Help me suck less! Tier 3 Career, Pro settings, X-Bow R: Ugh!

Did you lower the opponent strength to the minimum?



There are some career events that I can do with higher settings, but for some I reduce it to a level where it's still challenging but also fun.

 

I'm on 75% lol. Main problem is it takes too much learning simply not to spin out.

My controller was quite broken though. I got a PS4 recently and found the controller to be much better than what I had been using. It probably can help me with XBOW with more practice.

 

Mate

I am the OP

I did get there in the end.

I half cheat, half take it seriously.

I take the car round the track for a couple of laps in hotlap to get the pressures. I then apply the pressures before the race. I also check the fuel and reduce it. Any possible edge over the AI right?
On race day, I keep restarting until I have got into a good position by the first corner.

I then try not to panic. You only need to come second or third!

Believe it or not, the tiers get easier as you go up them!

 

My congratulations, wish I had that resolve to do this ...

I'm usually minutes behind, because I spin out every lap...

 

Hmmm

Have you lowered the car as much as possible? Have you tweaked the tire pressures? Have you hotlapped a good few times to get a feel for the car and the stage? Once you have hotlapped a good few times you can model fuel reduction.

All these things give you an edge over the AI

 

Setup:

tires;
28psi front
26psi rear

Fuel;
6L

Alignment
camber;
-1.3 front
-0.8 rear
toe;
5 front
23 rear

dampers
bump;
4 front
2 rear
rebound;
6 front
5 rear

generic;
100% brake power (this could be reduced to make the brakes less likely to lock)

suspension;
11 height front and rear




Hope this can help. I also recommend trying to do the special event where you have to drift the xbow. If you do that first, you get a good idea of how this car slides around on the track which comes in handy because on cold tires like at the beginning of these novice races, it likes to slide. You have to respect the throttle and the brake pedals, don't treat them like on/off switch's.

 

Once you manage to get past that stage and get to race the xbow against the Lotuses you'll see why the xbow was so hard to drive. It's a rocket compared to the Lotus!