How Smart People Tune Their Cars on GT7!

It's truly unbelievable How far Gran Turismo has fallen from grace.. so let me get this straight.. The menu books are supposed to teach me something? Are you sure it's not some authoritarian gay bar that I have to be beholden to and drive cars that I don't want to drive on tracks that I don't want to drive on for 40 hours before I am allowed to buy the car I want to buy and drive it on the track I want to drive it on..? And then if you want to race online the only option you have are GR3 and GR4 every single week on the same handful of tracks.. this has led to a community of primarily kids that live with their parents and streamers. The entire car community and racing community is out of Gran Turismo because they don't allow people to choose the cars or the tracks or tune the cars or choose the weather. When Gran Turismo first came online, you VOTED on the next track to race on out of three options, you got to QUALIFY before EACH race.. and most importantly online racing was regulated only by PP, weight, and drivetrain. Meaning you could have all different classes of cars on the track running different tires and different weights and different powers and all be very similar in performance and tuning was allowed across the board. The racing back then was absolutely phenomenal and you would have people building Frankenstein cars that you would never think be fast and compete with regular GR race cars.. THAT IS THE ENTIRE POINT OF GRAN TURISMO 😅 The original concept of Gran Turismo was to teach you about cars and racing and tuning. It wasn't supposed to be a prepackaged authoritarian nightmare. Now it's just a product of the modern era we live in. The fact it is a feature that we get tuning in 2024 on what calls itself a racing simulator is hysterical😅

Toe works for stability in both directions with the rear to a certain extent. At least in real life. Toe out in the rear is actually what I preferred on my race cars because it helps the car rotate in the turn and anything over 600 horsepower is going to naturally toe in as the car accelerates because the front of the wheels want to pull forward so we would set up our car stationary with a slight toe out. Toe in on the rear always killed the front end, made my car push, ruin my drive off turns. I was taught in school that a majority of production vehicles are set up with the drive wheels being toe out just from the wheels natural tendency to pull itself forward back to center line under acceleration which is what the car is doing a majority of its life.

Here's another tip: Don't change multiple settings at once. If it handles badly, you won't know which settings are at fault. Change one thing at time - then test drive. If it feels better, save the spec at that point. If the next adjustment feels worse, revert to the save. One step at a time.

Why should I tune some cars? I don't care if I'm at a huge disadvantage. I never played Sport mode. I will not participate in Sport Mode races that have tuning enabled! Why should I do this?!

This is like an alien tongue to me

I feel like tuning is adjusting values in relation to the stock geometry of the car. Thats fine when youre dealing with high performance cars, but when trying to escalate cars like older muscle cars, even maxed out spring and dampers still dont feel like enough.

Then why does my setup change due to BoP?

I love science me. Lol. Cheers Rory actually very helpful to someone like me who has no idea when it comes to setting a car up.👍

Saved! Great content. Thanks!!!!

Thanks for the advice explanation Rory! God bless you

Thank you sir. It may feel weird to explain these things this over and over again, but you made it easy to understand. Respect

It does help a bit, for a beginner, such as myself but it would be more beneficial or an easier understanding if you took a default or stock setup and actually show how you're applying the tuning in real time. This is the number of said categories when you first buy or receive the car, and this is the number I changed it to and why. I realize it would be a much longer video, but for us with zero knowledge of tune, we would watch the entire thing, so we had an even more understanding of the dynamics at play. Anyways, any help is better than nothing at all

Very informative video Rory.

This is hilarious. What rock have you been hiding under? Crammond was doing this more than twenty years ago! 😄

Thank you so much for this. I now see at least two things I need to do differently, rear toe angle and LSD breaking. The rest will helpful for getting the most performance.

Love the stained shirt. Reminds me that you are just a normal human being like me.

I love you man. This video came at the right time

Holy moly. Best run down of those settings. Very much appreciated!

Great video! Many thanks

Thanks man, this was very helpful. I’ve noticed you said ‘damper’ quite a lot, but that thing is called a dampener 🤔 I guess the damper would be something that makes the thing damp (wet).

Love your videos! 🥂

One of the most useful GT7 videos ever, thanks fella

Hey! I was better in GT Sports (22 victories) and in GT7 only 1 pole position. Is GT7 more difficult?

I will never understand why they changed the spring rate to this confusing frequency unit instead of simple kg/mm like in the games before. It's not even consistent from car to car.

I wish we could download people’s set ups so people like me who don’t understand how to do it can get good set ups. It’s such a shame we don’t have this feature

📝 very useful knowledge! I’ll implement them.

I loved the toy explanation it was funny as heck xD

It should be noted, that damper compression and rebound only affect the suspension during movement. In other words, more downforce requires more natural frequency, not more damping. The aero load is applied much too slowly for the dampers to affect the suspension. This is why more comprehensive sims use proper low and high speed damper settings. Low speed are for vehicle direction changes (slow damper movements) and high speed is used for bumps, curbs, and jumps (high damper speeds). You ultimately want to run the softest springs you can without bottoming for the most mechanical grip, and set the dampers so the tires stay in contact with the ground but keep the suspension from contacting the bumpstops.

Total respect to you for making this vlog while you’re still ill
Hats off to you sir

I have yet to see tuners tune a slow car to a fast car in lobbies is why most grab tryhard cars The Wraith PR STaTiK great video

The anti-roll bar part had me thinking of Richard Hammond in the Science Corner where he explained the difference between oversteer and understeer

Could someone PLEASE help me! I’m having a continuous issue with cars becoming very UNSTABLE under BRAKING. I just cannot work out whether it’s a suspension, brakes, or even differential setting. Nothing I do seems to rectify this problem. For reference, it happens mostly on road cars (I.e. not already race set up), which is extra frustrating and particularly pissing me off as I get a lot more satisfaction tuning a converting an everyday normal car into a monster sleeper (the majority of my car collection) than using the gt4/3/2s, etc. And I’m not into the too much negative camber look (maybe that’s the problem?). An example would be; I’m currently enjoying the new Dodge Charger but under braking in anticipation for a corner it becomes like a slippery snake with not only the back end coming out but the front end losing grip (happens with all tyres, too).

I’ve been playing GT since day-one. But I found in GT7, setups are ultimately nothing like what they used to be. Back in the day you could create some hideous set-ups, like EVOs doing 0-100 in 0.5 seconds lol and take them on the massive oval track to do 400mph 😂These new settings I find are comparatively tame and slim offerings.

how do i know tuning is on in sport mode?

Thank you

Thank you, this is very helpful.

Theu should have left the BOP with no tuning in sport mode.

Useful information Rory, thank you for sharing 🙏

Hi master, can you make a video on how to configure the steering wheel in Gran Turismo? I have a Logitech g29 and when I play competitive multiplayer I feel that my car brakes too much in the corners unlike the other players. They go at maximum speed in each corner and I also feel that it takes a while to accelerate and regain maximum speed when exiting a corner. I have also noticed that before taking a corner my car also brakes, unlike other players, I have tried deactivating the assistance and the problem persists. Thank you.

I love the LSD 😁😁🤣

Thank you so much for highlighting how useful anti roll bars for grip while low. People so quickly dismiss it for max "feel" of grip, when what they actually feel is stiffness.

A million out of ten.

The only thing you could do for a next video is.

What physics traits does gt7 not get right and we need to work around, vs following exact real life tuning options.

This was awesome. More of a physics lesson too! Thanks Rory. I appreciate this.

Great Video!

While I think you did a great job explaining the adjustments, you should definitely do a part two with a stock unadjusted car and place a base line. Then adjust until it is best for you so we can see the adjustments in action. It would be very helpful to see them in us not just in concept

Where can we find tunes for the dailies? Like a template almost?

After watching a lot of tuning videos, this is the one we needed especially when it comes to explaining LSD settings. Simple and Concise. Great Job Rory!

personaly i spent many hours reading thoes articles decade or years ago. leaning much and was well worth buying game because of

Thank you for explaining. But how I put this together? Where do I start? Say the car is ok to drive but a bit more grip out of corners would be nice. Now what do I do? For example.

I just don't race when there's set ups. I don't have the time, knowledge, patience or inclination to set up cars. A set up that works for one circuit probably won't work for another circuit. What's a good set up for one car isn't a good set up for another car. What's a good set up for one persons driving style might not be good for another. I only get to race on an evening and don't want to waste my time with this dull and tedious aspect of the game. Just let me race with others on an even playing field.

Brilliant video cheers