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Concise Guide To Skippy Tuning 110413

The document provides a quick introduction to tuning the Skippy car in iRacing. It recommends starting with the default setup and then: 1) Changing the fuel load from 5.2 to 3.1 gallons as that is usually enough to finish a race. 2) Adjusting tire pressures to 22PSI front and rear. 3) Experimenting with adjusting the front spring perch offset and rear anti-roll bar to see how they impact the car's handling characteristics. It emphasizes that practice is key to improving driving skills and finding effective setups for different tracks and driving styles.

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Concise Guide To Skippy Tuning 110413

The document provides a quick introduction to tuning the Skippy car in iRacing. It recommends starting with the default setup and then: 1) Changing the fuel load from 5.2 to 3.1 gallons as that is usually enough to finish a race. 2) Adjusting tire pressures to 22PSI front and rear. 3) Experimenting with adjusting the front spring perch offset and rear anti-roll bar to see how they impact the car's handling characteristics. It emphasizes that practice is key to improving driving skills and finding effective setups for different tracks and driving styles.

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QUICKINTRODUCTIONTOSKIPPYTUNING 2013Season3

November2013

WELCOME! TUNINGFROMTHEDEFAULTSETUP 3. Usethedefaultsettingsandthentrychangingthefront PRACTICE,PRACTICE,PRACTICE


SpringPerchOffset(SPO)andtherearAntiRollBar(ARB).
ThisconciseintroductiontotuningtheSkipBarberFormula2000 ThedefaultiRacingsetupfortheSkippyisareasonablestarting Everynewpersonstartingoutthinksthereisafastsetupthat
hasbeenpreparedbyiRacersforthebenefitofotheriRacers. placebutyoumaywanttoconsiderthefollowing: SPRINGPERCHOFFSET everyoneelseknows.Thisisnottrue.
Thisconciseguideisintendedtohelpyoulearnwhatyouneedto
4 3 2 1 0 +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5
knowaboutsetups.Goodluck! 1. Changethefuelloadfrom5.2to3.1gallons(11.7liters). Whatyouneedtorealizeisthatfastdriversgotfastthrough
1 hoursandhoursofpracticeandexperience.Duringthattime,
Likeyou,weallstartedwiththeSkippyatonepointandlearneda theyfoundsetupsthatworkforthem,theparticulartrack,and
2 AhigherSPOcanmakefrontturninmore

lotthroughtrialanderror.Thisguideisintendedto: predictable.AlowerSPOcanbemoreforgiving. theirdrivingstyle.TheydidnotgettoanAorBlicenselevelora

REARANTIROLLBAR
helpyouunderstandthetuningoptionsontheSkippy, 2.1 3.1 4.2 5.2 3 3000+pointiRatingwithoutdevotingtimeandattentiontotuning
giveyouabasicapproachtomakingsetups,and AhigherARBcanmakerearrotationmore
andracecraft.Youwillneedtodothesame.
4 predictable.AlowerARBmaybelesspredictable.

Skippyracesaredesignedtorunina30minutewindowand3.1
giveyoutheconfidenceyoumayneedtostartplayingwith
gallonsisalmostalwaysenoughtogetyoutotheend.Noneed 5 Trydifferentcombinationsforyourself!
ThebestwaytogetbetteratiRacing(measuredbyiRating,Safety
setupsandunderstandingtheimpactofchanges.
tocarryextraweightaround.Uselessfuelforaqualifyingrun. Rating,orbychampionshippoints)istopractice.Therearea
6
coupleofwaystodothis:
Byusingthisguide,wehopeyouwillspendlesstimeon
2. Trychangingthefrontandreartirepressuresto22F/22R 7
unproductivesetupsandmoretimefindingasetupthatworksfor
(152F/152RkPa). Byyourself:
yougivenyourdrivingskillsatthattime.Enjoythejourney! 8
CentripetalCircuitgoingoutbyyourselftogetintoa

FRONTPRESSURES steadystatecorneringdynamictoseehowthecar
TUNINGVARIABLES
AnSPOsettingof+5givesyoumaximumcamberonthefront respondstodifferentsetupsaswellasdifferentinputs
PSI
17.4
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
20 wheelsandthiswillgiveyoumorebiteatthefrontendwhile (throttle,breathe,brake,steering,etc.).
TheSkippyonlyhassix(6)tuningvariablessothismakesiteasyto 120 turningandmakethecarlesslikelytoundersteer.Thismaynot
becomefamiliarwiththemandhowthecarresponds:
PSI kPa
138
145 152 158 165 172 179 186 193 200 207
SoloPracticegoingoutonthetrackbyyourselftotry
beyourfinalsettingbut,fromthissetting,youcannowlowerthe
FuelLoadhowmuchfuelyouneed. 17.4 120
DriversreporttheSkippy differentsetupsandseewhichsetupchangesresultin
E

19 131 SPOandlearnhowitchangescarbalance.Somepeopleprefera
SpringPerchOffset(SPO)basicallychangesthecamber feelsbetterandworks lowerlaptimes,splittimes,orgreaterstability.
betterinthisrange.
lowerSPOsettingsinceitallowsthemtosawthefrontwheels
(tilt)ofthefronttiresandrideheightatthefrontofthecar.
21 145
ReferenceCarturningonthereferencecar(whichisyour
tomaketurningandspeedcorrectionswhileotherspreferamore
RearAntiRollBar(ARB)changeshowtherearofthecar 22 152 Trydifferentpressures
ownfastestlap)allowsyoutoseewhereandhowyoucan
foryourself! predictablefrontend.Youdecidewhatfeelsbestforyou.
respondswhencornering. gainorlosetimeinagivensegment.Thisisanawesometool
23 158
FrontTirePressuresusedtocreateanoptimaltireshape andwillhelpyoulearngoodtechniquesquickly.
WiththeARBsettingat7,therearendofthecarwillloadand
andappropriategrip. 24 165
unloadmorepredictablyincornersandessesandshouldbe
RearTirePressuresusedtocreateanoptimaltireshapeand Withothercars:
25 172 manageable.AhigherARBsettingallowstherearofthecarto
appropriategrip. Ghost/SpectatorSessionsparticipatinginasessionwith
rotatemorepredictablyandthisishelpfuloncenewerdriversget
BrakeBiaschangeshowmuchofthebrakingloadis 26 179 othercars(practiceorrace)butwheretheycannotseeyou
thefeelforit.Youmaygiveupsomegripforpredictabilitybut
assignedtothefronttiresversusthereartires. andyoucannotinterferewiththem.Greatforbecoming
27 186 thatmaybeagoodinvestment!Seethegraphiconthenextpage
comfortableinontracksituationsandtestingracepaceand
togetanideaofhowthehandlingmightchangefromalterations
ThereareanumberofsourcesofinformationoniRacing.comand 28 193 distance.
ofSPOand/orARB.
ontheinternetforeachofthesevariables.Overtime,youwill GroupPracticegoingoutonthetrackwithothercarstotry
29 200
wanttobesureyoubecomefamiliarwiththem. differentsetupsandhelpyourexperiencedrivingintraffic

4. Changethebrakebiasfrom60%to58%.

30 207 (leading,following,chasing,passing,etc.).

ActualRaceswhenyouareready,goingoutonthetrack
Lowertirepressurescanprovidemoregripbuttheycanalsobe withothercarstoraceandseeinghowyoudo!

subjecttosidewallrolloverandshouldbeusedwithcaution
40% 46% 52% 58% 64%
especiallyifyouaregainingexperience.Higherpressurescan

providelessrollingresistanceandamoreconsistentfeel.Try
Maximumbrakingpotentialisachievedbybalancingthebraking
differentpressuresforyourself.
powertothefrontandreartires.Abiastothefrontismore

stablebutmorebrakingpotentialcomesfrombalancingboth
Akeytuningaspectmaybetherelativepressures.Loweringtire
ends.Ifthefronttireslockonbraking,movebiastotherear.If
pressuresaclickormoremaygiveyoualittlemoregripatthat
thereartireslock(youwillprobablyspin!),movebrakebias
endofthecar.Thekeylessonhereisforyoutofindpressures
towardsthefront.Sincethereareseveralbrakingstyles
thatworkforyouandyourdrivingstyleandexperiencelevel.See
(thresholdbraking,trailbraking,andthrottlebraking),youwill
thegraphiconthenextpagetogetanideaofhowthehandling
wanttosetthebiasforyourstyleandthetrackcharacteristics.
mightbeaffectedbychangingtirepressures.
Seethegraphiconthenextpagetogetanideaofhowthe
handlingmightchangefromalterationsofbrakebias.

THECONCEPTOFBALANCE

TUNINGGRAPHIC
Theconceptofabalancedracecarisanelusivenotion.

Whatappearsbalancedwhenatrestmaynotfeelbalancedwhen
atspeed.Manypeoplesmarterthanushavedevotedentire
careerstotryingtofindtheproperbalanceforaracecar.Andyou
stillheardriversandcrewchiefssayingthatthecarhadpushor
wasloose.

Whentuningyourcar,itmaybehelpfultothinkofyourcaras
beingbalancedonapoint.Thereisonepointforwhenthecar
isatrest(static)andtherearemanypointsforwhenthecarisin
motionatdifferentpointsaroundthetrack(dynamic).

Youwanttotryandfindthesetupwhichprovidesthebest
balanceforthemostpointsaroundtheracetrackorforthemost
importantpointsaroundtheracetrack.Youmaytunethecarto
avoidaproblem(lossofcontrolatacertainplace)ortoexploitan
opportunity(exitspeedatacriticalcorner).Findabalancethat
worksforyouandyourdrivingstyle.

Forexample,a+2SPOsettingresultsinacarwithequalcamber
atthefrontandtherear.Thiswouldseemtobebalancedwhen
thecarisatrest.Tryacoupleoflapswiththecaratspeedand
seehowitfeels.

NowtrychangingtheSPOsettingandseehowthatfeels.Ifyou
increasetheSPOtoahighernumber,youcreateasituationwith
morecamberatthefrontthantherear.Youshouldexpect(all
elsebeingequal)thatthiswouldresultinmorefrontbiteand
HigherARB: HigherRearTirePressure HigherBrakeBias HigherFrontTirePressure HigherSPO:

lessundersteer.Whatmaysurpriseyouthoughisthatchanging
TiestheLRandRRsuspensionmovement Canhelpbalancecorneringbehavior Morefrontbitewhenbrakingsince Canhelpbalancecorneringbehavior Morenegativecamberonfrontwheels thebalanceatthefrontalsochangestherelativefeelingatthe
togetherwhich: Reducesthesizeofthetirecontactpatch morebrakingforceappliedtothefront Reducesthesizeofthetirecontactpatch whichincreasesfrontendbitewhen rearinotherwords,youmaynowbecomemoresensitiveto
o reducesrearbodyrollwhenturning Aboveacertainpoint,tendstoreduce wheels Aboveacertainpoint,tendstoreduce turning whatishappeningattherearendofthecar.
o reducesthesnapunloadon reargripastiresurfaceconformslessto Morecontrollableunderthresholdbraking frontgripastiresurfaceconformslessto Canreduceundersteeratthefrontend

outboardreartire roadwaysurfaceunderloads butcanlockupfronttires roadwaysurfaceunderloads Mayincreasefeelingofoversteeratthe
Mayreduceoverallreargripbutcanmake Mayincreaseoversteerattherearend Moredifficulttotrailbrake(turnwhile Mayincreaseundersteeratthefrontend rearend YoumaylikethewaythecarfeelswithadifferentSPOsetting
rearendmorepredictabledrivercan Mayreducefeelingofundersteeratthe braking)orthrottlebrake(usingabitof Mayreducefeelingofoversteeratthe (youaregettingclosertothefeelandbalanceyouare
learntosliderearendandcontrolit frontend throttletostabilizethecarunderbraking) rearend Reducessuspensiontravelwhichreduces comfortablewith),butyounowmaywanttotunetheARBorthe
Lesstolerantofridingcurbs theamountofsnapunloadonfronttires tirepressurestomanagethatoversteerpotentialorchange
Mayincreaseoversteerattherearend whenreleasingthebrakepedal
Mayreducefeelingofundersteeratthe Reducesfrontrideheightwhichincreases
anotheraspectofthecarbalanceandhandling.
frontend rake
Sometimes,balancingrelativegrip(alittlemoreinthefrontora
littlelessintherear)isthekeytofindingasetupthatworksbest
LowerARB: LowerRearTirePressure LowerBrakeBias LowerFrontTirePressure LowerSPO:
foryou.Sometimes,theabsolutesettingsmaynotbeas

LetstheLRandRRsuspensionmovemore Canhelpbalancecorneringbehavior Lessfrontbitewhenbrakingsince Canhelpbalancecorneringbehavior Lessnegativecamberonfrontwheels importanttothebalanceofthecarastherelativesettings.
independentlywhich: Increasesthesizeofthetirecontactpatch brakingforcesharedmorewiththerear Increasesthesizeofthetirecontactpatch whichdecreasesfrontendbitewhen
o canmakeitmoredifficulttomanage Tendstoincreasereargripexceptthattire wheels Tendstoincreasefrontgripexceptthat turning
rearbodyrollwhenturning sidewallscanbecomeunstablebelowa Lesscontrollableunderbrakingiflockup tiresidewallscanbecomeunstablebelow Canincreaseundersteeratthefrontend ContributorstothisTuningGuide(andearliereditions)includedIanBevan,Nicolas
o mayresultinasnapunloadon certainpoint reartires(canspin) acertainpoint Mayreducefeelingofoversteeratthe Bihan,JayBlass,MarkCarpenter,GlennChalder,DuncanCoppedge,Roland
outboardreartireatcornerexit Mayreduceoversteerattherearend Makesiteasiertotrailbrake(turnwhile Mayreduceundersteeratthefrontend rearend Ehnstrom,DarioFrattini,DaveGrey,MitchellHibbs,SimonHulbert,MarcoLinke,
Mayincreaseoverallreargripbutcan Mayincreasefeelingofundersteeratthe braking)orthrottlebrake(usingabitof Mayincreasefeelingofoversteeratthe MichaelLorenson,LubomirMoric,MartinPeck,SeanSiff,RyanTerpstra,Samuli
makerearendlesspredictable frontend throttletostabilizethecarunderbraking) rearend Increasessuspensiontravelwhich Vahonen,AmjedYamin,andanumberofotherpeoplewhohaveposted
Moretolerantofridingcurbs increasestheamountofsnapunloadon informationontheiRacingForum.
Maydecreaseoversteerattherearend fronttireswhenreleasingthebrakepedal

Mayincreasefeelingofundersteeratthe
frontend
Increasesfrontrideheightwhichreduces
rake
Welookforwardtoseeingyouonthetrack!

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