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Laguna Seca Dynamite Pack

 

the other awating news would be if @Aristotelis finishes the video tutorials he started. they just dissapeared and we never heard of them anymore

 

I didn't even realize they were removed... Bet he got demonetized .

 

no, I mean, "they" as the creators, Aris and whoever did the videos, the videos are online

 

Ah cool. Too busy with setting up AC2 probably .

 

Yeah, that was rather fast I think, but I like the new Veneno clues in the overhauled aero, looks cool af.

 

The most interesting thing about the Super Trofeo to me is the price, 235k Euro for the EVO apparently for a car that's not much slower than a GT3 (if not faster with this new package). A Ferrari Challenge car is 300k or more, into GT3 territory. Then again, if you buy that car there's fairly limited uses for this outside the Super Trofeo series. VLN, PWC, 24H Series maybe.

Wonder how different technically this actually is from the GT3.

 

I think they'll throw in a Renault Laguna with the Laguna Seca DLC.

 

The Giulia get replaced by this.

 

Surprisingly the current version is already faster on tracks with long straights like Monza

 

Yeah, engine's not restricted to GT3 levels. Does weigh a bit more though.

 

Really? I found the 812 most intelligent car I've driven. It really has potential to use every last horsepower it has, even without TC you don't have to be too careful with throttle, it just puts the power down. It slides more on the brakes and not careful corner entry, which I found the most effective way to make it powerslide, and even then, it tries to pull out and accelerate forwards rather than sideways.

Its crazy really, I can't begin to describe how amazing and self sufficient that car is, so many things to play with, differential, weight distribution to drivetrain layout relation, rear steering. It's properly fast and really can get out of situations, from which previous gen cars couldn't. I think its perfectly balanced and has just the right amount of power.



I complain a lot about living in this age when all this bull**** downsizing happens or emission regulations really screwing up traditional powerplants, as well as people becoming lazy and everything going AWD. BUT. It's cars like the 812, the last of their kind reaching the pinacle of what is traditional in car design, really warm my heart and making me truly appreciate how far has technology has come.

RWD, naturally aspirated (truly, not even a hybrid) V12 engine of a proper displacement and incredibly designed chassis with technology interfering enough to make you question the "old" laws of physics, yet just on the verge, before it would make it too easy and boring.

I'm looking forward to seeing if Huracan Performante can beat that, because judging from all reviews, there is a chance.

The car that does seem to have a bit too much power, is Huayra, I would say and afaik BC has got more of it, with a little extra downforce to help, so I'm looking forward to seeing how crazy that car is going to be.

P.S. thanx for the full car list for LS DLC.

 

I quite enjoyed the 812 on the Nords, although it's quite heavy it deals with it well.

I drove it on Trento earlier though and noticed it really pulls to one side on full throttle in 2nd gear.

The more TC you have on the less it happens but I don't like lots of TC, especially on tracks like Trento as it really slows you down in the hairpins.

But having to apply lots of quick corrections while accelerating is no good either as it's easy to hit a wall or miss an apex.

Might be a setup thing, I'm using the default atm and not sure what to change to try and fix it.

It's currently not able to use it's power very well on slow, twisty circuits.

 

You can't change that, its the way the car works, or the way its being affected by environment. (Besides, the only thing u can change is alignment.)
I feel like the diff, in congestion with rear steering, is trying to force the car to go particular direction, when it senses that its not pointing precisely forward. I think that it is done in order to eliminate understeer on throttle, before it can even occur. Same thing on the brakes, did you notice how it pulls to one direction or the other when you are not braking in the perfectly straight line? I think the car uses rear steering and biases braking power more towards the rear in order to execute a better turn in. All of that is also working around the cars weight distribution and the way the chassis reacting to weight transfer. Meanwhile diff is not trying to prevent that pull either, by keeping lower coast.
Alternatively on power, since the diff is so fast to respond to any change, it maybe affected by uneven road surface or a tilt in the road.

That would be my barely educated attempt on trying to describe what the car is trying to do and why. If you or anybody else can give more details or correct me, I would like to hear that.

I would say that car is not designed with a track like Trento in mind, and I think its only natural, because its an 800HP car. I drove it on Nords, Mugello, Imola and Highlands and it seems like those locations are better suited to the 812.

 

Is m6 gt3 still coming?

 

No.

 

From Stefano's comments in the video interview it wouldn't surprise me if we end up with that as well...

In some ways I see it as a positive that car manufacturers are interested in using AC as a sales tool.

 

But you have to remap the controls settings right? How can you do it without messing up every 6-speed as well?

If my German knowledge doesn't fool me, that should be a wine from Palatinate right?

 

You can easily make multiple controller profiles in Content Manager, need to do that myself one of these days.