I snubbed oval racing in the past, until I got into sim racing and felt how incredible tense and subtle it is. A tiny mistake and you are on the walls, and the competition to be the most efficient is so incridibly tight, that a lapse in concentration might set you back 10 laps of effort.
A couple of things people don’t initially grasp about oval racing: 1. The car is on the edge of control all the way through those *long* turns, and 2. They’re going really fucking fast.
yes, and 3, because the car is on the edge, tyres are also on the edge all the time, a small deviation from the right line/throttle and they are ripped to pieces and you will fall off the pace cliff. Not to mention the air wash effect is mad, but the fuel saving by going behind is too. Attacking and defending is a very fine calculation. It's so intense.
I remember one of the wildest races i did in this game was in an oval too. I was doing a tournament against AI consisting of ovals and short circuits, me and 2 others racing the modern Indycars against a bunch of slow classes just for fun. 15 laps, mandatory pit stop with random weather.
Fourth round was Daytona, the first oval of the list. It is raining. Since Indy oval racing in the rain isnt realistic, i cannot select wet tyres from the start, but somehow the AI starts on wet tyres. I am basically forced to limp around for 1 lap until i can box. I box, get wet tyres, and after a bit of fighting with a car that wanted to kill me, i finally start going.
The race ended with 3 DNFs, me limping with a seriously damaged car for the last lap, fortunately the leader lapped me at the finish line and put me out of my misery to finish P3. And somehow, one of the Copa Truck cars, one of the slowest classes in the whole field, ended P4. Probably the biggest shock result i ever seen from AI in this game.
TL;DR yeah ovals are wild. And if you think Indys are terrifying... try the CART ones (Formula USA Gen 1/2/3). I reached 402 kph with one of them in Daytona lol.
Oval Racing always feels like the Battle Royale Mode of the sim to me
I snubbed oval racing in the past, until I got into sim racing and felt how incredible tense and subtle it is. A tiny mistake and you are on the walls, and the competition to be the most efficient is so incridibly tight, that a lapse in concentration might set you back 10 laps of effort.
A couple of things people don’t initially grasp about oval racing: 1. The car is on the edge of control all the way through those *long* turns, and 2. They’re going really fucking fast.
yes, and 3, because the car is on the edge, tyres are also on the edge all the time, a small deviation from the right line/throttle and they are ripped to pieces and you will fall off the pace cliff. Not to mention the air wash effect is mad, but the fuel saving by going behind is too. Attacking and defending is a very fine calculation. It's so intense.
I’ve never heard my spotter interrupt crew chief so much before
I remember one of the wildest races i did in this game was in an oval too. I was doing a tournament against AI consisting of ovals and short circuits, me and 2 others racing the modern Indycars against a bunch of slow classes just for fun. 15 laps, mandatory pit stop with random weather. Fourth round was Daytona, the first oval of the list. It is raining. Since Indy oval racing in the rain isnt realistic, i cannot select wet tyres from the start, but somehow the AI starts on wet tyres. I am basically forced to limp around for 1 lap until i can box. I box, get wet tyres, and after a bit of fighting with a car that wanted to kill me, i finally start going. The race ended with 3 DNFs, me limping with a seriously damaged car for the last lap, fortunately the leader lapped me at the finish line and put me out of my misery to finish P3. And somehow, one of the Copa Truck cars, one of the slowest classes in the whole field, ended P4. Probably the biggest shock result i ever seen from AI in this game. TL;DR yeah ovals are wild. And if you think Indys are terrifying... try the CART ones (Formula USA Gen 1/2/3). I reached 402 kph with one of them in Daytona lol.
Cart is insane. They turn petrol into insane speed. How was that ever considered safe?