How to keep Tire Temps high? (GR5 & Cup Porsche)

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  1. Mid Night

    Mid Night Active Member

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    Hey guys, since a few patches/updates I'm struggling to get the tires up to Temperature or keep the heat in the tires.

    I only have these problems with the GR4 GR5 and Cup Porsche cars.
    In qualifying I need about 5 laps to get at least a bit heat into the tires. At races with rolling start the tires already are up to temperature. But after 10-15 minutes of racing they are blue/cold again. About 50-60°C.

    It's weird as I'm pushing the car to the limit but still loose heat lap by lap.
    E.j. I just had a race at the Nürburgring GP track with GR5 cars. I started from P24 of 40 because I struggled to get heat into the tires. I started the race and was able to fight from P24 up to P5 because the tires had good grip event hough they got colder and colder. But after 15min of racing my tires were down to 58°C and I struggled with grip and slowly fell back the order.

    Same with Cup Porsche.

    Any hints or recommendation how I get and keep the heat into the tires?

    At every other car class it's perfectly fine.

    Thank guys.
     
  2. FeltHλt

    FeltHλt Moderator Beta tester

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    For starters, try lower tyre pressure and softer front springs
     
  3. Zziggy

    Zziggy Well-Known Member

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    A common misconcept, but actually more pressure = more heat as already discussed.
     
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  4. Mid Night

    Mid Night Active Member

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    Thank you very much guys:)

    Do you also struggle with the stock setup or is it purely down to my driving style and I'm not aggressiv enough?

    I will definitely try and adjust my tire pressure. :D
     
  5. Vale

    Vale Well-Known Member

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    I stuggle with the rears on the Gr5s too. Nothing to be done set up wise that will fix it so look on the bright side that my tyres don´t go off so quickly.
     
  6. Mid Night

    Mid Night Active Member

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    Adjusting the tire pressure really works. Thank you very much :)
     
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