[WIP] 70's Formula 1

atomed said:
Did these first very tall wings improve aerodynamics much back then? They sure look beautiful, but when I drive them they don´t seem to improve from the same car without them. Not talking about the mod itself but historically.
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The elevated wings were often attached directly to the Suspension. Thus the cars could still run softer springs but get downforce directly applied to the tires. After 1969 the FIA banned elevated wings, movable wings, & suspension mounting. This brought on the ever increasing curse of incredibly stiff springs, especially during the Ground Effects era.
 
atomed said:
Did these first very tall wings improve aerodynamics much back then? They sure look beautiful, but when I drive them they don´t seem to improve from the same car without them. Not talking about the mod itself but historically.
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Not an aerodynamicist but just my thoughts.

Mod: The mod doesn't have any physic changes, at least when I last looked when I was painting the 1975 F5000 mod. The Upgrades.ini doesn't reference any physics changes. So driving with or with out wings will be no difference.

Real life: The wings would have made a difference. I'm not sure of the lift to drag numbers of how much things will affect top speed or the actual amount of downforce is created. One thing to note is that there was no rules at the time for where the wings attached to. The high wings were attached directly to the wheels. The suspension does not counter acting against the wings like when it is connected to the body.
 
A year of so back, I had a private discussion about mounting wings onto the suspension, someone said it was possible, but I wonder if that meant you could direct the downforceforce only to a vertical plane of the suspension or actually have it act upon the wheels themselves.
 
this Design works always
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The 70's cars, now these... This is so fantastic you've made these mods. It' a great adventure to build cars in "my style", customize them, then paint them, and finally see them on track. I'm very grateful to everyone involved in creating these mods. Now I am just waiting for the template for the 60's mod to paint some new cars.;)
 
@ChiefWiggum hi Chief great mod, just wondering are the engine covers like on the beltoise car coming in future releases? Or maybe I am missing them in the current release?
 
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