rec.autos.simulators

    This has been discussed before however not to my satisfaction
anyhow...

    I just did a bit of testing with the ride Height..  I set the front
all the way up and did a few laps, then all the way down and did a few
laps.  I did the same for the rears. What I have found....

    Front up rear down; Push on exit of corners with power
    Front down rear down; Loose on exit of corners with power
    Front up Rear up; loose entering a corner and neutral to push
exiting
    Front down rear down; neutral entering and neutral to loose exiting

    First.. is this what is supposed to be happening?
    Second..  With both front and rear up I do laps around the Glen at
about 1:08. But with all the other settings Im running in the low
1:06s.  All these tests were done with 4 laps.

    So, My question is.. what are the effects supposed to be for the
ride heights? and what are the actual effects in GPL (assuming my
driving is bad)?  The reason I ask is I'm starting to get the impression
that the physics in GPL are not, or even close to, the physics of the
real world.

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On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:44:49 -0400, Michael Barlow

Assuming you mean Front down rear up here. Oposite of above, more grip
at the front and less at the rear. When exiting a corner under power
the car will oversteer (loose)  

Higher centre of gravity which will lower the cornering speed. Actual
effects during cornering will depend on the spring/damper/roll bar
settings

Lower centre of gravity which will increase the cornering speed.
Actual effects during cornering will depend on the spring/damper/roll
bar settings

With a higher centre of gravity and all other settings the same you
should expect to be slower.