Just did a few laps in that Opel around Magny Cours, with the G25 now working Accelerator and Brake on separate axis. I tried Geoffers' setup that I had used in the 2nd race and matched my best on Wed evening in the first 4 laps. The car felt more controllable into the corners, and I was certainly able to brake a little later, plus I was able to add a little gas to prevent the rear end locking up on down shifts. In all, I felt more in control and might have gone even faster.
Then I compared the differences between his setup and the one I had used in the first race. Surprisingly there were only 2 big differences. He had zero rear roll bar ( I had the first notch up) and his gear ratios were generally about 20% lower than what I was using, which as I had discovered during Race 2 meant that he was cornering in 3rd where I had been using 2nd, and I suspect that once off the grid he never used 1st?
I went back to my own setup and reduced the rear roll bar to zero and dropped my gear ratios to be a notch or two higher than Geoff's. I also noticed that he was running 55.5% on the brakes which I found a little unsettling under braking ( probably my heavy left foot!!
) so I stuck with my 59.5%.
I think the change to the G25 gave me a much better feel for the car, and the mods to my setup helped make the car slightly quicker out of the corners. The net result was that after 3 laps I had knocked 1.6 secs off my PB from Wednesday. There might have been some more time to gain as I was still very tentative at the point of turn in, still anticipating the a** end to break away.
So for any of you who might have your pedals working on a combined axis instead of dedicated individual axis, go check it out
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