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Author:   Spider_Jerusalem
Date:   (PT)
Subject:   Car Tuning for Dummies (i.e. me)
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Maybe I'm a complete idiot, but am I supposed to understand all that complicated Tuning stuff?

In the game I look and it says: Brake Stiffness - Soft/Hard, Brake Balance: Rear/Front, as if it's OBVIOUS what the difference between Soft and Hard Brakes are! Then I get to change my Toe In - what's wrong with my toes? Do I want them In or Out?

So - I go to the manual... it's so helpful, it says:

"Brake Stiffness. Choose a setting between Soft and Hard"

Wow - that's soooooo useful. I know WHAT I can choose, I just haven't got the faintest idea WHY I want to chose it?

Since my car is sliding all over the place I'm assuming that I might be able to improve stuff by tuning it better - but I have no idea how to do that, and the manual is no use.

Is there a Car Tuning for Dummies guide available?

cheers

S



Author:   razurkiel
Date:   (PT)
Subject:   re: Car Tuning for Dummies (i.e. me)
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quote Spider_Jerusalem
Maybe I'm a complete idiot, but am I supposed to understand all that complicated Tuning stuff?

In the game I look and it says: Brake Stiffness - Soft/Hard, Brake Balance: Rear/Front, as if it's OBVIOUS what the difference between Soft and Hard Brakes are! Then I get to change my Toe In - what's wrong with my toes? Do I want them In or Out?

So - I go to the manual... it's so helpful, it says:

"Brake Stiffness. Choose a setting between Soft and Hard"

Wow - that's soooooo useful. I know WHAT I can choose, I just haven't got the faintest idea WHY I want to chose it?

Since my car is sliding all over the place I'm assuming that I might be able to improve stuff by tuning it better - but I have no idea how to do that, and the manual is no use.

Is there a Car Tuning for Dummies guide available?

cheers

S
LOL! I know what you mean. I didn't even know about the tuning till the other day. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't shift friggin gears, till I checked the tuning part...then I seen you had to switch to manual...D'oh!



Author:   Steveo099990
Date:   (PT)
Subject:   re: Car Tuning for Dummies (i.e. me)
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Its not wirth it to tune. All of the cars come pretuned anyway and theya all handle the tracks the same way.



Author:   BlindSight
Date:   (PT)
Subject:   re: Car Tuning for Dummies (i.e. me)
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If you're a good driver and know how to tune, you can tune the car to better suit your driving style and the track conditions.



Author:   yo1234
Date:   (PT)
Subject:   re; Great Mazda Contest
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