But this doesn't let the fanboys down to keep talking about this sim. My point is, it can feel like the starship enterprise on three triangle shaped wheels but kids still going to support / race it because they identify with cars they know and 'have seen' and are stunting on real life tracks. Nobody is interested in 100% real match, not even 20%, looks and brands thats the only thing that counts in 2013/14.
Well I trying it on Silverstone, but I can do only a .5 sec faster laps with semi-slicks, and I can't really feel the difference in grip, nor in braking, nor at apex, nor the exit.
Too late for me to drive now, but i'll give it a shot around Silverstone tomorrow and see.
At Imola i can definitely brake a little later, and the extra grip is easily noticeable. It's not a massive difference, but you gain enough on every corner for it to add up well over a lap.
At least 1 second difference on every tracks. I thought there is no difference on E92 M3 too, at least in handling, but I just noticed being 2 seconds slower on Imola...
Street tyres are also much easier to overheat than the semi-slicks. If you haven't already got it, take a look at Danny Giusa's excellent tyre temperature app.
Hmm, in AC there's a "Car Engineer" dev app. It shows the E30 M3's total mass as 1627kg, which seems a bit high? Don't think it's possible to make the car weigh that much in LFS to do a comparison.
I don’t think they will keep it like this for the final releasr. It is a beta version after all. This way it’s easier to modify all the values in there.
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Using some telemetry you could easily see where the differences come from. Does ac have any kind of telemetry like motec, atlas or replay analyzer?
Longitudinal acceleration vs engine revs should tell exactly where the differences in the engines are if you do a 50-120kmh run using just 4th gear in both sims. Or if it is aero issue or tire pressures or some other wonky stuff which probably shows up if you do a 100kmh-50kmh run coasting on 4th gear.
Did you have same tire dimensions for both cars? I take it that you had flat piece of track for both tests.