I've been messing with N2003 setups for almost a year now, and I'm AMAZED at
how responsive the chassis is...particularly to spring/weight changes.
There are several things to play with that weren't in GPL (caster, track
bars, weight jacking), and with N2003's more lively tire model, you can
really feel the result of minute changes. Setting up a car for an oval is
kinda monomaniacal, but the road circuits are a real challenge...and often a
complete surprise. I thought Hockenheim (v2.1) would be easy--it's a bog
simple layout, innit?--but it's been giving me fits. My only regret: no
differential params.
> >Man, what setups are YOU driving? I've tried some hotlapper setups that
had me
> >spinning out as often as going straight... I couldn't keep the back end
BEHIND
> >me...
> If you run fairly even bars/shocks and realistic springs (i.e. springs
> that are proportional to the weight of the car) and stuff an xx/85/1
> into it you'll be oversteering like crazy. I think the big problem
> with understeer in a lot of "realistic" GPL setups is the way the
> shocks and diff are set up. Lots of non-alien setups come with the
> standard 85/30/4 diff and 2/3 type shocks and I always find I have to
> actually force the ass end into a slide just to make turns half the
> time.
> Speaking of springs that are setup based on the weight balance of the
> car, I bumped into someone on sierra the other night who had been
> trying out one of my old banzai PTA setups that used GPL style springs
> (i.e. 450/475 front to back and 48.1% front weight) and he was kicking
> my ass all over the place, even with the high drag. I might start
> messing with that idea again.
> Jason