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Good through corners, lacks punch.
Bentley Continental GT3 2018
Silverstone
- 23 °C
- 28 °C
Race drivers always seek for the duality of physics: He/she wants traction. And Rotation. A good front end and a good rear. The truth is: It's all always there, but what the driver is unhappy with is laptime and corner speed. Always. The Bentley might as well be that one car that has it all (apart from driving on the right). It has torque, it rotates in any situation, it has downforce and is balanced. Rarely a situation where it surprises the driver. The electronics struggle a bit with the monumental torque. But the ABS is discrete. At the same time its not a snappy or slidey rear, it just about bites into the tarmac, takes some excess load from the front and suddenly the car rotates nicely around the any corner from slow to high speed. The engine is mounted deep inside the huge front, that it's almost a mid engine. The only issue this car has is the rear tire wear. Ideally you start the race with a slightly understeery setup, the rear will start to come around eventually.
The car generally feels better with fuel in the back and the quali delta isnt that large (which is good for the race because the Q pace is not so great here). There is not really a bottoming issue so as long as you don't go too far over the kerb in the fast right in the middle sector.
The car is a little pitch sensitive, but I could not find a way to take it away without major loss of laptime. See adjustments if you need more stability during braking for fast turns.
Electronics:
TC on 3 or 4 for Q and potentially 5 for the Race to save the rear tires.
ABS on 3 seems predictable, go up to 6 if you feel the need for more intervention.
Adjustments (you dont actually need any imo)
- The spring steps are rather small, which allows to make granular balance adjustments
- stiffen front spring if braking into the corners is an issue or reduce bump stop range - stiffening the bump stop itself also helps.
- move BB forward if too loose into the corners. The weight transition is very tricky here especially in the esses. Keep the car entertained with throttle, it will keep rotating
- adjust rear ride height for over/understeer by 1mm steps
- Generally the car might work with more negative toe still. Max negative toe is too twitch I feel - might be faster, but less consistent.
Driving:
- you can push into the corner and start trail braking rather late and also pitch the car forward in the higher speed turns - the rear will step out but not lose grip until you really overdo it
- the car keeps rotating with little throttle applied, so you don't need to slam it every time.
- 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.
- power supply is immediate and plenty, no worries with being slightly late
- the car will favor straight exits for the lack of rear grip under acceleration, especially out of the mid sector chicane
LFM:
Just reduce fuel load to 45/49L. Balance should become even more neutral. Adjust rear ride height +-1mm to your liking. Most likely up by 1mm for medium fuel loads.
In this package you will find
Bentley Continental GT3 2018
Silverstone
- 23 °C
- 28 °C
- Replay File
- Qualifying1:56.890
Bentley Continental GT3 2018
Silverstone
- 24 °C
- 29 °C
- Replay File
- Race1:57.887