Originally Posted by bender
Best post ever
I know of a few guys who feel the same way - the equipment is pushed to the limit because we have the grip to do it! This is why off-road is not experiencing the same issues - less grip = less load, simple.
I've been saying the same thing for a long time and no one wanted to hear it-maybe now that some of the respected members of the community are saying the same thing some one will listen.
Originally Posted by bender
Unfortunately, it's something that realistically wont ever change - because people wont like the idea of taking away grip, afterall it goes against the fundamental logic of racing - and that is to go as quick as you can, through the corners as well as down the straights.
People already running on-road and are used to cars that pull 3g's won't want to change,but It doesn't go against the fundamentals at all.The idea is to go as fast as you can through the corners and down the straights with what you have to work with,within what is possible for the conditions,within the class structure and rules.People will gladly accept stock motors,approved bodies,even CS27 tires as a paramater that they have to work within.Changing to a low grip tire is just setting a new parameter-if it's the same for everybody it's still a class,it's still competitive.The big difference is that if the cars are overpowered then a 5% faster motor won't help.Charging batteries at 10 amps won't help.It's the true "level playing field" that people go on and on about,but don't want to acknowledge.It would require existing on-road racers to learn something new,and maybe find out that they aren't the expert drivers that they fancy themselves to be.
There is a huge gap between on-road and off-road and the difference in traction is why.Low grip on road narrows that gap considerably,and could be the thing that could help on-road turnout by increasing more crossover between the two.There's good turnout for off-road so the racers are out there.
This thread has strayed off topic a bit,so to bring it back-this is something that needs to be done at the local level and NOT at the national level.On-road is over-developed because you have everyone everywhere working on the same thing and finding a hundreth here and a hundreth there,and at any cost.Sanctioning bodies make rules for national/world level events.Those rigid class structures are not needed at the local level where the a thru d mains are'nt separated by a tenth of a second.What those in power at the sanctioning bodies need to understand is that when they restrict what is "legal",or what the manufacturers are "allowed" to sell,they may be making the hobby to expensive or just too much hassle to be worth it at the local "hobby" level.