F1 Is Dead
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F1 is starting to bore me, common ECU, unnatural redlines, no refueling, and no Kimi.
The passing is a little better this year, but the cars are only moving forward due to aero, and aero is the least exciting ways to go fast. We need revs until a few motors blow up a race.
And bring back a manual gearbox, this whole paddle shift thing is for girls, I don't care if it is faster, it is for chicks.
We are stuck with F1 and their desire to make it into a european Nascar, cheap to run and lower technology.
The passing is a little better this year, but the cars are only moving forward due to aero, and aero is the least exciting ways to go fast. We need revs until a few motors blow up a race.
And bring back a manual gearbox, this whole paddle shift thing is for girls, I don't care if it is faster, it is for chicks.
We are stuck with F1 and their desire to make it into a european Nascar, cheap to run and lower technology.
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Limited revs first to 19K, now 18K, all to make a motor last longer so they can save money to spend on aero. So now all cars make similar power, are powered by similar motors (2.4 liter V8s) and use the same tires. Let the egineers loose to make the motor hold together at 22,000 rpm, not how to make it more reliable.
It comes back to who has the best aero, go race aeroplanes if aero is the name of the game.
Limited revs first to 19K, now 18K, all to make a motor last longer so they can save money to spend on aero. So now all cars make similar power, are powered by similar motors (2.4 liter V8s) and use the same tires. Let the egineers loose to make the motor hold together at 22,000 rpm, not how to make it more reliable.
It comes back to who has the best aero, go race aeroplanes if aero is the name of the game.
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Originally Posted by fishfryer,Jul 12 2010, 10:34 AM
Timrocks
Limited revs first to 19K, now 18K, all to make a motor last longer so they can save money to spend on aero. So now all cars make similar power, are powered by similar motors (2.4 liter V8s) and use the same tires. Let the egineers loose to make the motor hold together at 22,000 rpm, not how to make it more reliable.
It comes back to who has the best aero, go race aeroplanes if aero is the name of the game.
Limited revs first to 19K, now 18K, all to make a motor last longer so they can save money to spend on aero. So now all cars make similar power, are powered by similar motors (2.4 liter V8s) and use the same tires. Let the egineers loose to make the motor hold together at 22,000 rpm, not how to make it more reliable.
It comes back to who has the best aero, go race aeroplanes if aero is the name of the game.
I could bitch about what's wrong w/ NASCAR all day long, but it's easier just to not watch it.
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The difference is Nascar always sucked (although the drivers were cool), F1 was much better when you would have a turbo V-6 next to a V8 next to a V12. The cars sounded different and behaved differently on different circuits. They even had special qualifying engines with 1200 HP that may only last 7 laps, that shit was cool.
Maybe you are into a race series where the cars are basic clones with only a 1% difference between them, where much of that is paint, but engineering wise, to see different solutions to the same problem are as much of what made F1 great as who won the race.
Maybe you are into a race series where the cars are basic clones with only a 1% difference between them, where much of that is paint, but engineering wise, to see different solutions to the same problem are as much of what made F1 great as who won the race.