Formula 1 Thread

#1,876
#1,876
The most interesting part of the race to me was noticing how close the actual circuit is to the one on Gran Turismo (since they have you do so much licensing on that circuit in the game).
 
#1,877
#1,877
volinbham said:
The most interesting part of the race to me was noticing how close the actual circuit is to the one on Gran Turismo (since they have you do so much licensing on that circuit in the game).
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Yeah, they do a pretty good job of recreating the tracks, IMO. The biggest thing they can't really give a sense of is elevation changes. They produce the car getting light or getting heavy as you go up and down hills, but nothing really gives a real impression of how up and down these tracks are.

Case and point, road Atlanta. In forza, I know that first sector has a hill, and the car reacts in a way you expect, but in person, that hill is so much steeper than in the game. So with Suzuka I would love to see it in person to get an idea of how steep those hills are.
 
#1,878
#1,878
To your point Nerd - I can tell you driving Talladega on Playstation and riding at the real Talladega are nothing alike. The sensation in the banking is crazy.
 
#1,879
#1,879
volinbham said:
To your point Nerd - I can tell you driving Talladega on Playstation and riding at the real Talladega are nothing alike. The sensation in the banking is crazy.
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Oh, I bet! I don't think there is much more they can do though, because I half of the sensation is feeling the g-forces.
 
#1,884
#1,884
i understand that probably even before the start of last season that red bull acknowledges that vettel is their cash cow and he may get get first shot at newer pieces at times. even just as the #1 driver he shouldn't have the "normal" parts, like alternators and gearboxes, that always seem the be pieces that fail. then again i look back at how many times over the past few years has red bull and even vettel had issues with the KERS and it not even slow them down a bit. i get that they're in a dominant car but maybe i'm just not smart enough to understand how their can can also always have the perfect set up every single time, and not just a better set up that helps them win the race but just blow everyone away all the time. most cars seem to have an advantage at either a high speed, low speed, or intermediate but not all three styles, all the time and like a said to be able to dominate races start to finish rather than having to fight even just a little bit for the win.
 
#1,885
#1,885
Fleetwood1104 said:
i understand that probably even before the start of last season that red bull acknowledges that vettel is their cash cow and he may get get first shot at newer pieces at times. even just as the #1 driver he shouldn't have the "normal" parts, like alternators and gearboxes, that always seem the be pieces that fail. then again i look back at how many times over the past few years has red bull and even vettel had issues with the KERS and it not even slow them down a bit. i get that they're in a dominant car but maybe i'm just not smart enough to understand how their can can also always have the perfect set up every single time, and not just a better set up that helps them win the race but just blow everyone away all the time. most cars seem to have an advantage at either a high speed, low speed, or intermediate but not all three styles, all the time and like a said to be able to dominate races start to finish rather than having to fight even just a little bit for the win.
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That's what blows me away. This era of f1 has the cars so closely matched and really limits where the teams can innovate and dominate. Back in the 80s the cars which had great horsepower were dominant. In the 90s Williams had space age aerodynamics and suspension to put them ahead. In the 2000's ferrari had a great advantage with those Bridgestone tires and strong aero. For RBR it isn't the engine, it sure as hell isn't reliability, and it ain't the tires. I think the aero is really that good and seb is a great driver.

His domination isn't as dull as schumacher's was though. With schumacher there was no question of who was gonna win. With RBR, it seems as though they are always at risk of screwing things up.
 
#1,886
#1,886
1) can't believe it's always Weber

2) it seems that the RBR car was designed specifically for Vettel's style - not sure the other teams design for a given driver.

3) adding Ricardo virtually guarantees RBR won't split wins while Ferrari, Mercedes and McClaren (assuming they ever win again) will split wins. All this equals another WC for Vettel.

4) Yawn
 
#1,888
#1,888
volinbham said:
Grosjean may be settling down
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grosjean has been impressive this year, especially since he basically was a crash test dummy last year. I don't think he's near the driver that kimi is but he's getting just as much out of the car a lot of times and sometimes even better results. he's grown up a lot
 
#1,891
#1,891
volinbham said:
So it's between Hulkenberg and Maldanado for the open seat at Lotus? Seems like a no brainer - The Hulkster has been great for the 2nd half and Maldanado is a wrecking machine.
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Hulkenberg has done very well this season in the Sauber. I hope the Lotus can be fast next year.
 
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#1,895
#1,899
#1,899
Nerd-Vol said:
Perez may be out next year.
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This is a terrible decision on McLaren's part. Perez wasn't the issue this year. But they continue to give Jenson a more compliant partner. It makes me want to switch affiliation with this organization
 
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