iRacing : Not Your Average Week 13 Race. (Late Model @ Watkins Glen)
0I don't know what it is with this car and it's Super brother, but... iRacing, WHY DO THESE THINGS DRIVE SO AWESOMELY?
I really would like to know. For some reason the LM and SLM are some of the least death wiggle prone cars in iRacing, and for that, they are pretty dang awesome. But why?
Just going down the list... it isn't raw power output - both the 400 HP LM and 650 HP SLM are so solid and predictable. Just a nice easily controlled slide off the corner that is predicable and easily managed. Compare that to the iRacing V8SCs which almost seem uncontrollable by comparison.
It isn't the rear axle somehow being better simulated in the engine. The Ford Falcon V8SC proves this. Though, that car has historically been one of the more controllable while sideways cars in iRacing. This was an oval engine first in theory, so maybe there is some credence to that thought, but again, the V8s.
It isn't the rear end, again, the V8SCs prove this.
Data? Maybe, but the correlation between the LM and SLM kind of makes me think it's not the cars themselves, but tires. Why would they have more data on those specific tires when we know they work closely with NASCAR - which uses the same tire in it's top 3 series? A tire which isn't a black market super secret tire war tire...
Why do these cars eat curbs for lunch? The V8SCs should be able to absolutely hammer curbing with nearly wreckless abandon and blatant disregard for mechanical sympathy, but do that in iRacing and you earn yourself one free spin.
Weight? CG? Perhaps, it is a bit lower weight than a V8 and the NASCAR stuff. If the death wiggle is indeed caused by a tire's sidewall folding up and losing any rigidity, maybe?
Bias ply tires? (are they bias ply? Not an expert on these cars) But even still, the SRF can still death wiggle.
...all I know is these cars have always been strangely good in iRacing.
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