PS4 Trouble With Porsche GT3 R!! (FFB?)

Holy cow is this car impossible for me to drive! I can keep the 917/30 in better shape, and I'm not even kidding.

The rear overheats so SO fast and it's got a zero tolerance policy for even the slightest of bumps. The whole car feels like its not damped correctly. Hit a bump and just rocks violently back, forth, back, forth, back from axle to axle....and before its even done dealing with the bump behind you, you're running over the next 5 of them, with a car that's now all unbalanced and vulnerable for a classic widow maker. I lose the back of that car like 5 times in a SINGLE lap at RB Ring. Once you're sideways (the rear will certainly be in the red hot now), it's a hail mary to catch, even if you're within 5-10% of the required maintenence throttle.

I made a total arse of myself today trying to run the GT3R at the RB Ring as well as Brands Hatch, this car just can't take even the slightest bump on power, or off power, or you're DONE, son. I wound up taking out two drivers on separate occasions and not finishing a bloody 8 lap race.

I'm not sure why stock tire pressure values are set at 15 and 16 Psi, but I suspect that could be part of the overheating issue i'm having in addition to this.

Now, I also must mention that in my opinion, a few updates ago, Assetto's FFB feel was SPOT ON!!! Then something changed with update 1.10 or 1.11, and it's never been quite as good for me. It's never been that much of a problem, and I'm still very competetive online (that is....to say I'm at least a slow driver However, I think it's worth bringing up in this discussion because when ole girl steps her *** out, you know she ain't coming back to you.

I plan to do some tuning work with the car to see if making it softer will mitigate the issues. For now, there's no reason why this car should be slower than it's road car counterpart in my hands. W.T.F

 

The pressure are that low now because the ideal pressures changed from 33psi hot to 26psi hot. Raise the car up to at least 70mm front and back, lower the rear springs to 90 as a starting point. I've made a setup video for it at Spa and she definitely isn't slow, it does need some setup work to make it more comfortable that is for sure.

 

Hey man thanks for your setup advice, I'd love to watch your video! Where can I find it?

I'm also curious if you softened the springs and dampers up as well to go with the increased ride height.

Not sure I fully understand this part though. Did they patch the game and include a tire mod or something? So that the ideal hot pressures dropped?

 

Psi for common slicks now is 26 with new v10 tyre model.

 

Yes, they tyre pressures of some slicks have been altered to be more realistic.

As you are overheating the tyres, I presume you are using the soft compound, try the medium for racing...

 

I'll link the video next time I'm on my laptop. As previously stated the pressure change was because of the updated tire model. You can do a full race 8/10 lap race on softs for every track except Barcelona from my experience. You need to do some setup work to make them work, but it is doable.

 

ablout tyre pressure
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/v1-11-gt3-gt2-porsche-cup-tyre-pressure.41005/

 

There is the video. Setups are always in a state of work in progress for me, always something to tweak.