Audi R8 LMS setup at Spa

[sbk1198]

Could someone please point me in the right direction for a good setup for this car at Spa? I'm baffled as to why I can do exactly the same lap time (within .02) as the 458 GT2 at Imola, but at Spa i'm a whopping 3 seconds slower! At first I thought it might be normal because I think the Audi is intended to be a GT3 car (based on tire choices), but then at Imola I lapped as fast as the 458 GT2, within only 3 laps of trying. At Spa I can't even break 2:20 with it :(

[SeriousSpy]

Q1 2015, so at the most it'll be late March.

[Chazz Ranger]

Publicado originalmente por Duc1198:

Could someone please point me in the right direction for a good setup for this car at Spa? I'm baffled as to why I can do exactly the same lap time (within .02) as the 458 GT2 at Imola, but at Spa i'm a whopping 3 seconds slower! At first I thought it might be normal because I think the Audi is intended to be a GT3 car (based on tire choices), but then at Imola I lapped as fast as the 458 GT2, within only 3 laps of trying. At Spa I can't even break 2:20 with it :(

Compare Imola with its tight turns to Spa with its wide open straights: the R8 corners like a monster but has low top speed unless you tweak the set up. Sounds like you got it sorted, but the other thing I did besides dropping the ride height to gain top speed is simply reduce rear wing downforce. Also really opens up the back end, so turn-in is amazing (also easier to lose the back end altogether obviously, so be careful getting back on the throttle too heavily in the middle of a turn). More fun/difficult to drive/control, and I can easily keep up with GT2/GT3 and even the C6.R with this set up.

[sbk1198]

Publicado originalmente por Chazz Ranger:

Publicado originalmente por Duc1198:

Could someone please point me in the right direction for a good setup for this car at Spa? I'm baffled as to why I can do exactly the same lap time (within .02) as the 458 GT2 at Imola, but at Spa i'm a whopping 3 seconds slower! At first I thought it might be normal because I think the Audi is intended to be a GT3 car (based on tire choices), but then at Imola I lapped as fast as the 458 GT2, within only 3 laps of trying. At Spa I can't even break 2:20 with it :(

Compare Imola with its tight turns to Spa with its wide open straights: the R8 corners like a monster but has low top speed unless you tweak the set up. Sounds like you got it sorted, but the other thing I did besides dropping the ride height to gain top speed is simply reduce rear wing downforce. Also really opens up the back end, so turn-in is amazing (also easier to lose the back end altogether obviously, so be careful getting back on the throttle too heavily in the middle of a turn). More fun/difficult to drive/control, and I can easily keep up with GT2/GT3 and even the C6.R with this set up.

Weird that you say that...I found it to be exactly the opposite. On every track I have raced on, especially ones with long straights, the R8 was faster on top speed than the rest, but turning was the problem. Either way, dropping the front height sorted it out, and after that it's just a matter of small tweaks. So far Imola is the only track where I've managed to go faster with it than the 458 GT2, though only by several hundredths of a second. At the others I'm still a bit faster with the 458. The corvette has potential, but it bothers me that everytime I brake hard, the wheels turn one way or the other. It has very poor braking stability. Not sure how to fix that, or if that's a problem from whoever made the car.