Can anyone help me (preferably Ivanhoe Vasiljevich!!! :-) with hints
on what to do during a wet race regarding setup, driving etc. cause
I just totalled Adelaide in the wet and I am non too happy.
Cheers
Paul
[ Brake Bias under Wet Conditions ]
: It is for that reason that I set the brake bias very
: neutral and not far to the rear as I do on a dry track.
I had the "pleasure" to get a wet-race session when I actually
wanted to drive my pre-season testing race for LFRS and
used the opportunity to practice driving in the rain a bit.
Ok, now it seems to me that I was wrong when I said that
a neutral brake bias setting was necessary.
Instead it seems to be actually _better_ to use a very
extreme rear brake bias in order to swing the car
around the corners. Furthermore you have to modulate
the throttle quite carefully so that the car doesnt push
in certain corners. Either release throttle shortly _or_
SHIFT up a gear. This should help prevent the severe
pushing behaviour.
To present some comparable data I want to include
the pre-race practice times I drove in Silverstone :
WET condition setup : 64/48 15R 30,37,43,48,53,58
Time : 1:34.026
Splittimes : 0:18.775 0:40.735 1:05.092
I am interested in the setups of other drivers and
the laptimes you achieved with these setups.
A general pattern might evolve if sufficient data is
gathered here....
C`mon, lets see some skidding-action here... :)
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: Can anyone help me (preferably Ivanhoe Vasiljevich!!! :-) with hints
: on what to do during a wet race regarding setup, driving etc. cause
: I just totalled Adelaide in the wet and I am non too happy.
Well, hello there :
To be honest I do _not_ have a lot of experience regarding
Wet Races. Perhaps 5 to 10 over all.
But what I have learned is that you need heaps of rear wing just
to keep the car on track. Do not be afraid of settings like 64/55. :)
Furthermore you have to stabilize the car when entering curves.
_Always_ be prepared to catch a skid, especially with high fuel
loads. It is for that reason that I set the brake bias very
neutral and not far to the rear as I do on a dry track.
The manual says that the ideal line in the rain is near the _middle_
of the road because the water runs down towards the edges but I
havent really noticed a big difference yet. Driving in the middle
sure will help keep the computer cars behind though.. :)
The AI cars are very fast in the beginning ( actually too fast sometimes,
they must have a special grip advantage in rain.. ) but after
some time when your car gets lighter ( 30% of a 100% race ) you
can easily pass them. ( If you stay on track long enough that is )
If for some reason you do not want to use such a high rear wing then
you should atleast try a balanced setting like 52/45 or so.
I hope this thread keeps going, because I sure would like to know
what methods other drivers use in rain.
HIH.
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Rudolfsplatz 8/2 at the Technical University of Vienna
A-1010 Vienna Tel. : 1 / 532 77 36
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