It's awake.

Nils Naujoks

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FerrariFerrari 296 GT3

Mount PanoramaMount Panorama

It's awake.
  • 23 °C
  • 27 °C

Notes:

  • No negative toe, very good behavior. You might still want to utilize a tiny bit for Q, but its already turning enough imo.
  • I failed t1 a bit on the Q lap, there's a tenth and a bit overall in first sector. will try to do another lap when i have more time

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 - once it gets the BOP improved here before SRO, which is mainly going to be power and weight changes. Right now it seems a good 7 tenths off.
**edit** BOP updated and car is a good 3-4 tenths quicker in Q. Maybe even more in the race. It has a whopping 25l less for the hour than BMW for example.

Here on Bathurst it is way too responsive out of the box and being precise poses a real challenge for the driver. I managed to tone down the disadvantages and keep the advantages alive. Despite the high steer ratio, you still only need to turn a little. The hill is easy flat and also rather stable down the hill again. 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 out of the slow turns especially in race trim.

With fuel the car is much nicer than in quali trim and a lot more stable and predictable. 


Electronics:
TC1 on 3 for both Q and 3-4 for Race. I would keep TC2 low or off for Q but on 1 or higher for the race and only adjust TC2 over the course of a stint most likely.
ABS on 5 is a massive help into the slow turns. 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

  • The spring steps are rather small, so can be used for fine tuning. If Q is too aggressive, increase front and decrease rear spring.
  • stiffen front spring if braking into fast 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 also raise the front, but we're at the limit of losing downforce already
  • adjust rear ride height for over/understeer by 1mm steps. Raising the entire car can make it more compliant over the kerbs at moderate 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

  • Brake straight for as long as you can manage and dont go for the apex too quickly in T1. 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. Also don't do completely off throttle on top of the hill - this might be deadly. Make sure to lift half way at max if you need to.
  • 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.

Qualifying

  • Make sure to wait for Lap 3 and 4 to set your time, flying laps 1 and 2 are simply not fast, as the tire isn't ready yet.
  • negative toe will be quicker into and through the corners, but its more difficult to keep the advantage on exit, as the car is more likely to trigger too much TC - so good clean inputs are needed to also extract the time

LFM
Race setup is for full hour with 96L. Balance barely changes with fuel level. Adjust rear ride height +-1mm to your liking or change the roll bars for small adjustments in balance. For LFM maybe worth raising the rear by a click, or adding rear spring stiffness.

Enjoy and leave feedback!

Wear
Tire wear (right side) after 4 steady laps around 2:01.5 with 96L for 1 hour. Might still ask for less rear camber.

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FerrariFerrari 296 GT3

Mount PanoramaMount Panorama

  • 23 °C
  • 27 °C
  • Replay File
  • Qualifying1:59.800
2023-05-12
v1.9.2

FerrariFerrari 296 GT3

Mount PanoramaMount Panorama

  • 23 °C
  • 27 °C
  • Replay File
  • Race2:00.890
2023-05-12
v1.9.2
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11 months ago

fast on the straights and lots of grip over the mountain

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