Automobilista 2 Round 1 Cleveland Speedway

Anyone know if there's any differences between the cars apart from horsepower? Like in terms of downforce, drag, etc.

 

I don’t believe so. In real racing history for a while the Mercedes engined Indycars were superior (they had more power than anyone else) but I think in Reiza’s case they’ve opted to just make all the cars identical in performance.

 

Seems like Honda's the best in-game atm.

 

Just found this, copied from the forums (took a bit of searching). Not a huge difference.

Just FYI - default setups are max boost

Actual peak power according to ingame telemetry-
Honda - 900 HP
Ford / Mercedes - 885 HP
Toyota - ~860 HP

IMO the Mercedes is definitely the easiest to drive, the Ford felt a little chunkier despite the same peak HP, and the torque numbers move so fast on a track you'd need proper telemetry to figure it out.

15 HP peak (or even 40) isn't that much but the Honda definitely has a bit of extra warp factor built in throughout the rev range. Really would like to see proper HP/Torque curves for the 4 engines though to see how they stack.

From a chassis point of view, in real life the Reynard pretty much won everything at the time. I seem to remember there was only three or four Lola’s on the grid (as the Reynard was just so much more sorted and dominant) Plus maybe two Swift (which was an American chassis company). The Swift didn’t do very well at first but I seem to remember it won some races.

 

Well I enjoyed the little Easter egg! Lol

don’t think I’ve known about a secret tunnel on any other racing sim, could be wrong though.

 

It put me in the pits at the start and greyed out drive button at the start of the race . i got a pit speed warning in Quali and said I would have a start penalty so I assumed that it was a start from pit lane. I sat in my car until the race started and all the cars passed but the drive button remained greyed out for some time so I gave up. Im a bit annoyed.
You have to watch as I engaged pit limiter when entering pits but it had disabled it during pit stop meaning I immediately sped in lane on exiting.
Also dusk lighting in VR was terrible in quali session but I kinda got used to it.
Pity I was enjoying the session

 

Same here, I got disqualified from the race for speeding in the pit lane during qualifying. Bit harsh I thought

 

Trashed my engine on downshifts I think. Odd I did loads of practice but had no issues with corner entry oversteer until the race. Maybe I wasn’t running enough fuel to simulate the weight.

cars were sliding across the screen on front of me at the start so just tried to be safe. Then the rears started getting too hot and my race turned into a mess.

‘however I think a one stop was the way to go. The wear rate was quite high.

 

This is a nice track... while the cones are still intact. After cones got hit out of place, I found it extremely difficult to find the apex because this track is so flat. Also I finished P5 then did a warm down lap back into the pit, but the final results said for me P5 but also DNF. I'll wait for the official results.

 

That was me. I setup my driver profile in AMS2 using my SRO name, but didn't realize I needed to also change my Steam name. Fixed it and rejoined.

 

Thanks for hosting, it was a fun race.
As for strategy one stop was the way to go, I went with two just to be safe as this was my first race in AMS2. I underestimated track evolution and my setup was made for I think was a green track.