F1 Simulation

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Has anyone seen any of the Formula-1 Virtual GPs such as this.

This is absolutely mind-numbing to me – I had no idea the simulations were this good these days. Especially when, as i understand it, the drivers are all sitting in their own homes, not at some central location.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Wowser, that is good!

Neil

[Chris_CParticipant @chris_c]

And a commercial game, not a bespoke sim by one of the teams. (published by Codemasters for anyone who was into computing in the 80's)

With a fairly expensive wheel and pedal setup, but it really is impressive.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

They (F1.com) ran a Chinese GP simulation today with thje following driver lineup:

Mercedes: Stoffel Vandoorne and Esteban Gutierrez
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc and Callum Ilott
Red Bull: Alex Albon and Thibaut Courtois
McLaren: Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz
Renault: Guanyu Zhou and Ian Poulter
Racing Point: Anthony Davidson and Jimmy Broadbent
Toro Rosso: Ciro Immobile and Liam Lawson
Alfa Romeo: Antonio Giovinazzi and Juan Manuel Correa
Haas: Louis Deletraz and Pietro Fittipaldi
Williams: George Russell and Nicholas Latifi

I didn't watch this live (it would have cost me money). It'll be on youtube in due course.

There's talk of the leading drivers (Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen) etc joining in which will be interesting to see if the the sim reflects driver/car performance on a live track.

[Perko7Participant @perko7]

The V8 Supercars series in Australia has also developed an E-series simulation involving all the main drivers which looks pretty good: **LINK** They even managed to get Max Verstappen to join in.

[colin wilkinsonParticipant @colinwilkinson75381]

Bandersnatch, it was live on YouTube for free.Sorealistic it could pass for the real thing. I can see why all the teams don't link up their factory simulators in real time and run a full race . The green lobby would have a field day.

[Joseph Noci 1Participant @josephnoci1]

Posted by colin wilkinson on 20/04/2020 06:26:44:

I can ('t ??) see why all the teams don't link up their factory simulators in real time and run a full race .

I hope that never happens! Results would all end up depending on who has the biggest computer, the best Coders, the smartest hackers, the smallest Willy..The Car and driver become irrelevant..No more testosterone, smells….

Why don't we just speed up evolution a little, and Engineer that the next-born all have an optical fibre connection, in the neck, or maybe the navel – just plug into Life_Virtual, with a Soylent Green intravenous feed. Social distancing by default…

Perhaps we could all live our dreams, and 'buy' the vitual mill/lathe we dream of, and make virtual models to surpass even Jason's miracles!

Mmm, lockdown must be getting to me..

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