Well, I did what I said I was going to do. I changed the ride height on the Esperante. I changed the front from 85 to 55 and the rear from 100 to 70. Much better for me...it got rid of that "floaty" feeling in the front and the change allowed me to get in and out of the corners a little harder. I made my latest run on Deep Forest II with the "tranny" on autoset at 30. The car had 120.9 miles.

The review: The first thing that caught my attention was the use of ASM, something I have not used in a long time. After taking this car for 5 laps at Apricot Hill I had a really good impression of how it handled. As mentioned by hal2000 this setup hugs the road and that is no joke. You would have to be a wild man wanting to wreck to slip this thing up. The next thing that struck me was the under steer. I use a MT when driving and found that on the sharper turns I would have to downshift and strip some momentum to avoid running off the road. Swinging through the S turns was a matter of easing off the throttle and the final turn before the straight away was handled at full throttle just by holding off on shifting for an extra heartbeat.

If sticking to the road is your type of driving and you are looking for a setup for this car than I recommend trying this one. If you find the under steer a bit too much than ease back on the ASM or lay off the gas till you are out of the apex. Overall I would have to give this setup two thumbs up, although I would like to see it done for a fully upgraded version of the car.

this is a fantastic car!

Now aren't you happy that I talked you into posting this hal2000? Go ahead post some more.

I see what you getting at with this setup. It definately puts more emphasis on getting grip on the front tires, whereas my setup concentrated more on letting the rear end drift a bit and help guide the car. This setup definately makes the car alot more user friendly verses mine.

Kudos!

Hi All,

Well, this setup got me my fastest time at Laguna Seca!!! Just added some softer rubber and I think she handles much better for me. Thanks Again!!!!

Howdy,
I think you are wise in your comment regarding the use of this site and the setups!! Kudos!!
I wouldn't use the softer compound in a race. I hate the pits! he hee Oh, depending on the track competition, I might I think you are correct regarding the Tranny settings. I don't really know enough to adjust beyond final and autoset but in several runs at Run and Setting" courses, adjusting just this autoset number seems to solve my problem in running out of gear on top end. I did several small adjustments between 28 and 34 and I believe I've done a fair job of keeping off the rev limiter. I didn't try the test course. What are your times with setup 2638 at the "run&set" courses? If you don't want to publish, you can email if you like. In addition to our conversing on driving style, I think we also adapt. I've put a tune in a car and run a HOT lap, gone back to default setting (with good rubber) and in 10-15 more practice laps, come VERY close to that so called HOT lap.

Before I found this site, I thought that the "Race Car's" that are won and come sponsored were already tuned. he eh?!? Well, everything was already purchased, so?? LOL Seriously, my fastest laps (until I won an F090/S) was with my TickFord! Stock! I won Monte Carlo in Pro Japan GT with it stock and medium tires. I just drove about 50+ practice laps. Finding this site has really cut down on my need for practice laps though! :-) I just got this Esperante GTR so I am really enjoying this tuning and good conversation! If your by any chance into the Viper GTS-R or the Falcon XR8, lmk. I spend most of my time in them it seems. Thanks Again!!!

PS All.... It would be nice to have a personal vault users could save setup numbers linked to the page of the setup. What do you think? How do you save your setups?

very nice setup for the panoz. i like sticky car handling

i use the driving force pro(steering wheel) in anticipation of gt4 and i usually have to change all the great set ups here at the vault slightly. your setup was only changed in the following way to get a 1'15.503 at apricot hill


ride hieght : 65 rear

toe :+.5 rear

brake bal : 15f 14r

lim slip accel: 44( to get rid of inside wheel spin)

down force : 62 front 104 rear (to even up tire wear)

asm : 4

tcs : 3

med tires, fully broken engine @618hp

please keep in mind racers; that i use the new logitech wheel with manual transmission(stick),in simulation mode,so these changes may not work with other controllers

by the way are there any others of you out there usinig the new wheel?? f16voodoo1 at nyc dot rr dot com