There are several ways for developing a mod that can be closed to the real car, no doubt. The GP3 was the unique in the mods we developed where Chris spent months and months in entering thousands of real data into the spreadsheet of Borda and, time by time Borda improved the spreadsheet and Chris "moved" data into the new release (and it was something crazy, because there is no way to update the spreadsheet to a new one keeping data already entered...). In the meantime and after Mr.D and later also another engineer of another GP3 team validated all data into the spreadsheet and how they were converted to rF2, also with the feedback of few real drivers of the 2017 GP3 season. Some more driver tested the mod also in 2018.Huge news.
Curious to ask, have you managed to "secure" again some inside information to help you with the development of the new cars?
Not to give too much value to that, one can produce a high quality mod either way as you've proven so many times in the past, it is though a great "selling tool" that tends to get people excited, bit like the laser scanned tracks
I think the most important thing to make a mod handle accurately is good telemetry data. From what I read, even if you put real and accurate car construction data, the mod will not necessarily handle close to the real car (especially at and over the limit). That's why real racing teams feedback(engineering and drivers' as it was in case of GP3) is invaluable to reduce guess work when tuning the mod. So in end there's still need to fudge/translate some values because of rF2's engine limitations.Huge news.
Curious to ask, have you managed to "secure" again some inside information to help you with the development of the new cars?
Not to give too much value to that, one can produce a high quality mod either way as you've proven so many times in the past, it is though a great "selling tool" that tends to get people excited, bit like the laser scanned tracks
I really appreciate the effort and dedication you put into physics. I think it's unmatched when it comes to third party mods and perhaps only a few S397 cars like Norma LMP3 (because they also worked closely with teams and I like they way it behaves at the limit) have similar level of accuracy in therms of handling.
Me too!
And it is exactly what Mr. Palatov wanted to be the D4... he was very clear testing it and I can say "categorical". On our side, we were very lucky to be able to respect his wishes.Very informative, thank you, and yeah, I agree with your points,but it's always nice to know/be reminded of some work that goes on in the background.
For the record, the Palatov is the single most impressive thing I have driven in the past few months,the only car who's handling took me back to my karting days
No idea rules you followed for testing... because obviously data change very fast, depending of load, etc...
Is it justified to assume the 2018 Hard tires' grip(and overall) should be the closest to real life, since you got detailed, confidential construction data from manufacturer? Or not necessarily, because all of them where then tuned based on real telemetry you got?
It seems the tire affair is beginning an endless novel, LOL
This seems like a lot of work, just to get tires behavior right. Don’t want to be too nosy, but I’m curious whether during this process Mr. D (or other engineer), was analyzing telemetry with over the limit car behavior ( I.e. when tires start to lose grip/traction or car starts sliding)? If yes was he able to detect and point issues or inaccuracies in the mod? I’m asking because from what I’ve read this is the hardest part to simulate accurately and tires’ grip is still considered “black art”. Yet it’s quite important, because racing drivers often push a car to the limit (and sometimes even are over the limit) , regardless if it’s in real life or in a sim.
I don't know in details. What I know is that every time something was not expected the teams that use the mod emailed me, asking for fixes.
