I love the way the Formula ISI looks, sounds, handles and feels, but it's so bloody fast that my half-century old brain can't keep up with it. The Formula Renault 3.5 is right on my reaction time limit, and the Formula 2 handling is woeful. That means I spend a lot of time in historic Formula 3 cars. Beautiful cars but it'd be nice to hammer around in a more modern open wheeler.
So as my intro to rF2 modding I decided to acquaint myself with the various config files and MAS, and came up with a new "improved" F ISI that drives approximately like a modern F3. That allows someone without the reaction time of a hummingbird (me) to drive it enjoyably and competitively - just not realistically of course.
Basically I fiddled it such that the engine now has 1/2 the power at any given revs (about 150Nm @ 16.5K rpm). To accommodate the lower power I gave it a 6 speed gearbox and adjusted the default ratios to give a flat out top speed of about 230km/h (maybe 250 downhill with DRS) without neck breaking acceleration. Because the less insane speed needs less powerful braking I also adjusted the brake pressure down.
And that's it. The car looks like the beautiful F ISI, same liveries and drivers, has the same screaming engine note, same glued to the road handling and feel, same fuel consumption, same setup parameters etc etc. It just goes slower! The AI still give a good race, and I get to indulge my fantasy of piloting a multimillion dollar carbon fibre and alloy sculpture around a GP track without ending up in the grass every 250m. Obviously the lower speed means tyres run cooler and wear less, and there's less engine cooling and downforce. You get the picture.
If anyone is interested in driving or further modifying my sedate Formula TPW: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/481663/FORMULA_TPW_10.rfcmp
I made everything self contained so that it doesn't require or interfere with any existing F ISI files or setups.
Cheers.
So as my intro to rF2 modding I decided to acquaint myself with the various config files and MAS, and came up with a new "improved" F ISI that drives approximately like a modern F3. That allows someone without the reaction time of a hummingbird (me) to drive it enjoyably and competitively - just not realistically of course.
Basically I fiddled it such that the engine now has 1/2 the power at any given revs (about 150Nm @ 16.5K rpm). To accommodate the lower power I gave it a 6 speed gearbox and adjusted the default ratios to give a flat out top speed of about 230km/h (maybe 250 downhill with DRS) without neck breaking acceleration. Because the less insane speed needs less powerful braking I also adjusted the brake pressure down.
And that's it. The car looks like the beautiful F ISI, same liveries and drivers, has the same screaming engine note, same glued to the road handling and feel, same fuel consumption, same setup parameters etc etc. It just goes slower! The AI still give a good race, and I get to indulge my fantasy of piloting a multimillion dollar carbon fibre and alloy sculpture around a GP track without ending up in the grass every 250m. Obviously the lower speed means tyres run cooler and wear less, and there's less engine cooling and downforce. You get the picture.
If anyone is interested in driving or further modifying my sedate Formula TPW: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/481663/FORMULA_TPW_10.rfcmp
I made everything self contained so that it doesn't require or interfere with any existing F ISI files or setups.
Cheers.
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Have fun.
