Here you can find some explanation of the GT3 car set-up possibility's based on the original text in the game.
Menu 1: Suspension.
Spring Rate:
The spring rate can be adjusted.
The objective of running hard springs in such situations as races is where the driver wishes to reduce the longitudinal and lateral movement of a moving car as much as possible, and where there is a desire to lower the centre of gravity of a car which has had the height lowered as far as possible.
Through this means, the 4 tyres can be used equally and cornering performance is improved.
However, there is a danger of lowering the car height too far and the suspension being too low.
There is a standard range of suspension operating amount (amount of stroke) for each car, and exceeding this range will cause rubbing of the tyre against the wheel housing in the car body, and bottoming out of the body on the road.
To prevent this phenomena, deal with the energy from when the car is driven within the narrow suspension stroke range, reduced by lowering of the car height, and springs with a high spring rate.
Take care with raising the spring rate, even if the car height is lowered only marginally, but sufficient suspension stroke is assured, the car will have a low centre of gravity, and will be easy to drive, and be capable of producing fast times.
Avoid increasing the spring rate anymore then necessary.
Ride Height:
The front/rear height of the car can be adjusted independently.
Although lowering the height of the car has much as possible will improve driving performance, if the car is lowered too much the suspension stroke will be insufficient resulting in a tendency for the car to jump.
If the car height is lowered, use the smaller suspension stroke effectively, for example, by replacing the springs with hard ones.
By changing the front/rear balance of the car height, the front/rear weight distribution of the car can be finely adjusted.
Damper Bound:
Adjust the strength of the damper bound.
When the suspension compresses, if it is set too strong, the suspension will stiffen and the car may jump.
Damper Rebound:
Adjust the strength of the damper rebound.
This can be set stronger then the bound.
The aim is for about twice of 4 times the strength of the bound .
Camber Angle:
The front and rear camber angles can be adjusted.
By applying camber angle, the tyres can be used effectively during cornering.
If too much camber angle is applied, it will be difficult for the brakes to work.
An angle of between 3 or 4 degrees will be effective with no harmful side-effects.
By adjusting camber angle of the front and rear tyres, the front/rear grip balance can be changed during cornering.
Toe Angle:
The toe angle of the front and rear tyres can be adjusted.
If the front is slightly toed-out, the steering response will deteriorate marginally, but the loss of grip in turns will be reduced.
If the rear tyre is toed-in, the stability of the car on a straight road will increase.
Although it will be easy to change the direction of the car if the rear is set toed-out, in most cases, low-level of over steer will occur and the car will become difficult to drive.
The rear toe angle as a marginally greater influence on the characteristics of the car compared to the front.
Menu 2: brakes.
Break balance:
The front/rear braking balance can be adjusted using the anti-lock braking system. (ABS)
Menu 3: Limited Slip Device and Gearbox.
LSD Initial:
Adjustment of the LSD initial torque…
By increasing the initial torque, the response of the LSD effect becomes quicker.
The stability of the car when driving normally also can be increased.
The car will become difficult to turn.
It is not advisable to increase the initial torque of cars that are difficult to turn.
This is not limited only to drivers who are good at drift control and can turn the car through use of acceleration.
LSD Acceleration:
Adjustment of the LSD acceleration effect…
If the effect is strengthened in acceleration, the force propelling the car forward when exiting a corner (TRACTION) will become stronger.
When Accelerating while turning at the exit of a corner, in cases where the inside tyre suffers wheel spin and white smoke is given off, wheel spin can be reduced by strengthening the LSD acceleration.
LSD Decrease:
Adjustment of the LSD deceleration effect…
If the effect is strengthened in deceleration, the behaviour of the car will be stabilised when entering corners.
The car will become difficult to turn.
This is effective when driving in such a way that braking is delayed until the last minute, and the corner is entered while maintaining braking.
In cases of cars which are originally difficult to turn, this tendency is reinforced.
Gearbox:
Only by purchasing a Full Racing Transmission (included as standard equipment on race cars) can gear customization be performed.
The easiest way to customize the gear selection is to use the auto-setting slider at the bottom of the gearbox screen.
Moving the slider toward “Wide” results in faster top-end speed, but at the sacrifice of acceleration.
Moving the slider toward "Sport" results in great acceleration, but a lower top-end speed.
Menu 4: Down-force – Stability and Traction control.
Down-Force:
Down force adjustment…
The front and rear down force (the force of air pressure pressing the car down on the ground) can be adjusted.
The down force has a strong effect when speed is high, but doesn't particularly work at low speeds.
The character of the car can be changed during high-speed cornering by altering the front/rear down-force balance.
If the front is strengthened, there is the tendency to over-steer (a condition where the front sticks and the rear flows easily)
If the rear is strengthened, there is the opposite tendency to under-steer (a condition where the rear sticks and the front flows easily)
Through a combination of front/rear tyre choice and suspension setting which are also effective at low speed, and down-force setting which is effective at high speed, the character of the car at low speeds and the character of the car at high speeds can be controlled.
Active Stability Management System:
The strength of the active stability management system can be adjusted…
Strengthening it will make spin more difficult, and make it harder to turn.
Controlled use of the brakes also means that acceleration will be sacrificed.
Effective use of the ASM will mean that the car drives easily without loosing speed.
Traction Control System Device:
You can change the way the TCS (which detects wheel-spin in powerful cars and adjust the acceleration) works.
It prevents very powerful rear-wheel drive cars from going out of control when the accelerator is depressed, and prevents very powerful front-wheel drive cars from under-steering under acceleration.
Because it will usually work even when accelerating in a straight line, strong application may mean that the engine will not perform at maximum capacity.
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