Gran Turismo 4 - Game Guide - The Gamers Temple

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                           9d.TUNING PRESETS(GTPRE)
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This section is for players who need help with their tuning setups.  These
setups are not the best or professional by any means.  They are simply meant
to be used as a base to start out on, which you can change and fine tune to
your personal driving style.

*My driving style is a mixture of grip driving and controlled drifting.  These
 base setups may or may not work for your particular style.

*When starting out with gear ratios, the best thing to do is just change the
 auto settings until you find one to your liking.


Gear Ratios(for my style) - 

1st - +15
2nd - -20
3rd - -25
4th - -35
5th - -60(or all the way wide)
6th - all the way wide

Final - adjust it until the end of the last gear is just below the top-right
        corner of the chart.

I don't use the typical -10,-20,-30, etc. sequence because that limits my
options for acceleration or top speed.  Using my setup gives plenty of low-end
torque in gears 1-4 and allows for a very high top speed.  This is due to the
fact that a lot of courses in Gran Turismo 4(such as Circuit de la Sarthe and
Nurburgring Nordschleife) have technical sections which require acceleration
and straights that need you to have the throttle wide open.



Tires - 

I usually use R3 whenever possible.  S2s if racing tires aren't allowed.  For
long races, I will have the front tires at R2/R3 and the rear tires at R1.



Suspension - 

Spring Rate - 75-90%
Ride Height - 0-10%
Shock Bound/Rebound - default
Camber Angle - front 3.3-3.6 / rear 2.4-3.1
Toe Angle - front 0 / rear 1
Stabilizers - default


This suspension setup is for road races without many elevation changes.  The
spring rate and ride height is setup the same as many of the race cars you can
win.  This will improve cornering speeds and stability.  For courses with a lot
of bumps/elevation changes, the ride height may need to be higher and the
spring rate a little softer.



Downforce - 

Front - 100%
Rear - 100%


This will improve the handling and stability of the car greatly.  The tradeoff
is that it will increase drag and limit top speed/acceleration.


*These are my main setups.  For any other setups, read the scroll bars at the
 bottom of the screen to see how they will affect the car's attributes.  All of
 the other categories are changed depending upon the car(for me).




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