IndyCar 2015

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The two races are up on Snake's channel now:




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Fantastic race in Barber =D>

Glad to see Newgarden get the win and Power finally get penalised for his usual nonsense.

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Jonnycraig wrote:Fantastic race in Barber =D>

Glad to see Newgarden get the win and Power finally get penalised for his usual nonsense.
Agreed, full race here.



Now this is a proper IndyCar race!

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Honda's aero kit for super speedways
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckZNB-pJFjw[/youtube]

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lizardfolk wrote:
Jonnycraig wrote:Fantastic race in Barber =D>

Glad to see Newgarden get the win and Power finally get penalised for his usual nonsense.
Agreed, full race here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPWwoxrkWg

Now this is a proper IndyCar race!
Cheers, Im watching it now on my Roku3 and it's really very good!!!

F1 could learn a lot from the air-box cameras and content on YouTube!!!
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Artur Craft wrote:
djos wrote:I haven't seen much "IndyCar" racing since CART imploded (Hope you rot in hell Tony George!), is there much decent road course racing or is it boring still like NASCAR with 2 token road course races per season?
you have lost way better racing than f1, for instance, then, imho :|

The only thing that I would like to change is less improvised street races or on places on which straights are too short and, thus, overtaking is very difficult.

A race of this cars on COTA would be fantastic, I reckon. I guess Bernie has an agreement with the track organizers for that not to happen, which is a big pitty.
Cuky wrote: Those images are 3D renders...but that car was already tested at CoTA earlier this year. Here is a picture of it on the track in camouflage livery
I wonder if unofficial laptimes were mentioned somewhere. Given how much downforce these cars now have(likely quite more than F1), I think they wouldn't be far from F1, albeit having only 700HP and no DRS.

GP2 also had no DRS last year and I think their power is around 600HP. IIRC, the typical gap between F1 and GP2 poles was around 5s. Bridgestone/Firestone tires, used in Indycar, can also be faster than Pirellis, so a 2s gap would seem feasible, I guess.
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cossie wrote: They increased down force 25 percent with only 650,bhp.
And? IndyCar has more horsepower than GP2 and GP2 still has more downforce than IndyCar
I doubt that considering the current FW is a multi element monster with very high AoA and should generate way more downforce than even F1's. Can't see the rear of Indycar's being down on GP2(or F1) either. And tbh, these cars even look(when cornering) faster than F1s
I'm really enjoying the barber motorsports park race and very happy to find I still know who about half the drivers are. :)

Btw, do the new cars still have ground effects tunnels?
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And the first renders of the Speedway kit are here;

https://www.facebook.com/aytonperforman ... 7429936712
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I like that, simple and refined compared to the bolt it on aero of the other kits.

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Chevrolet super speedway config
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No rear wing endplates???
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Wing angles are so low so they aren't really necessary afaik.
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On the super-speedway package, the wings are mainly there as a tuning aid for fore and aft balance. The rear wing can actually be set to produce lift instead of downforce.

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Reminds me of this

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hpras wrote:On the super-speedway package, the wings are mainly there as a tuning aid for fore and aft balance. The rear wing can actually be set to produce lift instead of downforce.
They don't set the wings to produce positive lift. Lift creates drag just like downforce. A nose up AoA doesn't necessarily imply lift in a cambered airfoil.
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Round 5. Indianapolis GP It's not exactly the same layout that F1 used but it is similar.