My take on the 65 setup issue is.....
once you find a 65 setup that feels good for you, simply copy it to the next circuit and try it out. Maybe adjust the gearing if it does not suit and check that the new circuit
I would go along with Steve's suggestion that you take one of the available setups ( even the default setups provided with the 65 mod are not THAT bad) and start from there. Alter one parameter at a time and drive at least 20 laps. This may seem extreme, but:-
a) you need to warm the tyres to full working temp...2 - 3 laps
b) you will need to get used to whatever changes you have made and see where you can exploit any improvement......7-8 laps
c) you might need to adapt your braking/gear changing/acceleration points to truly get the best from the car....7-8 laps
If of course you are flying into the scenery at every corner without even approaching racing speed, then the change you made was probably not a good one
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I agree with Steve regarding 1st gear being low enough ( higher number
) to get you off the grid without bogging down and high enough ( lower number
) so that you don't spray the contents of your crankcase across the track by over revving. Usually there are only 1-2 ratios that will suit for the start and are useless anywhere else, unless you are restarting after an off, the exception might be Monaco or similar with a few very slow corners.
6th gear ( of 5th in some cars) should be set to be a notch or two back from hitting the red line at the end of the longest straight. If you don't give yourself that margin, and you get a slipstream in the race, the engine will be over stressed and you will suffer
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I would start by spacing the gears, as Steve has suggested, with the gaps getting smaller as you progress up through the gears. The only thing I would add is that as you get quicker, you might notice a corner where the car is caught "between" gears. Then you have a choice to make
, either take the corner faster to use the higher gear, or can you alter one of the ratios so that you are keeping the engine "in the zone".
SPECIAL NOTE FROM WAZA HQ....Ignore the red line in the Honda, which is somewhere around 13500-1400rpm. Set up your gears to max out at 12000-12200rpm with slipstream ( including downshifts!!! ). The reason being that the maximum torque ( grunt to the non-technically minded) is around 12000 rpm. After that point the engine might go round faster, but does not give you anymore acceleration. In fact, try and keep the engine spinning in the 10500-1200 range and the Honda will pull quite well
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Getting passed towards the end of the straight is more likely to be the result of being slower off of the last corner and giving someone else the benefit of your slipstream, which highlights the need to be clean and smooth out of the corners
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Tyre temps are important in the 65's, because speed carried through corners ( which is dependent upon grip) helps enormously.
Camber will balance the inner and outer temps and pressure will get the centre line temp under control. You will probably need to allow asymetrical setups, so that those tyres that are predominantly on the outside of the corners can be given more camber etc. to control temps. You can allow the tyre cambers to be such, that on a looong straight the inner edge of the tyre gets hotter but the full width of the tread comes down on the tarmac when you turn into the next corner ...thats why you need to run several laps so that you can monitor how they heat up.
here endeth the first lesson...........................now sit back and wait for contradicting advice from 200 other sources
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