LaFerrari vs P1 vs 918

@Tacoscent reading your comments about the unofficial no TC club, I started doing the same, by disabling in the assists option before entering the track, since with factory assist I always just leave it on and don't bother every time to turn it off. But now, I just gotta accept all cars come with no TC
I thought I couldn't drive the super and hyper cars without it, but I can, despite some spins to the wall, is more rewarding and the rear is quite planted, you just need to have some faith.
In fact that's how I drove in early access, because then only abs factory assist worked on all cars, and tc factory was the same as off unless you forced on.

 

i didnt realise when i tried to make a comparison the other day but someone said last night the Porsche has MGU modes. in default mode do you get full beans when you hold the KERS button? I'll have to try the other modes but i like the way it was as default. The KERS button should say "push for more understeer"

 

Meh, a little TC especially in the LaFerrari (4/4) is pretty helpful sometimes imo. It doesn't interfere "medium" drifts but kind of warns you when you've overdone it.

 

All three cars with default setups
P1 and 918 felt like they need some adjustments.
Ferrari is the easiest to drive with porche to come second. It seemed that both can reach peak times fast.
P1 one the other hand.. well... even with a much faster time then the other two, it gave me the impresion that i can do much better and i never felt comfortable driving it. It's hard and untenable. One thing that's realy impresive on this car is the braking. Oh man.. It feels like it uses some kind of parachute or anchor lol


Edit: I can't make the image larger and it looks blurry.
Monza
LaFerrari: 1.50.077
918 : 1.50.068
P1 : 1.48.599

 

Second test with TC OFF.
Monza
LaFerrari: 1.48.738
918: 1.49.217
P1: 1.48.713

Clearly LaFerrari and 918 benefited a lot byturning off TC with LaFerrari gaining the most advantage.
P1 on the other hand gave me a hard time. It made the car more difficult then it already is to drive. I didn't even manage to catch my previous time with TC on factory. Well i think this should be a good thing as it shows that factory settings of this car are implemented the right way and that is to improve lap times. On the other two cars it seems that it is implemented just to make the cars easier and safer to drive.
Oh.. i forgot to mention that all lap times i did was without the use of DRS on P1.

 

You can drive them either way, no issues running them with tc off and setting good lap times. They would likely be a bit boring with tc on but I dont know as I havent tried. I didnt think these were 2002 F1 cars either. Some people simply cant handle the power and so need tc, others enjoy the challenge and have enough feel in the right foot to control the wheelspin and use it to their advantage.

I did test the 3 of them at Imola, no perfect lap in either of the cars but the P1 has a slight edge here for me. Just turns in so well and even though its down on top speed to the Laferrari it sets the quickest time of the 3. The 918 being the heaviest of the bunch needs a bit more time to slow down but out of slower corners it kills the other so would likely be the fastest around a tighter track with no real long straights.



Tops speeds on these laps
918 297 kmh
LaFerrari 315kmh
P1 305kmh

 

Either tyres really dont make much difference, they are the same type for each car. HR is just a little slower, Trofeo is more track specific so if I was to take one to the shops id use the HR tyres but if I wanted to see how fast they can get around a track Id use the Trofeo's and can also run the HR to see how quickly I could get to the shops if I needed to buy some crap I dont need in a big hurry.

 

Well said. I didn't even realize that earlier as it has been quite awhile since I drove the P1.

 

Wait, so the 918 has a KERS system I need to manually control? I didn't realize this. Figured it was like the LaFerrari and just automatically meted out the power.

 

I don't recall reading there being a KERS system, but there are MGU modes.

Here you go, @jsTrecu did some great testing and an awesome write up:

http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...der-quick-hybrid-modes-testing-with-ai.38091/

 

I can't be bothered with KERS or DRS.

 

unless it just increases placebo by about 10000x something happens when you press kers. the battery life bar changes colour, the car feels like it speeds up and if your turning it understeers more. pretty sure its giving more power to the front via the electric motors.

 

My lord i cant wait for the Egg to make its presence felt.

 

Koenig's egg.

 

So what mode is the car in by default?

 

Dunno. @jsTrecu what is the default mode?

 

Race Mode is default one, even when you launch a hotlap session.

 

Cheers.

I suppose that means during longer races, it'll be fairly important to change to Sport mode every once in a while just to ensure the ability to overtake/defend on the straights? I honestly cant really manage that. It's hard for me to reach my keyboard during races, much less hit CTRL *plus* another key.

It's quite cool this is implemented, though. And nice work gathering all the info.

 

So nothing happens when you press the KERS button? if so i need to be sectioned