2.03 2J Fan downforce option

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According to 2.03 update, you will be able to adjust the downforce produced by the fan on the 2J.

Does that mean that the previous version was running on no downforce? Or Full downforce?
 
machate-man
According to 2.03 update, you will be able to adjust the downforce produced by the fan on the 2J.

Does that mean that the previous version was running on no downforce? Or Full downforce?
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Still trying to figure that one out myself. There is nothing listed for it on either the tuning or the Driving settings menu. Maybe it goes live when servers go back online or when DLC comes out?
 
^I'm thinking that the car was not running on any form of downforce, and would hit ~700pp with the downforce, where it deserves to be.
 
Post Live update (seasonals getting online) still no option to change the fan downforce.
 
Turns out it was a correction of the PP by factoring the fan. Translate fail?

Yes, I felt like an idiot after searching for the option and finding out it was only a PP change.
 
GraphiteGB
A-spec events offline have never had any PP limits.
Thats what seasonals are for...
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I know. But I enjoy going back to those in one of the 20m credit trophy cars, which are a bit lower on the PP scale.

But then again.... the 2J never seemed to pose much of a challenge to run away from anyway.
 
Short Bus
I know. But I enjoy going back to those in one of the 20m credit trophy cars, which are a bit lower on the PP scale.

But then again.... the 2J never seemed to pose much of a challenge to run away from anyway.
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Maybe the car will be a bit harder to pass (and a lot harder if it has no cars in front of it) but the same still holds true for the AI at Monaco:

A) They can't navigate corners properly.
B) They attempt to pass in the wrong location and cause accidents.
 
Blitz24
Maybe the car will be a bit harder to pass (and a lot harder if it has no cars in front of it) but the same still holds true for the AI at Monaco:

A) They can't navigate corners properly.
B) They attempt to pass in the wrong location and cause accidents.
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Yeah, and it's the poor 2J that almost always seems to get held up in the chicane.
 
Darn - I was hoping we'd be able to adjust the fan's speed to adjust downforce... Would've been nice, but probably wasn't adjustable on the real car, was it?
 
Kwicko
Would've been nice, but probably wasn't adjustable on the real car, was it?
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Correct, it was not.

Whole unique aero-construction of the 2J with the fans and creation of ground-effect was a *reply* by Jim Hall (constructor) to the issues and bans of the 1966 2E model because of the movable aero-parts. So, in construction of the 2J adjustable aero was not an option.

2J didn't even had any "wings" on front while rear-side stability was achieved only with a fixed angled piece of polycarbonate.
 
All that is changed is the 2J's pp. It used to be 650 pp like the 2D, and that always made me curious. Now it's like PD has taken into consideration the 2J's engine etc. so its pp now is 684. There's not an option whatsoever to adjust its fans or anything else. My 2J is 821 kg / 821 Hp. 1:1 ratio, pretty amazing if I may say for a 1970 car which wasnt designed as a F1 car.
 
GReeK_W1ZaRd
All that is changed is the 2J's pp. It used to be 650 pp like the 2D, and that always made me curious. Now it's like PD has taken into consideration the 2J's engine etc. so its pp now is 684. There's not an option whatsoever to adjust its fans or anything else. My 2J is 821 kg / 821 Hp. 1:1 ratio, pretty amazing if I may say for a 1970 car which wasnt designed as a F1 car.
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The Can-Am cars were more aerodynamic than the F1 cars. Even carrying more weight than the F1 cars they were the closed bodied equivalent to the F1 cars and could lap tracks at or better than the F1 cars in the same year.

I'm waiting for the Porsche license to become available to GT5 so I can try out the 917/30KL some day :D
 
amar212
Correct, it was not.

Whole unique aero-construction of the 2J with the fans and creation of ground-effect was a *reply* by Jim Hall (constructor) to the issues and bans of the 1966 2E model because of the movable aero-parts. So, in construction of the 2J adjustable aero was not an option.

2J didn't even had any "wings" on front while rear-side stability was achieved only with a fixed angled piece of polycarbonate.
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What I was thinking of was more along the lines of "adjustment" of the aerodynamics via a throttle control of some sort on the snowmobile engine that powered the suction fans. Crank open the throttle for more suction (downforce), let up for less. Not a moveable wing or adjustable aero piece, but still a somewhat "adjustable" downforce option.

And let's face it, with modern telemetry, such a system on something like the X2010 would be *very* possible, via mapping software (as in Google Maps) tied into the fan controller - depending on where on the track the car is (and it KNOWS where it is), the fans would adjust the suction to suit.

All just a mental exercise at this point anyway, but it could be kinda fun...
 

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