j.yank wrote: ↑31 Oct 2017, 16:27
PhillipM wrote: ↑31 Oct 2017, 15:51
j.yank wrote: ↑31 Oct 2017, 15:03
I don't compare to any other cars - just changing the power output of one car with the same configuration.
Well, I don't know what you were doing, but I just setup a couple of cars to dial in a bit of correlation from min/max/cornering speeds at Austin, once I was fairly repeatable I then selected one car, dialled down 300bhp, and it cost it
4 SECONDS PER LAP.
Error between keyboard and chair?
What cars you had setup? Open wheeler with typical chassis specifications of present day Formula 1 cars?
Make a simulation with GP2 cars, which have +600hp, taking account the aero differences and run a comparison with the current F1's. If your calculations were right they wont be too far a part, yet lap times arent even close.
If you take for example monza where you have less aero influence
f1 qualy lap ON RAIN was: 1.34.xx
f2 qualy lap on dry was: 1.30.xx
Race
F1: 1.23.xx
F2: 1.34.xx
There are a lot of other performance differences, but those wouldnt account for more than 5s a lap.