Added downforce effects?

[apoxin]

I'm not sure whether or not adding downforce to a car will be beneficial or detrimental to my 1/4 mile drag times... can anyone help?

 

[MNP]

If it is a FR(Front engined rear wheel drive) then it will almost always benefit from the extra downforce of a rear wing. Other cars are much different and it can be a case by case decision as to the effectiveness if at all of extra downforce. Hope this answers most of your question.

 

[kttheman001]

apoxin, may i ask if it is any car in specific?

 

[White_Zeal]

Whats up k? And yeah, downforce is really only good on fr cars when it comes to 1/4

 

[viperbeatsvette]

Whats up k? And yeah, downforce is really only good on fr cars when it comes to 1/4

and MR

 

[kttheman001]

what car are you curious about? ir is it just cars in game in general?

 

[apoxin]

Whats up k? And yeah, downforce is really only good on fr cars when it comes to 1/4

ok. I was wondering mainly about that and 4wd.

 

[apoxin]

what car are you curious about? ir is it just cars in game in general?

well I was thinking in general, but specifically I guess the gtr and the viper srt10

 

[seanneedscar]

Whats up k? And yeah, downforce is really only good on fr cars when it comes to 1/4

And mr, and 4wd, and rr...

well I was thinking in general, but specifically I guess the gtr and the viper srt10

definitely want a wing and max downforce on the viper

as for the GTR 12. put a wing on it, but minimum downforce. specv max downforce. r35 tc max front and rear

 

[scraprecon]

Wrong. Most AWDs dont prefer downforce.

 

[viperbeatsvette]

Wrong. Most AWDs dont prefer downforce.

Well half n half. Just because you have downforce doesn't mean it needs to be maximum

 

[MNP]

Simple answer, anything with power going to the rear wheels will need one once there is enough power to make it give an advantage. This is where i'm not 100% but so far, anything faster than my R33 GT-R has needed one to get faster times but when it comes to the setting for downforce (ie: minimum or maximum) it's still something I haven't delved far enough into yet. I'm sure others here have as one person above has stated at the 2009 R35 Spec V performance level you might want minimum but above may want maximum though I can't say from what I know just yet. Hope this helps you somewhat.

 

[viperbeatsvette]

Simple answer, anything with power going to the rear wheels will need one once there is enough power to make it give an advantage. This is where i'm not 100% but so far, anything faster than my R33 GT-R has needed one to get faster times but when it comes to the setting for downforce (ie: minimum or maximum) it's still something I haven't delved far enough into yet. I'm sure others here have as one person above has stated at the 2009 R35 Spec V performance level you might want minimum but above may want maximum though I can't say from what I know just yet. Hope this helps you somewhat.

For my spec v time the wing was on default downforce. After meticulous testing on GTRs this seemed best for overall times (for my tunes at least) It's all about balancing launch or top end 👍

If anything I only notice small changes in overall time but large variances in 0-60 and 0-100 times

 

[seanneedscar]

Wrong. Most AWDs dont prefer downforce.

wrong, please try again

For my spec v time the wing was on default downforce. After meticulous testing on GTRs this seemed best for overall times (for my tunes at least) It's all about balancing launch or top end 👍

If anything I only notice small changes in overall time but large variances in 0-60 and 0-100 times

👍 to the bolded part

Most of the time min/max downforce only accounts for .001. I noticed for the Spec V, max downforce would put it about .002 faster and then it would lose that top end right before the finish line. But since indy is a bit shorter than SSRX, max downforce is what i use for that car at indy

 

[viperbeatsvette]

wrong, please try again

👍 to the bolded part

Most of the time min/max downforce only accounts for .001. I noticed for the Spec V, max downforce would put it about .002 faster and then it would lose that top end right before the finish line. But since indy is a bit shorter than SSRX, max downforce is what i use for that car at indy

0.001 isn't worth the embarrassment of a park bench spoiler tho

 

[gsrboy171]

0.001 isn't worth the embarrassment of a park bench spoiler tho

lollllll

 

[Slash]

0.001 isn't worth the embarrassment of a park bench spoiler tho

True...