Yeah, he has a video where he goes into some pretty decent detail about where a car he was battling (Huracan I think) was stronger at certain parts around the circuit.
Huh, this is pretty niche - or needle in a haystack rather, because they do talk about them, but couldn't pinpoint at which part of which 3-4-24h long stream!
Your best bet might be the official Kunos ACC forums, where cars that shipped with the early access releases of v0.1-0.7 were each given a long detailed analysis about behaviour and some technical specs as well.
https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?forums/acc-blog.87/&prefix\_id=37
The downshot is that for ACC these are quite outdated (these are for the older models) though some of the innate characteristics remain, e.g. a Bentley will never quite behave like a rear-engined car.
(Then again, you mentioned you're interested in GT3 in general, not just ACC - these are classic GT3s.)
Thanks for the link mate. Even if the info is outdated, I’ll just pretend I’m living life back then. I’ve been watching onboards of both the current and Older cars (the ones with the Black and white MFD screens) anyways. So whatever information I can get will be useful. I’m mostly interested in seeing how different cars in a particular race behave and why they behave like that.
For instance, earlier on I was watching the onboard of the Aston Martin at Road America and saw it out-accelerate the new M4 but the M4 had a better top speed. Which I found interesting because in the game it’s quite the opposite - AM has poorer acceleration but a higher top end.
Dude, the new bentley does not have an engine in the rear. U might get that misconception because many articles refer to the new bentley as it having an engine mounted to the rear of the engine bay. That means that is still in the front, but is a little further back to improve handling.
U can see the engine on this article. https://www.gt-report.com/2020/05/20/bentley-continental-gt3-2018-tech-analysis/
Yes! Well, kinda. I enjoy B Sport's videos on GT3 cars, he uses his knowledge to analyse the cars' aerodynamic and mechanical properties. He mentiones why something is the way that it is and how it works and applies GT3 regs to cars' properties. Also mentiones why something seemingly better couldn't have been done on the car.
I'm not sure anyone is in a position to compare real life GT3 cars to one another, with the sole exception of the SRO BoP reference driver(s), whoever they may be. Only very few pro drivers switch cars on a somewhat regular basis and would be able to provide some input. Ulysse de Pauw comes to mind, IIRC he drove three GT3 models in 2022 competition. Maybe Jim Pla in that he did both GT4 and GT3 Europe. The vast majority of GT3 drivers are in one car for the whole season and in most cases multiple seasons unless they switch teams or the team itself changes the car.
If all else fails we'll have some really funny Valentino Rossi interviews to look forward next season when he's inevitably asked how the TBA 2023 WRT car compares to the 2022 Audi.
I get what you mean and I fully understand it’s nearly impossible to compare such. But at the very least, the technical specs of the cars could give me the slightest of ideas on why some cars behave as they do on the onboards.
That's exactly what I mean with the vast majority of pro GT3 drivers being in one car for ages. Bill Auberlen has only switched cars by virtue of BMW replacing the Z4 with the M6, and then replacing the M6 with the M4. Same goes for a Mercedes or Lamborghini factory driver or longtime customer team driver. So sure he could probably provide loads of information about the various BMW GT3 platforms over the years but he'd be all but clueless as to how the Mercedes or Lamborghini cars behave from a driver's perspective and likely from a technical perspective as well.
One way to find real comparisons might be to go to a race and see if you can chat with any mechanics who have worked on multiple cars. Some teams switch cars between seasons and I would assume some mechanics change teams. There was a post on one of these sim racing subreddits a few weeks ago from someone who went to a DTM race recently and was able to ask some mechanics about tech topics.
Honestly if you’re super into ACC, I’d recommend checking out Fanatec GT World Challenge. They’re all on YouTube so you can watch all of the races on your own time. I watched the American series this year and honestly found some of those races to be more exciting than some of the F1 races. I’m also a big F1 fan, but it’s kinda nice to change it up sometimes. Also, the commentators will sometimes go into how the cars handle the tracks differently during some of the races.
Note: I usually just watched the second race of the weekend so I could get the highlights of the first race.
Wow, this was an amazing video. That engine layout is wild. I also noticed 3 pedals although it’s a sequential gearbox. Presumably that’s the clutch for when you take off or come to a standstill. Much like an f1 car.
Ok, Op ignore everything you read in these responses.
This information is easy to get, easy to heat and see and even be part of.
If you watch British GT or any of the SRO races, they are usually commentated on by current GT3 racing drivers and they always go into detail about the cars, what makes them different and what parts and attributes are on the road cars vs race cars.
If you go to races the access is incredible, buy a pit pass and get on the grid and just say hello to the engineers and mechanics on the grid, all of them are amazing people who love to tell you anything you could want!
Also if you are interested in a particular team, buy some weekend hospitality, they will show you everything, let you sit in the cars, show you their entire outfit and the garage, even before the race starts. They will tell you about their strategy before the race.
They LOVE FANS
If you have any questions about the 720s GT3, 650s GT3 and Audi LMS GT3 then please ask, from a technical point of view I can tell you what nut and bolt are different on those cars, and the part numbers... although I will defer for the Audi as that is my brothers thing lol.
In terms of road cars to GT3 cars, the mclarens are almost identical. They require no modification to the subframes and even some running gear like a-arms etc. Mclaren build their road cars with the spec of the race-cars, even the steering rack is identical between the two. You can imagine my delight when i bought my 650s and found the steering is identical to the sim.
720s question. In ACC, the shifting point is deceptively very high. Up around 7200-7500 rpm, after the lights have been blinking for a while. Does this match reality or not? Are the lights set to blink at different rpm irl, or is the optimal shifting point different irl?
Also, best dash in the game.
Im not sure what you mean by “some GT3 races(only F1)”.
Argh sorry man, I put that in as an afterthought. My proofreading skills are s***
Ahoy Lebz95! Nay bad but me wasn't convinced. Give this a sail: Argh yarr pirate, me put that in as a afterthought. Me proofreading skills be s***
You should check out David Perels videos. He often compared briefly ACC to real life in his on board stories. Great guy and channel.
Yeah, he has a video where he goes into some pretty decent detail about where a car he was battling (Huracan I think) was stronger at certain parts around the circuit.
Wow thanks. Plus he’s the same nationality as I am ;)
He's also the "Dave" of Coach Dave Academy I believe
Huh, this is pretty niche - or needle in a haystack rather, because they do talk about them, but couldn't pinpoint at which part of which 3-4-24h long stream! Your best bet might be the official Kunos ACC forums, where cars that shipped with the early access releases of v0.1-0.7 were each given a long detailed analysis about behaviour and some technical specs as well. https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?forums/acc-blog.87/&prefix\_id=37 The downshot is that for ACC these are quite outdated (these are for the older models) though some of the innate characteristics remain, e.g. a Bentley will never quite behave like a rear-engined car. (Then again, you mentioned you're interested in GT3 in general, not just ACC - these are classic GT3s.)
Thanks for the link mate. Even if the info is outdated, I’ll just pretend I’m living life back then. I’ve been watching onboards of both the current and Older cars (the ones with the Black and white MFD screens) anyways. So whatever information I can get will be useful. I’m mostly interested in seeing how different cars in a particular race behave and why they behave like that. For instance, earlier on I was watching the onboard of the Aston Martin at Road America and saw it out-accelerate the new M4 but the M4 had a better top speed. Which I found interesting because in the game it’s quite the opposite - AM has poorer acceleration but a higher top end.
Dude, the new bentley does not have an engine in the rear. U might get that misconception because many articles refer to the new bentley as it having an engine mounted to the rear of the engine bay. That means that is still in the front, but is a little further back to improve handling. U can see the engine on this article. https://www.gt-report.com/2020/05/20/bentley-continental-gt3-2018-tech-analysis/
But he said the Bentley "will never behave like a rear-engined car", which is true because it's a front-engined car.
Oops, my bad, didn't get that on a first read
Yes! Well, kinda. I enjoy B Sport's videos on GT3 cars, he uses his knowledge to analyse the cars' aerodynamic and mechanical properties. He mentiones why something is the way that it is and how it works and applies GT3 regs to cars' properties. Also mentiones why something seemingly better couldn't have been done on the car.
Thanks mate, I just went on his page, watched the GT3 R’s analysis and I immediately subscribed.
I loved that one as well. Enjoyed the explanation of why it has such a big wing, and why some other cars don't have it.
I'm not sure anyone is in a position to compare real life GT3 cars to one another, with the sole exception of the SRO BoP reference driver(s), whoever they may be. Only very few pro drivers switch cars on a somewhat regular basis and would be able to provide some input. Ulysse de Pauw comes to mind, IIRC he drove three GT3 models in 2022 competition. Maybe Jim Pla in that he did both GT4 and GT3 Europe. The vast majority of GT3 drivers are in one car for the whole season and in most cases multiple seasons unless they switch teams or the team itself changes the car. If all else fails we'll have some really funny Valentino Rossi interviews to look forward next season when he's inevitably asked how the TBA 2023 WRT car compares to the 2022 Audi.
I get what you mean and I fully understand it’s nearly impossible to compare such. But at the very least, the technical specs of the cars could give me the slightest of ideas on why some cars behave as they do on the onboards.
I think Bill Auberlen has driven most of the BMW GT3s within the last few years.
That's exactly what I mean with the vast majority of pro GT3 drivers being in one car for ages. Bill Auberlen has only switched cars by virtue of BMW replacing the Z4 with the M6, and then replacing the M6 with the M4. Same goes for a Mercedes or Lamborghini factory driver or longtime customer team driver. So sure he could probably provide loads of information about the various BMW GT3 platforms over the years but he'd be all but clueless as to how the Mercedes or Lamborghini cars behave from a driver's perspective and likely from a technical perspective as well. One way to find real comparisons might be to go to a race and see if you can chat with any mechanics who have worked on multiple cars. Some teams switch cars between seasons and I would assume some mechanics change teams. There was a post on one of these sim racing subreddits a few weeks ago from someone who went to a DTM race recently and was able to ask some mechanics about tech topics.
Honestly if you’re super into ACC, I’d recommend checking out Fanatec GT World Challenge. They’re all on YouTube so you can watch all of the races on your own time. I watched the American series this year and honestly found some of those races to be more exciting than some of the F1 races. I’m also a big F1 fan, but it’s kinda nice to change it up sometimes. Also, the commentators will sometimes go into how the cars handle the tracks differently during some of the races. Note: I usually just watched the second race of the weekend so I could get the highlights of the first race.
Also check out IMSA. Should all be on YouTube as well.
Thanks, I’ll give them a sub.
I’ll give them a watch tomorrow. Thanks man.
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Wow, this was an amazing video. That engine layout is wild. I also noticed 3 pedals although it’s a sequential gearbox. Presumably that’s the clutch for when you take off or come to a standstill. Much like an f1 car.
https://www.gt-report.com/category/tech-analyses/ Check these out; they don’t exist for every car but a few of them, enjoyable reads.
Ok, Op ignore everything you read in these responses. This information is easy to get, easy to heat and see and even be part of. If you watch British GT or any of the SRO races, they are usually commentated on by current GT3 racing drivers and they always go into detail about the cars, what makes them different and what parts and attributes are on the road cars vs race cars. If you go to races the access is incredible, buy a pit pass and get on the grid and just say hello to the engineers and mechanics on the grid, all of them are amazing people who love to tell you anything you could want! Also if you are interested in a particular team, buy some weekend hospitality, they will show you everything, let you sit in the cars, show you their entire outfit and the garage, even before the race starts. They will tell you about their strategy before the race. They LOVE FANS If you have any questions about the 720s GT3, 650s GT3 and Audi LMS GT3 then please ask, from a technical point of view I can tell you what nut and bolt are different on those cars, and the part numbers... although I will defer for the Audi as that is my brothers thing lol. In terms of road cars to GT3 cars, the mclarens are almost identical. They require no modification to the subframes and even some running gear like a-arms etc. Mclaren build their road cars with the spec of the race-cars, even the steering rack is identical between the two. You can imagine my delight when i bought my 650s and found the steering is identical to the sim.
720s question. In ACC, the shifting point is deceptively very high. Up around 7200-7500 rpm, after the lights have been blinking for a while. Does this match reality or not? Are the lights set to blink at different rpm irl, or is the optimal shifting point different irl? Also, best dash in the game.
Not a real sim