The car is a blast to drive on the track overall. I'm finding that the traction control really makes it hard to lose control even when driving at the edge. In my class there aren't any cars that can beat me on the straights and not so many that do better on the curves (with my stock tires and bad driver mod at least).
Heat is the main issue. A ton of power is held back once the car get's too hot. Lap 1-2 are always great, 3 is a little tight, but 4 and 5 wind up seeing what I feel is a 25% power reduction. Cars that I easily passed in early laps would be able to pass me. For a comparison, on the longest straight at Heartland Motorsports in Topeka I was hitting about 107 on most fresh-ish laps. On the laps where the car was overheating that speed dropped to the low 90s.
I'm optimistic about track mode helping but I'd be surprised if software only could resolve this problem. I think we will need some sort of aftermarket cooling solution to be really competitive. Anybody want to help design a system that sprays CO2 onto the coolant radiators when they get past a certain temp?
Bonus round. At the end of the day I plugged in to get some extra juice for the drive home and my charger decided to not work. I've been seeing intermittent "charging reduced" errors but haven't taken it in yet. At the SC now and they are replacing the onboard charger. I also routed on back roads on the way home and hit a patch with giant potholes. Turns out I have two bent rims. $1400 down the drain.
Heat is the main issue. A ton of power is held back once the car get's too hot. Lap 1-2 are always great, 3 is a little tight, but 4 and 5 wind up seeing what I feel is a 25% power reduction. Cars that I easily passed in early laps would be able to pass me. For a comparison, on the longest straight at Heartland Motorsports in Topeka I was hitting about 107 on most fresh-ish laps. On the laps where the car was overheating that speed dropped to the low 90s.
I'm optimistic about track mode helping but I'd be surprised if software only could resolve this problem. I think we will need some sort of aftermarket cooling solution to be really competitive. Anybody want to help design a system that sprays CO2 onto the coolant radiators when they get past a certain temp?
Bonus round. At the end of the day I plugged in to get some extra juice for the drive home and my charger decided to not work. I've been seeing intermittent "charging reduced" errors but haven't taken it in yet. At the SC now and they are replacing the onboard charger. I also routed on back roads on the way home and hit a patch with giant potholes. Turns out I have two bent rims. $1400 down the drain.