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Ferrari 296 GT3
Oulton Park
- 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.
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.
Here on Oulton 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. The big challenge are the kerbs and being able to cut the track. There is also just one narrow line that really works - mistakes are punished, no matter what you do with the setup. If you follow my inputs this should work nicely. A problem will remain: tire pressures. I kept them low so that they help with the damping - but you might need to run higher in the race to keep any air in them at all. Despite the high steer ratio, you still only need to turn a little. 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
- For the 2nd chicane, you have two options: cut a lot, or very little. But inbetween the rear will hit an edge in a very bad way
- Brake straight for as long as you can manage or try a slightly diagonal braking line in the very last phase of braking for the banked hairpin. 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.
- 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 86L. 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 to be closer to the Q set.
Enjoy and leave feedback!
In this package you will find
- Qualifying1:32.740
- Race1:33.512