Hotlap Event Week 19/20 (Build 211+): Pagani Zonda R @ Bologna

[Marcel Spuehler]

Finally managed a 1:33.703... With my Personal Best i would reach a low 1:33:xxx but where the Heck are this other 5 Seconds ?!?
I know that i'm not the best Setupmaker but 5 Seconds?
What's your Topspeed Guys? Probably i'm driving with to much Downforce?

[krivjur]

I made 1:30.0 with default DF, final ratio one click away from best accel. I've dropped the DF some and and adjusted gears a bit but I wasn't immediately faster with that, did similar lap times. No idea of top speeds though as I don't look while driving.

[ibby]

Replays don't show the full range of wheel movement. It is greatly reduced and smoothed out due to the loss of physics fidelity. Same thing happens in Shift and rFactor.

I hope at some point, track limits will be tightened up at Bologna. At Piratella, Acque Minerali and Variante Alta you can straighten the corners dramatically by running very wide.

Hm is the wheel movement really reduced and smoothed out in replay mode ? I think changing that to make it look as much as the real driving experience would help alot.
( especially for those experts saying physics are dead.. it looks unreal etc.. by watching our vids )

[corstick]

I very rarely watch replays, but on the few occasions I have (many builds ago), I definitely noticed the wheel looking a lot smoother than was the case when driving in real time. I think physics in general are toned down in replays, as is the case in most sims. Presumably to keep replays consistent and to save memory/disk space.

[Alejandro Riveiro]

You can also run wide on the exit of Piratella, looked like Alejandro was trying to avoid it on the video.

You're absolutely right, at Piratella you can ride a bit to the right of the curb. But for purpose of that video I was a bit more concerned on just making sure it was a clean lap in regards to racing line. Would suck if someone is using it as reference X builds ahead of today and turns out that going wide at Piratella makes it an invalid lap. But yeah, for the sake of hotlapping this week, if you go wide on Piratella you'll be able to brake later (and less) and carry more speed. You can probably shave 0.5s from there depending on your braking point for the next turn.

Yep thats me driving, with the setup above which is at 12.4 : 1
I've calibrated the wheel in game to 880° or something ( Thats what it shows if i go to 90° with my wheel ) but i assume you guys do the same ?

That's odd, I have it calibrated at 900º and the steering lock for the car is the default one. Krivjur may be right and the difference is due to the replay. Give it a try checking a recorded in-game lap (I mean, actual drive, not replayed).

[Alejandro Riveiro]

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EDIT: Double post. Please delete.

[Brainbug]

seems to me the S-chicane can be taken in a "drive-straight-through" style without that much braking like in real life. not good.

[Mikko Korkiakoski]

seems to me the S-chicane can be taken in a "drive-straight-through" style without that much braking like in real life. not good.

Do you mean Variante Alta? If so then I don't think that is true. Going down to 2nd gear from 4th/5th is hardly "without that much braking".

[Maciej Bruch]

Does anyone has more agressive setup than ibbys set?

[corstick]

Do you mean Variante Alta? If so then I don't think that is true. Going down to 2nd gear from 4th/5th is hardly "without that much braking".

You can't straight line it but you can run wide, right up to the barrier on the exit, without invalidating the lap. Same thing at Piratella.