Racing enthusiasts are often as diligent about customizing their cars as role players are about customizing their characters. With so many models, parts, tracks, and racing conditions to consider, it’s easy to understand why: even the smallest adjustment can give someone the edge they need to outpace the competition.
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Tuning is a major part of all but the most arcade-like racing games. Allowing the player to get their hands dirty in the shop, making small adjustments until their car handles exactly the way they want it to, is a joy in itself. To get the most from one’s car inWreckfest,theplayer needs to tune it properly, but it’s not obvious at first what that process looks like, especially for those new to driving games. Here’severything the player needs to know about tuning cars inWreckfest.
Tuning Suspension And Gear Ratio
Popular andunderrated racing gamesalike often feature multiple tuning methods. InWreckfest,Tuning consists of four elements:Suspension, Gear Ratio, Differential,andBrake Balance.Each element has an associated slider in the Tuning Menu, allowing the player to tweak each of these settings to their liking. TheSuspensionis one of the most complicated elements to adjust when tuning a car inWreckfest,though it seems deceptively simple.
While aStiffsuspension is better on hard, compact surfaces such as tarmac and worse on soft, loose surfaces such as dirt and gravel (where aSoft Suspensionshines), there’s more to it than that. Most cars can handleSoft Suspensionwell, but some of them are vulnerable to rolling over during races if theSuspensionis too soft. The only way to get a good feeling for this is toexperiment with different cars,Suspensions,and track types to see what works best. When in doubt, leavingSuspensionset to Standard is usually a safe bet.
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TheGear Ratiocan be set betweenShortandLong,and the player will often need to adjust this slider depending upon the current course, as tracks with long straightaways rewardLongtuning, whereas tracks with many turns and fewer straightaways rewardShorttuning. If the player has never raced on a given track before and just wants to get a feel for things, there’s nothing wrong with settingGear RatiotoStandarduntil theyget a feel for that track’s specific demands.
Tuning Differential And Brake Balance
TheDifferentialcan be set betweenOpenandLocked.ALocked Differentialimproves grip during cornering and accelerations but impairs overall handling, whereas anOpen Differentialdoes the opposite.Openis also worse for loose surfaces. In general,Differentialcan be safely kept halfway betweenOpenandLimited,though racers on dirt tracks or those who want to drift will need to use aLocked Differentialinstead. In a game likeWreckfestthat’s neitherpure arcade racernor racing sim, these differences matter.
It is typically best to adjust one’sBrake Balancetowards the rear. Doing so increases breaking efficiency but also causes some sliding in turns. InWreckfest,drifting around corners on dirt tracks is not only viable but also preferable in many cases, so leavingBrake Balanceabout halfway betweenRearandMiddleis a good bet. With theBrake Balancetoo far forward, brakes have a tendency to lock, which can spell disaster in a corner.Wreckfestisn’tan open-world racer,so the player needs to understand how to contend with their track.
Wreckfestis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, and Nintendo Switch.
