GTS hard launch issues
06-30-2018, 02:21 PM
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I went back to the track last night to try a few more launch techniques.
1. C, suspension Soft. TC Off. off idle start. 2.0 60 foot.
1. C, suspension Soft. TC Off. rev/footbrake. 2.1 60 foot.
The car does seem to like to be flashed vs footbraking.
So, I was not able to improve on 60 foot times, traction is not an issue. Torque management will just not allow the car to leave hard.
There is a hope with stickier tires Race Mode will have better results, I will try later in the year perhaps.
I've only tried RM once and a few issues were the track was a bit wet from poor weather, and it was hot and DA was about 4000.
I am thinking that I have not given RM a fair chance.
On a side note, I did trap 130.2 MPH on one run which is pretty impressive in a stock car.
1. C, suspension Soft. TC Off. off idle start. 2.0 60 foot.
1. C, suspension Soft. TC Off. rev/footbrake. 2.1 60 foot.
The car does seem to like to be flashed vs footbraking.
So, I was not able to improve on 60 foot times, traction is not an issue. Torque management will just not allow the car to leave hard.
There is a hope with stickier tires Race Mode will have better results, I will try later in the year perhaps.
I've only tried RM once and a few issues were the track was a bit wet from poor weather, and it was hot and DA was about 4000.
I am thinking that I have not given RM a fair chance.
On a side note, I did trap 130.2 MPH on one run which is pretty impressive in a stock car.
So I would try Sport/Sport +, and then manually set the shocks to soft. You can then vary launch speed by using the cruise control lever iirc.
Good luck.
Bish
06-30-2018, 05:52 PM
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I thought that you could control the LC rpm by moving the CC lever up or down. Let me look that up again as I might well be getting it confused with other vehicles.
You actually can increase and or decrease the launch rpm by pulling on the paddles: Down/left to decrease rpm’s and the Up/right to increase launch rpm.
Sorry for the earlier misstatement.
Bish
You actually can increase and or decrease the launch rpm by pulling on the paddles: Down/left to decrease rpm’s and the Up/right to increase launch rpm.
Sorry for the earlier misstatement.
Bish
Last edited by thebishman; 06-30-2018 at 06:09 PM.
