In this scenario, turning up the TC and moving the brake balance as far forward as possible helped massively in maintaining grip.
In one challenging race I had to contend with failing rear brake pads – another realistically simulated feature in ACC – so every time I hit the anchors my rear brakes would heat up dramatically, thereby overheating the tyres and increasing their pressures. If your front tyres are overheating, try moving the brake balance rearwards to decrease the strain. If you find that your rear tyres are overheating thanks to wheelspin, add a click or two of traction control (TC) to limit this. However, you can use a couple of strategies to help you. With changing track and air temperatures, and even wet weather thrown into the mix, this can be tricky. The aim is to keep the tyres green and at optimum pressures as much as possible. OTHER TyRE MANAGEMENT TOOLS in Assetto Corsa Competizione Getting the correct compromise is sometimes tricky, and altering the duct size will also likely require an adjustment in starting pressures to compensate for more or less brake cooling. Conversely, narrowing the brake duct allows less airflow around the tyre, so will keep them warmer. Increasing the size of the brake duct allows more air to pass onto the braking system, thus cooling it and the tyre carcass more efficiently. If the rubber is constantly either too cold or too hot, then you can look at adjusting the brake duct size. It’s, therefore, best to ease off for a few corners until the temperatures are back under control. If your tyres get too hot then they lose grip dramatically, creating wheelspin and excessive scrubbing. Red = melted rubber, car will likely spin out if pushed too hard Adjusting brake ducts in Assetto Corsa Competizione Orange = too hot, grip will be reduced significantly To be fair, you’d certainly notice if there was an issue here as the car would likely be swapping ends rather quickly! Assetto Corsa Competizione tyre widget temperature coloursīlue = cold, susceptible to ‘cold graining’ of tyre, where rubber builds up on the tyre surface and reduces grip The centre bar is below the inside & outside bars, showing pressures are too low. This shows the tyre is currently over-pressured and starting tyre pressures need to be reduced. The centre bar is raised above the inside and outside bars. The above image shows optimum pressures, no worries! You might be better to raise the right rear starting tyre pressure by a couple of clicks just in case, however. Three bars running in parallel to each other indicates the pressures are at an optimum level, and if one or two bars are raised or lowered then there’s an issue.īelow are some examples that illustrate three different scenarios. Handily, ACC provides a colourised widget in the bottom right corner of your screen, displaying three rectangular vertical bars per tyre, indicating the inside, middle and outside of the tread. Over or under-inflating the tyres will result in uneven wear and an unbalanced car, something you don’t want in the context of a one or two hour-long endurance race. Speaking of optimum pressures, KUNOS Simulazioni – the developer of ACC – states the optimum tyre pressure for GT3 cars sits between 27.3-27.8 PSI, based on the revised 2020 DHE tyre model – the old DHD2 2019 tyre model’s optimum pressure range sat at 27.5-28.0 PSI.
How to use the Assetto Corsa Competizione tyre widget Setting the correct tyre pressure in Assetto Corsa Competizione really does affect lap time too, losing tenths of a second per lap is possible if you veer away from the optimum pressure by one pound per square inch (PSI) – the standard unit of pressure measurement. But, by and large, ACC has attracted a lot of praise for the way the tyre model replicates rubber warm-up, slow punctures, graining and flat spots.
Sims such as iRacing, rFactor 2 & ACC have their own take on tyre modelling, and all have their quirks and flaws.
Keeping the tyre pressure at optimum levels aids, grip, tyre life and prevents punctures.
This applies as much to real-life as it does to esports and sims such as Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC.) What’s the secret to achieving this motorsport equivalent of nirvana? Years of training? Millions of pounds? The Senna-like belief in your own God-given talent?Īs the sole component connecting your car to the race track, getting the best out of your tyres is key to having any chance of competing for wins at the top level. The thrill of taking your GT3 car to the limit of adhesion, battling wheel-to-wheel at obscene speeds, engaging in vehicular combat with your opponents around the most glamorous circuits across the globe. Ah yes, racing in Assetto Corsa Competizione.