Originally Posted by
NoBrainer
Audi R8, Ferrari 458 and McLaren 12C i all faster body's than Ferrari 599.
Audi R8 and Ferrari 458 was equal in some testing
McLaren 12C could be even faster than those two.
But all these tests are for 2wd Unlimited and on 100cm and wider tracks. So might not be all correct towards Mini-96.
But the Mini-96 is between 17 and 17,5 m track length.
With other than box-stock or stock, how would your driving really improve?
Yes you get laps and therefor it will benfit you, but other than that, your tuning will not be very good for a larger / faster track.
The other way round seems too me to be better. Tune your car on a large / faster track and then run it on a small track.
But I am no expert and the good consistent drivers don't seem to mind so.
It is interesting on bodies, there were a couple guys on FB who say the 599 is faster then the 458. I know for sure that the body alone did not account for the full 10 second difference. As far as feel goes the 458 feels a bit more "edgy" then than the 599 but not a huge difference.
On tuning for big vs small tracks I have my thoughts. When I was younger I proved to be pretty quick at Auto-X in full scale cars and I also did some track work. The set up between the two where not very different, basically I could get away with a more aggressive set-up on the Auto-X course because the speeds were lower. When I went to the track I would add a little bit more rear toe for a bit more stability and that worked for me. I have zero experience running the Mini-Z on anything other then the Mini-96 track but I literally have tens of thousands of laps on the Mini-96 track and I can tell you that all these laps have given me the ability to place the car pretty accurately and if I can keep the car off the armco's on a 600mm wide track I should have a pretty easy go of it on a wider track? All these laps and my desire to turn a faster lap has also taught me how these cars behave to different set-ups and I am betting getting on a big track I will feel that my Mini-96 set-up might be a bit aggressive because of the higher speeds but I should have a pretty good handle on what I need to do to tame it down.
I personally think that getting good at anything is all about repetition and the more you do something the better you will get. I am constantly changing stuff up to see the effect and that will hopefully allow me to figure out what I need on different tracks. Once the summer is over I am hoping to get to run on some larger tracks.
One other thing, having a "coach" is a huge help to get you started, back when I was racing full scale I ran a first generation MR2 and there was a local guy who raced MR2's at a much higher level who took me under his wing and taught me a huge amount. The same can be said for EMU with my Mini-Z's. Without him my learning curve would have been significantly shallower.
Cheers,
Jim