Smooth Throttle for UpRev

Originally Posted by wstar

What are you using to judge "better"? I haven't tried any of your maps (or messed with mine) in a long time because I was happy with how mine felt. Lately I've been doing some reading on race tuning in general and it's gotten me thinking about throttle response again, and I'll likely start playing with this stuff again in the next month or two.

What I found in one of my books that makes sense was to setup the throttle with a "Rising rate", where the (smooth!) response curve is inverted dramatically from how my Curve2300 map looks. Basically you drag out the lower part of the power ocurve over a lot of pedal travel, and then ramp out to full throttle fairly quickly near the end. The reasoning behind this is that you tend to be at neutral/light throttle settings when you really need fine control, and this gives it to you under those conditions. My goal with the previous map was just smooth predictability throughout, but I can see how it would be better to favor making it easy to fine-tune throttle position with your foot in the low range, sacrificing some fine control out in the, say, 75%+ throttle area.