36: The difference between formula cars and other cars

Before leaving the pit lane, Qin Miao had a plan in mind, starting a little more steadily on the first lap, and then gradually improving his lap time after getting familiar with the state of the car and the performance of the car in the last race.

When you are almost familiar with it, you can pit for a new set of tyres to do the lap time.

There's nothing to say about the big straight, just step on the accelerator and change gears when the engine speed reaches the right range.

But after the iconic No. 1 turn in the last race, Qin Miao really felt the difference between a formula car and an ordinary car.

The first thing I noticed was that the brakes of this thing were too heavy.

With Qin Miao's strength, it took a lot of force to press the brakes to the end, and the G-force behind him when he stepped on the brakes also made Qin Miao feel that it was a difficult thing to let go of the brakes.

Qin Miao's first feeling was this brake: it couldn't be stepped on, and it couldn't be released.

After entering the first corner, Qin Miao felt that the steering direction of this car was particularly good, and the outstanding thing was two words: flexible.

It's incredibly flexible, it's completely that Qin Miao wants it to turn in whichever direction it wants, it turns in whichever direction it turns, and it is very handy to drive.

However, because it is a hot melt tire, Qin Miao's tire temperature has not reached the best working condition in the first lap, and the speed naturally does not rise, and he does not have much feeling for grip, which is stronger than Fox.

Qin Miao's deepest feeling in the first lap was the sense of speed.

If you drive a Ford Focus to 80 km/h and have a sense of speed of 1, then when you drive a Formula 4 car to 30 km/h, your sense of speed is already 1.

Sitting in Formula 4, your helmet has no protection on it, and you can clearly feel your helmet hitting the wind, the wind pouring into your cockpit, and pouring into your neck through the gap in your helmet, hitting your skin.

The scenery on both sides of the field of vision flies away, and combined with your extremely low viewing angle, a terrifying sense of speed comes to you.

Anyone who is new to an F4 car may be so frightened by the sense of speed that they don't dare to step on the gas pedal anymore.

But Qin Miao became happier and happier the more she stepped on it, and even enjoyed it very much.

But this is just the feeling of the first lap, Qin Miao's car did not reach the best state when he ran the first lap, the only thing that made him feel exciting was the sense of speed, and the G-force was not as good as the GT3 he sat in yesterday.

However, after the temperature of Qin Miao's tires came up on the second lap, Qin Miao knew why they said that formula racing was only for the track.

This formula 4 car costs about 700,000 yuan, and her tires can reach 85 kilometers per hour when she passes the slowest section of the first turn after the working temperature, which is still the slowest speed when Qin Miao is not familiar with the car under her, and she drives more conservatively.

And the AMG GT3 he sat on yesterday with a starting price of at least 3 million, the slowest speed in this corner is 75 km/h.

That's the gap.

Of course, the weight of this F4 and Qin Miao does not exceed 700 kilograms, and the car is naturally fast when cornering.

When it comes to the tail speed of the straight, the F4 that is limited in power is not good, the GT3's tail speed is several streets behind the F4, and the GT3 tail speed is about 250 kilometers per hour before entering the first turn, while the maximum tail speed of the F4 with the castrated engine performance only reaches 170 kilometers per hour.

And a faster cornering speed than yesterday's GT3 means more G-force when cornering.

Since the monocoque inside this F4 is not designed according to Qin Miao's body, in addition to the fixed shoulders and body position when cornering, as long as the G-force in the bending center is larger, it will be thrown off and hit on the monocoque.

Of course, this small setback could not discourage Qin Miao's enthusiasm for racing.

At the same time, the biggest difference between F4 and GT3 and Ford Focus when cornering is that F4 has almost no roll when cornering, and there is no need to worry about the sideslip caused by the shift of the center of gravity, and the natural grip is stronger.

At the same time, because it is a sequential gearbox, there is no need to step on the clutch after starting the engine and driving the car out of the parking area.

And the driving feeling of the formula is very good, the directivity is very strong, and it is also very sensitive, this feeling of being like an arm making a finger makes Qin Miao addicted to it on the second lap.

This comfortable driving feeling, which made him want to stop the sense of speed, together prompted Qin Miao's adrenaline and dopamine to secrete together, making him love this car.

Of course, there are also some things on this car that make Qin Miao more uncomfortable, that is, even if this car has a steering power system, the steering wheel is still very heavy, especially in high-speed corners.

Qin Miao felt that when he was passing a high-speed corner, he needed about 5 times more force to turn the steering wheel than his own five-Nnm direct-drive steering wheel.

And the brakes are very heavy, and the brakes after each big straight have to be pressed hard to get the brake stroke full.

After running for three quarters today, Qin Miao felt that it was necessary for her to go to the gym again and ask the coach to relax her arm muscles.

However, regardless of the future for the time being, Qin Miao's brain began to gradually empty, immersed himself in his own world and began to do lap times.

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[Proficiency: +1]

"The last lap score of 2:12.267, three sections green, refreshed your fastest time, continue to maintain."

Qiu Meng's voice would sound on the radio after Qin Miao completed a lap.

This is mainly because Qin Miao's racing car does not have a more advanced car machine system except for a speedometer and gear display.

After all, the vehicle monitoring system for racing cars is too expensive, to the point that those who don't know about racing simply can't understand it.

After the accident, you asked them to pay for the broken computer, and asked you why a car computer cost 50,000 yuan?

Do you have a 4080TI or H800 on your broken car computer?

What do you say? That's the price of this thing? Will the other side believe it?

People who don't know the market will definitely get into a big fight with the team staff, thinking that this is how you make their money.

So instead of arguing with tongues and finally going to court, it is better to dismantle the car and install it when it is time to race.

Almost after Qin Miao ran to the seventh lap, he felt that he had a certain understanding of the limits of this car.

So Qin Miao said on the radio: "Mengmeng, I'm ready to pit for a tire change at the end of this lap, and ask the team to prepare my new tires." ”

Qiu Meng: "Roger, BOX. BOX。 ”

Qin Miao smiled, then drove the car into the parking area after running for another lap.

When he entered the parking area, he did see that the team he rented a car had a staff member running out of the door of room P, and at the same time there were four tires on the ground.

Qin Miao drove over and stopped steadily in the parking area.

Compared to F1 and F2, there are only four people in F4.

Two people put the car on the roof, and the other two were responsible for changing the front and rear wheels.

Don't think about the speed of changing tires, Qin Miao doesn't know if the tire change is so slow during the F4 race, anyway, he experienced the feeling of changing the tire: It's too slow, 4 tires changed for half a minute.

After the tires were changed, Qin Miao felt that the car was going down, and then Qin Miao subconsciously stepped on the accelerator according to the method he played in the game......

Then the car stalled again......

"......"

After scolding, Qin Miao re-ignited the fire, and quickly drove the car out under the strange eyes of the four tire changing staff.

Putting the embarrassment and unhappiness behind first, after changing to new tires, Qin Miao's first lap was still a warm-up lap, and after the second lap, Qin Miao obviously felt that the grip was stronger when cornering.

He can also go into the corner with more speed, and by the time the second lap is over, he has increased his lap time by a full half second.

"The last lap score was 2:11.657, three sections of purple, well done!"

When Qiu Meng was sitting on the console of the team and observing Qin Miao's data, a young man who looked to be in his early thirties walked into the P room of the team.

The staff who see him will greet him.

"Brother Li!"

"Mr. Li!"

"Hello Captain."

"Hello boss!"

He also smiled and nodded in response.