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Ford Mustang GT3
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Monza
- 23 °C
- 27 °C
As always my setups are not geared towards ultimate laptime, but keeping the car predictable as much as possible without sacrificing too much lap time.
This text will expand as we learn more about the car and of course the setup and laptimes will get more updates.
Mustang
The car seems to follow what we know of the M4 by fair and large, has the same spring sets, responds similarly aerodynamically, steer ratio seems the same, so I guess we can carry a lot of things over. The dampers seem different though, so there's some more to find out.
Engine wise: long rpm range, you want to go near the limiter (shift 8100-8200), which means not shifting into 6th most of the time. This also offers a few situatons where you dont have to shift at all, whereas other cars have to go up and down between corners.
Short shifting isn't too beneficial, as the power really only comes alive in higher rpms. Though it can help out of slow turns where grip is scarce.
The car has pretty nice TC. Even with TC1 on 2 it barely engages when unnecessary, but it will give you a lot more confidence. So don't shy away from running TC1 on 2, 3 or even 4 in this one, and also cranking up the TC2 setting seems to make it smoother and more reliable.
Monza
Here on Monza we need top speed, but maybe not as much compromised towards it as people may think! Exiting important corners fast gives you an advantage for almost half the straight before lower drag setups start to catch back up. It seems this is no different for the mustang that has enough power to punch through a little more drag. This gives some headroom to run more downforce and thus the car much nicer to drive in the middle sector and ultimately likely the fastest around Monza only rivalled by the McLaren if anything.
Additionally the setup is built around using fairly high TC, especially in the race you can pre pretty blunt but it will stick. In qualifying it should be faster with less TC, but we are barely losing anything with TC on and most of you will be faster with it.
Driving
You can drive this like any front engined car. Trail the brakes deep, aggressive throttle in fast corners, but you need to progress a little into it out of slower turns as the torque can be a bit much for the rears. The speed of your steering input will play a role in wrestling the car around in fast corners where it tends to be very stable. The gear shifts are rather harsh on the car, make sure you are not shifting up when the car is in a already sensitive situation.
Adjustments
You can still add more oversteer here by:
- add rear ride height
- stiffer rear anti roll bar
- less rear bump stop range
- more front bump stop range
- less rear rebound damping
- less front anti roll bar
or make it more stable:
- add wing (but also add 1-2mm of rear ride hight with it)
- less bump stop range on the front and more on the rear
- stiffer front spring
- less rear anti roll bar
- less rear ride height
- more rear rebound damping
- less front rebound damping
Do one or two clicks at a time. All of these settings will have side effects in different situations.
Tire wear seems really balanced, so the car might be well balanced over a full stint.
In this package you will find
- Qualifying1:45.800
Ford Mustang GT3
![Ford](https://popometer.io/assets/vehicles/ford-e1079e39de5ffac0bc668752b8f1fe3c2c8726110e913b943b1447c5ee5a1af7.png)
Monza
- 23 °C
- 27 °C
- Replay File
- Race1:46.737