07CobaltGirl wrote:I assume this means I made a car which passed the scrutineering?
You definitely got the power to weight ratio right, and everything else looked legit as per the restrictions on page 1 (assuming all tech is set to 2000 and earlier!)
It also seems like you've definitely considered most of the things that I mentioned... the bad news is that the way I understand it, generally the wheels that carry power should be wider, and the wheels that steer should be narrower (at least, matched to load). Widening the rear wheels to 265mm will probably actually slash 3s off your time, so apart from that your car is already relatively well optimised.
I tend not to pay attention to the tameness:sportiness ratio when tuning, because it doesn't
fully reflect what time the car will put out. There's a correlation, sure, but when getting to the fiddly parts I've noticed that certain tipping points where the times suddenly blow out for whatever reason aren't necessarily reflected in those values. Everybody has a different style when tuning their suspensions, and I've found my most competitive tunes are the ones I've used in every simulation before this one: tending towards softer front and stiffer rear (with a few exceptions)... but I also tend to be fond of power oversteer, which isn't always the fastest way around a track. That said, it's worked for me elsewhere and it continues to work for me now so I'll stick to what I know!
Now, I decided I'd go back to the RWD cars and see if I couldn't make them better, having learnt what I have during my stoush with Dragawn. The results show that the restrictions are actually not too bad at all, though the estimate of the benefit of an increased 15-20hp/tonne may be accurate.
First up is the RWD turbo, with a power:weight ratio of 329.1bhp/tonne:
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And here is the RWD NA, with a power:weight ratio of 300.0bhp/tonne:
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As you can see they're pretty even, though I don't know which is the faster as I only spent about 15 minutes each tinkering with these, as my platform was already pretty well set. Note the different tyre widths on each car! There may be room for a few tenths extra here and there but most of the basic tuning has been done and they both go well into the 289s, which is pretty close to the 288.11 I got with the AWD.
Next I'll see how the FF format stacks up, it takes a tameness penalty from the transverse engine layout! As mentioned before
ElSaico managed a scary 292, but I'm going to give it a real shot this time!
p.s. if you like you are very welcome to pm me your files to see if there's any more to be squeezed out. I've had some success with a couple other users' files.