Ford Mustang GT3 | Setup Tips & Tricks (Ride Height, ARB, etc)

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[Veterans_for_Harris]

I gave up on ACC. I'm too slow. Now I'm playing Euro Truck Simulator 2. I'm a better truck driver than racer.

[mich]

Saw this car as LMGT3 in RL at the 6 hours of Spa… the looks and for sure the impressive sound during the race got a lot of positive feedback from the audience!
Another bump of Respect to Ford and it motivated me to drive this on Imola sprints, very stable!

[AmbientMike]

been waiting to hear your thoughts on it! WRC takes most of my time now but hopped on ACC to give it a go.

I used to main the AMG, and prev the Jag lol, so I knew id love it, but set a PB at Monza out the gate with a high 46.9

[LowCountryMack]

Thanks for this. I'm a first year Rookie and I'm going to drive the Mustang for the first time in a full season. First race is at Spa.
That said, my practices have been productive as we get to know each other. I've adjusted bump stops front and rear a click or two at a time. The front bump is fairly close in stop range. The rear has a touch more range.
I don't have to much rake in the chassis, varying about 5 meters between front and rear.
Traction control I've set TC1 is 3. TC2 at 4.
Going to try your advise on the TC and see how it feels. After what you said, I might not be giving TC a chance to engage fully.
Trail braking this car, it didn't take me long to get use to, driving in a bit deeper each corner to find a limit and not oversteer to badly on exit.
I understand what you were saying about throttle control in mid corner, to exit and helping the car rotate. For some reason, I can feel the rotation in the Mustang more than other cars I've driven. Could be I just finally have reached a level where I'm noticing and understanding what I'm feeling more, IDK.
Sorry my setting info is vague, but I'm writing this at work.
Your channel and content are superb. Thanks!👍

[recarsion]

On the topic of dampers, the one thing that's important to remember imo are the fast dampers on tracks where either you need to ride the kerbs a lot or the track is just very bumpy by default. But the Mustang specifically just takes them like a champ in almost every situation.

[jrd-race]

thank you very much Nils, very interesting video !

[Mcaine]

Really appreciate this Nils. Learning a lot from this sort of video.

[cards]

Just finished watching the onboard camera of car 77 at Le Mans…ACC sure captured the Mustang’s sound …also, the overall car in general…I agree with all the items you discussed here but regarding the dampers….certain corners at the Nurburgring for example, the dampers are a huge help…turn 2 especially…quick way to dial out the snap oversteer as you apply power AFTER the crest of the hill…
Also, I have Motec workbooks that I have developed and use since GT2 ….I am asking if you could share your timing section split times during your testing…gives me a bench mark to shoot for…but since I right foot break and still use my very old Logitech MOMO RED wheel…and my reflexes are not what they were…but at 74, I am still in within 3.5 % on most tracks….other than the tracks with more low speed corners….still working on those….but, overall, your Youtube vids are a great pleasure and some of the little hints are just what I need to gain a tenth here and there….many thanks …great presentation

[cypcyphurra]

Fantastic Guide! I need to check out the data packs. I really love the sound of the Mustang and it actually sounds fantastic in real life. I've seen it at the WEC in Spa this year. Unfortunately somehow I can't get it to work for me.. but probably the Mustang is not a car for me. I'm one of the weirdos driving the Honda :)

[kimjong-understeer]

You can try to calculate the ride height changes for cars that are used in ACC and iRacing. ACC uses wheel rates, iRacing uses spring rates. With that information you can calculate the motion ratio for the rear and the front suspension of a given GT3 car. You can then create a math channel that calculates the actual wheel/suspension travel using the motion ratio and damper travel values. This is of course still not as accurate as a ride height sensor, but better than nothing.

[GeekFurious]

Amazing stuff. Side note: I wish someone could make a video of their recording settings for videos that get uploaded to YouTube because yours look amazing and mine look like they were recorded on a potato. Note that the original quality is fine, it's when it gets uploaded to YouTube that it looks terrible.

[RacingPCs]

I fell out of ACC. So much to try this year: LMU, iRacing then the new ACE. Also I was driving the 296 and while such car is very enjoyable on some tracks, like Kyalami, it is absolutely orrendous in others, like Imola, or where there are curbs as the car literally flies touching them. It's also fundamentally ugly to drive as an experience. So I'm kind of trying to find a car to race once in a while in ACC. I'm not sure if the Mustang is such car or I have to shift to the Aston or whatever. One car that doesn't fly and it's nice to drive. Thing is a bundle done by yourself, with Popo behind and some work on my side surely can help in progressing and driving more meaninfully.

[Fifou]

I've got ride heights in the motec and it is pretty accurate. found in from a spanish youtuber

[peermancolin]

only 24 mins? I feel a bit short changed 🤣

[Freddy_Merckx]

Thank you so much for this nice tutorial!
I am currently looking into purchasing one of the data pack bundles but I lean more towards the 296. I saw that most of the setups for the 296 are still for 1.9.8 or earlier. Are the older setups still good in 1.10.2? When purchasing one of the data packs, are you also eligible to receive free updates for the setups (eg going from 1.9.8 to 1.10.2)?
Is there any thumb of rule how long it takes for such updates? Cheers, Freddy

[Legenwaititdary]

I also found out for me that I like the mustang with low to zero front ARB on nearly every track, i dont know why it feels more reactive on steering and does not really oversteer into corners like e.i the 296, thoughts?

[takadekadaka]

How differently do you approach cornering with a shorter wheelbase car like the Aston vs the longer wheelbase cars like the BMW/Ford? Does it also change how much suspension travel you allow?

[SDRaygon]

Ive been running max rake, max win TC1: 2-3 TC2:11 min wheelrate, dampers the top 2 bars in each square on lowest, and the bottom 2 bars in each sqare on max. its been working pretty good for me

[snippidippi]

I can't handle the corner out, mustang even with tc4-5 is just spinning out and I'm always "trail gasing". Feels not good for me

[Sennaxb]

Moin, danke für deine tollen Videos, sag mal welchen Steering Look hat der Mustang GT3?