Front:
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Increasing damper stiffness
- Better traction
- Poor response over the bumps
Softening damper stiffness
- Better front end grip
Assumption: Softer the better;
Rear:
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Increasing damper stiffness
- Reduced traction
- Very good high speed corner stability
Softening damper stiffness
- Better traction
- Very poor high speed corner stability
Assumption: Harder the better; (Ofcourse varies with circuit)
For bumpy surface, I selected Silverstone
For high speed cornering, I chose Spa
Test1 (Silverstone)
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Min Front dampers
High to Max Rear dampers
Expected: Ideal or nearly perfect driving setup for Silverstone
Actual: As Expected
Test2 (Silverstone)
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Max Front dampers
Min Rear dampers
Expected: Better turn in, but unstable over bumps.
Actual: Nope, car feels absolutely the same as Test 1
Test3 (Spa)
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Min Front dampers
Min Rear dampers
Expected: Difficulty at high speed cornering
Actual: Nope, car feels absolutely OK!
I am not sure about Test 3 though as I setup more rear wing
to cut out the oversteer; Maybe that took care of the damper
settings?
Or maybe the car physics are not so sensitive to dampers?
Anyone able to simulate this?
S.ir Geoff Crammond around this space? :)
Anand
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"Your lungs hit the back of your rib-cage... a double left-hander
wrenching your neck off."