Wednesday, December 9, 2015

New Time Trial System First Run

I set up the track this morning and ran a time trial with the new SCP-1 controller. I used the Ghost setting and dialed each car to take the track as fast as it could without going off, then I timed each car running alone. Here is the track I used for the time trial:

This is what I call "Test Track 1". It's essentially the track that came out of the box with a few extra straight pieces. I didn't use the four 1/30 curves I have, so I don't consider this a "technical" track. This would be considered more of a fast track for my purposes.

RESULTS:
5 Minute Overall Time

CAR                LAPS
Audi R18                85
Audi Safety Car      95

The R18 suffered a spinout at around lap 40, and it didn't seem to have the grip the Safety Car had, so it couldn't run as high of a speed. This was a surprising result, and the first win for the Safety Car since I started keeping track. I have a feeling that was due to not using the 1/30 curves. Those are almost always switchbacks of some sort, and the Safety Car doesn't handle those well.
I didn't do any tuning to the cars prior to running the time trails. Just a quick dusting off of the track and away we went. The R18 suffered for it, and should have at least gotten a quick scrub with the sandpaper. The tires are hard and I believe going to crack soon. Nothing like the other car's tires.

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