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Are this years F1 engines more torquey rather than top-end powery?
Reason I ask is I have bought the F1 2015 games for the XBox One. Started off with most of the assists - automatic gears, anti-lock brakes, traction control -on. Now, trying to get better, I've been turning them off. I've learned I cannot drive it without the traction control nor can I slow down without locking the wheels without the anti-lock. That's fine, that just needs practice, practice, practice.
But what I don't understand is why I'm also slower with a manual gearbox than the automatic. Using a manual in driving computer games is not a new thing for me, I did it all the time in the Forza's. But in those it made me faster.
So I'm looking for something to blame/explain it. I'm wondering if I'm treating it wrong. That rather than keeping the revs up around the red line as much as possible I should instead be using low-end torquiness more. Anyone know?
Many thanks.
Today's F1 engines top out at 15k RPM but drivers shift at 10-11k as that's when the fuel limit comes in.
The limitation is probably because you are not 11
That is how it works in my house anyway, any previous glory that I may have had as an online ninja is completely outweighed by the reaction times that my kids routinely exhibit and my ability to keep up with them
Bugger. I don't like getting old.
Thanks for the replies though guys!
Today's F1 engines top out at 15k RPM but drivers shift at 10-11k as that's when the fuel limit comes in.
Something like this, there's a limit on the fuel flowrate with the turbo engines (otherwise you could just keep putting bigger turbo's and more fuel in until you end up with a dragster engine). So once you hit the limit the rev's keep on building but the pressure drops off so there's the same amount of air+fuel mix at any point between 11k and 15k.
Not like in a road car where the pressure is constant and the revs build.
Yes this generation of F1 engines have ridiculous levels of torque. The Mercedes units are around 900 bhp at about 11k revs far more power than the old V8s at 18k revs.
As above, they're much more torquey so you get a lot of low rev power compared to the previous V10s which relied on high revs to get the power rather than torque.