Maxed Car Setup Suggestions
Hi guys, in this post, I would like to ask you if you got good setups for maxed out Career Mode cars. I had a similar thing happening in F1 2020, where a maxed out Career Mode car didn't feel great...
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So, I just tried this out, and it feels like it really was a setup issue.
I first ran time trial in Melbourne, trying to find viable setups. And after some time, I actually found one, for both the dry and the wet conditions. I even improved my dry PB by a second with the new setup.
The key to using TT setups in Career Mode races with enabled carcass temps is to minimize the tire pressures, as otherwise, your tires will overheat like crazy. It might decrease tire life, but it's the far safer option.
And believe me, while this worked as expected, the ridge between racing and spinning out is very limited. The chance of spinning out if you take it too aggressive is high, so easing throttle and steering is the best you can do, especially when your tires are approaching the 60%. Overall though, I had a much easier time with the new setup, as I managed to get through all the practice programs after getting used to the setup.
If you want to know what setup I found for Melbourne, maybe I'll make a follow up reply in which I show you what I came up with.
- @LuckyNico92 I'm one of those people who is interested in how others attack the game.
Doesn't always work for me but I still find it interesting. So, the setup that I came up with is as follows:
- Wings: 22-18. My previous setup used much less front downforce, but that was one of the things that had me not turn at all with a maxed out car.
- Transmission: 55% on, 50% off. Since we're in the dry here, you need as much traction as you can get. Also, the setting helps a bit with tire wear.
- Suspension Geometry: Right, Right, Left, Left. Simple as that.
- Suspension: 9-1 Suspension, 6-2 Anti-Roll Bars, 3-6 Ride Height. Especially the ride height looks ridiculous, but this actually helps with the downforce load. Just don't go too aggressive on certain curbs or you might send the car into the wall.
- Brakes: 100% pressure, 50% bias. Nothing too special.
- Tires: 23 on the fronts, 21 on the rears. This is the highest if you want to get away with Softs and keep them below the 100 degree Celsius mark.
As I said earlier, it's actually a time trial setup on which I decreased the tire pressures to avoid overheating on the tires, as for the dry, it's very important to stay in control of your car.
If you have any suggestions about the setup on how I can slightly improve it, let me know, but this is what I came up with for maxed cars in Melbourne.
- @LuckyNico92 I got around to testing this today.
To be honest I thought I'd be oversteering all over the place.
In one shot qualifying on my 1st run I was only 6+ tenths over my PB and the car was more stable than I expected.
So I restarted qualifications but this time I lowered brake pressure to 95 as I'm running just the Ultimate update for brakes and 100 takes away to much corner rolling speed.
Next run I broke the previous time by 1.1 seconds or my previous PB by .5 so I was surprised to be sure.
This was in the dry.
