I picked up a few B class cars that I’m trying to tune. The two I’m focusing on are an S2K and BRZ. I feel like with both of these cars I’m sliding A LOT! My tire pressure and temperature is decent once warmed up (215f, 33psi). When I slide my tires chart doesn’t get hotter (it stays clear) so I don’t think it’s a matter of the tires being overwhelmed. I’m running them on the Indianapolis GP and I’m getting 1:40 for both cars. My fastest time on that track is with a R34 GTR (1:39, 4%) so I know the cars aren’t that slow but I’m really confused about all of the sliding that’s going on. I’m not sure what information I should include so please let me know if there is something I should be including.
BRZ:
380hp, 2813lbs
S2K:
368HP, 2916lbs
On both cars I have loosened up the suspension and sway bars a little (not far from stock), dampening is increased (~10.5) and stiffness is decreased (~3.5), differential is about 30%/15%. This is my standard baseline tune. I have tried to loosen up the rear suspension and sway bars a bit but I don’t notice much of a difference. I tried setting both tunes back to default and the problem still exists.
Both cars have all handling mods, aero, and max width tires. The BRZ has street tires while the S2K has Sport tires.
Most of my leaderboard times are below 5% so I’d like to think I’m a decent driver. I don’t really have these problems with other cars so I don’t think it’s a matter of needing the Driver Mod. I threw Race tires on the BRZ and ran a 1:38 (A class, ~630 ) but I still had some sliding so that sort of reinforces my theory of the tires not being overwhelmed. I realize my times are in the top 5% but I notice while I’m sliding just a little bit, other cars are passing me on the inside (online). My other light RWD cars feel predictable where as with my BRZ and S2K I feel like I need to walk on egg shells. I have a much slower BRZ and it is very stable but I get burnt on any type of straight line.
How should I begin troubleshooting this?
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