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Originally Posted by Tor
I agree to a certain extent. Though I think it's a matter of personal preference and goals.
The fun factor may be just as high with a stock car, or at least without worrying about setup and just drive with whatever you get. In this case you are right, that one can focus on driving technique and learn to work around behavioural shortcomings of the car.
But for me part of the fun is optimising the car so that it behaves the way I want it and to make it as fast as possible with what is possible with the setup. In the meantime I work on my technique as well to work with the setup the way it is at the moment. The video I posted are all clips of trying to get the car to stop understeering, which succeed to some extend. In the Dunlop curve (the cambered 180), if I just put my foot down the car would plow. By modulating the throttle I got it to rotate. A mid corner left foot dap on the brakes might have done the same but I was too chicken to try.
The combination of using different techniques and adjusting the car is what I find fascinating. Lap times in itself is not so interesting, but a way to measure if what is done different works or not. This is in part why I have little interest in the Nordschleife, because it's so long and, I think, has so many variable that it's difficult to make back-to-back lap time comparisons.
Although we won't set records with the car, there is a substantial 86/BRZ community here, and there is somewhat respect credits to be gained by setting a good lap time.  |
Yeah but with tire pressures you will get lost. At least this is what happened to me. Too many parameters for a human being. Professional drivers have a whole team of mechanics to think all these details.
Maybe you can use the method of a needle type thermometer. Instead of doing an indirect measurement (tire pressure), you make a direct measurement (tire temperature). You measure after the race the middle and the sides of the tire. If the temperature difference is not very large, then you were OK with the pressures. If you see big difference, then it means that the tire was over- or under- inflated and adjust the next time.
You said that you have the AD08R tires (I have the same). They are good tires and can withstand heat and pressure. I don't think you'll need to adjust pressures a lot and you'll focus afterwards more on driving
