Post by silverdragon on Sept 6, 2015 10:37:46 GMT
Plain and simple, you cant race an F1 car on ice.
It has been mentioned a few times in my hearing that that much power on slicks, or any form of high powered race car on the wrong road surface, "Its like trying to run an F1 car on ice"
Edit, for reasons of cost, any open-wheel track racer, F3, F-Ford, etc, will be proof enough of the concept...
So can it be done...
Initially, No "Spikes" allowed, you use the black-snot race compound, maybe even allowing wet-weather tyres, but no further...
The problem with this is that I know someone who will swear that the amount of downforce created WILL allow some steering on Wet-Weather tyres, and if you just up the downforce (a LOT) at speed you can manage an average medium race track corner on ice.....
I totally disagree. I reserve the right to be completely surprised at how wrong I am.
Think on how many times I have mentioned the phrase the steering is like a cow on rollerskates...
This is a development from that maybe, as its a common thing we all know you cant do.
The impossible is only something never done before...
Miracles take a little longer.
You may get it in a straight line if you can manage to accelerate slowly, but the first corner is not.
Its ALSO a straight line, by the time you finished with it?...
Just how the hell do you BRAKE a F1 car on ice?...
SLOWLY?... can you even drive a race car like that Slowly anyway?.. they would overheat?...
Now obviously you aint getting a fully fledged F1 car, not this seasons anyway, so maybe they can have a chat with them that lent them that one to do the raise a man-hole cover myth.
Or can they build their own rig with HIGH race style downforce as proof of concept?...
Can you even get snow spiked tyres to fit an F1 style open wheel racer.
Would they even help, or will the forces involved just rip out the spikes at the first attempt?...
edit, help me clean this one up if you can?..
It has been mentioned a few times in my hearing that that much power on slicks, or any form of high powered race car on the wrong road surface, "Its like trying to run an F1 car on ice"
Edit, for reasons of cost, any open-wheel track racer, F3, F-Ford, etc, will be proof enough of the concept...
So can it be done...
Initially, No "Spikes" allowed, you use the black-snot race compound, maybe even allowing wet-weather tyres, but no further...
The problem with this is that I know someone who will swear that the amount of downforce created WILL allow some steering on Wet-Weather tyres, and if you just up the downforce (a LOT) at speed you can manage an average medium race track corner on ice.....
I totally disagree. I reserve the right to be completely surprised at how wrong I am.
Think on how many times I have mentioned the phrase the steering is like a cow on rollerskates...
This is a development from that maybe, as its a common thing we all know you cant do.
The impossible is only something never done before...
Miracles take a little longer.
You may get it in a straight line if you can manage to accelerate slowly, but the first corner is not.
Its ALSO a straight line, by the time you finished with it?...
Just how the hell do you BRAKE a F1 car on ice?...
SLOWLY?... can you even drive a race car like that Slowly anyway?.. they would overheat?...
Now obviously you aint getting a fully fledged F1 car, not this seasons anyway, so maybe they can have a chat with them that lent them that one to do the raise a man-hole cover myth.
Or can they build their own rig with HIGH race style downforce as proof of concept?...
Can you even get snow spiked tyres to fit an F1 style open wheel racer.
Would they even help, or will the forces involved just rip out the spikes at the first attempt?...
edit, help me clean this one up if you can?..
