(N4) Excessive Tire Wear?

Question: What is the average # of laps that the real WC drivers can go at Daytona on fresh tires under green before pitting? I can only squeeze 28-30 laps out before my RF tire blows. I've read the setup guide by Rodney Arndt and thought I had my setup pretty good as far as tire temps go. Any suggestions? Thanks. Gene

They can go a full fuel stop on the tires and more (not often they do that though). I can run roughly 45-50 before my wear indicator turns yellows and then I have to pit for fuel anyway. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Question: What is the average # of laps that the real WC drivers can > go at Daytona on fresh tires under green before pitting? > > I can only squeeze 28-30 laps out before my RF tire blows. I've read > the setup guide by Rodney Arndt and thought I had my setup pretty good > as far as tire temps go. Any suggestions? Thanks. > > Gene >

Go to www.team-lightspeed.com and into the N4GUIDES / TRACK GUIDES / DAYTONA section. There is a setup by Doug (sorry dont recall last name) that I used in a league race a couple weeks ago. My RF never went yellow during a full fuel run of 55 laps. Tire wear is not an issue with his setup and the speed of the setup is right in with the top guys too. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : Question: What is the average # of laps that the real WC drivers can : go at Daytona on fresh tires under green before pitting? : : I can only squeeze 28-30 laps out before my RF tire blows. I've read : the setup guide by Rodney Arndt and thought I had my setup pretty good : as far as tire temps go. Any suggestions? Thanks. : : Gene :

Try drafting the AI running low 46s (102%) for 30 laps and tell me you still get good RF tire wear :) Mike Tavares <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yzpq6.8860$[email hidden]... > They can go a full fuel stop on the tires and more (not often they do that > though). I can run roughly 45-50 before my wear indicator turns yellowsand > then I have to pit for fuel anyway. > > <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:[email hidden]...

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> > Question: What is the average # of laps that the real WC drivers can > > go at Daytona on fresh tires under green before pitting? > > > > I can only squeeze 28-30 laps out before my RF tire blows. I've read > > the setup guide by Rodney Arndt and thought I had my setup pretty good > > as far as tire temps go. Any suggestions? Thanks. > > > > Gene > > > >

I just ran a 75 lap race with a NO TIRE pitstop and no Cautions, and had the 2 right tires in the Yellow and the 2 left side in the Green when I finished. Ran at 100%. I don't believe the 2% is gonna make much of a difference. If you tweak the setups until you can get them to run that long. I have NOT modified the tire wear sitting in the track.ini file, as I believe doing that is cheating. "Tim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ljyq6.82922$[email hidden]... > Try drafting the AI running low 46s (102%) for 30 laps and tell me youstill > get good RF tire wear > :) > > Mike Tavares <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:yzpq6.8860$[email hidden]... > > They can go a full fuel stop on the tires and more (not often they dothat

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> > though). I can run roughly 45-50 before my wear indicator turns yellows > and > > then I have to pit for fuel anyway. > > > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > Question: What is the average # of laps that the real WC drivers can > > > go at Daytona on fresh tires under green before pitting? > > > > > > I can only squeeze 28-30 laps out before my RF tire blows. I've read > > > the setup guide by Rodney Arndt and thought I had my setup pretty good > > > as far as tire temps go. Any suggestions? Thanks. > > > > > > Gene > > > > > > > > >

If you use the default qualify setup and use 35% grille tape your tires will last for a fuel run. Sincerely, James

Tim McArthur wrote: > Go to www.team-lightspeed.com and into the N4GUIDES / TRACK GUIDES / DAYTONA > section. There is a setup by Doug (sorry dont recall last name) that I used > in a league race a couple weeks ago. My RF never went yellow during a full > fuel run of 55 laps. Tire wear is not an issue with his setup and the speed > of the setup is right in with the top guys too. > hehe...it's Arnao.....and you're welcome <g>. --Doug Arnao

Doug Arnao wrote:

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> > Tim McArthur wrote: > > > Go to www.team-lightspeed.com and into the N4GUIDES / TRACK GUIDES / DAYTONA > > section. There is a setup by Doug (sorry dont recall last name) that I used > > in a league race a couple weeks ago. My RF never went yellow during a full > > fuel run of 55 laps. Tire wear is not an issue with his setup and the speed > > of the setup is right in with the top guys too. > > > > hehe...it's Arnao.....and you're welcome <g>. > > --Doug Arnao

Gee, who's he? ;-p Thanks Doug. -- Fester

Well Geez Doug let's get the rest of the setups done for all the track! <g> Cheers Thom_j. | Doug Arnao wrote: | > hehe...it's Arnao.....and you're welcome <g>. | > --Doug Arnao

In article <[email hidden]>, Doug Arnao <[email hidden]> writes: >hehe...it's Arnao.....and you're welcome <g>. > >--Doug Arnao Hey Doug - Could you settle a discussion? Were the replays in GPL done with the 'default' setups? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.