Looks fake to me. It's accelerating far to hard beyond 300mph, if it was real the top speed would be 370+. We all know how the coupe top speed only creeps up that last 10% and the wind resistance at 150 is nothing compared to over 300.
Or was that just a low speed test run they did for some other reason?
Trappy you need to make an app where a person puts in the known figures and the app presents all this complete information to them! Have you considered doing that?
Trappy you need to make an app where a person puts in the known figures and the app presents all this complete information to them! Have you considered doing that?
If I could make one, I would have. I've had a spreadsheet that does it since 2008! Plenty of people have told me they could do it but it amounts to nothing. Maybe I do need to speak to a profesional who could make it work...
So what are the absolute minimum figures that you need to know in order to get a result?
These are the minimum requirements. Back in the day, I used to ask people on here to fill out these numbers for a car that had printed road test data (Autocar for example) and send it to me. That way I could run the calculator and send the results back to see if it matched. I didn't want to know what car, just to test it. No one bit
Driven Wheels: Weight (kgs): Weight Distribution (% on front): Wheelbase (inches): Final Drive Ratio: 1st Gear Ratio: 2nd Gear Ratio: 3rd Gear Ratio: 4th Gear Ratio: 5th Gear Ratio: 6th Gear Ratio: 7th Gear Ratio: 8th Gear Ratio: Tyre Width (mm): Tyre Profile (%): Tyre Size (inches): Gearbox type: CD (Co-efficient of drag): Frontal Area (feet): Redline Power (rpm): Redline Power (bhp): Peak Power (rpm): Peak Power (bhp): Peak Torque (rpm): Peak Torque (lbs/ft):
Originally Posted by JKD
Also, are you able to apply your spreadsheet data in order to work out a theoretical best lap time for any given track?
For example, can you work out what a totally standard 20VT would get on the Top Gear test track?
It's nowhere near that sophisticated! That said, the guy that developed the website I got the idea from did do it. He built a simulator but didn't share it. I actually spoke to him a bit a few years back. Can't remember his name now and can't find it in emails. I'll see what I can dig up
There was another guy called Tom Stickland that produced a spreadsheet that went almost as far as my calculator now does. I contacted him to ask how he did a few things but he wasn't interested at the point it seems. I've overcome all of those issues now anyway.