same tires? if yes the Z28 is going to need handicapping, or the rest of the American cars will need boosting...
I've tuned all the American cars your talking about using, and without question would use the Z28 (even with a handicap) over all the others. But I enjoy it more so that would make sense.
Rough time of year right now, lack of those willing to commit to testing. As usual.
Agreed on the time of year but this is more based on experience with trying to organise testing many times before, people are happy to give you half a dozen laps in a few cars but to get balancing right you need consistent and accurate data and that means more of a time commitment than people are prepared to give.
The Z28, C3 Corvette and GT40 are all a league above
The Ferrari 246 Dino will definitely have to be banned, that thing is almost as fast as a GSX-R
Organizing & balancing a FITT comp with more than one car is never easy.
Curiosity got the better of me & I had to do a quick comparison.
Not likely, the 69 Camaro SS and Z28 Should be the same once you add full custom suspension and extremely close stock. They are far apart so Aero would not explain the difference. Modeled grip is the difference, they require different setups and cannot run similar lap times at the same pp level on the same tires.
IMO I think that speed at the end of a straight is more determined by power than anything else. I can get cars to with in a couple km/h at the breaking point, even with in a 10-15 km/h entrance difference, if it's a race car even more so, the "giant" wings and flat floor seem to pretty well set top speed at X for X power for a given distance. It's just a matter of how fast can you get the car to that speed, thats what determines the lap time.
Its definitely related to power but that should come as no surprise, low weight only really counts towards acceleration at low speeds. Low weight means you need less energy to get it moving but once the object is moving and momentum takes over it takes very little energy to keep it moving, now the main enemy is the air you've got to push out of the way and thats where it all comes down to power. The missing part of the equation is the aerodynamic qualities of the car, I suspect they use a simplified model based on the vehicles height and width with a modifier based on the type of car (ie. a barn fronted muscle car will be less efficient than a low nosed supercar with similar power). Downforce related parts are a modifiable variable based on the shown numbers but are constant in application (ie. a mustang and a camaro will both be producing the same relative amount of downforce/drag when wing set at 20).
