Hey everyone! I thought it might be time to share some of the knowledge I’ve gained in the areas of tuning, setups, and racing. I have been tuning since Forza 2 and racing since the first need for speed on the orginal playstation. Currently own a competition orange 2015 mustang GT(Track pack) with 500hp and love watching all diferent types of racing on motortrend on demand.
I will start by telling you setup is key to having the best lap times and not every car needs aero. Its always good to have a few cars with better top speed and few with great handling depending on which track forza sends your way. On my favorite cars and cars that everyone else seems to like, I tend to make 2 or 3 setups, tune them and record the lap times then pick the best one and share it.
Top speed is important but not as important as handling, acceleration, and braking on most tracks. When you look at a cars stats think about them this way.
Top speed- better acceleration at high speeds and best for high speed tracks like Watkins Glen.
Acceleration- best for tracks with lots of turns, with short straights because you will reach a higher speed then other cars on most straights. May lose grip on corner exit
Handling- cornering speed! Which means less braking and can help out alot with cars with lower accleration because your exit speed out of a corner is higher. handling DOES NOT MEAN grip or car control. Low handling is pretty much the same as god awful UNDERSTEER. Low handling means more braking, slow cornering speeds and gives you less ability to pass in the braking zone.
Braking- the ability to brake later and harder before a turn giving you that extra second of accleration while other cars have already lifted off the throttle. The best time to pass an opponent is in the braking zone.
Downforce- stability at high speeds, more grip, better braking, faster accleration at low speeds because tires won’t brreak traction as quickly if at all. Downforce is one of the most important aspects of racing, fast lap times and control
Rear engine cars or cars with a Front weight% under 48% means you will most likey experience lift-off oversteer. Ferraris and other high end super cars seem to be affected the most by this. Simply let off the gas sooner before a turn or slower to avoid sliding into a turn and losing speed and increasing lap times. Lower your rear rebound damping in small increments to help battle against lift off oversteer.
Finally, drifting/oversteer is fun, looks awesome and hell, it even smells good but, if you dont have grip on your drive wheels you won’t be winning many races. As soon as a tire starts to spin imagine all of your accleration leaking out of that tire. Your tires will also heat up beyond optimal temperature meaning you wont have the grip you need to accelerate hard out of a turn. “Slow is smooth and smooth is fast” isnt some meaningless saying…
I use physics equations for a base tune and then fine tune each car. Sometimes I make an aero and non areo tune so you have a choice on which setup you’d like to run. Even if you dont intend to download a tune made by me, it would still bennefit you to search for my name then, follow me so you can see what my setup weighs and how much power its putting out. If you download and install a tune then, remove it you can a see what parts I’ve installed. Now your half way to a good tune.
50-60% of my races usually put me in the top 200 on the leaderboards but the reason for that is the time I’ve put into tuning my cars. I have nearly half of the cars in forza 7 tuned at the moment and plan to tune all of them at some point. Ive even tuned the suvs and major micros which was not fun at all to be honest. Best tunes are in the following divsions
Sport Touring
Sport Touring Icons
Sport GT
Sport GT Icons
Hyper Car
Super Car
Forza GT
At this point I will wait for your questions and answer them as they come in or you can message me on xbox live. I look forward to helping in anyway I can. If you’d like a specific car tuned let me know. If you download a tune and have problems with it I don’t mind tuning it to your style of driving. As always thank you for downloading!
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