I understand that but I've been watching F1 for 25 years. In the naturally aspirated days, they were always chasing higher revs. In qualifying, the cars would run higher revs for more power and same in the race when someties attacking or defending a position. In F1 Ch 99-02, increasing revs just makes you slower. It's very unrealistic. Also, why is there the option in the garage settings to increase max revs if it just makes you slower and less reliable? What's the point then? I think it's poor engine modelling.
hey!!! something very strange happened to me today...
(Whoever wants to read it or comment on it, I'm not just answering Spinelli)
I have F1C without mods...all original (well, except for some graphic texture mods...but I mean...the tracks and cars and EVERYTHING THAT MODIFIES SOME OF THE TIME PER LAP...is original)
1999 season, trying to be champion with Mika....
interlagos brazil....what i do is do practice laps...and i look very closely at the rev lights....when i come out of the last corner..and i go full speed down the straight... until I reach the braking point of turn 1...right THERE, I look at what gear it is...and at what "level" of lights are on (in the first attempts it was in 7th gear, and a light was on on the dashboard of revolutions of rpm)....
I go back to the box.... and I adjust the gear so that ON THE LONGEST STRAIGHT (in this case it is the main straight)... I arrive (just before the braking) at 7th gear, and ALMOST FULL WITH LIGHTS ON BOARD, .... this assures me that:
-during the whole lap, the changes are short, and (especially in interlagos and its sector 2) it has excellent acceleration...
-...and when going out to the main straight...at the end of it I reached ALMOST the gear stop
results:
I'm even slower. 2 - 4 tenths of a second... but there are many variables... it's 1999, it's the McLaren,... I think the wheels get too hot (they're orange, almost yellow)
..I must say that in the main straight...I reached MORE SPEED (for reaching the top of gear)...but even so I feel that it is worse.
I have many questions for you:
-in the original game...what level of difficulty do you play? (percentage), in my case at 94% (NO MODS... I REPEAT NO MODS)
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I'm TERRIBLE in the rain, even with the right tire...I can't find a BASIC setup (yes, just that BASIC) to ride comfortably in the rain....I slide everywhere...and the tires get too hot (they seem to overslip when accelerating) and even with higher downforce the car slides too much (and the ai seems to go on rails)...
any simple tips? (I have no idea about suspensions)
-You...in the qualifying lap... put the fuel ONLY for the qualifying lap?... or put it for 2 and a half laps? (this is what I do, I get out of the box (1 lap), I qualify (2 laps), I return to the box VERY slowly (3 laps)... this results in... fuel FOR 2 AND A HALF LAPS (APPROX)