Assetto Corsa

Uncle Petey · 20 Dec 2016 at 16:32

Kris Kringle said:
What's the difference between those GT3 race cars?

Rroff said:
I'd assume setup and/or tested on different styles of track/competition.

After a brief look, it seems that the RSR is mid engined and a bit more powerful among other differences.

It's going on the TT server

ED: Having just downloaded the pack, it turns out that it's the 2016 911 GT3 R, and therefore not the mid engined 2017 911 GT3 RSR.
Btw, the 911R road car is included.

PinkFloyd · 20 Dec 2016 at 17:48

Yeh just saw that the 911R made it in. Just done a lap of the ring in it, omg it's good

Uncle Petey · 20 Dec 2016 at 17:59

Yeah, it's way better than I thought it would be. I prefer it to the GT3 RS.

ED: After having done a few laps back to back, I've changed my mind. Prefer the GT3RS on track, but I'd prefer the R in real life

Ryan-3 · 20 Dec 2016 at 19:01

Naturally I shut AC down and put my stuff away, then the car pack downloads. :rolleyes:

Anyhow, here's a recording of a lap I did around the Nordschleife. Feel free to turn it up and enjoy the angry hornet induction noise. Or skip to the end to see me bin it. I never knew this sort of damage could be done to a car in AC, or manage to do that many pirouettes after bouncing off a barrier!

Uncle Petey · 21 Dec 2016 at 11:44

Born2BSlow said:
Can anyone suggest any books to help me uderstand the basics of car setups (plain english stylee). I'm very much a "default set" racer, which leaves me a bit exposed when I feel the urge to race online.

Does this work for you? https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-vquWW7apz-VE5KT3RMTFZ4QWM
Taken from here, but I've uploaded it in case you're not signed up.

Try this too: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/assetto-corsa-car-setup-guides.99049/

Born2BSlow · 21 Dec 2016 at 22:06

Thanks, I have a touch of insomnia

Couldn't get the pdf link to work, but the RD thread is gold thanks. I used to play with gears, camber and tyre pressures a bit in LFS (although tbh the setup databases were a godsend), but since moving to PCars and mainly playing against the AI in Career mode I've been a bit lazy about tackling setups.

MikeTheNative · 21 Dec 2016 at 22:13

There is a app for iracing called set up sync which automatically downloads set ups for the car and track straight into your folder, anything like that for asseto?

Uncle Petey · 21 Dec 2016 at 22:21

There's this, though I haven't tried it. http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/the-setup-market.10149/

B2B, did you click the download arrow at the top right, or did you click on the pdf image in the middle?

MikeTheNative · 21 Dec 2016 at 22:24

Uncle Petey said:
There's this, though I haven't tried it. http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/the-setup-market.10149/

B2B, did you click the download arrow at the top right, or did you click on the pdf image in the middle?

Exactly what I wanted, thanks.

Rroff · 22 Dec 2016 at 21:36

Getting quite frustrated with this game hah - with my setup currently I can't get over from accelerator to brake quickly enough (as I mentioned previously) - and I know I can eek a bit more out of it if I can and getting into the habit of left foot braking would be a bad idea. Sadly too many other things to do at the moment before I can get a dedicated setup with a better wheel sorted.

PinkFloyd · 22 Dec 2016 at 22:29

Nothing wrong with left foot braking. No reason to not do it on a paddleshift car and just requires coordination to do so in a full manual car - absolutely fine when you're not changing gear through a section of corners, I left foot brake around the twisty section of Nord every single time as most cars you barely change out of 3rd gear. Gives a bit more control

Digital X · 22 Dec 2016 at 22:46

I use my right foot for accelerate and brake, left for clutch. I can't do the heel toe nonsense. Haven't got the knack or skill.

Rroff · 22 Dec 2016 at 23:01

PinkFloyd said:
Nothing wrong with left foot braking. No reason to not do it on a paddleshift car and just requires coordination to do so in a full manual car - absolutely fine when you're not changing gear through a section of corners, I left foot brake around the twisty section of Nord every single time as most cars you barely change out of 3rd gear. Gives a bit more control

For non-gaming reasons would be a bad habit to get into and my peddles aren't really stable enough for it - its nord where I really need it though.

this_is_gav · 23 Dec 2016 at 09:29

Rroff said:
For non-gaming reasons would be a bad habit to get into and my peddles aren't really stable enough for it - its nord where I really need it though.

I always done left foot braking in sims from about 2001-2002 in GPL when I got my first wheel. I got a motorbike in about 2003-2004 but I didn't own a car until 4 years back and frankly it didn't make a bit of difference - indeed trying to brake with the left foot in the real car just feels weird and I almost end up stamping on the brake.

So despite all those years of sim-racing and left foot braking it still feels natural to brake with the right foot in a real car.

PinkFloyd · 23 Dec 2016 at 09:40

Yeh that's the only thing in real life, you'll tend to brake a lot harder than you often want when left foot braking unless you are thinking about it. Whilst in a game you're always trying to brake as hard as possible so it's fine!
I've never found myself accidentally left foot braking in my car.

MrKnifey · 23 Dec 2016 at 10:17

I left foot brake and never done it in my car, even when I raced Karts it never transferred over

Sp00n · 23 Dec 2016 at 11:03

PinkFloyd said:
Whilst in a game you're always trying to brake as hard as possible so it's fine!

Not if you want to be quick you don't!

Rroff · 23 Dec 2016 at 11:07

MrKnifey said:
I left foot brake and never done it in my car, even when I raced Karts it never transferred over

I used to do a bit of Karting wasn't a problem but for some reason I build up muscle memory much more when gaming and its another story.

PinkFloyd · 23 Dec 2016 at 11:16

Sp00n said:
Not if you want to be quick you don't!

I'm not sure whether I'm missing something or you're missing something here!

In a race you're never really going to lightly coast with slight brake pressure like when driving on the road (ie slowing for lights) - on the road unless you're performing an emergency stop you should never have to really get near max braking performance, whereas in a race it's the other way around. Very few situations where you aren't using the maximum braking force, main caveat to that being when car stability is an issue.

this_is_gav · 23 Dec 2016 at 11:49

PinkFloyd said:
I'm not sure whether I'm missing something or you're missing something here!

In a race you're never really going to lightly coast with slight brake pressure like when driving on the road (ie slowing for lights) - on the road unless you're performing an emergency stop you should never have to really get near max braking performance, whereas in a race it's the other way around. Very few situations where you aren't using the maximum braking force, main caveat to that being when car stability is an issue.

In most sims you'll be trail braking into the corner to help turn towards the apex. Not to the point you're drifting of anything like that, but just helping the car to turn, but much less so in the likes of an F1 car with high downforce.

That's why many consider Grand Prix Legends to be an art form as much as a racing simulator - the old adage was that you turned with the brake and throttle and the steering wheel was just there to correct mistakes.