Tuning Guides
Credits to @Albannt8960 and @Saeenu1 :
Wanted to take a minute and revise this tuning guide section. This message is a direct copy and paste from the Official Forza Discord. We had pinned this message in the discord as it is a very helpful message. Again, I do not own any of this information. This is only here to help guide others. All rights belong to both Albannt and Saeenu. Make sure to thank them when you see them. They are some very awesome and incredible people! Definitely worth chatting with when you get the chance.
Decent tuning videos to look at:
in FH5 you go for 100 brake pressure and not minimum tire pressure, rest mostly applies
Pretty decent list of good cars for each class (will be updated): meta.pdf - Google Drive
Tire choices
For types of tire compounds you should use in fh5, although this can depend on car/build youre going for, here’s the general consensus for road racing that works for most cars/builds: B class - Street tires, Stock tires (if PI is close to Street) or Vintage (non-whitewall) tires on cars that have that available. Vintage whitewall tires for RWD powerbuilds on cars that have it available. Rally tires for FWD builds A class - Rally tires or drift tires on some certain RWD builds (usually powerbuilds) S1 class - Same as A class on some cars, semi slick race or slick race on some others S2 class - Slick tires if they fit, otherwise semi slicks
Good base tire pressures for each tire compound (psi/bar):
drag: 15.0 (1.0) offroad: 18.5 (1.2) rally: 20.5-22.0 (1.4-1.5) stock/street/vintage/whitewall: 25.0 (1.7) drift/semislick: 27.5 (1.8) slick: 29.5 (2.0)
General good advice when upgrading for online racing (just the basics, skipping a lot of things)
- Weight reduction is a top priority upgrade
- Always upgrade antiroll bars to race
- Always upgrade differential, it has no PI cost
- Don’t upgrade front tire width unless you literally don’t have anything else, it’s very PI inefficient
- Don’t upgrade clutch, using manual transmission with clutch negates the disadvantage, it’s a waste of PI
- Look at sport transmission before choosing your pick, that one very often drops PI
- Don’t mindlessly AWD swap road cars, RWD and FWD is generally faster in this game (obviously AWD still works on a lot of cars)
- Don’t go for tires that are too grippy for the class you’re in (basically only rivals builds and FWD cars go for things like slicks in A, most cars have rallies/drifts, sometimes streets/stocks, depending on the build)
- Off-road race tires are the only good tires for off-road racing, rallies are a road racing compound in this game
- Centrifugal supercharger is one of the most PI efficient upgrades in the game, worth using over turbos most of the time
Assists:
all of them except ABS slow you down. For max pace:
- TCS/stability control off
- simulation steering
- manual + clutch (faster on 99% of cars in this game, always use for online)
- racing line for reference. very useful, since fh5’s lacks stationary landmarks
Calculator apps:
never ever use them, there’s no special formula for tuning. This has been tested by trustworthy people in the competitive scene
List of good tuners that are mostly active (will update):
ESV Mars, Nalak28, K1Z Bala, K1Z Suimin, K1Z Bard, K1Z Howzer (S1/S2), K1Z Gray, C0RVETTE GS, Danx986399, OnlyNaps, Rocklxd, APR Koarsse, Coach Lbn, Steer W Toes, VNX Hexor, TopTierRamen. TDU1PlatinumMod, JakeGTR9, SakuraMxSPD, K1Z Hikari, XNDR DID IT (handling rivals cars), GoodReiShun, ESV Eclipse, JumpyArdvarkITA, Inayamei, EXR Garmite, Scaans, wood2GR, zoltan rr, Buntaaaaaa, Nyasmowisher, Grandma Driving, N7 Matsura, GreetedDust.8 Noa Miyako. ProfessorOW. AMS Carver. EGAO no HANA (powerbuilds). Pudding n Puff (powerbuilds). Ash46Desync (mainly FWD, dirt) KapienPL (dirt), LogikJ (dirt), Cast Haste (dirt), Saeenu (seasonal), https://beacons.ai/saenu
special Jesko top speed - Lstcroix10, NotTrying2BeCrng points drifting - nvtals, Guesh fujiwara, Barry sniff, MARZZOMBIE, Kenpai TDG drag - x NRR Drag, I Apex Stigz I X class (sesto FE) - Metalxphoenix, Ageramonokkp
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