Restrictor Plate NASCAR - ROOM OPEN NOW!

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With PD's 1.06 patch, it has now become possible to lower NASCAR cars to arond 520hp, their normal real-life levels. I'm looking for people to get together and run an experimental test and a couple races to seee if we can possibly get it too work.

~Seeond Test Event 25 February, 8pm GMT, My Lounge. (Friend Request me if you already haven't)
~Cars set to 510hp, this means a speed of around 185mph unaided, and around 200 in the draft.
~Set-up - No restrictions. I'm running 3 cars in the test, all with 3 different set-ups.
~Damage will be off for now.
~Also we'll have a couple test races as well.

Just to note I did some testing last night with some guys, and I drew up a list of findings (we were running 500hp):

~The cars are easier to control. Less jumpy in the corners, less snap oversteer (loose) or understeer (tight).
~You can bump more - the cars are more settled
~Generally 1 car on his own will struggle to go by himself on the outside. Two to Tango at least appears to be the way.
~Lose the draft - you lose BAD. 15mph bad. Maybe pairing up together would be good to keep people in it, because once you lose it, you're gone.
 
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I'd be in depending on times. And by real-life levels you mean during restrictor plate races. ;) I tested this the other day and lowered a car down to 600hp and I hit ~198 at the end of the back stretch at Daytona, so you might be right on with the 520hp.
 
I was in a lobby the other day and the guys I heard were talking about 520hp being right level.
 
During the pre-race coverage for Sunday's D500, FOX ran a graphic comparing the #48 Transformer to it's real life counterpart. The transformer won the horsepower battle 510 to 470, if I recall.
 
552hp runs you faster by yourself than the cup cars this year, but slower in the draft. It lines up right in the middle and is, imo, the proper restrictor plate setting.
 
No problem. 👍

Cheers mate. I sent you a friend request and hopefully a few more of my guys can make it. Put GTP_Crispy down though. He wants in but isnt at his PC right now. He'll just jump into the lobby through my profile at a guess. Anyway see you tomorrow evening 👍


552hp runs you faster by yourself than the cup cars this year, but slower in the draft. It lines up right in the middle and is, imo, the proper restrictor plate setting.

Default downforce I presume? Racing softs?

I guess all this is what the test session is for 👍
 
Do you want default or custom setups? I have a custom one but will have to buy a new car for concours at the weekend so I'm not bothered about it.
 
I ran a few races just now with the limiter set to 532bhp. Much closer racing, much more time to think, much more realistic, and most of all much more fun. Brilliant stuff.
 
I ran a few races just now with the limiter set to 532bhp. Much closer racing, much more time to think, much more realistic, and most of all much more fun. Brilliant stuff.

Yeah I did some today also took a little bit to get used to the speed but it was fun.
 
Tested my Red Bull Toyota yesterday set on 520bhp, and it felt pretty damn close to NR2003, which is a very realistic NASCAR simulator. I think 520bhp is the way to go. 👍

EDIT: Let's start an event! How about Daytona (being the only restrictor plate speedway in the game) every sunday, 620 PP and tyre restrictions set to racing mediums?
 
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Tested my Red Bull Toyota yesterday set on 520bhp, and it felt pretty damn close to NR2003, which is a very realistic NASCAR simulator. I think 520bhp is the way to go. 👍

EDIT: Let's start an event! How about Daytona (being the only restrictor plate speedway in the game) every sunday, 620 PP and tyre restrictions set to racing mediums?

525hp is my limit... Updating First Post with details

👍 Another NR2003 fan.
 
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