The Joy of Setups

I've always been faithful to the Alison Hine and her setups, together with Chris Moses and his Eagle ones, but I feel it's time I sowed my wild oats. I can be faithful no longer. I know it's terrible but I'm so excited 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 Remove 'ANTISPAM' when replying. "Movement is Tranquillity" - Stirling Moss GPLRank (F1): 15.73 Monster handicap: 559.63

ahem 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.simbin.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=3c3b041a4243ffff;act=SF;f=12 Good Luck Ian "Jonesy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9sK_7.2344$[email hidden]...

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> I've always been faithful to the Alison Hine and her setups, together with > Chris Moses and his Eagle ones, but I feel it's time I sowed my wild oats. > I can be faithful no longer. > > I know it's terrible but I'm so excited 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 > > Remove 'ANTISPAM' when replying. > > "Movement is Tranquillity" - Stirling Moss > GPLRank (F1): 15.73 > Monster handicap: 559.63 > >

"Jonesy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9sK_7.2344$[email hidden]...

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> I've always been faithful to the Alison Hine and her setups, together with > Chris Moses and his Eagle ones, but I feel it's time I sowed my wild oats. > I can be faithful no longer. > > I know it's terrible but I'm so excited 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.

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://eaglewoman.simracing.dk/gpl/index.htm) - 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://website.lineone.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.

"Jonesy" wrote... > <snip> > 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?!! 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. =--- "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn.

"Jonesy" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse news:9sK_7.2344$[email hidden]... > I know it's terrible but I'm so excited 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??<Snip!> > p.s. I am over 18. >I can't believe the gall of some people!? Why don't you take it to alt.binaries.hardcore.gpl.setups.tips where it belongs? 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

> I can't believe the gall of some people!? Why don't you take it to > alt.binaries.hardcore.gpl.setups.tips where it belongs? > > Sometimes I just wish for r.a.s. to be moderated! 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 hardcore replays" spam. >8-0

"Ian Bell" wrote > ahem > > I hear that this one covers your needs to a T - www.simbin.com Irony appreciated here Ian :-)

"Jonesy" <[email hidden]> wrote > > 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. > Try reading this article by Paul Jackson: http://www.racesimcentral.com/guides/gpl/windy/windy1.htm Phil Lee -- Race Sim Central Administrator http://www.racesimcentral.com

You might want to have a look at these articles including a sheet you print and have handy for working on your setups. http://www.theuspits.com/files/race/index.html David Brock

"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ayK_7.1877$7n.2031@shaw-ty1... > "Jonesy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9sK_7.2344$[email hidden]... > > 3. The "GPL Foolishness" site, by Richard Nunnini, which used to be at > http://website.lineone.net/~richardn/ but has apparently moved or gonedown. > Sorry, I don't know the new URL but if it's out there somebody on RASwill > know it. The one you gave still works from my PC. Excellent site, too.

In article <ayK_7.1877$7n.2031@shaw-ty1>, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> writes: >3. The "GPL Foolishness" site, by Richard Nunnini, which used to be at >http://website.lineone.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. > > Still there... I just tried it. Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <ayK_7.1877$7n.2031@shaw-ty1>, "Rob Adams" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >3. The "GPL Foolishness" site, by Richard Nunnini, which used to be at > >http://website.lineone.net/~richardn/ but has apparently moved or gonedown. > >Sorry, I don't know the new URL but if it's out there somebody on RASwill > >know it. > > > > > > Still there... I just tried it. Well it wasn't there *yesterday*! Or I didn't wait long enough for it to load...