Tamed beast.

Nils Naujoks

4.8 out of 5 (4)

FerrariFerrari 296 GT3

Suzuka

Tamed beast.
  • 23 °C
  • 27 °C

The new Ferrari. 
Once you step into the car and do your first laps, you'll immediately have a feeling of a very high tech car. It feels prototypish - probably LMDH-ish. The car is responsive like crazy. Even if you throw it around the rear will stay planted (most of the time). The TC operates cleanly, it also does not use fuel, it has good balance in wear and tire temperatures as well as barely a balance shift from the tank emptying. This is going to be a serious competitor.

Here on Suzuka it is way too responsive out of the box and the low grip surface poses a real challenge for the rear. I managed to tone down the disadvantages and keep the advantages alive. The car will come around quite brutally with the rear very late during the exit when the turbo charger kicks in fully. You'll see in the throttle trace that there is some fear and managing the small margin at the very end of the pedal is needed to keep the car planted. You can use different engine maps for a different throttle curve without any other total power delivery or consumption, but it won't be as responsive on throttle which you might want initially.


Electronics:
TC1 on 6 for both Q and Race. I would keep TC2 low or off for Q but on 1 for the race and only adjust TC2 over the course of a stint most likely.
ABS on 4-5 seems predictable, higher seems better in general as sometimes a lockup of the rear can cause the car to snap on entry - or you going straight entirely.


Adjustments (you dont actually need any imo)

  • The spring steps are rather small, so can be used for fine tuning. 
  • stiffen front spring if braking into the corners is an issue or the car is generally too oversteery for you. Reduce rear ride height for bigger impact
  • To reduce response further you can increase the steer ratio still - it will also allow for more precision
  • adjust rear ride height for over/understeer by 1mm steps. Also consider raising the front as the downforce loss is minimal, which allows for subtle balance adjustments. Raising the entire car can make it more compliant over the kerbs at little aero disadvantages, but the car is tolerant at low ride heights already
  • the combination of toe and camber is delicate now. Watch out for the outside of the tires cooling out - this will lead to little grip into the corners. Therefor lower cambers and positive toe can influence temperature development a lot

Driving

  • into the hairpins you can be quite aggressive with the brake, the ABS will sort you out as long as you go straight. Try a slightly diagonal braking line in the very last phase of braking for T2. Very little braking input deep into the corner, the car is sensitive, but there's more grip loading the tire carefully
  • Onto the throttle don't just floor it in the slower corners, give the car some time (say, half a second) and it will thank you
  • the ferrari has the issue, that the turbo comes really late. 0-90% throttle are basically dead and only in the last 10% of throttle you control the entire power of the engine - try to be precise and gentle in that small zone and you will be in charge
  • aim for late apex in hairpins, try to trail deep, immediate but progressive throttle, little to no coasting in tight corners, aggressive throttle in longer corners. early power is very crucial to work the diff and unload the front.

LFM:
Race setup is for LFM Sprint with 50L (The car only needs like 90L for the full hour!). Balance barely changes with fuel level. Adjust rear ride height +-1mm to your liking or change the roll bars for small adjustments in balance. With full tank add a click of front roll bar and/or reduce rear ride height by 1mm. A generally stiffer roll bar setting all around might make it more drivable. Yet to test!

Enjoy and leave feedback!

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Game Version

FerrariFerrari 296 GT3

Suzuka

  • 23 °C
  • 27 °C
  • Replay File
  • Qualifying1:58.517
2023-05-27
v1.9.3

FerrariFerrari 296 GT3

Suzuka

  • 23 °C
  • 27 °C
  • Replay File
  • Race1:59.295
2023-04-24
v1.9.0
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ZZMadd
over 1 year ago

I'm switching to the new Ferrari 296 GT3 from a BMW M4 as with ACC v. 1.9.0+ the setups I have for the BMW are useless.

This being a new car has new setups coming for v. 1.9.0+.

I'm not a good driver, I've been abroad and not playing ACC for 9 months, then came back had new pedals and v. 1.9.0 coming out simultanously. Days of being confused.

I find Suzuka a challenging track. It requires lots of delicate sensibility to run through the multiple "s". I like the car but I still find it challenging to handle especially the mutple "s" where I loose 400th of a sec alone compared to Nils.

My best on the BMW was 2.00.500 but unlike Zolder where I easily beat my time on the BMW here in Suzuka, for now, I cannot make it past 2:01.200 in race trim and fuel load to 35l. 2 sec off the master.

I think the setup is good but this is a real challenging track and skill difference shows up.

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Nils Naujoks
over 1 year ago

added a note around throttle management.

the ferrari has the issue, that the turbo comes really late. 0-90% throttle are basically dead and only in the 10% of throttle you control the entire power of the engine.

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Nils Naujoks
over 1 year ago

*in the last 10% of throttle

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