BustaWrench › Answers › How do I drive the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 in iRacing?
The short answer
It is a proper GT car and a good place to be: a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 with an automated sequential gearbox, so no clutch — pull the paddle and upshift when the dash lights are all lit, around 6750 rpm. Map brake bias, traction control and ABS before you go out, because you will want to adjust them on the fly. Load the baseline and learn the line first.
A twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 with a 7175 rpm limit, double wishbone front and multilink rear, and a proper competition record behind it. A real GT car, not a toy.
Automated sequential transmission: no clutch pedal, just the upshift paddle. Shift when the dash lights are all lit, around 6750 rpm.
The downshift protection will ignore you if you are going too fast for the gear. That is the car saving the engine, not a glitch. Before you hit the track, map brake bias, traction control and ABS — you will want them while you are driving.
Load a baseline setup, get on track, and focus on smooth, consistent laps. Learn the line and how the tyres behave before you start turning wrenches.
Chassis balance under a long fuel run is the part worth a proper debrief rather than a forum setup.
How the current tyre model interacts with this car's balance over a long run is track-specific and changes with conditions. Ask a coach for the current picture.
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