@Viperzed
I’m a bit confused now as to how we get to an equilibrium. The statement made early was that times should be around the high to medium 1.59s with the odd people managing some 1.58s. So in our room this was achieved by the top 4 with a few more just off the pace with low 2.00 times. Bringing the slower cars up to the faster times would make sense to me to even out the field so all the hours on hours of practice, testing and tuning adjustments wouldn’t have been wasted by the people who put the effort in. All the tyre testing and fuel calculations have now gone out the window for those people because everything is now heavier and all the handling and tyre wear dynamics have changed. By bringing the slower cars closer to the faster cars all of their tyre and fuel characteristics would just improve with minimal detriment to their current set ups.
I qualified with a 1.59.501 (somehow) and did an 11 lap test today with my added 3% weight and best i could get was 2.00.395 which would have qualified me in 8th position in our room3. With the 2% weight reductions given to others as an example i have seen a complete flip from the original times of my 1.59.501 v 2.00.4.. to my time now of 2.00.395 v 1.59.632 from a 2% reduction for them. Taking into account my 1.59.501 and their 1.59.632 are our freaky best laps there is now a .7 disparity in the opposite direction. You could probably average that out and say roughly .4 nearly 1/2 a sec per lap (not naming people as its the numbers that are important here)
I believe +1% to me and Disco, maybe 2% for me at a stretch and 3% for Extreme and 5% for Rolls, leaving the reductions as they are will bring the field closer together and reduce the cross over disparity
Not trying to tell you what to do, these are my, I believe constructive opinions only
Between SCNG tonight, Shootout Saturday and 2hr on Sunday, I am as i am sure are others, time poor and will have to go with what i have.
Cheers, Beats
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