New to the Game - Need a Lancia Fulvia Tune Setup

[Sambug2000]

Hey all, I just got the the game the other day, and while I will be getting a wheel soon, I have been able to play with the keyboard, but I was wondering, since this is the first car I have and the only one I have, is there a certain way to tune this to get the most out of it? I've never tuned anything before so I would prefer to take someone's advice. I tried googling, but I couldn't find much of anything for the Lancia Fulvia! Thanks!

[Sambug2000]

Alright! Thanks!

[Arya]

The Fulvia's biggest issue is the gearbox. There's a huge 'gap' between each ratio, that means the engine bogs-down when you shift up, and that costs you a lot of acceleration without giving a top-speed advantage.

Fixing this is easy: move your gears closer together. This will reduce your top speed a little, but vastly increase your acceleration. It also helps with getting up steep hills.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=550277855

Before. As you can see, huge ratio gaps.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=550277876

After: smaller gaps, which allows you to keep the revs higher as you shift up. Because the Fulvia has a narrow power-band(6500-7300) that effectively gives you more power.

More to follow.

[Blink]

It's kind of a vague question.

There are so many things you can adjust on a setup, depending on what you are looking to get out of your car handling and performance. Are you having trouble on turns? Are you spinning out, or sliding off the side of hills? Are you having problems keeping the car straight

Is it too hard to control going over bumps, or does it feel too vague and boat like?

These are all important questions.. start with what you are having trouble with or wish to change.

[Arya]

It's also worth mentioning: ideally you would have five different setups for each of the five Rallies. A good setup for Germany will probably break it's suspension at Finland and Wales, and have the wrong gear ratios for Monte Carlo and Greece.

[Blink]

speaking of... is there a guide somewhere on gear ratios

[grandma_moses]

I believe the 'guide' the real life follows is

a) hit rev limiter for a short time at top speed. ---> longest gear ratio

b) try to be in the power band of the engine as much as possible. ---> all other gear ratios

c) Tune your 1st / 2nd gear to your preference* when you drive a track with hairpins


*OPINION-> Be as high in rev as possible when you exit the hairpin without having to shift
( = hitting the limiter ) until your car is straight and stable again. 99% of the time either lengthen 1st or shorten 2nd. <-OPINION


The problem with a guide is that, to my knowledge and please correct me if I'm wrong, the optimal gear ratios basically change with your speed. 10 secs slower per stage than the writer of the guide and you feel it doesn't hit the power band as often, 10 secs faster and you have to shift more often than necessary or hit the limiter for too long.

Now some guys seem to neglect the highest gear on twisty tracks as you never reach a speed to shift into it efficiently - to know when to do that would be nice, I think, and also applicable to a wider range of player skill than a 1:1 gear ratio guide which would essentially be 'Do this on track 1, do this on track 2...' and thus highly personalized.

[F4mousbymorning]

long gear setting= slower to faster
short gear setting= faster to slower

[J van E]

There is no real need for setups imho. I made it in one go from Open to Master level without even looking at the setup page once. I have yet to open it for the first time.
I have to add I am not interested in comparing my times with others: if your goal is to become the best DR gamer then looking at the setup will probably help. But for playing the game you can do without it.

[grandma_moses]

Originally posted by J van E:

There is no real need for setups imho. [...] if your goal is to become the best DR gamer then looking at the setup will probably help. But for playing the game you can do without it.

I absolutely agree. It's the same as with addons for games like WoW or config editing for games like Counter-Strike. You don't need it, but some guys do want it and feel the game is a better one with it.

[F4mousbymorning]

you can drive the stages with out touching it but you can drive faster and with more control if you set the car up for your style of driving. That said there is no magic set up that always works every time.

[Blink]

I suppose I should have mentioned I drive automatic only. I'm not autistic enough to manage gearing and driving at the same time.

But also.. I mean a guide as in how gear ratio works, what the terminlogy is, how do you know a specific cars power band, etc etc. What tweaking to X gear does to improve / hurt the overall car performance in X situation. that kind of stuff.

[F4mousbymorning]

not sure what being autistic has to do with driving manual but, My set ups have all been trial and error. Take advantage of the shakedown at the beginning of each rally.

[Sambug2000]

Originally posted by J van E:

There is no real need for setups imho. I made it in one go from Open to Master level without even looking at the setup page once. I have yet to open it for the first time.
I have to add I am not interested in comparing my times with others: if your goal is to become the best DR gamer then looking at the setup will probably help. But for playing the game you can do without it.

I was wondering if it was needed at all to be good in just the "singleplayer" aspect of the game, not worrying about beating other players. Thanks! I won't even bother with it either anyway.

[grandma_moses]

Originally posted by BlinkRape:

What tweaking to X gear does to improve / hurt the overall car performance in X situation. that kind of stuff.

You're right. Basically this info belongs directly to the setup screen like in almost every other racing game that has a simulation approach to it.

0-100km/h ( 0-60mph ) values, 0-180km/h ( 0-110ish mph ) values and top speed values that change according to how you tweak the ratios. Quite frankly I'm as surprised by this not having found its way into the game as I am by the lack of an accessible ingame global leaderboard.

[DrDeath]

any of you guys got a setup for the ford RS200? im not a car freak so i don't know what to change etc