I’m as new as you can get to FM4, however, I’ve played FM5 pretty much religiously. I tuned & painted on FM5 with good results. I’m wondering if there is a big difference between tuning on FM4 & FM5… if so, what’s the difference?
In short, tuning is a bit less realistic in 4, and a lot of common settings work on many different cars. I don’t have 5, but I assume that choosing your upgrades wisely is important, since in 4 tunes will gain you tenths, while builds will gain you seconds. If you can tune in 5, 4 shouldn’t be an issue.
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Great info… thnx for the help. I know it will be trial & error… plus I’m not too proud to seek help from folks either. Thnx again!
If you’re stuck on a build, just watch replays. You can figure out power upgrades, roll cages, tire compounds, rims, aero, etc… Just keep in mind that there are SILLY builds that are fast in FM4. Some leaderboard cars have massive power with stock transmissions so they accelerate like mad but top out before the end of some straights, and some are even on drag tires for circuit. Some even use both of those methods of building!
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I think I’m good on the ability to build the car (i.e. select the appropriate parts) & even decent at getting a base tune, however, there’s many tuners out there a heck of a lot better than I am & I still got plenty to learn.
I do have a specific question with camber on FM4. On FM5 it is normal to have camber settings such as 3.5 for the front & 3.0 for the rear. I’ve read that FM5 is much more forgiving in regards to camber than FM4.
So, what’s the typical/ normal range for camber in FM4?
Most tunes will run -1.0 degree or less of camber. I usually start with -0.9 in the front and -0.6 in the rear and adjust from there. Most tunes run around that range or less, and some great tunes have near zero camber.
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What effect will you get from too much camber? I know that straight line stability will suffer, but what else will too much camber cause? Will too much rear camber cause loose conditions in the rear (rear end oversteer)?
To much camber will also affect the tires heat displacement compromising the tires grip ability, watch your telemetry when tuning/running laps and you will see the heat ranges from inner thru middle to outer tire surface. I usually try to stay within 10 degrees of temp difference inner to outer and front to rear. As Bulin stated fm4 uses considerably less camber than fm5