Re: [Speed-dreams-devel] Supercar setups - should we revisit them???

[Haruna S. <ato...@gm...>]

Hi Eckhard,
I think you forgot to factor in that the Vortex has a full blown
racing 'body kit' and slicks (= lots of extra grip); I think it should
stand a fighting chance against the Lynx. Power isn't everything.
Cheers,
Haruna

On 6/5/11, ba...@ne... <ba...@ne...> wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> thinking in game car classes is difficult for a simulation.
> Most problem is that we have technical data from street versions but not
> from
> racing cars. So a Vortex 400 GT with 408hp will not beat the Lynx 220 with
> its
> 542 hp.
>
> BTW: Our Vortex game car game car should be the 600S Le Mans too:
> http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewCarPic=y&source=carGal&carID=4913&pgID=1&pID=927239
>
> That car has 600hp and may would beat the Lynx 220. Then your idea would
> fit.
>
>
> Zitat von Andrew Sumner <and...@ya...>:
>
>> Hi Eckhard,
>>
>>>>  This is a valid point.  Right now we have a small problem in that
>>>>  the supercars are very close in performance to the GT2 cars.
>>>
>>> Why they shouldn't? The Jaguar 220 is the strongest car ever, stronger
>>> then
>>> the Paganini Zonda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMyr4zV-ZAI
>>>
>>> Of course we should improve the Supercars. Drop them would be a bad idea.
>>
>> Dropping them would only be an option to get 2.0 out the door rather
>> than delaying it, with the supercars returning in the next release.
>>
>> Power-wise yes I guess the supercars could be quicker, but I as
>> all-round racing cars would they really be faster around a circuit
>> than cars optimized for the race track?
>>
>> Anyway I was thinking of a progression for the player going from
>> slower cars to faster, such that they could follow in career mode.
>>
>> In my mind Supercars would precede GT2, but maybe I'm wrong in that.
>>
>> Btw I couldn't figure out how to setup a poll using that website you
>> hosted the previous one at.  All I could see were schedules for
>> meetings.  Perhaps Eckhard you could create a poll there instead of
>> mine, as yours had the ability to type your name when voting.
>>
>> cheers
>> Andrew
>>
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