GTVault - Setup 6971 - Esprit Turbo HC by Sukerkin

Setup Information
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Setup ID Tuner Make Car Model Year Track Votes Views Horsepower Best Lap Date Entered Last Modified	6971 Sukerkin Lotus Esprit Turbo HC 1987 Nürburgring Nordschleife 0 258 367 7:08.455 02/24/2008 1:59 PM

Equipment Selection
Muffler	Sports	Suspension	Racing
Racing Chip	Sports	Transmission	Full Customize
NA Tune	None	Clutch	Triple Plate
Front Tires	R2 - Hard	Flywheel	Racing
Rear Tires	R2 - Hard	Carbon Driveshaft	None
Nitrous	None	GT Auto - Wing	Equipped
Turbine Kit	Stage 3	Limited Slip	Full Customize
Intercooler	None	AYC	None
Supercharger	None	VCD	None
Brakes	Normal	Weight Reduction	None
Brake Controller	Equipped	Increase Rigidity	Equipped

Settings
Setup Item	Front	Rear	Setup Item	Front	Rear
Spring Rate	9.0	12.0	Stabilizers	4	4
Ride Height	116	116	Brake Balance	4	3
Shock Absorbers			Downforce	26	30
Shock Bound	3	3	LSD Init. Torque		6
Shock Rebound	4	5	LSD Acceleration		20
Camber Angle	1.5	1.0	LSD Deceleration		12
Toe Angle	-1	1	Nitrous

Gear Ratios
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Final	Auto Set
2.915	1.800	1.300	1.000	0.790		3.889	13

Driving Aids / Other
ASM Oversteer	ASM Understeer	TCS	Ballast Balance	Ballast Weight	AYC	VCD
0	0	0	-35	200

After some intial surprises with this one (as I 'upgraded' with a Roll Cage and R2 tyres from an earlier excercise) I think I've got her quite well dialed in now. She's stable (mostly :D) but will oversteer when you want her to.

Her particular postive attributes are that she lets you get hard on the throttle fairly early in a corner exit and will tolerate some trail braking for the sub-100mph corners.

Her primary vice, that I've not managed to cure yet, is that she 'waddles' - by this I mean that lateral weight transfer from uneven road surfaces at high speeds can build up unwanted steering moments (the car turns by itself as if bump-steering).

It's not fatal and easily controlled once you learn where on a circuit it's likely to happen. I'd like to get rid of it nontheless and may well have some more experimenting to do :lol:.