How fast are the classes?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Raaf, Sep 17, 2016.

  1. Raaf

    Raaf Active Member

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    I rolled into sim-racing more or less by accident, and I had never followed racing in any depth.

    But now that I have started to like racing I was curious how all these racing classes compare in speed.

    I took the lap times of Spa as a comparison. Most are from the leaderboards, but I added a few real life classes that are not in RaceRoom (TCR and F1) and took some real life times.

    3:07 NSU TTS
    2:38 TCR
    2:32 FRJ
    2:27 Audi TT
    2:26 Silhouette
    2:25 Touring Classics
    2:21 WTCC
    2:21 F4
    2:17 Group 5
    2:16 GTO
    2:14 GTR3
    2:13 GTR2
    2:12 GTR1
    2:12 F3
    2:08 Hillclimb Icons
    2:08 DTM
    2:06 P2
    2:04 GTRX
    1:58 P1
    1:55 FR2
    1:45 F1

    A few surprises for me:
    • The times are actually relatively close, considering the huge difference in power and price
    • I had expected the F4 Tatuus to be a bit faster, from the feeling in the car
    • The Formule RaceRoom Junior is faster than I thought
    Now I am curious if someone could add some cost prices to these data, because I wonder what the price of speed is, and if some classes pay for status instead of speed?

    EDIT: I added the non-RaceRoom Formula 3, as this is an important class.
     
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  2. NL-Jos

    NL-Jos Well-Known Member

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    Leuke lijst Erik.
    Denk dat je wel verschuivingen gaat zien als je dit ook zou testen op bijvoorbeeld de Hungaroring

    Nice list Erik.
    I think that this looks different if you test it on a slow circuit.
    For example the Hungaroring
     
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  3. .OG Isaac

    .OG Isaac Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    So if we get F4 and WTCC racing together on Spa we'd have a crazy weird equal-ish race..

    Nice..
     
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  4. Rodent

    Rodent Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    This actually sounds like a lot of fun, definitely one to remember once multiclass goes in.
     
  5. .OG Isaac

    .OG Isaac Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    I really want to see in what places the WTCC has the advantage over the F4 car, and vice versa.

    Wich car would have the top-end speed, and wich one would be ballin' trough the corners? I think it'd create some crazy and awesome battles.
     
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