you can
|> do beyond that.

I played once in the wet at Monaco. All I could do was BLOCKING. Of course
I qualified on the pole, but I managed to finish 2nd in the wet going 100%
race distance. Boy, that was the most demanding race I've ever driven in
F1GP! If it wasn't at Monaco, I doubt I could block all those cars!

Besides blocking, I guess the strategy is to setup a understeering car. If
you are brave enough, you can setup a neutral car. An oversteering car is
guaranteed a spin. Also, don't believe that more wings will give you better
grip, it will only slow you down on the straights. The wings don't help
much in the corners since all cars are going slower in the corners, that
means less downforce. Brake bias doesn't matter that much since you want
to brake to the appropriate speed before you make a turn in.

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Chris.