Help - GT3 suspension setup :)

[lanciachris]

So, is it obvious ive mostly been playing ps2 for the last couple of days

My problem is thus. My primary car at the moment is a series 2 rx7 - Retro but ive run into a bit of a problem with it. Its putting out a shade over 400bhp, and whilst ive fully upgraded the suspension and brakes, and got medium race tyres on it I find it nigh on impossible to unleash the power!

Specifically, I can get the power down on the straights and brake happily into the corner, get through the corners with the car staying fairly neutral, but as soon as i put the power down on the exit of the corners the back steps out. Im not sure if this is a fundemental problem of silly power + car not originally made for it, but if anyone can help that would be good.

What ive done so far in the suspension setup :
Lowered the car, fractionally more so at the front.
Increased the camber to 3 at the front and 1.5 or so at the back.
Set the rear anti-roll bar to max and the front anti-roll bar to minimum.

The other thing I was considering was maybe reverting to a standard flywheel and non-carbon driveshafts to try and make it put down the power a little slower?

ps. I have no clue about suspension setups. Too many forces acting for my head to get a good grip on it!

[Raify]

Sounds like you need a Full LSD (then fiddle with those settings)

When you get the LSD, go to the settings, and the scrolling text should help you decide which bit you need to adjust.

[centurion07]

A generalisation but it should get you pointed in the right direction (gleaned from my Toca set-ups on X-Box; got to 13th in world so must have been doing something right!)

Soften the rear suspension & roll-bar more than the front. This will keep the back of the car nice & soft & allow you to get the power down on to the tarmac better whilst still retaining a nice tight turn-in.

Rear downforce should be a bit higher than the front to keep your soft behind nice & stable through the corners.

Brakes: s'a tough one. Depends how you like to brake/corner. Personally I like to turn-in under braking & therefore take a bit of braking away from the rear. If you want to do it all in a straight line then whatever you feel gives you the best result.

[lanciachris]

I figured the diff was probably the settings i need to play with most, unfortunately I understand those settings even less than I do suspension

But, havent looked yet, so maybe that scrolling text will be useful.

[saxo-stew]

do you not have fully adjustable suspension?if so,use it.

so far- lower the rear stabiliser setting,and increase the front,say to about 4/5,have the front slightly higher. that seems to me the biggest problem. especially if you've not changed the spring settings.

[zebedee]

take the anti-roll off the rear - softer = stickier, harder = slidier - you may have to play with f/r settings but if its as bad as you say, I would try softening the rear all the way off

[racefan_uk]

The only thing I ever changed on GT3 was the ride height and still kept winning. It's just a matter of how you use the throttle! :wink:

[saxo-stew]

until you complete the game,then you just wanna practice and beat all your best lap times. thats when setup counts.