When you choose a car to race, do you get the normal performance settings of
that car, or is there a "special" setting for the player's car? In other
words, if I would choose to race, say, a Minardi, would I automatically be
non-competitive? Should I always select from one of the 1st-rung teams?
I think that in GP2 the player's car had its own settings regardless of what
team you selected.
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Correct.
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% When you choose a car to race, do you get the normal performance settings of
% that car, or is there a "special" setting for the player's car? In other
% words, if I would choose to race, say, a Minardi, would I automatically be
% non-competitive? Should I always select from one of the 1st-rung teams?
% I think that in GP2 the player's car had its own settings regardless of what
% team you selected.
If you choose to race for a "lesser" team your peformance will match
that team's car performance. This makes for an interesting "march"
through the ranks. Try to out peform you team mate in a lesser team and
maybe next season you can graduate to better team. Also, because of the
lower power range of the lesser team's cars, they are easier to drive
(less wheel spin). As you change teams you will find you need to alter
your setups.
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>Will a Minardi with the same setup handle as well as a Williams?
>So, if you're pretty good, and can setup your car well, is there a
>chance that you can win, even in a Minardi?
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I believe you "inherit" the power of that car....thus if you drive a
Minardi, you had better be one heck of a driver if you want to win!!
Craig
You will have the power of the car you choose. If you visit
http://www.f1racingsim.com
you will find tools that can alter the engine power of the car. When
you first "load" the current setup of the cars, you will see that
teams like Minardi have less power than Williams.
Kenneth
>>So, if you're pretty good, and can setup your car well, is there a
>>chance that you can win, even in a Minardi?
>Well I blew away the field at monaco in a Jordan. So I am starting to
>wonder...
As to handling differences, I'm doubtful. I loaded up the Minardi at Monza
and at first I thought the steering response was faster. But when I switched
back to the Ferrari, I dismissed it as just power of suggestion.
My times with the Minardi on this fast course were about 3 seconds slower than
my time with the Ferrari. Good enough probably to win an Amateur race. But
I'd get stomped in Pro, nevermind Expert mode. With the Ferrari, I was
consistently winning Pro races at Monza. So if you are real good, I imagine
you could win at Pro. You're probably a god if you can win Expert mode with
the lowly Minardi, Forti, Tyrell or Arrows. Perhaps on a slow course??
Well from the first day I was driving a Ferrari. No setup changes at all
just a stock setup. I normally lapped about 5-6 seconds faster than the
AMTR level opponents. I noticed that when I recently switched to a Jordan
(with no setup changes) my lap times have not decreased as you
describe, but my top speed on the straights sure has. Maybe as I start
tweaking the setup I'll run into problems?
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