i need a personal trainer haha

[Doomed]

i been playing for two weeks and i just dont get tuning. I used to race when i was younger so i get the concept but it just doesnt transfer here. I just cant seem to get my cars set up for a track....One time my setup is perfect for a track and i can hang in the top 5...next time on the same track with the same set up and tuning my car is trash and i cant control anything.
I just dont seem to get it. I know different cars handle differntly but man this just doesnt make sense to me.
Anyone got a spreadsheet on cars and tracks and settings?
Seriously any help will be welcomed.

[Kenpoleon Bonaparte]

I thought it was my imagination at first, but I agree with you on tuning. Sometimes it seems to matter, and other times it doesn't. I have also noticed that the last two tuner sliders (Differential & Braking) often don't change the car's stats no matter where you put the slider.

Personally, I have come to believe the best way to control the car is the right 3-way combination of accelerating, braking, & steering at any given time. If I don't make the Top 5, it's almost always because of one of two reasons. Firstly, my car becomes too damaged to continue the race. Secondly, recovering from a minor crash or spinning out too far means the pack has passed by, and once you're in 14th place (out of 16) it's not likely you're going to make up that much distance in the little time you have left.

[Heke[FIN]]

Publicado originalmente por Doomed:

i been playing for two weeks and i just dont get tuning. I used to race when i was younger so i get the concept but it just doesnt transfer here. I just cant seem to get my cars set up for a track....One time my setup is perfect for a track and i can hang in the top 5...next time on the same track with the same set up and tuning my car is trash and i cant control anything.
I just dont seem to get it. I know different cars handle differntly but man this just doesnt make sense to me.
Anyone got a spreadsheet on cars and tracks and settings?
Seriously any help will be welcomed.

I dont think anyone has made a list like that cuz it would be a massive undertaking and some tuning settings are more preference than actual gain.
I can help you out if you want to hop on a server so i can give pointers. (I live in Europe tho and it is 2:30PM while im writing this)

[Doomed]

Publicado originalmente por HekeFIN:

Publicado originalmente por Doomed:

i been playing for two weeks and i just dont get tuning. I used to race when i was younger so i get the concept but it just doesnt transfer here. I just cant seem to get my cars set up for a track....One time my setup is perfect for a track and i can hang in the top 5...next time on the same track with the same set up and tuning my car is trash and i cant control anything.
I just dont seem to get it. I know different cars handle differntly but man this just doesnt make sense to me.
Anyone got a spreadsheet on cars and tracks and settings?
Seriously any help will be welcomed.

I dont think anyone has made a list like that cuz it would be a massive undertaking and some tuning settings are more preference than actual gain.
I can help you out if you want to hop on a server so i can give pointers. (I live in Europe tho and it is 2:30PM while im writing this)

That would be appreciated bud. The time difference is ok by me. I'm old and retired so I'm up early and my wife is from Europe and have been used to the 6 hour time difference for almost 10 years since we talk to her family all the time online.
Thanks for the help.

[Doomed]

Publicado originalmente por Kenpoleon Bonaparte:

I thought it was my imagination at first, but I agree with you on tuning. Sometimes it seems to matter, and other times it doesn't. I have also noticed that the last two tuner sliders (Differential & Braking) often don't change the car's stats no matter where you put the slider.

Personally, I have come to believe the best way to control the car is the right 3-way combination of accelerating, braking, & steering at any given time. If I don't make the Top 5, it's almost always because of one of two reasons. Firstly, my car becomes too damaged to continue the race. Secondly, recovering from a minor crash or spinning out too far means the pack has passed by, and once you're in 14th place (out of 16) it's not likely you're going to make up that much distance in the little time you have left.

This is my issue as well. I can race the same track online twice with the same tuning and my car will handle totally different both times.
Or on oval tracks it seems like shocks and springs work the opposite of how they should some times.
If my tuning works right AND I can survive the first two turn bombs I usually finish well but the tuning is so hit and miss I just know I'm not understanding something.

[Choob]

i can help too, we have already race in same server :)

[Doomed]

Publicado originalmente por Choob:

i can help too, we have already race in same server :)

Thanks. I definitely need the help. I'm old and have never been good with a controller so anything to help me drive better is great.
I should never have thrown my wheel away lol.

[Heke[FIN]]

are you available right now? i have a couple of hours before i have to go to sleep

[Doomed]

Publicado originalmente por HekeFIN:

are you available right now? i have a couple of hours before i have to go to sleep

Technically I'm available but my wife is sleeping and if I start talking and wake her up.......well .. it won't go well for me lol.

[Kenpoleon Bonaparte]

Publicado originalmente por Doomed:

Thanks. I definitely need the help. I'm old and have never been good with a controller so anything to help me drive better is great.
I should never have thrown my wheel away lol.

You don't need a wheel. I get by just fine with my keyboard & mouse, except after a couple of hours of playing this my accelerator/brake finger starts to hurt from mashing the keyboard so hard.

Publicado originalmente por Doomed:

Technically I'm available but my wife is sleeping and if I start talking and wake her up.......well .. it won't go well for me lol.

Yep. I'm in the same situation. Sometimes I get too excited while playing and start to vocalize, and when I wake her up I'm trouble.

[Doomed]

Publicado originalmente por Kenpoleon Bonaparte:

Publicado originalmente por Doomed:

Thanks. I definitely need the help. I'm old and have never been good with a controller so anything to help me drive better is great.
I should never have thrown my wheel away lol.

You don't need a wheel. I get by just fine with my keyboard & mouse, except after a couple of hours of playing this my accelerator/brake finger starts to hurt from mashing the keyboard so hard.

Publicado originalmente por Doomed:

Technically I'm available but my wife is sleeping and if I start talking and wake her up.......well .. it won't go well for me lol.

Yep. I'm in the same situation. Sometimes I get too excited while playing and start to vocalize, and when I wake her up I'm trouble.

LOL yes thats what happens to me...i get myself into trouble every time lol.