Going to be great to have a proper endurance championship running again.
Best of luck to all competitors

Quote from S3ANPukekoh3 :

but that is not what is happening at all is it?

Surely it shouldn't effect the slip angle or the contact patch of the tyre, the only way i can see it having any effect is if the tyre has a different composition the further it gets worn out...

Then again, I did fail 2nd year Engineering.

I didn't read your post at all sorry.

tire degradation is one thing, but what wheel wears the most over the course of a race is simply how the cars layout and/or set up.

I really don't understand your logic on this subject.

Therefore I rest my case, There's simply no point trying to argue.

Quote from Bmxtwins :

In theory, if you wear a road tyre down to a slick, it could (trollface)

In theory, if you removed your head, you'd be smarter.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Well the reason I commented is because it sounds wrong but of course. Even so this is comparing road tyres to race tyres in terms of the experience I have, and teh experience you have and as you rightly said, comparing the two is silly.

Road tires don't have more grip as they wear down either?

Pretty simple physics actually.

Arguing something you know nothing about and/or have no experience in doing is pretty dull.

Quote from BlueFlame :

This is not lost on me but like I said in my first post. Tread depth alone does not = grip

Though in some cases having a lower tread gauge will yield more stability because the blocks of rubber aren't moving around as much.

Well, tread depth alone means grip.

As I pointed out, the more tread there is in the tire the more it can wrestle around, work the whole tire.

A tire with less rubber usually feels hard and very stiff to drive on, like there is never enough heat or even too much.

The more depth in a tire means more grip in real life.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Yea but this is real life. Where repeated heated and cooling of a tyre reduce the performance of a tyre's surface.

It won't be the tread depth that has any influence on grip levels. It will be every other kind of wear. Unless you're on the canvas there will be no difference. I mean it's a shitty analogy but it's still true. Take an eraser, it isn't any less effective just because of it's size. That would be like saying dump truck tyres have more grip just because they have a bigger tread depth.

Incorrect.

Less rubber on the tire means that the rubber on the surface has less of the rubber to dig into the road with, so to speak.

If you take a microscope and look really close to a tire you see small hairs everywhere, threads across etc, the more you wear them down, the less the tire will have to work with, and the less friction it can withstand.

Comparing the two is completely irrelevant, it just doesn't make sense.

teamName: nFinity eSports
attending: yes
class: GT1
car: FZR
number: 06
drivers:
- {Dennis93, Dennis Lind, Denmark}
- {8RaZor8, Roi Lago, Spain}
- {Lacko86, László Kovács, Hungary}
- {toga, Gábor Tóth, Hungary}
- {Blueflame, Jake Cooper, UK}

Quote from Dennis93 :

@Deko : /me is taking charge.

teamName: nfinity eSports Racing
teamManager: {Psymonhilly, Simon Hill, UK}
teamViceManagers:
- {Dennis93, Dennis Lind, Denmark}

drivers:
- {Dennis93, Dennis Lind, Denmark}
- {Joku123, Sampsa Jurvansuu, Finland}
- {xenoa, Ari Haro, Finland}
- {8RaZor8, Roi Lago, Spain}
- {Intrex1020, Sebastian Wojtkowiak, Poland}
- {Lacko86, László Kovács, Hungary}
- {pwrslave, Željko Hajdinjak, Slovenia}
- {Blueflame, Jake Cooper, UK}
- {ZanZi, Anton Stratiev, Bulgaria}
- {toga, Gábor Tóth, Hungary}

# Team Car 1
class: GT1
car: FZR
number: 06

REMOVE driver
- {Intrex1020, Sebastian Wojtkowiak, Poland}

yeah because last time i checked Chris' car was a full on race car.

Not some piece of garbage burning by the side of the road.

lyk ef u crai efrytim.

Nice one!!!

Matrixi, what is that top car and where do i get it.

Agree'd with Ingolf.

Normally what feels most 'realistic' is violent FFB because you don't have your ass there to feel the beating it normally takes on a race track.

Quote from BlueFlame :

I didn't realise real cars had a ffb deadzone in the middle. My bad.

Cars with Servo has deadzone everywhere.


And no, you don't 'feel' curbs in the wheel unless you hit them square on.
Rumble strips just vibrates the shit out of everything inside the car.

In formula cars you don't feel it as much.

LFS doesn't have a curb that's rumbled afaik..

Quote from BlueFlame :

Seriously? If there's one thing LFS never had going for it, it was FFB..

What!?! LFS has by far the most realistic feelings of being behind a wheel of a real car imo...

Don't have much to say other than R.I.P

http://www.news.com.au/nationa ... ry-fnii5v6w-1226740247873

nFinity eSports have 1 seat open for season, 2 open for round 1
FZR
GT1
Top 5 Results

We're looking for established and consistent drivers, MUST be familiar with the FZR.

Contact me by PM for more details.

My bad, Either way, looks cool

A bit tooooo Euro for my liking though huehue

Now you're just being plane rude.

Nice shots Quicky.
Looks nice on that Ubermacht!

Quote from dekojester :

24 Hours of Kyoto KY2R - 8-9 February 2013
24 hours - Course Length 5.138 km / 3.193 mi
Clear Day
.

Yaaay, let's get raped by bugged curbs



almost so great that I would watch it.

Quote from sermilan :

I don't think you could actually offend anyone with this... reading those words, I couldn't help myself of pronouncing them with italian accent and it sounds more like a song rather than a curse

Or a nice dish, I'd like the Vaffanculo with some fottiti.


Knep dig selv works just fine.