F1 23 cars speed analysis/performance
As we have seen from bahrain and would have seen from jeddah, this years cars are about 8 tenths faster than last year with bahrains pole being a 29.7 this year compared to a 30.5 from last year, thus the new game F1 23 should reflect the teams individual performance perfectly when it releases.
From jeddah pole (despite max verstappen not being able to fight due to a mechanical issue) matching last years pole despite the second to last proper corner (the right hander with the high kerb the cars spark off like crazy) being 30-40kph slower this year than last year because they have made it tighter, Kinda backs up the evolution point i'm making here. Also those speed analytics came from Bernie Collins former strategy head of Aston Martin F1 Team, who was live with the commentary teams throughout the jeddah weekend.
Max had atleast 4 tenths on perez in almost every session, with the engines turned all the way up and max on a flyer i have no doubt he'd of been in the high ish 27-27.7 range.
Which on a track that should be slower, again proves my point. The cars have more performance in general in all areas due to the better contact patch of the new pirelli tyre, plus the seasons worth of advancements, the teams have improved alot in low speed, medium speed and highspeed grip/downforce levels. If you compare pretty much the entire midfield from bahrain alone compared to in 2022. They had all found roughly 7-8 tenths to 1.3 ish seconds which is insane, you can find such info on f1's website which i shall link below.
2022 Bahrain Qualifying Results
https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2022/races/1124/bahrain/qualifying.html
2023 Bahrain Qualifying Results
https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2023/races/1141/bahrain/qualifying.html
A link below shows a comparison of the 2022 pole lap, and the 2023 Australia pole lap with telemetry. Despite the added DRS over a short lap, 7 tenths is roughly the improvement from last year. Thus my theory and fact based answer is correct in determining true pace at longer more technical circuits.
Further update, people seem to love to argue fact, especially when backed up by real data... But again from Australia my point is proven yet again.
Also "it's the first few races so we can't analyse it doesn't" make sense. If they are that much faster in 3-4 races compared to the entirety of last year, then that proves the cars are only going to get faster from here on out. Thus codies/EA need to get it right and get the balance of car characteristics right this time around.
If no one can use the first few races of a new season to dictate pace of cars for the games, why is it that the first thing that everyone does including commentators and other pundits is compare everything to a previous season? especially this year... we've heard atleast 4 teams say they're better off this year compared to last. And thats without even going into detail. Because it's obvious... Teams like redbull, mercedes, aston martin, williams.
