Grr. i hate Monza, cant drive it.
Jeez Chris, 100 laps!!!
Its pretty clear looking at stracker times its never about the car, its always how you drive it and the track. I've driven multiple setups some that faster guys have recommended but never do i manage their times!
Well thats depressing, i switch to using the default setup, for some inspiration, and end up going faster than using my softer misano setup.
Does running toe 'work' in this? Supposedly to help initial turn in? all advice so far points to running close to zero.
Most of my laps have been just pitstop testing and how/when to change tyres etc.. i dont practise offline, only on the servers im racing on, also i try drive competitors cars to see where their cars downfalls are and where i can possibly take advantage..
When i used to race in stcc on lfs i used to do at least 1000 laps per race minimum, i had to as i dont have that ability to be consistant straight away, i have got to practise so im consistant through muscle memory.. when to change gear, when to brake, when to turn in, all that is done by muscle memory, it leaves my immediate vision to consentrate on issues which may arrise.
Everyone can be fast, but you have to apply your thought process to such goals.. you need to consiously think about braking points, turn in points, using all the track etc etc. When i have helped people the first thing i notice is that they use 75% of the track.. almost sitting in the middle of the track kn corner entry etc.. because it feels "safe"
I reccomend that you read "speed secrets" vol1 & vol2 they are only small books but they will improve your laptimes.. Things you havent considered will be made so obvious you will think why you never thought of them before..
Regarding toe, dont look at static values, look at how the value alters during the dynamic stage, under bump or rebound.
For example, when you brake the front end dips (bump) this will dynamically change the toe-out value and increase it, so your looking for a value which gives good turn in under bump (whilst braking) but good stability on the straights.. unfortunatly ac atm doesnt really represent toe correctly in a sence of how it feels, irl changing from neutral toe to 0.05 or 0.1 is a massive difference in how the car feels, the car just feels "pointy" in ac you can put 0.20 or 0.30 and feel barely any difference. So in ac you do it to control heat and wear.
Wear in ac is done using a vKm value, a virtual km is measured by seeing how far the wheel travels when not 100% straight. So zero camber and zero toe if you got the value bang out (using a drag strip) wouldnt wear out your tyre, but because thats impossible on a track then its not so much of an issue.
