Replicating Michael Schumacher's Imola 94 lap?

[Amanda]

Hey guys!

I just bought the Imola track pack for AMS and I'm so glad it contains the 88 version! It's my favorite version

Now, considering I'm Brazilian and that track is special for all the good and bad reasons you can imagine, I was thinking of driving some F1 cars there. I noticed AMS has "F1 V10" and "F1 V12". To me it seems that the V12 car is more suited for the 1994 period - however, I cannot replicate the lap times they had in that year.

With the V12, all assists off, I can barely break the 1:29:00 barrier, which is 7.1 seconds slower than the qualifying laps according to the TV broadcast of the time.

However, I can replicate the laptimes with the V10, but I'm not sure the car is period correct. Traction control and grooved tires? I remember Senna complaining about FOM removing driving aids before he died, so I don't think I should be using the V10 car.

Is the V10 F1 car plausible or even comparable to some of the cars that raced at Imola that year?

It feels so wrong using the V10 car but it's the only car which I can replicate his corner speeds and the overall lap times (on a side note, I'm better at corner exits because of TC, and Michael is way better than me on braking).

Or am I just too slow with the V12?

Thanks

 

[Dann Murillo]

The V12 is loosely based off F1 1995 while the V10 is loosely based off F1 2002, so there is that. Imola 88 obviously falls in between these 2 eras.

You can see the fastest F-V12 hotlap is a 1:24.417

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While the fastest F-V10 hotlap is a 1:20.367

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Then we have the fact that Senna took the pole in 1994 with a 1:21.548

The F1-SR F1 1994 mod was ported to AMS a while back. Maybe that mod would yield closer times? Not sure on that as it was an RF1 mod, yet a great one indeed!

 

[Amanda]

The F1-SR F1 1994 mod was ported to AMS a while back. Maybe that mod would yield closer times?

Thanks! I'll check it out.

 

[Dethrone1427]

@Dann Murillo do you have a link for that? The one I have doesn't have a working Ligier.

 

[Ho3n3r]

The V12 is loosely based off F1 1995 while the V10 is loosely based off F1 2002, so there is that. Imola 88 obviously falls in between these 2 eras.

You can see the fastest F-V12 hotlap is a 1:24.417

Virtual Xperience

virtualxperience.net

While the fastest F-V10 hotlap is a 1:20.367

Virtual Xperience

virtualxperience.net

Then we have the fact that Senna took the pole in 1994 with a 1:21.548

The F1-SR F1 1994 mod was ported to AMS a while back. Maybe that mod would yield closer times? Not sure on that as it was an RF1 mod, yet a great one indeed!

This.

@Amanda it's also worth remembering that the 1994 Imola laptime was set before massive regulation changes related to events during that weekend, which also carried into even more changes for 1995. Using the 1994 and 1995 Brazilian Grands Prix for reference, 1995's pole time was 4.5 seconds slower than the 1994 pole laptime.

So, assuming the Formula V12 is based on the 1995 car, that would explain why you can't get near the 1994 time with it.

 

[Dethrone1427]

[Mod edit: removed unwanted link]
Thanks anyways mate, but just looked at the thread and I'm on it asking him about whether it includes Ligier as the other 1994 F1sr mods don't have a workable Ligier and this one doesn't either. I have another 94 mod from that link I sent you. I'll delete the rest of those cars and use that Ligier and then use the F1sr mod for the rest of the cars. Cheers!

 

[Amanda]

Thank you all!

I went after some more info on this. The 1988-1994 track is not suited for the 1995 car, or rather, the 1995 will never replicate the 1994 car on the same track. Instead, the "2001" Imola is suited for the 1995 car.

So, with the 1995-2001 track, and the 1995 car, Schumacher did a 1:27:2. I'm able to do a 1:30:5. Just goes to show how much skill Schumacher had!

Still, I'm glad I'm "F1 material" when it comes to lap times lol