will you change the physics?
I'm worried about DLC 26. Real drivers talk about increased wear on the rear of oversteering cars and it will be important to manage the recharge. If you update in theory as usual, do you copy and pa...
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Given the first round of testing at Bahrain - from what many of the drivers are saying - it seems that the key to fast laps is managing the recharge - more so than turns/cornering.
Alonso was quoted as saying "Now you don't have to take risks as a driver, it's about having more energy, because we all use it on straights and when cornering we don't want to waste it. So, this means that we go quite slowly when cornering, while then on the straight we have all the energy available. But going slowly when cornering, the driver's main function, which is to risk everything when cornering, is a bit dying. You don't do much when cornering now.”
He went on to say “This is an F1 without risks, the driver’s role is dying.”
I hope this is not where things are at after the new regulations.
Well Verstappen called it "Formula E on steroids" and Andrea Stella made a comment about how difficult it would be to overtake so I'm also a bit skeptical about the quality of racing were going to see this year.
Also there was a test race start with a few of the cars at the end of the third session - where many didn't move after the red lights went out. Not sure what caused that - the announcers were talking about the amount revs needed and the time needed to rev up to be able to have a successful launch given the new elements of the engine/electrical configuration.
This is probably the best I've seen it described, without getting overly technical.
Until the car is over 50km/h it cannot deploy any of its electrical boost, meaning the initial getaway is reliant entirely on the V6 turbo engine.
Under the previous set of regulations an element of the power unit's hybrid system, known as the MGU-H, was used to spool the turbo to provide the optimum boost pressure for the start, but the MGU-H was removed as part of the changes to the power unit this year.
As a result, the V6 engine now needs to be revved to build up turbo boost pressure and minimize a common phenomenon in turbocharged engines known as turbo-lag.