Greetings Community!
Have you ever wondered how work out your Tyre pressures?
Well hopefully with my simple formula I have designed, you’ll be able to get the perfect tyre pressure for your car!
I have been creating formulas like this since FM2 and this is my first one for tyre pressures.
With only recently creating this formula for tyre pressure, I have already found an improvement within my cars ability and mine which I hope use will find to.
Tyre pressure equation (Psi) = (WD %( LBS)) * (9.8 / (USR – LSR)) + 14.7
abbreviation meanings:
WD = Weight Distribution
LBS = Weight of car in pounds (Only pounds!)
USR = Upper-Spring-Rate (Maximum stiffness the spring(s) can go)
LSR = Lower-Spring-Rate (Minimum stiffness the spring(s) can go)
9.8 and 14.7 are constants which must NOT be changed!
Note[/h]
When finding Front-Tyre Pressure use Rear Weight-Distribution
When finding Rear-Tyre Pressure use Front Weight-Distribution
Example:
In this example I will use a 2013 Lotus E21 (F1 car) just because it’s light.
Weight Distribution: Front - 46% / Rear - 54%
Weight: 1422 lbs
Upper-Spring-Rate: 589.3 lb/in
Lower-Spring-Rate: 73.7 lb/in
Once you have got your values substitute them into the formula…
Front Pressure (Psi) = (54 %( 1422)) * (9.8 / (589.3 - 73.7)) + 14.7 = 29.3 Psi (3 significant figures) or (±0.5)
Rear Pressure (Psi) = (46 %( 1422)) * (9.8 / (589.3 - 73.7)) + 14.7 = 27.1 Psi (3 significant figures) or (±0.5)
If you want to get the perfect tyre pressure within “0.1 Psi” please follow these steps:
I will use the example F1 car setting(s) as a reference!
1. Once you have gotten your Psi set them to the nearest ±0.5 - E.g. 29.3 Put to 29.5 (Closer to 29.5 than 29.0)
2. Remember the difference between the calculated and the rounded value - E.g. 29.3 - 29.5 = -0.2
3. Once you have found the difference, at the main menu go to: FORZA PROFILE > HUD > UNITS and change to “METRIC”
4. Now in Metric go back to your car to tuning setup and adjust the tyre pressure(s) - E.g. Difference = -0.2 so tap left D-Pad twice to go down.
5. Once tyre pressures have been adjusted restore you original HUD - Unit setting and your tyre pressure(s) in Psi should be within 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 etc.
Taking Mathematics to the game!
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Hope this helps!
Enjoy,
RR