I don't understand being brought into this. (@Guimengo ) The reason I asked you for some kind of examples or fact based information is that the feature you have called for (3 different BOP pre sets for differing track types) would be quite a massive project. Selecting tracks (what track types? What tracks represent a "type" of track, how many of that type should be tested. Then on to the next "type"). So I think its fair that you justify such a request with a decent argument. I have provided a counter-argument. IE a good BOP settled on the Nords should hold valid anywhere. Its simply a debate. I say there is no need. You are invited to justify that request with some facts.
BOP means Balance Of Performance. It refers to balancing the performance of the GT3 cars so that one car isn't better than all the others in all conditions.
in real life SRO has 3 BoPs to be used depending on the track they go. I believe it is one for shorter tracks with less acceleration time between corners, one for a medium track and the last one is for Monza. It is simply impossible to balance the cars for all tracks using only one BoP with real data. Nords is a track with many different kinds of corners, while you may be able to balance cars overall if you go to a track that represents more one part of the Nords the cars will show its unbalance. Now is it a problem? Not at all if when you do a league you use tracks that benefits all cars, let's say 3 tracks of each type, but this is hard to do. BoP is always a hard matter anyway, to make it right you need a super alien with a lot of setup knowledge, anyone less than an alien will never be able to extract the max possible from every car. Success ballast help a lot to balance the cars in one way or another so people should use it IMO.
I do not get what exactly it is you are missing here. Like I said it is a great place to test a sports car for a manufacturer to make sure it handles in the best possible way under as many conditions as possible. That has absolutely nothing to do with BoP, has to do with setup. If you balance cars for the Ring, they would be balanced for the Ring, and every other track that has the exact same balance of performance challenges. They would not be balanced for Monza or Monaco to use two extreme examples. Or every track that leans towards one specific performance characteristic, like top speed or braking or grip or handling. But if you test on different types of tracks you can manipulate individual performance characteristics (braking, top speed, tire degradation, grip, handling) to bring them as close to performance as possible on tracks presenting specific performance demands, less balanced ones than the Ring. And why would the Ring be balanced? Is the endless straight at the back enough to balance out the rest of the track in terms of straightline performance? Is it too long. Or is it not long enough? How could you possibly know? Again, BoP and setup are not the same thing.
I wonder if the original poster could either close this thread OR make a new one since the cars have advanced well past v0.96. OR(if possible) retitle the thread
I am not a specialist of this BOP and setting the car (I have no experience because I always use the default set up with sometimes increase the brake pressure). I just give my opinion : I have driving more than 100000 km on the nordschliefe (laser scanned version of course) : There is absolutely no better track to test / improve / make BOP with other cars and also to train yourself and to improve your driving. CONCLUSION : If just 1 track have to be use to make the best BOP, that is absolutely the nordschliefe (I am 100% sure). If for the BOP modders want to use 2 tracks, I suggest nords (~21 km) + SPA francorchamps (7 km). Just to give my opinion, perhaps I am wrong.
The title is "Apex Modding GT3 mod (0.960)" which represents exactly what it is . Though the number is close to v1.0, it does not mean a lot of progress and tweaks can come. Plus still another update before there's anything paid, which so far has been the best demo anyone can ask for.
Well, if I wanted to find a sweet setup to use as base for every track I go to, I would use neither the Ring or Spa, although both are great places for testing, I would use Circuit of the Americas. Even has things you will not find at the Ring, like a very long accelerating corner near the end of the lap,plus pretty much everything else, including even longer braking zones than the Ring. If however I wanted to created the best possible BoP I would use more than one track, because different tracks put the emphasis on different performance parameters, which means that, pretty much by default, there can never be one single track to balance cars for very different tracks...
I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but there is some kind of issue with the fuel mixture settings and their effect on engine power. The setting with the highest power output on all cars is Mix 5 ('Lean 1'). The settings from Mix 6 upwards have progressively less power. I thought it might just be a mistake in CarStat so I tested a few cars on track at Interlagos and had around 4-5kph higher top speed on Mix 5 than Mix 15 (depending on car).
According to my own testing in the two seasons running this series, fastest power setting is "lean 2". I trust my own testing when it comes to this even in the face of carstat. Coincidentally (!) this also happens to be the default setting. Yes, higher settings actually reduce power while increasing fuel consumption. Yes, they have already said the fuel mixtures are not working properly and will be reworked.
guys guys... https://forum.studio-397.com/index.php?threads/apex-modding-gt3-mod-0-960.41988/page-129#post-917966 we have communicate about the fuel mixture and his futur on the mod...
some news here : - we have begin to implement some little things on the existing car of the mod : - P1gaming race give us a lot of parameters about the updated z4 and sls ,the pace is improved so we surely integrate these two physics update in the mod . - P1gaming have begin to test one new car who will join her little sisters when she is ready