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F1 cars, upgrades + 'copycats' - Your Questions Answered by Will Buxton + Bernie Collins

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Why Upgrades Work in Simulation

Caroline asked why some car upgrades work, but also why some don't. Will added that the track roughness is very different often to what you have in the wind tunnel or on a sim. And there's so many things that interact that mean that that environment that you do your testing is very different to the environment that you've done your simulation in. It's kind of like when you go online to order clothes, right? You think they're going to look great, but you don't know until they arrive in the post if they are going to look good on you. That's how upgrades work.

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