I am really struggling with these cars, i find them ridiculously slippery. Im just using the default setups and was wondering if anyone knew where i could find or maybe share me a nice general stable setup for both, it doesn't have to be a fast setup or competitive or whatever, just something nice and stable to drive (i mainly just do laps at sebring and mid ohio).
Any help would be appreciated, everything is calibrated correctly, i just don't get on with the default setups in these cars and know next to nothing about setting up cars.
I liked how in rfactor 1 you had a noob setup utitlity where you can add more downforce etc via noob sliders etc, but its not in rfactor 2 !
In rF2 setup means so much more than in rF1. In rF1 depending on a mod you were putting your main focus on having enough downforce through high speed corners and enough speed on straights. You didn't really bother with tweaking your setup around tyres. Your main focus was sheer pace. Being on the limit, 100 % all the time. You just drove and after hundreds laps you were creating yourself virtual map in your mind. Mussle memory that needed some little tweaking to find these small portions of time.
In rF2 everything is different now. Driving default setup is not that hard to be honest but it isn't sunday's family trip either. Work in rF2 turns around the way you approach your preparations. 180 degree turn. Your main concern is know finding balance and stability to make yourself comfortable inside your car. To give you confidance. That's what give you laptime. Full confidance in your machine. Once you have everything to feel comfortable you examine your tyres. How do they behave on longer runs, on one quali lap. How your brakes cope, you check if you don't stress your engine too much. Since you have found your confidance and speed because of it, you must balance your speed with how much your tyres, engine, brakes can take. I JUST LOVE IT. In rF1 it was way easier and really promoted drivers with "give me quick setup, shut up and let me drive the wheels off of this thing" attitude. Whereas drivers that didn't like this approach, suffered. I've been driving f1 cars in rF1 for many, many years and since the beggining I was almost alone when it came to learning everything. One friend gave me quick tips how to deal with different issues and that's it. I started to work on my setups and technique in small details. Using motec I can't remember how many nights I spent on watching countless logs from different test and examine almost every aspect. Comparing data of other drivers. Improving on my weaknesses and straighten my strengths.
All I can tell you that you should try experimenting with setup, just by yourself. You won't learn anything when somebody gives you readymade setup. "Here take it and drive it. Don't bother changing anything". I'm talking from my experience. Everything you learn stays with you forever while setups can come and sometimes they don't.
Driving powerful, light, cars with lots of downforce and with limited slip angle tyres is a bit like dacing. You must be on your toes all the time because you don't know when it will bite your ass off
. However they aren't ridiculously slippery. The opposite I would say. You feel them like this because you try to overdrive them.
Give yourself some time and you will get it. I had lots of practice and couple days ago I did 1:08:9 at Poznan. Which would be unthinkable for me some time before that day. I was quite happy when I reached 1:10 but when I entered this forum and heard some guys were doing 1:09, I felt like it was impossible. What changed? My confidance. I started to push my car instead of letting the car push me. I started to trust my brakes, tyres and downforce that they will do their job when I need them to.
I won't give you setups but I can give you guidance. I can sit with you, listen to your problems and advice you some tricks to solve them. Just send me a PM.
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