Forza Applied Tuning Lab

My personal journey through driving, tuning, learning, and applying the tools I’m building to improve performance lap by lap.

This section is where theory meets tarmac. I document what I learn as I apply telemetry analysis to actual driving and tuning in Forza Motorsport 7.

The Approach

Every session generates data. The goal is to close the loop:

  1. Drive - Record telemetry during practice or races
  2. Analyze - Review data to find patterns and problems
  3. Adjust - Make targeted setup changes based on evidence
  4. Validate - Measure whether changes improved performance

This isn’t about finding magic setups. It’s about understanding why a car behaves the way it does and making informed decisions rather than guessing.


What I’m Working On

Current focus:

  • Learning to read tire temperature patterns
  • Understanding suspension travel and its effect on grip
  • Building intuition for correlating feel with data

Captured knowledge:

  • 806 car specifications in the database
  • 13+ recorded sessions for analysis
  • Tuning guides being extracted into structured rules

Documentation Roadmap

TopicStatus
Reading Tire TemperaturesComing soon
Suspension BasicsComing soon
Case Study: First TunePlanned
Setup Parameter ReferencePlanned

Why Document This?

Sim racing knowledge is scattered across forums, YouTube videos, and tribal wisdom. By documenting my learning process with real telemetry data, I hope to create something more systematic and reproducible.