GP2 Slipstream Bug

While qualifying in Monza, I saw a strange and welcomed push in my back going the straight/finish line. I always moinitor my speed going over the line to have an indication of how well I took the Parabolica. To my big surprise, 200 m before the line, my speed went up very quickly for about a second, exactly like slipstreaming. Although I am not 100% sure, I have got the feeling that a car was going down the pit lane and it gave me its slipstream. I was in fact very close to the wall. Although it seems to be a bug, it also reflects the fact that the slipstreaming effect is calculated only from the speed of the car getting the effect and not at all from the speed of car in front, which is wrong. Anybody experinced this? JFD

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> While qualifying in Monza, I saw a strange and welcomed push in my > back going the straight/finish line. I always moinitor my speed going > over the line to have an indication of how well I took the Parabolica. > To my big surprise, 200 m before the line, my speed went up very > quickly for about a second, exactly like slipstreaming. Although I am > not 100% sure, I have got the feeling that a car was going down the > pit lane and it gave me its slipstream. I was in fact very close to > the wall. Although it seems to be a bug, it also reflects the fact > that the slipstreaming effect is calculated only from the speed of the > car getting the effect and not at all from the speed of car in front, > which is wrong. > Anybody experinced this? > JFD

If you understand what's going on when your behind a car at 320+ kph,you have to consider that your front wing suffers from low volume of air caused by the car in front of you. When slipstreaming and passing a car, you have to get behind at some distance and SMOOTHLY change your line to pass the car. When i say SMOOTHLY you have to understand it's relative of what you were doing. Other consideration in racing situation (setup) try not to have a car that might oversteer with rapid transition in steering. I have seen very often with all the hotlap replay and there setup that everybody use like: 9-12 deg FRONT wing & 1 deg REAR, that's good when you're alone and master your car, but in real life and racing situation it's suicidal! Good luck, Eric