I feel like it will still be the META. It's downforce hasn't been adjusted. Plus, giving it more power is probably the worse thing PD could have done. Not only can it not be out-cornered, drive out of corner exit is enhanced. Race B it'll be a killer.
More power (11hp more) and more weight (48kg more). Which is what it needed - it was dog slow in a straight line (more power fixes that), but much faster through corners and later on the brakes (more weight ameliorates that).
Well, with 10hp less to load up the tyres every time you stomp the fun pedal, it MIGHT mitigate some of that wear.
Did a 10 lap run in TT at Maggiore on RH tyres to see how it compares to the Vantage.
I still do both championships anyway. Nations often has more varied combos, while Manu is cool because you really get to know your car for the whole season. Unless they have another one make road car series I know I'm not really WT material anyway (or if by some stroke of luck I qualify, I'm just gonna be a backmarker ), so it's all just for fun and learning. No sense thinking too hard about points and whatnot.It might not be that bad for any race where you have to short shift a little all race to save fuel, as I THINK you'll now be able to shift a little later to get the power and fuel consumption back to the same place as before the BOP change. It's hard to be sure exactly, though, as we're talking about quite a small change, but I just tried a race against AI that I'd done last night before the BOP change, and it seemed like the fuel lasted more easily. I was 2.3 seconds slower over a 22.5 minute race, but I think I can close that gap a bit by shifting a bit later in the earlier laps.Jag nerfed, there goes the rest of my season.
Yeah that was definitely one of the stranger ones. The Hyundai had very little in the way of redeeming features, and they made it worse. What do they have against Hyundai
Kinda hilarious that they did nothing with Mazda. They've looked at the results that car is picking up and gone "Yep, that one's fine as is"
Some people are frustrated that BoP's been changed mid-season, and I get that as it's moving the goal posts after you're committed to a manufacturer which is not great. I think the best way to look at it is that we at least get to do some FIA races with this BoP and get a feel for how everything is affected. There's basically no time between the pre-season and the 2020 proper season so we get some decent test races now before making the final 2020 manufacturer decision.
Of course it would have been better to change the BoP before the pre-season, but y'know .... PD.
Yeah that was definitely one of the stranger ones. The Hyundai had very little in the way of redeeming features, and they made it worse. What do they have against Hyundai
Kinda hilarious that they did nothing with Mazda. They've looked at the results that car is picking up and gone "Yep, that one's fine as is"
Some people are frustrated that BoP's been changed mid-season, and I get that as it's moving the goal posts after you're committed to a manufacturer which is not great. I think the best way to look at it is that we at least get to do some FIA races with this BoP and get a feel for how everything is affected. There's basically no time between the pre-season and the 2020 proper season so we get some decent test races now before making the final 2020 manufacturer decision.
Of course it would have been better to change the BoP before the pre-season, but y'know .... PD.
It's like real world BOP adjustments during a racing calendar.
With a further change in my shift points, I got the difference vs the previous BOP down to 1.8 seconds over the whole race for the next Gr.4 race. Yes, that can be important, and it will make more difference for qualifying than the race, but it's not THAT big a change in race time. When I tested 13 different Gr.4 cars for a previous FIA race, the difference between the fastest and slowest was over 12 seconds. And, of course, most people who picked Jag did so because it was OP, so we all know it has only been brought back into line. It's a bit puzzling why other strong cars like the 650S and 86 haven't also had some adjustment, but I don't think anyone can really say the Jag wasn't OP.
