Race starts in the Riley

[Jiminee]

Had my first race in the Riley last night but was having trouble getting it off the line, it just bogs - is it a simple case of having too high a first gear or is there some trick to getting it going smoothly?
With the first lap chaos at Laguna this week a quick getaway would be most helpful!
Thanks
Jim

[Exar Kun]

Had my first race in the Riley last night but was having trouble getting it off the line, it just bogs - is it a simple case of having too high a first gear or is there some trick to getting it going smoothly?
With the first lap chaos at Laguna this week a quick getaway would be most helpful!
Thanks
Jim

Short first gear is indeed the way to go for getting off the line quickly. Most people use sets with tall first gears to enable using it out of slower corners.

[Jiminee]

Easy fix then, with this much torque though, surely 4 gears is enough on most tracks?

[DarrenM]

Easy fix then, with this much torque though, surely 4 gears is enough on most tracks?

Yeah, 4 is enough around here and given all the places you can pick up at the start passing all the people who don't fix their first gear it's worth doing in my opinion.

Needs to be to around 2.6-2.8 for a good start.

[ysu]

Just re-set the gearing. I've done that and never looked back. There's plenty of torque and power to deal with any corner using the remaining 4 gears IMHO.

In a race mid-pack that long 1st gear is not a help, but a hindrance. You'll have too much torque to deal with, then in some corners you need to feather the throttle and when it's busy & excited it can easily result in a spin.

You can pick up quite a few spots on the starts for now. Later on others will probably realise the 1st gear mistake and it'll be evened out

I use the lowest generic gear (whatever it's called) and then the 3rd option for the 1st gear. Can't remember the value. But it's good enough to start quick and still not spin the wheels out. It does just a tiny bit of squeek then starts off like a rocket.

[Jiminee]

Speaking of starts - its one area where sim-racing shoots itself i the foot. That grid at Laguna is rediculously tight, sure its accurate but given the issues of lag and poor framerates (for some) at the start of a race why not deviate from the actual a little and spread things out a bit?

[GT VIRUS]

Or use a rolling start, and possible put all the solstices in the back

[ysu]

Speaking of starts - its one area where sim-racing shoots itself i the foot. That grid at Laguna is rediculously tight, sure its accurate but given the issues of lag and poor framerates (for some) at the start of a race why not deviate from the actual a little and spread things out a bit?

I've run into that problem too. Laguna is an insanely tight grid, you can either hold back and likely get hit from behind, or force your way forward, likely to hit someone up front.
13th week is a great way to shed some SR

[Jiminee]

So glad the MMA series is SR free!