Incredibly basic question

How much, if at all, does it slow you down when you drive on the rumble bars in sims - I'm particulary interested in F1RS and TOCA (okay, many of you don't regard TOCA as a sim). Should you just clip them or is it okay to run the inside wheels right over them? I see real F1 drivers all over them but surely it can't be as quick as flat tarmac - or does the extra racing line counteract that? PJ

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> How much, if at all, does it slow you down when you drive on the rumble > bars in sims - I'm particulary interested in F1RS and TOCA (okay, many > of you don't regard TOCA as a sim). Should you just clip them or is it > okay to run the inside wheels right over them? I see real F1 drivers all > over them but surely it can't be as quick as flat tarmac - or does the > extra racing line counteract that? > PJ

Hmm.. I've often wondered about that myself. In TOCA I can't detect a great effect on speed if you run over the rumble strips. If it's a fairly flat curve I usually just clip the strip, but in a tighter curve or chicane I will run right over the strip to get a good line. I think as you say, the better racing line would compensate anyway. -- Andrew Fielden. UK.

Whatever is faster. -- mark "If you get to the point where you truly understand what the term 'controlled looseness' means, then, and only then, do you know what the term 'fast' means." F1RS - http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm Remove us here and there to mail me. How much, if at all, does it slow you down when you drive on the rumble bars in sims - I'm particulary interested in F1RS and TOCA (okay, many of you don't regard TOCA as a sim). Should you just clip them or is it okay to run the inside wheels right over them? I see real F1 drivers all over them but surely it can't be as quick as flat tarmac - or does the extra racing line counteract that? PJ