1/4 mile drag racing

[DuratecDriver]

So the downforce cladding is used to create "ground effect", am I right?

Thus the lower the space between car and ground the greater is the downforce effect of the cladding. I admit that the mechanics behind drag and downforce calculation in automation are something that still I don't get completely right

[nialloftara]

That's the general idea I've found.

[nialloftara]

Hail to the king baby!!!!!

Come on guys, niall's like the king of quarter mile, give the man some love!

[strop]

Are you still using tech year 2014, or moved on to 2015?

[nialloftara]

Still 14 just played around with the aero placement, hadn't realized before how much the f/r downforce was affected by wing location.

Edit well and brakes, gearing, turbo, compression, spark, vents, ride height, and tire width.

[AshleyBlack]

Can I suggest a production car category? also can we switch up the year to 2015 and keep at this?

[CheftonUTD]

...hadn't realized before how much the f/r downforce was affected by wing location.

I never knew it affected it at all , I just assumed a lip at the front 'activated' the front inclination option, and a wing anywhere near the rear did it for the rear end. Something new for me to try out later .

[nialloftara]

...hadn't realized before how much the f/r downforce was affected by wing location.

I never knew it affected it at all , I just assumed a lip at the front 'activated' the front inclination option, and a wing anywhere near the rear did it for the rear end. Something new for me to try out later .

I first realized this on the topgear track, the airfield benefits from super high levels of rear down force. After playing with all the aero sliders for a while I finally tried moving the wings themselves. The results of my time, currently tied for fastest production car, looks quite weird but goes like stink.

[strop]

Uh, niall, I just noticed you've got the chassic quality on -15. That will add like 100kg to your car! Try setting it to 0, which is the lightest setting (and will also improve stiffness), and see what happens?

[nialloftara]

We went over that on the airfield thread remember, I have no idea why but I'm faster with -15

[strop]

Oh yeah duh, right you are I simply forgot.

I assume that lower quality means lower chassis stiffness too. I've never put a CF chassis more than 0 quality because for some reason it really wrecks my tunes hmmmmm...

[RaduST]

no way... that wing placement produces more downforce?

[CheftonUTD]

Get ready to see a whole wave of competition entries with wings sticking off the back of the car - I think nialloftara might have just 'broken' the game .

[nialloftara]

More rear down force, the location on the car determines the f/r split of each wing's or lip's down force effect, to get the maximum amount to the rear you've got to place your wing at the rear most point on your car. For me that means hanging them off the back,

the game doesn't seem to care how much air flow, or at what angle the wing element is in. This also means if you want a more balanced down force you should put your wings further forward on the car.

[rileybanks]

It also crashes when run on a lot of tracks.