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Post by K Juliot on Feb 24, 2021 17:33:55 GMT
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Post by tomlory on Feb 24, 2021 18:11:42 GMT
Yup. I responded at S397: forum.studio-397.com/index.php?threads/gt3-gte-pack-bugs-9-listing-detailed-reports.68674/#post-1061420I see that there's a new BOP update including fuel consumption.
Any step in the right direction is good but I can't see how the S397 team can BOP with some really technical parameters to a very fine point when some of the cars have horrible gearing; it's impossible to BOP when one car is on the rev limiter in 6th gear and another is still in 5th.
I had faith in S397 before our first GT3 season expecting expertly done cars but at our penultimate round on Feb 21 I was angry with my car for the first time ever in over 8 years of sim racing when I realized that I wasn't coming close to using 6th gear at Sebring while being seriously compromised at every key corner on the track, either on the limiter in one gear or below the power in the next. Other cars were well into 6th gear.
Before we race them again (almost an IF at this point), we'll be testing more thoroughly but when we first bought into them this year, from the casual I just want to see the cockpit view and hear the noises they make standpoint, for sure one of the Bentleys was clearly geared way too short and, after a season with it, it feels like the Radical may be geared too tall. It's fine for one car or another to be between gears at one corner or another at one track or another but in top gear they all need to be within the same percentage of their power peak.
Just like fuel consumption, overall gearing is pretty easy to get right or at least balanced. With the lowest drag settings, max power (fuel) setting and the track with the highest top speed, set 6th (7th, 8th whatever is the highest) gear and the final drive to reach top speed at the HP peak. None of the cars should have gearing taller than that. The gear spread is much more difficult but for realism there could be the real world rule book and homologation to justify the simplicity copying what the real cars have. Making it possible for each car to have decent gearing at every track is balance. One car having good gearing at one track while another's is bad is not balance. |
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Post by tomlory on Feb 24, 2021 18:14:31 GMT
This comes at an extra bad time with rF2 FUBAR'ed on my game PC. Without it, I may not be able to update the paid DLC S397 GT3 cars on the server.
I expect to receive a new HDD this evening and, knowing me, I'll be working on it till it works again but I will have to attend to my day job on Thursday lol.
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