Taming the Ferrari F8 Tributo: Top Speed at Special Stage Route X

Taming the Ferrari F8 Tributo: Top Speed at Special Stage Route X

This week's Daily Race A at Special Stage Route X is dominated by the Pagani Huayra meta. The provided Ferrari F8 Tributo '19 accelerates faster and boasts a higher top speed, but its stock setup is a completely unstable death trap on the high-speed banking. Since Daily Race A restricts tuning, we took the event's exact base numbers into a custom lobby for a thought experiment: what does it actually take to make the F8 survive the corners and let its straight-line advantage shine?

Event Specifications

To ensure an accurate baseline for our test, we replicated the exact Polyphony Digital event parameters:

  • Car: Ferrari F8 Tributo '19
  • Target Output: 1330 kg / 961 BHP
  • Tyres: Sports Soft (SS)
  • Engine Parts: Low-RPM Turbocharger with Racing Intake/Intercooler/Exhaust to match the 961BHP.

Tuning Highlights

At 400+ km/h, aerodynamics and mechanical grip are pushed to their absolute limits. Here is how we fixed the chassis:

  • Transmission Calibration: The engine curve has a very sharp power peak at 7800 RPM. Manually aligning 7th gear to hit top speed at this exact RPM sweet spot unlocks massive straight-line velocity.
  • Differential Locking: Maxing out Acceleration Sensitivity to 50 forces both rear wheels to lock together under full load. This prevents the inside wheel from spinning up and sending the car into the outer wall on the banking.
  • Suspension Geometry: A stiff front anti-roll bar (Level 9) prevents high-speed roll pitch during initial turn-in, while zero rear camber maximizes the contact patch for raw power transfer.

The Verdict

By trusting the custom LSD setup and holding a clean lower line on the banking to reduce lateral scrub, this theoretical tune cuts approximately 5 seconds off the meta Pagani lap time.

Bonus Tweak: Installing Titanium Connecting Rods and Pistons while downgrading to a Base Turbocharger keeps the output at 961 BHP but shifts the power peak to 8200 RPM - shaving off another full second!