"Scorpio GTX1" (ScorpioGTX1)
07/17/2015 at 18:03 • Filed to: None
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"Scorpio GTX1" (ScorpioGTX1)
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Fully tuning a car in Forza is an extremely time-consuming process, but you don’t have to spend hours tinkering with spring rates and shock stiffness to make your car seconds quicker around the track. Here are some quick tips on how to sharpen up any car with a minimal investment of effort.
1. Tire Pressure: Tires gain about 5 psi in pressure after warming up, making the stock pressure setting of 30 psi too high. Harder tires loose grip faster, so bump the front and rear pressure down to 28 psi and enjoy better grip and predictability.
2. Toe: Add a maximum of 0.3 degrees toe out on the front wheels for better turn-in and responsiveness. If your car is tail happy to a fault, add up to 1.0 degrees toe in on the rear wheels to keep the rear end in line (0.5 is a good middle ground).
3. Caster: Bump it up to the highest possible setting. You’ll get more camber in the front wheels during turns without affecting camber on straights.
4. Differential: Always put the best differential you can on your car. There is no PI cost to the upgrade, but it can shave seconds off your lap time (especially in FWD vehicles). For RWD cars with lots of oversteer, consider reducing the Accel and Decel settings to 50% in order to maintain more power during turns. For AWD cars, consider reducing the percentage of torque delivered to the front wheels to reduce understeer and improve rotation.
5. Camber: This step will take more work than the others, but the end result is worth the effort. Use the telemetry readouts to check your camber during turns. Your front and rear tires should be close to 0 degrees camber during turns, and your rear tires should also be close to 0 during acceleration. Adjust camber in small increments until your tires are as close to being flat on the road as possible during cornering.
Shankems
> Scorpio GTX1
07/17/2015 at 18:10 |
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So like, I bring these instructions and my XBAWX to the guy at Firestone right?
tromoly
> Scorpio GTX1
07/17/2015 at 18:48 |
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Your camber guide is incorrect. Always tune Camber by tire temperatures, because tires deform A LOT under cornering, so if you think the tire is “flat” it may actually be using a lot of the outside.
DasWauto
> Shankems
07/17/2015 at 18:58 |
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Basically. You then point at the screen, like so:
Skreamies1234
> Scorpio GTX1
07/17/2015 at 19:05 |
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What is the gamertag of the person who wrote this? Because this topic needs some work.
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Scorpio GTX1
> Skreamies1234
07/17/2015 at 20:05 |
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It was written by me, but it’s just supposed to be a basic guide for quick tuning. A full tune could take hours, and will use different methods.
Confused Miata
> Scorpio GTX1
07/17/2015 at 20:27 |
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When doing a quick tune on a new car build I usually do the following:
- Black on black on black
- Lowered so far I don’t know where the ground stops and my bumpers begin
- All the power mods!
- Extra armor so the fuzz can’t stop me
- Red tire smoke
We're talking GTA here right?
SVTyler
> Scorpio GTX1
07/19/2015 at 02:38 |
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Hey man, would you mind if I linked this post on our Fourza racing series main page? There’s been a lot of questions about building and tuning cars and this could really help out a lot of people.
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Scorpio GTX1
> SVTyler
07/19/2015 at 13:39 |
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Sure, go for it!
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SVTyler
> Scorpio GTX1
07/19/2015 at 22:23 |
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Thanks man!
Rainbow
> Scorpio GTX1
07/24/2015 at 10:13 |
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I just wanna say thanks for this. I forgot to mention it at first, but goddamn this helped me so much. I was originally lowering the tire pressure way too much (like 20psi, because I’m dumb) and completely ignoring toe because I didn’t understand it. Now... holy crap, I’m at least 10 seconds faster everywhere.
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Scorpio GTX1
> Rainbow
07/24/2015 at 16:53 |
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You’re welcome! Glad I could help.
bryan40oop
> Scorpio GTX1
04/12/2016 at 07:52 |
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Christ is this all the setup options you have? PC sims make this look like childs play.
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Scorpio GTX1
> bryan40oop
04/15/2016 at 13:35 |
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No, this is just the basics if you want to mildly tune your car in 5 minutes. If you want to do a full tune, it’s going to take hours.
Shivawinter
> bryan40oop
09/04/2016 at 15:56 |
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flahbacks of the race 07 and iracing set-up headaches, followed by ptsd of the crashes :P