Car launch 2017
Discussion
MockingJay said:
Man I really like that Toro Rosso livery!MockingJay said:
They all look quite nice from that angle, nice and plump. From the side they look a bit ugly, too long and angular.But if the racing's good who cares?
MockingJay said:
Has anyone else noticed the Mclaren appears to have driven through a fence to get onto the track? (and left debris for the poor Toro Rosso to hit)More seriously, they really do have some interesting sensor packages strapped to the cars for testing nowadays. Who needs flow paint
I think it's a shame that if you took the paint off them all you wouldn't be able to tell which one is which, so strick are the rules.
Not like it used to be, before the dawn of computers and designers had to use their own brains...
Yes, I know, Rose tinted specs, etc. But they were different.
Not like it used to be, before the dawn of computers and designers had to use their own brains...
Yes, I know, Rose tinted specs, etc. But they were different.
MockingJay said:
The McLaren looks like it's been built by Doozers (Fraggle Rock). I want to see a little green guy in a hard hat hanging on to the back.Galileo said:
I think it's a shame that if you took the paint off them all you wouldn't be able to tell which one is which, so strick are the rules.
Not like it used to be, before the dawn of computers and designers had to use their own brains...
Yes, I know, Rose tinted specs, etc. But they were different.
True, but it also created bigger gaps front to back (cars being lapped multiple times, etc) - do we want close racing or not?Not like it used to be, before the dawn of computers and designers had to use their own brains...
Yes, I know, Rose tinted specs, etc. But they were different.
In the mid 1960s (just before the advent of the 3 litre era) many were complaining that the cars all looked the same.
I don't think that the cars all look the same these days but they are terribly complex. The visual cues that you need to identify them are myriad and probably too much to take in at a quick glance. And, these cues often change from race to race - so the car never stays still to allow the visual cues to sink in.
Add in similar or complex colour schemes and low viz numbers and inability to see the drivers' helmets (not to mention complex colour schemes on the helmets) can make a lot of the current cars visually very confusing.
I don't think that the cars all look the same these days but they are terribly complex. The visual cues that you need to identify them are myriad and probably too much to take in at a quick glance. And, these cues often change from race to race - so the car never stays still to allow the visual cues to sink in.
Add in similar or complex colour schemes and low viz numbers and inability to see the drivers' helmets (not to mention complex colour schemes on the helmets) can make a lot of the current cars visually very confusing.
Eric Mc said:
In the mid 1960s (just before the advent of the 3 litre era) many were complaining that the cars all looked the same.
I don't think that the cars all look the same these days but they are terribly complex. The visual cues that you need to identify them are myriad and probably too much to take in at a quick glance. And, these cues often change from race to race - so the car never stays still to allow the visual cues to sink in.
Add in similar or complex colour schemes and low viz numbers and inability to see the drivers' helmets (not to mention complex colour schemes on the helmets) can make a lot of the current cars visually very confusing.
the trouble is there are so many of hundreds of thousands of man hours of research, there are fewer windows of opportunity.I don't think that the cars all look the same these days but they are terribly complex. The visual cues that you need to identify them are myriad and probably too much to take in at a quick glance. And, these cues often change from race to race - so the car never stays still to allow the visual cues to sink in.
Add in similar or complex colour schemes and low viz numbers and inability to see the drivers' helmets (not to mention complex colour schemes on the helmets) can make a lot of the current cars visually very confusing.
A generally acknowledged 'quickest shape' is long established in all forms of prototype racing.
I think there is probably plenty left to discover - but that it is all going to be based in details and the (to laymen like me) arcane.
You can see - especially this year as the track is wider - how cars are based on the same or very similar basic boxes to a 1995 car.
It's just the detail of the front wings are considerably enhanced, and the progress of technology has lead to hyper pinched rear ends - though you can see the broad trends developing from the mid 90s. IMHO
You can see - especially this year as the track is wider - how cars are based on the same or very similar basic boxes to a 1995 car.
It's just the detail of the front wings are considerably enhanced, and the progress of technology has lead to hyper pinched rear ends - though you can see the broad trends developing from the mid 90s. IMHO
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