Overdriving Trouble MX-5

[visual hamlet]

Hello racers. I seem to be having trouble with overdriving the MX-5, especially in the corners. I last drove it at Suzuka and seemed to be having trouble with almost every corner after the first lap of the race. I was running a 51/49 brake bias as well. I assume I just need to spend more time practicing to better understand what's happening. Thanks.

[gaunt bone]

What's the problem, again?

Also, are you sure BB was 51/49? The default is 60/40 I think.

[drifting tinsel]

Watch your downshifting. the back end goes loose if revs are too high. also try rolling through apex then downshifting out of the corner.

[visual hamlet]

I have trouble with trying to drive the MX-5 harder than what it can handle. And yes, I changed my bias to 51/49. I also played with a few other combinations of brake bias.

[gaunt bone]

I think MX5 can be driven pretty aggressively. Look at this lap, for example, my mind was blown: #🎬│videos message

[visual hamlet]

I was definitely driving harder than that. I was drifting the first corner on Suzuka at one point.

[honest geode]

If you overdrive any car, you are slower. So what is the issue here? I havent driven the MX5 much but brake bias 51/49 should be pretty bad. You want especially in hard breaking zones a lot more weight on the front.

[empty wagon]

In default car setup, I usually leave it 60:40. Trying to play with 59.5:40.5 and it helps a bit on entry. I think 51:49 will be a drift machine on entry with any form of trailbraking. Default setup is understeery on throttle, so a little more rotation on entry helps but not to the point of drifting into corners.

[empty wagon]

Hi, I asked the guy sharing that hotlap what BB he is usually running. Here, read this and fix your BB mess!! That is why you are overdriving it. #🎬│videos message

[wraith sparrow]

BB 56 - 58.5 Usually 58.5 is fine With 51 it s not fast and just sliding

[coral ice]

Try using other setup parameters to get rid of the corner entry understeer instead of the brake bias.
For example, raising the rear ride hight or lowering the front can help by shifting the weight of the car over the front wheels a bit more, thereby helping the front tyres to bite harder.
Adjusting the camber angle on the front wheels can also help to dial out some understeer.

[empty wagon]

I think the OP was driving the fixed setup Mazda in this case, that is why we only mentioned brake bias and why having it 51:49 is a bad idea.

Overall, in open setup, softer front springs and ARB work much better. I have my own setup that is better than default on every track I tried so far.

[coral ice]

'Fixed Setup' can be so frustrating at times. As people generally have different driving styles, they need the car to be Setup slightly differently. Obviously, the Setup can also vary from circuit to circuit, based on the types of some of the corners.
I have found that generally speaking, all the cars I've driven have too much understeer on turn in - mid corner.
I'm aware that many people prefer the car to 'push' in this way and just add more lock in order to negate the understeer.
However, I hate it! 😆😆 To me, there's nothing worse than a car that wants to go straight ahead when you want it to turn. Obviously, in a perfect world, the car would handle totally neutral. Sadly, this is a bit of a unicorn and pretty much impossible to find.
Personally I prefer a car that is a bit looser and more on the nose. It can catch me out on occasion, especially when the circuit drops away mid corner. But I believe that you just have to practise and try to be a bit smoother and less aggressive in these types of corner.
Anyway, I've seen quite a few apps and sites that advertise and sell different setups.
It may be a quick solution for some people to purchase setups from such places, but as I said before, we have different driving styles and as such, I think it's a lot more productive to just spend some time in single player mode and practise on the circuits you want to race on and just work on setting up the car.
As the old saying goes..... 'Practise makes perfect'.

[empty wagon]

while I agree that we all drive slightly differently, a mark of a great racer is to adapt and overcome what is put in front of them and win. If you cannot adapt the car to you, you gotta adapt to the car and extract all that you can from it. Split 1 top 10 from any championship is the best example. Like this year's Mazda MX-5 championship.

P.S.: You talk too much.

[coral ice]

Yes, a driver can try to adapt his driving to the car, but, all top drivers across the board from touring cars all the way to F1 will try to set the car up to suit their style as much as possible.

P.S. I only write a long message (or as you say, 'talk too much' to fully explain myself as to there being no misunderstanding as to what I'm saying.
Oh, and you don't have to read it. That's your choice.

Making it about myself!!!!! Yea alright, whatever.
I think you need to take a look in the mirror on that one.