Downforce issue
Posted: 14 May 2008, 11:08
Ok, I have this nice car here and it drives like a dream, very balanced and steady power delivery. It doesn't tend to wash out into massive oversteer as soon as you step on the gas in a turn, unlike my previous Challenger. The Challenger started having an itchy backside at 500hp, and went sideways almost all the time at 750hp. The C2 Corvette is still rock stable at 650! It's not the suspension setup, the Challenger was set to heavy understeer and the C2, neutral with some toe-in.
Ok, the handling's perfect for tight circuits like Mondello and Ebisu.
It's the Autobahns that the C2 has issues with. At any speed above 200kph the car starts ice-skating into turns like the recent Speed Racer movie. Infact that's exactly how this beast drives. High speed turns.. sideways.
Ok, so its like the historic Dodge Chargers that have a lack of downforce at high speed. That's why I have such an ugly spoiler on the back. It's still not big enough (I'll take high speed stability over being flamed for poor style anyday!) but when I put the bigger GT championship boxes on the downforce meter doesn't seem to move.
Is maximum G / downforce hardcoded into the car to keep some semblance of realistic performance? If so then it doesn't make sense because... huger wing = more downforce, period.
And more drag. But it seems like in Prostreet more downforce = less drag, which should be the opposite. See Indy car racing, for the oval tracks they use wings with no downforce and thus less drag for maximum top speed.
Ok, the handling's perfect for tight circuits like Mondello and Ebisu.
It's the Autobahns that the C2 has issues with. At any speed above 200kph the car starts ice-skating into turns like the recent Speed Racer movie. Infact that's exactly how this beast drives. High speed turns.. sideways.
Ok, so its like the historic Dodge Chargers that have a lack of downforce at high speed. That's why I have such an ugly spoiler on the back. It's still not big enough (I'll take high speed stability over being flamed for poor style anyday!) but when I put the bigger GT championship boxes on the downforce meter doesn't seem to move.
Is maximum G / downforce hardcoded into the car to keep some semblance of realistic performance? If so then it doesn't make sense because... huger wing = more downforce, period.
And more drag. But it seems like in Prostreet more downforce = less drag, which should be the opposite. See Indy car racing, for the oval tracks they use wings with no downforce and thus less drag for maximum top speed.