No its not for this race Laurent, but will look into using it for future races, so thanks for the tip.
The LaFerrari was excellent around this track indeed! You can feel the weight shift so well through the FFB in this car and that feels awesome in these mid/high speed corners! I was thinking about keeping the LaFerrari for Interlagos but I think it suited this track just great.
Didn't have much time to play with setups before race so just threw max camber and pos/neg toe to get me through the corners. Still felt like I was having to tip-toe around rather than racing. Phil got past under braking on lap 1 but I managed to keep up for a few laps until catching a kerb at the kink which put me in the wall. Thought that was probably game over but miraculously car seemed fine. A few laps later Phil also made a mistake at the kink and wasn't as lucky as I had been and left. After that was just hotlapping (or rather cold lapping) to the finish hoping that someone might have underestimated fuel usage Glad to see the back of the Ferrari. McLaren would have been a winner here but as Laurent says, not much fun in that.
Well done for the podium spot. I was on default setup completely and that felt pretty fine. Only dropped front left tire pressure by 2 I think and rear right upped by 1, that was it. I didn't try anything else setup wise. It's not a race car and you feel the difference compared to some other cars in that regard, so yes, you have to be careful in the corners, maintain just enough speed and try to be on the limit in the corners. Slightly overshooting the apex meant often you would lose 3-5 tents in a single corner, so it was about keeping concentration as well.
Its always interesting to see the difference in opinions between us all. I'm of the same conclusion as Tudor in having now run this car and not planning to use it again, probably ever! Nor was I getting much FFB feeling like Laurent has described, but maybe that's a specific wheel type of thing, who knows. I also find the brakes have a very dead feeling and was having difficulty in finding the ideal braking point, it was usually too early or too late, both losing lap-time. Overall I was disappointed in how this Hypercar from Ferrari felt in competition on track. I remember seeing a YT video of this car running at Portimao alongside a P1 and a Zonda and they all could be drifted and balanced with the throttle, burning the rear tyres easily but controllably. Even when I tried turning off the TC I couldn't get the rear of the car to rotate much differently than with it on.
Part of a review of a road test of the LaFerarri: "It’s a bizarre feeling, this speed of reaction. A simple V12 has never flared to input like this, but the electric KERS-alike power doesn’t feel unnatural. And the steering is ultra-sharp, almost disturbingly so, flicking the car rather than steering it, at least for the first few miles. There is a whiff of body roll, instructive and intended, and the brakes are ridiculous." Spot the obvious differences between the AC model and this RL test. Oh and the brakes comment means "they are ridiculously good "not bad"
Yep, LaFerrari is consigned to the "never to be driven again" section of my HD, along with about 70% of Kunos content.
Been having a look at some of the stock AC content that isn't raced very often that could make possible contenders for a series. The Lambo Huracan ST (Super Tropheo) drives really well, as good if not better than the GT2 Ferrari we raced a couple of months ago. A brute of a car but has very good feel on the limit. There's also the Praga R1, a lowish powered proto-type that tops out around 150mph but drives like a proper race/endurance car with great feel and immersion. Maybe worth a look.
