Singer Porsche at the real LA Canyons ( a question of grip)
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Grip level is completely arbitrary and dependent on what the car creator decided to align their car to (...if they got that far).
There were several different recommendations over the years as updates came and went. These days I run 98 for public roads, generally. Feels good to me using kunos-style tires. I know @mclarenf1papa calibrates his tires for 100, so as he says, it depends heavily on the car creator.
It also depends on the track. There's a coefficient set in each track's surface files, and the global setting modifies that, unless I completely misunderstand the system.
It also depends on the track. There's a coefficient set in each track's surface files, and the global setting modifies that, unless I completely misunderstand the system.
Cote Dazur
SIM Addict
@CobraCat The reason we can set the track to the level we want is just for that reason, we all have our opinion on what feels right. I always felt that 100, which is maximum grip, is there to cater to people driving with controller or not really sim enthusiast. I never use optimum, 97 to 95 is usually more realistic, to me.
I drive in VR, on a road like LAC, driving over 97 with any other tire than street tires, is not representative to me of what driving IRL is about.
To each his own, that is why we have a choice, set it to what feel right to you in relation to what gear you sim drive with and what your experience of real life driving is.
I drive in VR, on a road like LAC, driving over 97 with any other tire than street tires, is not representative to me of what driving IRL is about.
To each his own, that is why we have a choice, set it to what feel right to you in relation to what gear you sim drive with and what your experience of real life driving is.
The actual reason we can set it is that it's there to try to simulate real track conditions, but as I said, it's arbitrary, so it depends on the car and track (e.g. Laguna Seca has lower grip in its files than other Kunos tracks so "green" at laguna =/= "green" at Silverstone). It's just there to give some variety.
