The RX7 and the Garaiya were still behind the nurfed Lexus and needed alittle boost. Its nothing major but now it's all good.
The Garaiya only gains 2kgfm of torque, it is still 8kgfm behind the Lexus. It needed the torque because it was getting beasted down the straights. The Lexus actually takes corners better with less BHP, and the rx7 reduced weight means that too takes corners better. Any advantage gained in corners by the torque gain is minimal
Preamble: I use the term "we" a few times in this rant/dissertation, and I am referring to mainly JoetruckV8 and Alefin who put this series together. They reached out to a few of the fellow racers, including myself, for some specs help. In the end, the decision is theres, even to completely ignore this entire post.
It may only gain that much peak torque, but in doing the engine upgrade and limiting it, you get the perfectly flat power curve. The garaiya has 374 hp throughout the entire usable range now, and that's what gives it the more straightline speed. And the extra 200 RPM. The garaiya gets up to over 500hp, so you're limiting it by over 20%, whereas most of the other cars peak at ~430hp and are only limited about 10% or less. This gives them a more natural power curve and limits their usable range of RPMs. This is why tuned and limited cars are faster than stock, even at the same peak hp/tq.
All I'm saying is that the garaiya is already one of the fastest cars, probably now the fastest since the lexus has been nerfed a little bit, so why give it more of an advantage? It may not be the quickest in a straightline (it's not the slowest either), but it can take corners ~3-5mph faster than any of the other cars, which makes up for it. It shouldn't be able to compete with the lexus in the straight, because the lexus cant compete with it in the corners. The garaiya, unless run at 110% ability, should be a midpack car at fuji, but crush the competition at places like Nurb GP, Laguna Seca, Monaco, and other technical tracks. It DOES NOT need the speed boost.
The Dunlop subie is a very similar car to the garaiya in all respects other than chassis, body, power layout, and drivetrain. Okay, so they're not very similar, but what I was trying to get at is that they handle very similarly. The Subie corners like a dream, and is almost as quick as the garaiya through most. With it's stability, it can become a beast. However, it is SO SLOW down the straight that it loses all the time it gained in the corners and then some. That's why it needs to be at 100% power. Honestly, this will probably only change maybe 500 RPM of the power curve, so it most likely won't make much of a difference, but it will help a little bit. Take some aero off the rear of the car, and it may be able to JUST be the slowest in the speed trap.
The RX-7 , sure take 10kg off, I don't really care. It makes little difference, maybe a tenth of a second per lap, which can be overcome by driver error. Not a deal breaker.
Anyways, I'm tired. It seems like everyone is trying to get an advantage out of their cars, or comparing them on just one track. We now have two tracks in the season to compare. Setting up regs for one track, one race is easy, but for an entire season, that's difficult. We're taking the data we got last week along with other relative ideas that have been floating around and compiling them into a revision of the regs. We will then see how it goes for this week, while still taking into account last weeks lineup. The goal is that there is not one standout car through the entire season, but instead certain cars that show their strengths on different tracks. If that means one week your car is slower by .3 sec, deal with it. Maybe next week it will demolish the field by .3 sec. We have to understand the cars that are faster in a straight line will tend to be quicker on the more open tracks like Fuji and Monza, and the more corner adept cars will suffer. The opposite occurs too, so we won't have to worry in the long run.
A couple cars needed tweaks last week to be competitive in the grand scheme of things, that was all we wanted to accomplish.
Good night, I'm beat.
See you around the forums Sakery. 👍
