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[@church493]

It's not just rear engine drivetrain that makes porsche "special". Extra quirks added by changing grip balance due fuel tank in front, and inefficiency of underside/diffuser that needs compensation of high wing, resulting in car "overtake only in corners/fall back in straights". Porsches seem to me least newbie friendly, most skill-dependent car.

[@snippidippi]

Hardest thing with porsche isn't to learn to drive it but to save tires in longer time. Not many can drive a porsche over 1 hrs without killing the tires. Fun car but very hard

[@SimracingArnout]

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[@imakestuffhere]

@@SimracingArnout Yes admittedly I haven't done any long stints in the Porsche. I'm just addicted to it on the Nordschleife, utterly intoxicating. I usually drive the latest Lambo Evo because it's like the mid-engine equivalent of the BMW. Solid and predictable. If only I could get the Ferrari like that........

[@Ngr8K]

good content as always man! have a good day.

[@SimracingArnout]

Thank you mate!

[@xLewiii]

Really, thank you very much for your work and effort, I am learning and understanding a lot with your videos on how to properly make a custom setup, you are making me invest more time and enjoy tweaking and tuning every factor of the car and no one had done it yet, only you. Keep up the good work man, thanks again 🙏

[@SimracingArnout]

Appreciate this comment more then you think 🙏

[@crixer88]

Arnout! Bro you have literally changed my driving with your”coaching) if you will. When I first started on your videos I was doing 2.24-2.25 at spa for example now I’m 2.19. Still trying to get those last couple seconds but time patience and practice has improved me so so much. I can’t thank you enough.

[@SimracingArnout]

@@crixer88 thank you for this comment man, and thank you for watching and following. Im glad the videos help🫡

[@imakestuffhere]

You asked about benefits of the mid-engine layout other than weight distribution. The answer is speed of rotation. With the weight more in the middle (and therefore less in the extremities), there is less rotational inertia (for the whole car), so when trial braking into a corner, it is easier (with care) to rotate the car into the corner earlier than with a front-engine car, thus giving it an earlier opportunity to get on the throttle. The rear-engine car is basically the extreme example of this, hence why you have to be somewhat surgical with a Porsche. But when you do, oh wow.......... Sorry, a bit stoned. It's late.

[@SimracingArnout]

@@imakestuffhere inertia! Thanx for the comment!

[@imakestuffhere]

@@SimracingArnout My pleasure. Your videos are informant and cut through the ACC meta representation down to the actual physics. I ride motorbikes where things like centre of balance and weight transfer are much more noticeable (than cars) and you gain an appreciation of their effects, like backing off on the throttle to turn a little more, rather like a mid-engine car

[@imakestuffhere]

With a rear-engine car you need to get most of the rotation done when you're trial braking into the corner, allowing you to power out with a straight wheel but slightly over-rotated car (to compensate for the slight understeer in a Porsche)

[@andrewhudson1262]

The Honda is a strange thing to drive, side note it is still mid engine. Anyway back to learning the AMG

[@SimracingArnout]

For real bruh it seems like i always screw something up in a video sorry

[@andrewhudson1262]

@@SimracingArnout hey it gets the comments

[@SimracingArnout]

The community as a whole just knows so much more then just me

[@coriddeval1815]

Well it’s not an exactly mid engine nor rear. It was a car designed to have an electric motor in the front as a consumer track vehicle. BTW the consumer model NSX does SPA only 10 seconds slower than the GT3. lol

[@gersonjrgborfu]

Hey bro! I got a question. What is the driving style of people who drive understeer cars? How are they fast with those type of cars? (Like James Baldwin)

[@SimracingArnout]

Well, I have no idea how James Baldwin does it. Ehm to answer your question im not sure, i think that the fastest drivers completely tuned out the understeer out of their car setups

[@coriddeval1815]

I thought I understood setups but the. I drove the Emel Frey Jaguar. Stock aggressive setup that thing with was over steering everywhere, only thing that truly seemed to help was have the aero in the front one click higher than the rear. lol was wild on spa. I was doing a round of test driving every brand GT3 car I could on Spa to compare it to driving my Stockholm syndrome Honda, in two laps I was within 4 tenths of the Honda for each car except the Bentley that was seconds, but when I got to the Jag it was basically I couldn’t take turn one at any set of speed without changes to setup, I tried barely even moving the steering wheel before that and could take to still, after setup changes I was within 2 tenths of the Honda. I like trying other cars because every time I leave the Honda and get better laps time with another car I end up checking back in in the Honda and achieve an extra second off my lap times it seems. 😅

[@SimracingArnout]

I have the same with the Aston, I drive other cars and keep improving in the Aston

[@DEVIN427RACING]

5:45 😂😂

[@erskinejones7204]

One thing I learned about the Porsche also is that with the fuel tank in the front, your aero balance is going to really shift towards the front since it becomes lighter as the race goes on due to fuel consumption. So your setup doesnt necessarily have to compensate for that if you can control it. Can anyone shed some light on it? Or is the difference so marginal that it doesnt really matter? Im in the process of learning a couple cars at the moment but i liked what i felt when i drove the 992 so im reading and watching what i can on it before i commit to it.

[@SimracingArnout]

I found when I run some stiffer springs on the front the effect of the front getting lighter is somewhat reduced

[@jpjohn1976]

So a front engine car fuel tank is in the rear so car looses rear weight over a stint opposite of the porsche

[@erskinejones7204]

@@jpjohn1976 Yeah. There's not that much of a difference in a front engine car because the rear wing helps with stability rather than adjusting the suspension to compensate. It feels sketchy in the Porsche because the front aero has more room to influence the front of the car as the fuel is consumed.

[@Lifenr13]

Hi Arnout. I have you Porsche setup. It does wonders driving the Porsche for me. I have a question. Why is the ECU setting on 8? could you explain. Great video. Thanks

[@SimracingArnout]

@@Lifenr13 im glad the setup works man thanx for the message, the map 8 has the most power

[@Lifenr13]

Ahaa...Learn something everyday they say. Like you said all ready. The Porsche is difficult to drive. But it is super fun!. Thanks man.

[@SimracingArnout]

@Lifenr13 yeah if feel the same, fun but hard!